Spotify may still be signing one music label (That’d be Universal) away from its long-awaited US launch, but the streaming music company has just made another move suggesting that it’s getting ready to try and take America by storm. The company has sold a stake of just under 5% to investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers for $50 …
Apps & Software
Now Bumping Phones Will Tell Users Where To Eat
Thanks to a new partnership between startups WHERE and Bump, finding new places to try out will be as easy as tapping phones. And, no, that’s not a euphemism.
Bump’s technology – which allows users to share data between mobile devices when tapped together – may be familiar to you; it’s already being used by companies like PayPal and …
App of the Week: PlayOn Mobile for Android
Ah, streaming media. Your promise is so elusive. The technology is here and robust enough to shoulder the burden, but the content companies have insisted that you be viewable first and foremost on big boy computers, with set-top boxes and mobile devices granted access on a case by case basis.
If this sounds like a conversation you’ve …
Steve Jobs: Subscription Terms Only Apply to Publishing Apps
Apple’s recently-announced subscription model for apps has caused a bit of a ruckus with publishers. To recap, any content-based iPhone and iPad apps wishing to leverage recurring subscriptions must give Apple a 30% cut of sales that originate from within iTunes or the app itself. Subscriptions can be sold outside the app but pricing …
Twitter Reinstates UberMedia Apps
Yesterday, Twitter restored access to a few of UberMedia’s previously banned apps. UberSocial and Twidroyd for Blackberry were among two of UberMedia’s Twitter clients that were shut down Friday for policy violations.
“We’ve given the developers of twidroyd and UberSocial for Blackberry (formerly UberTwitter) access to the Twitter API …
Adult Swim Gets Their Own App
If you want to watch Adult Swim programing on your iPad or iPhone, here’s your chance. Yesterday, Adult Swim Digital launched a free new app that will let you play all the games, including Robot Unicorn Attack, and all the programing – from The Venture Bros. to Metalocalypse – with your iOS device. While you’ll still have to pay 99 cents …
Spotify Signs With EMI. Is It Closer to a U.S. Launch?
Spotify has taken a large step towards its US launch, if rumors are to be believed, by finalizing a US distribution deal with EMI Music. All Things Digital is reporting multiple sources as saying that the deal is done, although EMI and Spotify are officially refusing comment.
This means that the streaming music service now has US …
Want to Find The Closest Brewery? BlackBerry’s Brew World App Can Help
Need beer right away and don’t want to settle for that water in a glass bottle that they sell at your local convenience store? Brew World can help you out.
Their Blackberry app has compiled a list of over 1,600 breweries and over 3,000 beers in the United States. Using Blackberry maps, it can pinpoint the closest brewery and beers …
5 Google Demo Slams Worth Watching
These days, it seems like everybody wants to be famous, or at least relatively Internet-famous. Google was probably banking on that idea, at least a little bit, when it announced its “Demo Slam” competition last October. The publicity stunt of a competition, for which it appears the only reward will be lots of Internet fame, asked users …
Top 20 Must-Have Android Apps
If you’ve just purchased your first Android phone or you’re looking to round out your existing collection, here’s a list of 20 must-have apps that every Android owner should consider. They’re all free, too!
Needed: Cars as Smart as Smart Phones
As part of my research for this week’s TIME.com column on tech-savvy cars, I got to spend a few days test-driving a 2012 Ford Focus Titanium hatchback that was decked out with MyFord Touch, an advanced infotainment system with an 8-inch color touchscreen, voice input and output, Bluetooth, multiple jacks for hooking up external devices, …
Apple’s ‘MobileMe’ Service May Record Your Life on a Webpage
One of the latest rounds of iPhone rumors indicated that Apple may also be overhauling its “MobileMe” online service. Currently a $99 per year subscription that lets you synchronize e-mail messages, contacts and calendar appointments between portable Apple devices and computers, rumor has it that this revamped MobileMe service would be …
