Immediately available in the Apple App Store and featured as “New and Noteworthy,” the PlaySay language learning app uses voice technology by Nuance Communications, Inc., the latter has announced. Using the NDEV Mobile developer program, which provides developers access to Nuance’s voice recognition and text-to-speech technology, PlaySay integrates Nuance’s Dragon voice technology to connect...
Google’s Android Market, the official software portal for devices running under the company’s mobile operating system, has managed to double in about nine months, recent reports suggest. The application storefront is said to have just passed the 400,000 applications mark, after reaching 200,000 applications in April 2011. Distimo broke the news on Google’s Android...
It only took a couple of days, but it looks like the iMAME app which allowed gamers to play classic games on their iOS devices has finally been pulled out from the Apple App Store. Can’t say we didn’t see this coming, since Apple forbids apps on its store from running emulated code. However,...
According to calculations by metrics firm Distimo, Apple’s App Store generates six times more revenue than Google’s Android Market for the top 200 grossing titles. According to the company’s latest publication, both the App Store for iPad and the App Store for iPhone beat the Google Android Market in terms of total revenue generated...
By George Wong on 12/13/2011 12:16 PST Good news for SkyDrive users. If Microsoft’s cloud-storage service is your weapon of choice when it comes to keeping your documents online, you now have an additional way to access it while on the go. Today Microsoft announced the launch of its SkyDrive app for iOS and...
StyleTap, a Canada-based software company, has come up with a tool that allows the deployment of Palm OS application in the Apple App Store. “StyleTap iOS Wrapper SDK enables you to deploy many of the 30,000 mobile applications written for Palm OS as iOS applications that run on standard Apple iPhone, iPad or iPod...
GarageBand, one of Apple’s most popular apps that were ported over to the iPad earlier this year has just received a major update – because the app is now available for the iPhone and iPod touch! Musicians on the go who wanted GarageBand on a device that’s more portable than the iPad or MacBook...
Good news for users of Vonage’s VOIP services – the company has just announced the availability of its Extensions app on iOS devices. Previously available on Android, Extensions is an easy-to-use app that allows customers to make use of Vonage’s unlimited international calling plans on their smartphones (previously only available on regular phones with...
Texterity is putting four of its leading mobile magazine titles in the Apple App Store. Disney FamilyFun, The Kit, Athlon Inside Saturday and Athlon Inside Sunday are now available on Newsstand, on iOS 5 devices. Three of the titles (Family Fun, Athlon Inside Saturday, and Athlon Inside Sunday) were featured during the launch of...
One of the most popular security apps for Android phones (also available on BlackBerry OS and Windows Phone), Lookout, has finally made its way over to iOS. And just like its name implies, this multi-purpose app looks out for your phone. Lookout for iOS devices can inform users if their apps are up to...
