Popular location-sharing network Foursquare has updated its app for BlackBerry to version 3.2.1, packing a host of new features and a redesigned UI. The most notable feature is the overhaul of the Venue and Check-in screen, while the entire layout is now amended to take into account devices with high-res screens. Also, many users were having issues connecting to BBM servers, so Foursquare responded by… Read more »

Ever wish you could automatically silence your phone’s ringer, change the ringtone, or use vibration instead of an audible ringtone for notifications when you leave your home or office? Llama is a free app that lets you make those adjustments automatically. Here’s how it works. The first time you launch Llama it will ask you to set up areas. You can create home and work… Read more »

TuneWiki has launched an updated version of its music player for Google Android and there are almost too many features to list. The first thing that sets TuneWiki apart from a standard music player is support for song lyrics. The company has a huge user-generated list of lyrics which scroll as you listen to a song. For some songs I found that TuneWiki had the… Read more »

Apple has released a software update for the Apple iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad with a few major changes to the way location services track and store your data. The move comes in response to a rather public outcry about the way Apple not only knew where your phone was when location data was turned on — but also stored a record of where your… Read more »

Google Latitude is a free service that lets you see where your Google Contacts are in real-time, on a Google Map. The service has been available for Android for a while, and PC users can configure a setting in a web browser to let their computers send location data to Google. But an iPhone app has been noticeably absent… until now. Google has finally released… Read more »

Have a hard time sticking to just a single wallpaper on your Android phone? GeoPix is a utility that lets you automatically switch between wallpapers based on your physical location. Basically, you can set as many geographical locations as you like and then set a wallpaper to go with each one. As you walk from one location to the next, GeoPix will change your background…. Read more »

Google has rolled out a new feature for its mobile shipping site: Now you can tell if the items you’re looking for are in stock at partnering stores near your location. The feature only works in the US. But if you’re in the States and you happen to have a iPhone, Android, or WebOS phone, here’s how it works. Just fire up your mobile browser… Read more »