Samsung Galaxy S (II) United States options pose for the camera

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We have heard quite a bit about the Galaxy S, which isn't all that surprising, seeing that he has sold 3 million units in its first 55 on the market. As people from other parts of the world have gained experience that amazing is we GSII here in the States played the game. But this is so close, I almost can try cookies.

29 August Samsung finally opens GSII United States iterations in the Big Apple for T-Mobile, Sprint and AT&T. If you haven't heard already, Verizon spends on GSII. Prior to this event, this image has been leaked PocketNow, which shows all three little animals, posing for the camera.

They are a bit different in design, especially the Hercules T-Mobile. If it is true that we had previously heard about Bogatyr, T-Mobile Galaxy S II will sport more 4.5 inch Super AMOLED display plus compared to the original GSII 4.3 inch screen.

Of course the T-Mobile version may not be called Bogatyr. We actually don't know that any of the carrier's name, although we are sure will have heard a lot: reach (AT&T), within (Sprint), function (Verizon) and even the Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4 G touch (also Sprint?). What a nasty mouth, right?

In any case, it doesn't matter what the phone is called because this will be a hit no matter what. Just take a look at the specs: 1.2 GHz processor with dual-core, Android, gingerbread, TouchWiz 2.3.4 4.0, 8-meagapixel Chamber back (1080p video capture), 2-megapixel front facing arrows and Super AMOLED 4.3 inch 480 × 800 plus display.

Of course, things like screen size can vary from one carrier to the next (read: "Hercules"), but all in all those who should be the specification, we're looking at. There is also one small change in the United States, compared with the international version, which will be the loss of this snazzy little button home. Instead, the phones sport the same four buttons which we are accustomed to Android.

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Hires Apple iPhone Hacker Nicholas Allegra (@ Comex)

Apple just hired another Member of iPhone jailbreaking community, Nicholas Allegra, also known as "@ comex" on Twitter. The most known JailBreakMe website which made the process of jailbreaking iPhone as simple as visiting a Web page, using mobile Safari Allegra.

19-year-old Hacker from Chappaqua, New York, posted the news of his hire on Twitter, saying that he would be starting an internship with Apple in a week.

Allegra was one of the most visible members of the community of jailbreaking, regularly search for vulnerabilities in the iOS software Apple that allows to hack iPhones, iPod touches and iPads. Usually these holes exploited using specialized jailbreaking software applications that require phone or other device to connect to a computer via USB cable.

But JailBreakMe was much easier to use-visitors has just launched a Web site from your mobile device. The site featured a familiar-looking slide to jailbreak "bar at the bottom of the page. One simple gesture and the device has been hacked. He's done jailbreaking is available to anyone, not even by non-technical users.

Apple traditionally discouraged jailbreaking because it allows you to install third party apps outside the official iTunes app Store. Worried that once a jailbroken phone or other device, it is easier to illegally pirated apps that would otherwise be sold in the App Store, earning income for both developers and Apple.

However, not all jailbreakers interested in stealing apps – sometimes, like their counterparts, rooting Android, they just want to control their mobile phone. On jailbroken iOS device users can make the software settings and install widgets, themes, and other unapproved applications by using third party "jailbreak" App stores like Cydia, icy, and ThemeIt.

In recent months, Apple began to take notice of the community now booming jailbreak is estimated to comprise 10% of all iPhones. For example Apple hired Peter Hajas in June, the creator of the popular jailbreak app, known as mobile alerts, which has a striking resemblance to the new notification system in iOS5. The move has prompted discussion of whether Apple is reviewing its position with regard to jailbreaking — maybe it is now time is counted as a farm League for discovering new talent?

Jailbreaking is yet more mainstream this year thanks to its first ever Hacker Convention called MyGreatFest. According to the organizers Allegra had planned to attend the Conference, but whether he will still not currently clear.

Says MyGreatFest Organiser Craig Fox, "I think this is a big step for Allegra, but it's sad for the jailbreaking community to lose bright and young Hacker".

Image credit: Forbes, who outed @ comex earlier this month

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Native or Web site? Bizness application adds HTML5 platform for small and medium-sized businesses create their own applications — to both

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Bizness Apps launch, which gives small businesses the means to quickly and easily create a mobile application that launched in October 2010, and is growing like gangbusters, reaching more than 1000 applications that 10 languages and more than 20 countries in less than 9 months. She also recently teamed with WuFoo to give small and medium-sized businesses the ability to create and seamlessly add contact forms, online surveys and invitations for their applications. Startup also has interesting founding story that provides useful lessons for your business. Check out our April coverage here.

Bizness Apps value proposition is simple: run wants to make mobile applications available, customizable and easy-to-small business owner. Thus starting offers DIY iPhone, iPad and Android application platform that enables SMB to create, edit, and manage mobile applications without any programming experience required. You start with a template, customize them to meet your business and then Bizness Apps makes them native apps and distributes them on iTunes and the Android market.

Run is not without competitors in this space as iSites, SwebApps and mobile Roadie are targeting similar endpoint. But real Apps Bizness advantage that this product is easy to use, well designed, yet remains accessible. Price for use iOS or Android platform-$ 39, while those who want to create Android applications and iOS are paying $ 59. This accessibility is very appealing for small business, wants to take advantage of the mobile business without having to fork over thousands of dollars to do so.

Native apps are great and all, you could say, but what about this should HTML5 revolution? Where is my Web applications? Accelerated, the fact that heated debate whether the app developers should go to HTML5 or native apps (as evidenced by mg on the post titled back in February), the Bizness Apps founder and Executive Director Andrew Gazdecki said that he thinks that the best approach is to place a bet on mobile as a whole — not one or the other.

That is why the launch today announces the launch of HTML5 version of the platform for their DIY mobile applications for small businesses. With this new Web feature service, users now have the ability to create almost identical mobile experience for every mobile platform, including iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and so on — they can go native HTML5, or both. For an additional $ 10 per month.

Within the framework of the launch platform for HTML5 Bizness Apps built QR code enabled mobile marketing template to provide a simple and affordable way to market their mobile applications for clients small and medium-sized businesses. Image template, as shown above, is automatically generated (with the possibility of printing) with one click from within the platform for HTML5.

The idea here, said Gazdecki, is to help direct business customers for the relevant applications based on what type of mobile device they are using. For example, if a user has an Android phone, they scan the Android themed QR code assigned to business Android app.

Another important piece of the puzzle in the establishment of a development tool agnostic application platform for small and medium business is the existence in the mother and HTML5 and accessibility and the new possibilities of mobile marketing, Bizness Apps became an interesting platform and is well-positioned to weather the native vs. web apps debate.

Startup offers a coupon code for 25 free apps for readers, TC, which you can check by signing up here. Coupon code "techcrunch".

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HTC Vigor, spotted in the wild, perhaps packing the Verizon LTE

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With regard to the Verizon Droid bionic devices, probably has the Crown for "most anticipated phone" but recently leaked shots of the HTC Vigor can steal a bit of the spotlight.

Rumored to be the newest addition to the Verizon LTE line Vigor sports name that is easy to ancient in comparison: he first discovered in the trademark application with the 2009 year.

Made Vigor wave earlier this month when the ersatz version was seen on the Web site of Dutch retailers, but the real action sports less angular body that perfectly matches the HTC and Verizon's design language. In particular with its funky textured back plates and trim, Red camera, Vigor easily could go to another record in Verizon's incredible series.

Four capacitive buttons on the face of Vigor means, it will not be one of the first phones to run an ice cream sandwich, but its rumored specs dazzle many phone Geek regardless. Under the hood vigor, reportedly has a 1.5 Ghz dual-core processor, 1 GB RAM, 16 GB internal flash memory and has a Dre audio. 4.3 Inch HD display graces the front, and if, the HTC sense UI will be running the show.

