I told you back in May that Google would be releasing a Goggles app for the iPhone sometime this year. Well, today’s the day but it isn’t being released as a separate app. No, Goggles is now being bundled into the Google Mobile App that’s being updated today. Goggles is English-only for now and is only supported on the iPhone 3GS …
Apps & Software
App of the Week: Living Social & Netflix
After intermittent delays, Techland’s App of the Week is back! Now that Android is poised to take over the world, we’ve decided to pick one Android app and one iPhone (or iPad) app each week.
First up, Living Social for the Android platform. If you’re familiar with daily deals, like Groupon, then it’s not too difficult to …
Is Apple TV Just One Big App That’s Destined for the iPad?
Funny thing about the Apple TV box that just came out. It appears that the underlying interface is just one big application called “Lowtide,” according to The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW):
“Apple TV seems to run Lowtide, an application responsible for all user interactions, which is derived from the previous Front Row application.
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Scrabble for Kindle Review: Good Fun, Bad Graphics
Scrabble for the Amazon Kindle was released about a week ago. As a self-proclaimed Scrabble nut, I downloaded it as soon as I found out about it—all the time wondering how in the world EA could publish Scrabble as the first paid Kindle app while neglecting to make Scrabble available in the Android Market after all this time. Give …
Amazon App Store and Android Tablet in the Works?
This information is all still in the early rumor phase, so take it with a grain of salt. There some loose talk that Amazon is working on its own version of an Android app store which has, in turn, led to speculation that Amazon may even be working its own Android tablet.
The app store rumor contains far more details: a 70/30 royalty …
MLB iPhone App Delivers Food Right to Your Seat
Oh, to be a Phillies fan. The team may very well make the playoffs this year but even better, iPhone owners at Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park can now order food right to their seats using MLB.com’s free Fan Direct app.
The stadium has apparently been running trials of the service since Monday, and is expected to officially unveil …
18 iPhone Games To Keep You Occupied
Who doesn’t love lists? Certainly not this guy!
If you have an iPhone and have been itching for something new to play on your next cab ride, road trip, or bicycle ride, do we have a list for you! After hours and hours of focus group testing, we’ve compiled a list of 18 games that are worth the bandwidth and/or your hard earned …
Bazinga!: Unofficial Google Voice App Approved For the iPhone
PSA for iPhone/iPad Owners –
Sean Kovacs’ Google Voice app for the iPhone has been approved and looks to have been added yesterday. Looks as though the app is fully functional letting you send and receive SMS messages, playback voicemails, and toggle which calls are made through Google Voice.
Grab it now for $2.99 (iTunes) if …
App of the Week: MarkdownMail
If you’ve been looking for a simple way to send HTML e-mail from your iPhone, MarkdownMail ($1.99) may be the answer. The application makes use of a simplified coding syntax developed by John Gruber known as Markdown, which it leverages to quickly create things like hyperlinks, bolded words, italicized words, bulleted lists, headings, …
Thumbplay Update for iPhone Adds Some Special Sauce
An update to Thumbplay’s iPhone app allows users to cache playlists and albums. Other new features and fixes include: an improved UI, retina display support, shuffle/repeat and integrated player controls.
Thumbplay [iTunes]
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Ten Apps That Break Apple’s App Store Guidelines
Apple released its rulebook for what can and can’t exist in the iTunes App Store and, believe it or not, there are plenty of apps already in the store that break multiple rules. Here are just a few.
Nothing: $0.99
That’s the app. "Nothing." Guess what it does? Nothing. Guess which rule from Apple’s "App Store Review Guidelines" it
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App of the Week: Nike+ GPS
Nike’s Nike+ GPS will finally let you untie that monitoring device from your shoe and run free with your iPhone or iPod Touch, the way nature never intended.
The Nike+ App tracks your distance, speed and route with the help of the iPhone’s GPS. (If you get the app for iPod Touch, you won’t have the mapping function.) You can brag …