Archive for the ‘News’ Category

Mobile apps for journalists: Share and discover

Here goes a fun project I thought up after being asked for lists of cool apps. Sure I’ve used a slew of apps, but who am I to be the best source of the best mobile apps? What would be best is if any one could add to one central list the best apps. And, [...]

AdMob founder: Mobile is the present, no longer just the future

If you haven’t already heard, Google announced today that it will acquire AdMob – a mobile advertising company. Such a significant investment ($750 million to be exact) is a significant sign that mobile is the present, not just the future. In a letter about the acquisition by AdMob Founder Omar Hamoui, he writes that “until [...]

New iPhone app fetches, compares news sources

A new mobile news aggregating application was released today in the app store for iPhones and iPod Touches. Fluent News is made by Fluent Mobile and the Fluent’s founder and CEO, Michael Adler,  says it “is the first iPhone and iPod Touch application to aggregate exclusively made-for-mobile content from the most trusted news sources across [...]

iGoogle returns to Android, iPhone

CNet reports that the iGoogle mobile screen has returned to cell phones. In my humble opinion, iGoogle and similar services vying to be user’s home pages really need to integrate with mobile devices. Users have less and less time, but more devices to configure, and creating a unified mobile and desktop web experience could surely [...]

iPhone OS 3.0 available June 17

Apple today announced that iPhone OS 3.0 will be available June 17. So, check out this guide to prepping for the system update and here’s a list of 3.0 features.