Note that Vigor is largely branding at this point, leaving claims LTE interoperability and processing audio beats in question. The device will probably test now, milestones, which could explain the total absence of flourish, but here's hoping that the rumors are true. Without Galaxy S II aboard this may end up as one of Verizon's heavy hitters, the coming holidays.

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Smart Mobile and thin clouds

Editor's note: Guest author Keith Teare is a general partner at its incubator businesses of Archimedes and the Director-General recently funded by just.me. He was a co-founder of TechCrunch.

— All that is solid melts into the air. There will be no Web 3.0!

When HP CEO Leo Apotheker announced that the company is looking for options for the consumer PC business and abandon mobile business equipment its shares dropped 20%. When Steve Jobs resigned from Apple CEO, after 12:0 's upper shares rose above the previous close for 48 hours.

These two stories of corporate changes are widely debated, often in expressions, for example, suppose that the men at the center of each company's history. Nevertheless, something much more remains in the game, and it will convert the entire ecosystem of software for the next 5 years. Changes will be so dramatically that the current discussions on bubble appears silly. Huge companies fail and be formed even more new companies.

The foundations of the era, we, at birth, have the following characteristics {}

Desktop computing devices, including laptops, are reduced to machines that are used to complete tasks, serious work. Fewer people will buy them in the future, and those who will use them less time software for the Web 2.0 era, provided that the services in the cloud, is consumed by people sitting at desks with browsers increasingly less relevant and used less often. Even relatively new projects, like Facebook and Google + will become "stale" quickly. mobile devices and especially smart phones will more and more things, a person will need to make, and will do so more easily and productively. Adoption would quickly and Tom is going to be huge because of the ease of use and convenience of always-on device, combined with powerful software and services: software and services will run on these devices and use cloud storage and delivery. Rich clients will make use of thin clouds. Cloud will get bigger, but simpler. Old Web applications, web 2.0 and the paradigm of web services architecture will decline the Apple iPhone is best suited for this emerging human experience. Google's Android, being mainly a thin client for Google's thick cloud (Docs, Gmail, calendar, contacts, Picasa, G +) will make happy geeks, but it will be necessary to change the primary choice of discerning consumers. Its large amounts of driving will be less passion and more points of commodity prices, not unlike Symbian in an earlier era.Facebook, archetypal thick cloud ecosystem is highly vulnerable during this transitional period, as almost his entire business is based on the architecture of the cloud through the holding of a person's social graph and as a means of acting on this graph. Facebook mobile applications such as thin client, it will not be as easy or as powerful for users as a real mobile social network. anybody building almost anything in 2011, should think "mobile first" and possibly "only mobile". They must empower owners of smart phone to perform complex and simple tasks with a minimum of fuss and maximum performance. They should not require a person to go and sit on the table for anything.

This whole move is determined by the ecosystems, which started with the iPhone. Android, on the contrary, is backward-looking architecture. This is a means to spread the old Web services to mobile audience, but this does not make software to meet the opportunities provided by mobile or easier, new architecture, it offers.

Viewed from this perspective, HP rightly want to exit the hardware business. This game out there for the next few years. Apple has a huge lead.

Google still has a shot at relevance in connection with Android, but dramatic changes in Android philosophy to achieve this goal. HTML5 will not be enough to upgrade Web 2.0 mobile ecosystem for the future. The new ecosystem is caused by user comfort with the ecosystem more decentralized, user-centric mobile applications.

Facebook will be challenged to maintain its leading role in the social networks, if it can be quite different, decentralized architecture. But as the most centralized success stories of web 2.0 that will not be obvious or just until it is too late.

In the next 10 years is a wonderfully interesting. And thanks goes to ... Apple and Steve jobs. No more suits, think different.

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Life is a crime: If you attempt to Shakedown my virtual office TechCrunch, I would almost beat you

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There is a simple fundamental reasons why Grand Theft Auto has exploded in the phenomenon. Everyone has sometimes criminal trends. And practically indulge them a hell of a lot better than actually indulging them and moral implications — or physical consequences. As a prison.

But what if you could make the Grand Theft Auto concept even more immersive, tying in the real world? Here's what life is all about.

New mobile game red robot laboratory-based Mike Ouye, Pete Hawley and John Harris, the former leaders at Playdom, EA and SCEE start — allows you to put a life of crime to your phone. This location-based games launch today for Android devices which can be highly addictive.

Think of it as Foursquare meets Grand Theft Auto meets Spymaster (remember the Spymaster?) corresponds to Gowalla — well, old Gowalla before they recently said they have killed an element of virtual goods. Essence to go around your city and battle other properties of the element. The point is not to "register" to attack the other players all that you have to capture the city.

"Social utility guys taught people such as registration, but it's not real deep gaming experience," says the Ouye. "We're going after the gaming space. We are talking about the discovery of new places while playing igru"on continues.

Life is a crime uses real cards, which are individual red robot Labs group to include a virtual view of key landmarks in the city. Right now, Seattle (where red robot Labs is the opening game at PAX today) is constructed from. Soon after San Francisco and other cities in the United States will be too. These maps to incentivize people to fight for the Golden Gate Bridge, for example.

However, any location is fair game. Management team TechCrunch, for example to add.

The combat nature of the game is quite simple. You find someone you want to fight and becomes a Battle with the support of your weapons and stats. If you have a indicator of reputation than your opponent, you can remove them in battle. But perhaps they have a better tool than you even wait a little bit of that.

First game will mainly be a single player experience. But down the line, the red robot guys hope people form virtual bands to battle other bands for the superiority of the location. One of the ideas that the team has is Android vs. iPhone when the iPhone version launches later this fall. Maybe Jason and I will play at OMG JK.

At one point the red team robot got around 200 Googlers he played in the Googleplex, we are told.

In the end, as a form of gangs in the game will be different levels that individual users can rise to within the gang.

Another element of the game is to pick up and go virtual goods with other users — both sides are rewarded in the game for this action. There are about 200 names in the game right now and a lot of settings for users.

In the broader sense of life is a crime is a location-based gaming platform, the red robot Labs hopes to build a simple step. Their intention was to three games at this year's platform is two, built them, and the third party.

The location of the game is wide open right now, the Ouye says. ", and we're going after him because they really sticky" he continues.

"We compete for 30 seconds or 1 minute when you are in the waiting line. You want to make a virtual crime than range, or you want to register? "

You hear that Foursquare? Man up. Time to fight.

Life is a crime can be found in the Android market here.

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The patent describes a solar-powered iPhone charger for Apple laptops

Among the 16 new patents issued, Apple this week, the United States Patent and Trademark Office is a pretty interesting one description of a solar-powered charger for electronic devices. The patent describes a system that includes a voltage converter and controller, which will work together with the source of solar energy.

Voltage converter will be made to the source of solar energy input cable. It will also be attached to the "electronic loads through the output cable. That "electronic loads" can be "portable electronic devices," said filing – which basically means almost anything Apple does with iPhones to MacBooks.

Voltage converter is configured to control the amount of energy, developed the device at its products, while a controller configured to control voltage converter in order to reduce the amount of power drawn later, if it goes through a predefined threshold. In other words this is a key part of solar charging system for electronics.

Apple previously filed patents for support of solar panels, which will work as a source of power for mobile devices as well as a method for coating a device in solar batteries. However, it is unlikely that we will see reduced solar-powered gadgets from Apple (or anyone for that matter), to the costs associated with their production.

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Facebook kills daily deals, but keep-registration transactions

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Quietly announcing they have killed off their nascent product deals this afternoon, Facebook has caused some confusion. (C) a decision to kill off Facebook site earlier this week, you see, everyone wanted to know what this means for location-based transactions, they started with it? Those who remain alive, Facebook said at the time. With today's performance will change anything?

No, says Facebook. Daily transactions separated from check transactions. -Registration of transactions will work slightly differently from the end of the site, but the company will continue to maintain and strengthen this product. Daily deals are dead — and e-mail account thanks them for it.

Facebook's statement on this issue:

After testing transactions for four months, we decided to put an end to our product deals in the coming weeks. We believe that there are a lot of power in the social approach to driving people in local enterprises. We remain committed to building products to help local businesses connect with people like ads, landing pages, authors of short stories and registration transactions. We learned a lot from our tests, and we will continue to evaluate how to best serve local businesses.

The more brutal terms that might be easier to understand: they are killing off their Groupon killer while maintaining a half their Foursquare killer during the murder of the other half of their Foursquare killer.

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Samsung's Galaxy S II hit T-Mobile, Sprint, AT&T, but not Verizon?

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After what felt like forever for many Android fan Samsung Galaxy S II finally is set to touch United States. Come next Monday, Samsung will spill the details around the Galaxy S II United States launch.

Start date and its positioning as the flagship of the Android mobile phone, it's almost inevitable that Galaxy S II will be spun as a big competitor iPhone 5's — and in this battle, Samsung will need the support of so many of the carrier, as it can get. Alas, it looks like they will have to continue without the support of the world's largest carrier: Verizon.

According to a report out from the Wall Street Journal, Verizon will be overweight in the Galaxy S II game. AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint will all be part of the big launch event, while Verizon plans to continue pushing the device already in their portfolio.

Of course, this is contrary to earlier rumors (though we left unreported seemed a bit too shaky) that Verizon will be the first in the United States to get Galaxy S II, running it under the name "functions". It's just how things are going, when you live life around the rumor mill.

It's not as if Samsung could not build Verizon-friendly Galaxy S II; they already support CDMA, if they plan to launch the Sprint version, and they build phones that work with Verizon's LTE network since April — so why Verizon might pass up the long-awaited device? Blame it on the dates: Verizon knows comes a new iPhone, and all signs 8 September launch of Verizon's other major Android phone, long, long delay Bionic Droid. The carrier may only split their marketing love so many ways.

Update: with Verizon, we confirmed that, at least at the present time, they do not intend to carry the Galaxy S II.

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Scandy: still another meaning of Smartphone

Cris Velasco is a writer who studied English language and marketing at Rutgers University and mobile enthusiasts. Once upon a time he was a News intern for MobileCrunch, and between them, he worked in wireless sales at best buy. After graduation, he returned to the new TechCrunch in mobile as a full-time writer. He counts the advertising works, musical theater ... ? Read More

We are big fans of Kickstarter around here, but for every good project that gets his much deserved financing, there are countless lesser ideas caught in financial uncertainty. What is at stake today: Scandy telescopic clip, which promises to turn your smartphone into a scanner.

The idea is that since Scandy your smartphone a pretty decent camera, mounted on his back, she will do a half-decent scanner, if you managed to hold just right. Instead of leaving the onus on the user, Scandy clips at the nearest table and allows you to adjust the height to get the entire document in a view.

In short, this is absolutely ridiculous. Time required to whip out Scandy, bolt it on the table and the height will be completely Eclipse time would snap a few photos and choose the best of them. Maybe there's some untapped market there really wants to lug around $ 40 set of plastic pipes in order to photograph the paperwork, but only 13 supporters at the time of writing, call it a niche market will be an understatement.

John said that it may be useful for researchers who don't want to spend 10 cents a copy on the old national library, but seriously? Plus it will not ruin finish reading table?

Alas, I could be completely wrong (Note: I'm not), and this could be the next must-have accessory for practise in your life. Scandy is compatible with all smartphones mostly because you should just relax your phone on top of it and get snapping. If the base model for $ 40 not strike your fancy, a limited edition model (plus capacitive stylus!) can be yours if you deposit $ 100, and a donation of $ 500 nabs Edition signature laser engraving.

