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Gist Acquires Startup Weekend App ‘Learn That Name’

Every few weeks (and sometimes even more often than that), dozens of techies gather together for regional Startup Weekends —  fast-paced code writing frenzies where entrepreneurs and developers conceive of and build a new application in less than 60 hours (and lose quite a bit of sleep in the process). Many of the apps [...]

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Thu, March 18 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments

doubleTwist’s iTunes Alternative (That Works With Android) Adds Podcast Support

Over the last six months, doubleTwist, the iTunes alternative that lets you manage your music, videos, and photos, has really been stepping up its game. In October the company integrated an Amazon-powered MP3 store, allowing users to download and sync their music directly with any of hundreds of compatible devices, much as they would with the [...]

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Wed, March 10 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments

webOS 1.4 update now available for the Palm Pre and Pixi on Sprint

Good news, Palm fans! If you’ve taken a break from jamming on the “Update” button, it’s time to go tap it one last time: the rollout of webOS 1.4 has just begun. The catch: it seems that it’s only for Sprint handsets right now, with the Verizon Pre Plus and Pixi Plus still reporting that [...]

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Sat, February 27 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments

Windows Mobile Finally Checks Out Foursquare

For much of the past year, the major criticism of Foursquare was that it only worked in a few select cities in the U.S. and was basically iPhone-only. In the past few months, both Foursquare itself and a growing core of third-party developers have changed that. Today brings yet another expansion in the Foursquare universe [...]

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Fri, January 29 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments

Brightkite Expands Product Line-up With Mobile Apps For Nokia, Palm Phones

Popular location-based social network Brightkite has simultaneously released mobile apps for some Nokia as well as Palm smartphones.
The release of the apps follows earlier launches of Android, BlackBerry and iPhone applications.
The Nokia app can be downloaded from the Ovi Store already and should run fine on all Symbian S60 5th Edition phones, including the Nokia [...]

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Fri, January 29 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments