Up for some good times with your Windows Phone 7-toting friends? Firing up the new We’re In app puts you on the fast track for geolocation-powered fun. Select friends from your phone’s contacts, let “your peeps” (Microsoft’s words, not mine) know what you’re up for, and let the app know how long you’d like to […]
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Windows Phone 7 Mango usability improvements shown off by Microsoft
The Windows Phone 7 Mango update is coming soon(ish), and Microsoft is taking to the streets (or at least the web) to tout some of the upcoming operating system’s new features. Curiously, Microsoft chose to title its blog post “navigational improvements,” which probably got a lot of curious readers thinking they’d see Mango’s turn-by-turn directions […]
HP opens the door to webOS 3.0 app submissions, in-app purchases
HP has started accepting webOS 3.0 apps designed for the upcoming HP TouchPad tablet. The company released an SDK (software developer kit) for the operating system in February, but now developers can submit apps for including in the webOS App Catalog which will allow TouchPad users to find and download apps using the on-device app […]
Mojo app support appears in HP TouchPad Emulator Beta 5
One issue which has reared its ugly head on most current tablet OSes is how to deal with legacy apps. For the upcoming HP TouchPad and the shiny, new webOS 3, the challenge is how to handle apps created using the older Palm Mojo SDK. As the Touchpad nears launch readiness, however, HP has finally […]
More than 500,000 iOS apps approved
Apple has reportedly approved over half a million iPhone, iPod touch and iPad apps. Right now there are only about 400,000 apps in the App Store, because not every app that’s approved stays in the App Store forever. But for a platform that’s only about 3 million years old, 400,000 or 500,000 apps ain’t bad. […]