Posted on 26 August 2011
Smart Destinations, the country’s leading provider of multi-attraction passes, is giving visitors to four U.S. cities a way to hit the streets and enjoy their favorite attractions with nothing more than their smartphone in their pocket. Thanks to the debut of a new mobile option for the company’s Go Select™ Pass, paper tickets can be a thing of the past for tourists and businesses alike.
Go Select Pass mobile ticketing officially debuted this week in New York City, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco.... Read more
Posted on 15 July 2011
Sonos, Inc. is geared up to literally rock your world with the SONOS PLAY:3, a compact, all-in-one Sonos player with wall-to-wall HiFi sound. Neighbors beware! Start with one PLAY:3 in any room and stream all the music on earth. Expand wirelessly over time – bringing a world of music to every room of the home. Plus, wirelessly control PLAY:3 and all your music from anywhere via free Sonos Controller Apps for Android®, iPhone® and iPad®. PLAY:3 is ideal for any room where you want music and versatile enough to work both vertically and horizontally.... Read more
Posted on 08 July 2011
She’s been successfully and by all accounts happily married to pop icon Sting for two decades and now Trudie Styler is sharing one of the keys to her success with a new yoga app. Hot on the heels of the successful launch of Trudie Styler’s Weight Loss DVD, comes the release of Trudie Styler’s Weight Loss Yoga app on iTunes. This is the sixth DVD release and first mobile app in the Trudie Styler mind-body fitness series featuring actress, producer and environmental activist Trudie Styler and her personal celebrity trainer, James D’Silva.... Read more
Posted on 01 July 2011
Though they weren’t engineered to draw blood like so many of the characters on the Emmy award-winning series that inspired them, the award-winning lifestyle brand V-MODA is hoping to take a bite out of the headphone business with the debut ot their new V-80 on-ear headphones, the first product to debut from the company’s new V-MODA for True Blood Collection. Developed in partnership with HBO, the V-80 is a lightweight, high-fashion headphone that promises to fuse life-like 3D sound, timeless materials, ultimate durability and the unique ability to shapeshift its style.... Read more
Posted on 24 June 2011
Android and iPhone customers now have a new way to save money and discover great apps. Smartphones Technologies has launched SmartApps Deal of the Day, a new service that features special discounts on Android and iPhone apps every day. Customers who want daily deals on apps can get the SmartApps Deal of the Day app on the iTunes App Store or Android Market, go to “SmartAppsDeals” on Facebook or Twitter, or visit www.SmartApps.com.
“There are so many apps available now that it’s hard for customers to find the really great ones,” said Mike Merrill, CEO of Smartphones Technologies. “SmartApps Deal of the Day gives customers big savings on fantastic apps, so both customers and developers win.”... Read more
Posted on 24 June 2011
Microsoft Corp. has previewed the next major release of Windows Phone, code-named “Mango,” through a series of media events around the world. “Mango” promises to deliver more than 500 new features to push the boundaries of the smartphone experience around communications, apps and the Internet.
The “Mango” release will be available for free to Windows Phone 7 customers and is scheduled to ship on new phones beginning this fall. More details on device update timing will be provided closer to availability. Windows Phone will also add support for additional languages, expand access to apps by launching Windows Phone Marketplace in new countries, and partner with new OEMs to enable expansion to new markets.
“Seven months ago we started our mission to make smartphones smarter and easier for people to do more,” said Andy Lees, president of the Mobile Communications Business at Microsoft. “With ‘Mango,’ Windows Phone takes a major step forward in redefining how people communicate and use apps and the Internet, giving you better results with less effort.”
To help users stay on top of that growing complexity, the “Mango” release organizes information around the person or group people want to interact with, not the app they have to use.
Among the many improvements the Mango promises are the following:
Threads. Switch between text, Facebook chat and Windows Live Messenger within the same conversation.
Groups. Group contacts into personalized Live Tiles to see the latest status updates right from the Start Screen and quickly send a text, email or IM to the whole group.
Deeper social network integration. Twitter and LinkedIn feeds are now integrated into contact cards, and “Mango” includes built-in Facebook check-ins and new face detection software that makes it easier to quickly tag photos and post to the Web.
Linked inbox. See multiple email accounts in one linked inbox. Conversations are organized to make it easy to stay on top of the latest mail.
Hands-free messaging. Built-in voice-to-text and text-to-voice support enables hands-free texting or chatting.
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Posted on 11 January 2011
That’s right! iPhone and Verizon have made thier deal official! As early as February 11th (Feb 3rd for pre-orders), all you Verizon customers will be able to use Grindr to you hearts delight on the wonderful iPhone platform! The only hitches…it won’t use Verizon’s 4G network and can’t browse the web while taking a call. Oh shucks. We guess you’ll just have to tell all your friends to find you on Grindr!... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2011
How THE notorious foul-mouthed shock jock fare in the decidedly tame iTunes store will be anyone’s guess. But for now Howard Stern’s show will be available via the Sirius XM app, meaning that his show will be available through iTunes, albeit only to current Sirius XM subscribers. The Sirius XM Premium Online app is available now as a free download from the App Store.... Read more
Posted on 03 January 2011
Remember cassette tapes? Then of course you remember some company called TDK. Well, they’re back with a sexy boombox that is one of the sleekest accessories we’ve seen for the iPhone in a while.... Read more