If there’s one app you’ve probably got installed on your smartphone — regardless of platform — it’s Facebook , so when a new version comes out with significant new functionality, it’s usually a pretty big deal. On that note, we’ve got a new build for Android this evening that features a “photo reel” on the home screen giving you live updates from your news feed, integrated video playback, support for events, and the ability to respond to friend requests without going through the Herculean task of actually leaving the app. The update’s been posted in the Market, so grab it — then make sure your privacy settings are on the up and up , won’t you . . . → Read More: Facebook for Android updated with more awesome
|
||||||
|
Bloomberg is reporting that social network Facebook will postpone an IPO until 2012. Investors have been speculating that the world’s largest social network — valued at $24.9 billion — would go public sometime in 2011 . . . → Read More: Bloomberg: Facebook to postpone IPO until 2012 According to GetJar , its eponymous mobile app store is now seeing three million downloads per day . GetJar reiterated that its stats put it second only to Apple iTunes, with over 1 billion total downloads to date. At current (self-reported) growth rate, the company should hit 2 billion downloads in about a year, if calculated on the back of a virtual envelope. . . . → Read More: Independent mobile app store GetJar now seeing 3 million downloads per day Yes, you’re invited too. . . . → Read More: Lumigon announces unveiling party for first smartphone, invites everyone on Facebook Rumor had it a day or two ago that Koodo Mobile was going to launch some new plans and add-ons. While the rumor was to be taken with a grain of salt, I popped open the Koodo website this morning to see the very same plans and add-ons in full effect. Cool beans! With new plans in-place, the overall offering of Koodo’s plans ring in at $25, $30, $40, $50 and $70 per month. . . . → Read More: New Plans and Add-Ons from Koodo Mobile AppBookShop is still hitting the App Catalog hard with their how-to-books-as-apps, but there’s still stuff to look for inside the mess: Agile Messenger , while nearly $10, does give you access to pretty much every instant messaging system on the planet, including MSN, AIM, ICQ, Facebook Chat, Yahoo… Love Hurts Free puts you into the role of Romeo, where you must serenade your love while dodging the pianos the neighbors are throwing out the window to make you shut up. . . . → Read More: New in the App Catalog for 26 July 2010 If you’ve been looking to inject some humor in your daily iPad routine, look for Cracked.com’s brand new app for Apple’s tablet device. The website which reaches over 7 million unique viewers a month said their iPad application is the “one-stop-shop for original comedy content” and best of all, it’s available as a free download. There are articles to read, images to see, competitions to participate in, videos to watch, as well as some interactive components — all of which should keep you laughing while using your iPad in your home (or wherever you happen to use it). . . . → Read More: Cracked.com unveils its iPhone app Short version: A powerful and attractive handset held back by a few interface quirks and matters of taste. . . . → Read More: Review: Samsung Galaxy S (AKA AT&T Captivate, T-Mobile Vibrant, Verizon Fascinate, Sprint Epic 4G) Facebook sync has been borked for a few days now. That’s not news to a good many of you, judging by our inbox and a slew of posts in our forums . We’re still waiting to hear back from Facebook, but HTC absolutely is on the case, and while they’re tracking down exactly what’s going on, they’ve given us a possible workaround: Try adding a city and state to your current job in Facebook . . . → Read More: What’s up with Facebook and Sense? |
||||||
|
Copyright © 2010 Mobided - All Rights Reserved Powered by WordPress & the Atahualpa Theme by BytesForAll. Discuss on our WP Forum |
||||||
Recent Comments :