Posted on February 10, 2011, at 7:26 PM .
Mobihand has been beta testing a new social network that lets people discover their mobile app discoveries called AppVerse and it’s now live. The social network isn’t the most polished network we’ve ever used, but the idea of socializing your app purchases is a good idea. The company has been trying a few approaches to socializing their app purchases for some time now but nothing seems to be sticking. Mobihand is a relatively small company and they do quite a bit with what they have. Hopefully AppVerse helps people discover great apps and deals.
Check out AppVerse at this link.
Posted on February 10, 2011, at 6:53 PM .
After Kik was granted an extension of time by the Courts, the company has filed a statement of defence and counterclaim in its lawsuit with RIM. In the statement, Kik (Ted Livingston), denies having any access to BBM source code or confidential documents and says they’re not infringing on RIM’s trademarks or patents. The fact that Ted was an employee at RIM, working on the BBM team, will make all of this very difficult to prove, especially considering his role as Project Coordinator.
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Posted on February 9, 2011, at 3:44 PM .
IDC has released its latest data about the Top 5 smartphone vendors for the fourth quarter of 2010 and while the smartphone market is heating up, there are still relatively few players in the game. In terms of smartphone manufacturers this quarter, Nokia, Apple, and RIM take the majority of the smartphone market with 28.0%, 16.1% and 14.5% respectively. In terms of 2010 as a whole, IDC reports market shares of 33.1%, 16.1% and 15.7% for Nokia, RIM and Apple respectively.
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Posted on February 9, 2011, at 12:50 PM .
GetGlue has been on a tear ever since the checkin culture has exploded. Now, not only are people checking in the venues and restaurants, but they’re also checkin in the their favorite entertainment such as television shows. By checking in, you unlock badges and physical stickers. Even though there isn’t much of a value proposition, it’s a service that’s growing fast.
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Posted on February 9, 2011, at 12:26 PM .
Electric Pocket has updated its app Ringtone Remix, an app that lets you create a ringtone collection from the music on your device. To create a ringtone, you simply select the track, choose the section you want to sample from the waveform, and then save as a ringtone. In the most recent update you’ll find:
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Posted on February 8, 2011, at 9:56 PM .
“Congratulations! Getting canceled”
It looks like RIM will be discontinuing the Flickr Uploader for BlackBerry. The app would let you upload images from your BlackBerry to a Flickr account, and it was really helpful for those Flickr power users. The discontinuation of the app could provide opportunities for third party developers to use Flickr’s API to make their own app. Click through after the jump to read the notice.
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