Android – Iphone – Applications

There’s a real app designed to cater to the needs of car enthusiasts and gearheads. The CarBuzz app an easy to use iPhone and iPod Touch application that is available at the App Store.

Start-up is quick, and you’re instantly taken to the homepage where you can see the latest in automotive news and model reviews. I’m pleased to see that not only are the pictures in great quality, but the app provides daily updates and coverage of new models on the market… Read More

written by klstej14

When AT&T changed its data plans a few weeks ago, it put an end the the unlimited data plans for new iPhone customers. Existing customers were however offered the possibility to stay on those unlimited plan. Others decided to go to a cheaper capped data plan. The trick is once you give up your unlimited plan, you cannot go back to it.

That’s exactly what my friend Mathew did. He wanted to save a few bucks and downgraded to the $25 2GB plan but he quickly regretted his move. I was talking with Mathew the other day while preparing the TwiiPhone podcast when he told me he had found a way to get his iPhone back to the unlimited data plan.

I was very interested in hearing his story and how he managed to go back to the grandfathered unlimited data plan so he offered to email me all the details of the story. Here it is for you… Read More

written by jdkjdj

National Geographic has announced a partnership with location-based social gaming company SCVNGR. National Geographic will be putting challenges and treks built into SCVNGR across multiple several of their branded properties. The properties include the National Geographic Channel, National Geographic Maps, National Geographic Museum and Kids Entertainment groups.

SCVNGR’s first partnership use will take place at the National Geographic Museum exhibition “Geckos: Tails to Toepads” that is open between now and January 5, 2011. SCVNGR users also will notice the partnership at the National Geographic Entertainment’s World Animal Day celebrations on October 16.

“By working with SCVNGR, we are able to create mobile innovative experiences that build affiliation and engagement within National Geographic’s global community and further spreads our mission of inspiring people to care about the planet,” stated National Geographic VP of Mobile Aaron Kohn. “We look forward to utilizing SCVNGR to create challenges that take our audience outside of individual properties through mobile ancillary content, taking them beyond individual Channel shows and leading mission-driven projects.”

National Geographic is creating the “Nat Geo” badges and other rewards after completing challenges on SCVNGR. You can learn more information here: http://www.natgeo.scvngr.com/.

written by guangcheng

The Nokia N8 has started shipping from the factories in Finland and China. Those that have pre-ordered the devices will receive them first. The N8 will ship in many different languages to phone companies around the world. The N8 has a 12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens, xenon flash, extra large image sensor, and HDMI output. Below are some pictures of the device being shipped:

[Nokia Conversations]

written by raymoayr001

comScore has released some new figures about the amount of video that has been watched over the past month. According to comScore, 178 million Internet users watched video content in August at an average of 14.3 hours per viewer. About 5.2 billion viewing sessions took place in the month of August and 85.1% of users in the U.S. viewed online video as well.

YouTube had about 146.3 million unique viewers in the month of August and Facebook.com took the #2 spot with 58.6 million viewers. Yahoo! was in third place and VEVO was in fourth place.

Check out the chart below to see the additional numbers:

[TechCrunch]

written by Script Alert