Google announced today that paid applications are coming to the Android marketplace. This is a long-awaited move by developers (who need to make money to develop quality applications) and customers (who want high-quality applications). Mashable says developers can set their own pricing when submitting, with Google taking a 30 percent transaction fee. Here’s some related [...]
Google’s new location-sharing service called Longitude (screenshot off site at right) does not sound like it will be the best service, just the wagon most everyone will jump on. Brightkite and Loopt have both been on the market for a while and offer good service, but Google’s Latitude brings — well — Google. After using [...]
We’ve all been there. Downloaded a promising application on our phone and used it only to find errors and bad design. Then, one day, the developer updates the application and Joy! your application is all that was promised and more. It’s enough to put a smile on the face of a mobile nerd for a [...]
Yes, the hammer has been dropped on the Apple iPhone App store. MC Hammer, once famous rapper who made parachute pants and “U Can’t Touch This” popular, now has his own iPhone app. Via Gizmodo the Hammertime app includes: music videos, Hammer’s Twitter messages and Hammer’s blog. The app is free in the store. Word [...]
Google just announced that its Tasks web application is now available on mobile phones, including the Apple iPhone. Google’s Tasks is an add-on to its e-mail system and was always a task manager for the simplest of schedulers. Access the mobile version by going to gmail.com/tasks in your mobile browser and log in. A task-master [...]
