Foursquare updated its iOS (App Store) and Android (Market) apps Wednesday to roll in some of the features seen from the web. Explore now has contextual results for locations, such as pushing restaurants to the top at dinnertime, what friends have been doing, and whether they're on lists. Read more...
Briefly: Gekko to launch next week, Shaderlight 2.1 update
iPhonso has announced that its mobile financial tool, Gekko, will be launched in the App Store on January 31. Read more...
AJA Video now shipping dual-Thunderbolt Io XT
Pro video hardware maker AJA Video Systems is now shipping a professional I/O box called the Io XT with dual Thunderbolt ports, 10-bit up-, down- and cross-conversion in hardware, uncompressed capture, monitoring and mastering, eight-channel SDI audio I/O, analog component and composite output, HDMI input and output (including 3D) and 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 HD and SD formats among other features. The dual T ports allow for daisy-chaining with other TB peripherals... Read more...
Airtight brings Apple’s AirPlay to Google TV
App developer Airtight has just released an Android app ($0.99, Android Market) that lets Google TV hardware devices use AirPlay to stream movies and photos from iPhones, iPod touch, and iPad devices to their HDTVs. The currently beta-stage app lets a Logitech Revue or Sony device get some of the features that would normally need an Apple TV. Read more...
Gmail on web adds Scribbles for Android, iOS, PlayBook
Google updated Gmail on the web to bring to mobile web users some of the features that it introduced in the Gmail iOS app just a few days ago. Those on a modern mobile web browser, such as Android 3.1, iOS 4, the BlackBerry PlayBook, or later versions of each can hand-draw Scribbles, or notes or sketches, to accompany their e-mail Read more...
TeleNav preps HTML5-based, truly free turn-by-turn GPS
TeleNav on Wednesday gave a preview of a major rethink of its GPS business. The company has developed an HTML5-based web app that provides turn-by-turn GPS on iPhones, Windows Phone, or any device that supports the modern web standard. Read more...
Microsoft breaks symbolic wall with OneNote for iPad
Microsoft started the week by posting its first-ever productivity app for a non-Windows tablet OneNote for iPad (free, App Store) brings the features of the mixed-format organizer to the larger screen. The app relies on a two-pane approach that providers a larger, dedicated area for the content of the notes themselves while letting users navigate independently.... Read more...
Bruji updates media-database lineup to v5.0
Media-database developer Bruji has updated its consumer lineup of speciality inventory-tracking programs for various types of media, it's "Pedia" line, to version 5.0. DVDpedia, CDpedia, Bookpedia and Gamepedia allow collectors to scan the UPC code on various products (or enter them manually) in an iTunes-like interface that features Coverflow-style browsing and other features, including now a database option built and run by other Pedia users.... Read more...
Briefly: Good adds iOS 5 support, TRUE SCHOOL launched
Good Technology has announced the addition of iOS 5 support to its Good for Enterprise device and application management utility. Good for Enterprise allows companies to manage all of their mobile devices from a single web-based portal. Support is included for locking device functionality, controlling which applications can be accessed, remotely wiping a lost device, and more. Other features include FIPS-certifed encryption, strong password policies, and the ability to prevent enterprise data like emails, attachments, documents, address book and calendar contents from... Read more...
Growl 1.3 goes Mac App Store, menu item, Lion only
Growl, the popular open-source third-party notification system for Mac OS X, has undergone some serious changes in its new 1.3 update: it's now Lion-only, a menu item instead of a system preference, and exclusively available through the Mac App Store, among other features. It's also now a paid app (at $2), which the developers hope will ensure its developmental future. The upgraded app also sports a new "rollback" feature similar to iOS 5, and a history log.... Read more...
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