If there’s any one thing that has penetrated our computers and mobile phones in droves in recent years then they are “apps.” Yes, apps! Productivity apps, game apps, to-do apps and what not. Beintoo is a social site that wants to help you discover new apps, connect with passionate users and build a community around [...]
App.net calls itself a “mobile app distribution and monetization platform for iOS and Android”. Basically, it wants to take care of certain essential tasks for mobile app developers, tasks that might not sound interesting to the code-savvy geeks (read app creators). The tasks mainly hover around promoting the app online. Be it creating a good [...]
Dealing with the death of loved ones is very stressful in the least, and most of the time, you do not know where to start. Sometimes all you need is a step by step guide in a compressed layout to help you out. Funeral Advice is a mobile app that does just that. These carefully [...]
More and more people are relying on their mobile phones to shop and find discounts. If you run a local business and want to get extra exposure online, then you should check out Sundrop’s Reward Card Wallet. This smartphone app provides a platform for location-aware reward and discount cards that people can redeem and use [...]
The world is moving to smaller devices and nothing proves it more than the fact that thousands of new mobile apps are introduced each month. However, with so many apps, it becomes hard to find what you are looking for. Mimvi is a all in one mobile app search engine that helps you search apps [...]
Apps are a way of life now. However, since apps are so common, one shouldn’t have to be a developer to create an app. Based on this principle, AppInventor lets you create android apps without writing any code. Instead of writing code, AppInventor lets you use pre-defined components like buttons, labels, location sensors, list picker, [...]
Whenever we are signed into our instant messaging client and are busy with some other program or task, we set our instant messaging status as “busy” to indicate that we should not be disturbed. Until now there was no equivalent feature for cellphone users. But “Don’t Text Me” changes that. Don’t Text Me is a [...]
Google’s open source platform is certainly thriving, with 40,000 apps and counting. Trouble is, unlike Apple’s application store, the Android app marketplace is virtually unregulated. Because of this, some believe that 1/4 of Android apps to be little more than spam. AppBrain aims to be the Android apps repository without the spam. All applications are [...]
Sometimes you may need to point out to someone where exactly you are on the world using a map. You can probably send him/her your coordinates or you can simply use Wizi, a Google Maps mashup that lets you instantly share where you are on the map to another person via SMS, email, or Twitter. [...]
Google Goggles is a new app for Android phones that lets you do a Google search using pictures taken from your mobile phone. The app integrates with the cellphone camera and lets you take pictures of books & DVDs, landmarks, logos, contact info, artwork, businesses, products, barcodes, or text and then conduct a visual search. [...]