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MobDB: The ready-to-use backend for your mobile app

I came across MobDB the other day thanks to one of those beta lists that I completely forget the name of. When I remember, I’ll update the post. Anyway this one really caught my eye as I think I could seriously use it for a number of applications. Let’s take a step back. What’s the one [...]

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Android: What do you use for Twitter?

We had a question posed to us this afternoon by reader Benjamin Lethbridge who asks: What do you hear to be the best Android Twitter client? I actually quite enjoy the plain vanilla official Twitter client — I thought it would be interesting to see what people suggest. What do you use?

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AlwaysOnMessage – a MIR favourite – gets their app highlighted by Apple

A quick nod over to the team at AlwaysOnMessage — the first chaps to be featured in our Mobile Developer Titan series. Their restaurant guide app has just been promoted to ‘featured’ status by the Apple iTunes editorial team. Congratulations AoM! I’ve just downloaded the app — it’s looking rather smart! You can pick it up [...]

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Uplinq: Jay Wright of Qualcomm demonstrates Augmented Reality Technology

Uplinq: Jay Wright of Qualcomm demonstrates Augmented Reality Technology

In this video Jay Wright, Senior Director of Business Development at Qualcomm R&D Division; demonstrates a game utilising AR technology. Vision-based AR lets the application recognise an image and follow it as the device is moved around. More from Jay:

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I’m going to make a conferencing app for the Ovi Store. Want to help? (Updated)

Please sit down and make yourself comfortable. And please keep a close eye on your heartbeat — get the crash team on speed dial. I don’t want to surprise the hell out of you. Because the headline is true. I am seriously considering making an application and putting it into the Ovi store. I know [...]

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Are you writing an App for the Nokia Ovi App Store?

Are you working on making an application for the Nokia Ovi App Store? If you are, I’d like to buy you a beer. In London. Regular contributor, Ed Hodges, is currently navigating the Ovi App Store challenges with the app that he and his team are working on. He tweeted earlier today asking if anyone [...]

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Skyfire 0.9 is really smokin’

Skyfire 0.9 is really smokin’

Take a look at these screenshots: These are from the new version of Skyfire — version 0.9. They’ve really been innovating since I last took a look. The brilliance with Skyfire is that it gives you a ‘proper’ desktop browsing experience on your handset. There’s many a time when you’re out on the road that [...]

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The MIR iPhone App is released!

The MIR iPhone App is released!

Woo. Nice one Pavel. I got a note in from Pavel, our iPhone app developer, telling me that the Mobile Industry Review app has finally gone live on the iTunes Application Store. I did a quick search — as I have been doing now and again — and today found this in the results: Get [...]

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Mobile Social Networks: What’s their future?

I’ll admit it; I’m one of those weird people who click that box that enables websites to send out lots of pointless newsletters. I live in the hope one day they’ll serve a purpose or value – like the Woolworths ones did (once upon a time) – and of course updates on other websites and [...]

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MIR iPhone Application update

The MIR iPhone application is cominatcha shortly. Our developer, Pavel, has submitted it to the App Store and we’re waiting to hear when it will go live. I’ll keep you updated…

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Buddycloud’s new Symbian application is out! Get it!

I had a note in from Simon Tennant, one of the top chaps at mobile social services, Buddycloud. They’ve been innovating at a tremendous pace and Simon emailed with this update: – – – – – Ewan, We don’t really do press releases but I wanted to ping you about what have been beavering away [...]

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MIR iPhone application is almost ready!

MIR iPhone application is almost ready!

The MIR iPhone application is almost ready. Our developer, Pashik, has been working away. It quite simply gives you an RSS news feed of our site in an easy to consume form. Nothing too shocking for our first app version. The big challenge we’ve got though is designing a decent icon for it. Any ideas? [...]

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