I first started using Instagram in November 2010, and it's one of my favorite photo apps. The fact that it's on my iPhone home screen is a testament to it's draw. The clever filters designed to make photos look old-timey draw the ire of many photographers, but people love'em. One of the … [Read more...]
iPad 2: What You Need to Know
Today Steve Jobs introduced the much-anticipated iPad 2. We live-blogged the launch event, and I've gotta say, even though I already have a first-generation iPad, I want one of these. So what's new with the iPad 2? Rather than bore you with all the details, here's the stuff that I found really … [Read more...]
Blackberry Email Outage
Blackberry users throughout North America faced long delays receiving email on their devices this Thursday. Research In Motion said they were aware of the problem and that engineers were working to solve it as soon as possible. RIM noted that customers could still make and receive phone calls, text … [Read more...]
The Truth About Sexting
Sexting is all over the news these days. Whether you find it risky or risque, Joy of Tech's Nitrozac and Snaggy share the truth about sexting in this week's Sunday Funny. … [Read more...]
Google Goggles for Android
Google has done some interesting things with mobile search in the past year, introducing voice search and local search using the location awareness capabilities of today's smartphones. Today, they are introducing visual search called Google Goggles. Google Goggles let's you take a picture of … [Read more...]
AT&T Supports VoIP on the iPhone
It's been a long, battle with a lot of finger pointing, but AT&T has officially stated that VoIP over their 3G network will be supported, opening the door to Google Voice, Skype and other apps on the iPhone and other 3G phones. While VoIP applications such as Skype were previously available, … [Read more...]
UPDATED: Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone
Last week, Yahoo! Messenger product manager Sarah Bacon put her foot in her mouth when she complained on the Y! Messenger blog that Apple was taking so long to approve their updated Yahoo! Messenger iPhone app. Somehow she missed the fact that the app has been resubmitted with some changes, … [Read more...]
Nimbuzz Launches on Android
Nimbuzz has launched an Android version of their "mobile social messaging" application. Like it's iPhone sibling, the Nimbuzz Android app lets you connect to multiple IM and social networks, including Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Skype, Facebook and others. The … [Read more...]
Yahoo! Mobile Now Available
Yesterday at the CTIA Wireless conference in Las Vegas, Yahoo! announced the availability of Yahoo! Mobile supporting over 300 devices, and provided a sneak peek at Yahoo! Messenger for the iPhone. Yahoo! Mobile comes in two basic flavors, an application (available for iPhone, Windows Mobile and … [Read more...]
Google Syncs Your Phone
I can remember when... (man, I sound like my grandpa) I remember when your cell phone (we didn't call them mobiles) had it's own address book, and you had no way to back it up. If you lost the phone and didn't have a redundant storage system (paper or PC), you were screwed. Smartphones … [Read more...]