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Android users to finally get the full Qik experience premium

Cris Velasco is a writer who studied English language and marketing at Rutgers University and mobile enthusiasts. Once upon a time he was a News intern for MobileCrunch, and between them, he worked in wireless sales at best buy. After graduation, he returned to the new TechCrunch in mobile as a full-time writer. He counts the advertising works, musical theater ... ? Read More

Android-toting Qik fans will have reason to smile today: Skype announced that their fee-based service for Android devices finally got fleshed out with new functionality and services for demanding mobile videophile.

For $ 4.99 per month Qik Premium users now handles unlimited storage of video content to Qik.com, where basic users are limited to little 25. In the game with a desktop application that allows for wireless synchronization management video from your PC. 3D capable Smartphone owners now happiness too, like Qik premium now supports sharing of 3D content, in addition to HD video quality.

These new features, in addition to the original toolkit Qik premium, which already includes unlimited video mail, and the ability to take pictures while recording video. Priority support is also available for premium members, which means that all of your app-related gripes will get their much-deserved attention. All told, Qik premium is shaping up to be a convincing little package for videographers on the go.

Premium service Qik's not exactly new news (their premium efforts first went live in the Ovi Store, of all places), but adding great new features are always welcome. Support for premium service were folded into Qik application, so current users is not just a quick update away.

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Webs.com adds mobile site to synchronize his DIY Site Builder

Webs.com, creating popular DIY site announces new mobile site builder today that automatically keeps your Web site-based Smartphone in sync with your main Web site. Before the creation of mobile applications has been available only in the company's App Store, which provides additional enhancements for site owners. However, at this point, this product has been fully integrated into the Site Builder Webs.com.

As with Webs.com full website creation service idea version mobile site should keep things simple as opportunities for small business owners and others who want to develop professional websites easily, without requiring programming sites themselves.

Mobile component will include various themes, colors and images, the ability to password-protect pages, additional mobile applications like calendar, FAQ, feedback and application members and additional editing capabilities, including the ability to adjust the size of the main logo or remove the name of the header.

Mobile sites are now compatible with a version of Samsung, LG, Symbian, Nokia, Playstation and Nintendo DS devices in addition to iOS, Android and BlackBerry.

For current owners of sites with custom domains Webs.com Mobile websites will be available at m.yourcompany.com.

If this type of service sounds familiar it's because Webs.com partner, DudaMobile, provides options backend for this new feature has recently launched its own self-service platform, which makes much the same. Now some partners DudaMobile integrate similar features into their Web sites, building tools, including Yahoo and Logoworks by HP.

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Samsung's IFA App shows a new tab of the Galaxy, wave tube

Cris Velasco is a writer who studied English language and marketing at Rutgers University and mobile enthusiasts. Once upon a time he was a News intern for MobileCrunch, and between them, he worked in wireless sales at best buy. After graduation, he returned to the new TechCrunch in mobile as a full-time writer. He counts the advertising works, musical theater ... ? Read More

Samsung's pre-IFA Unpacked app is usually very dry, with regard to the content: there is an event calendar and press releases abound, but some interesting Android fans discovered some juicy new tidbits, deep inside the application inside.

This is my next messages after a little poking around in application content, logos for 7.7 Tab Galaxy Samsung Samsung Galaxy Samsung wave 3 Note and everyone noticed. Galaxy tab is probably the easiest of the bunch: it's the nearest Samsung came to review the initial GalTab pocketable sizes, but I hope works cellular as big brothers.

Wave 3 is supposedly Bada powered handset, and may also be one, spotted the leaked roadmap with a few weeks ago. Wave series were the Samsung flagship device for OS Bada boom probable cause, so the leaked specifications (4 Super AMOLED display, Bada 2.0, 5 MP camera, 3 GB of on-board storage) may hold a really come September.

The most intriguing new note Galaxy; the name seems to imply (at least for me)-based pen La HTC flyer/View 4 G, but it may well be another Smartphone Samsung will be added to its inventory.

Samsung Unpacked recommended that users can update the square Come September 1, most likely, the concretization of these and other upcoming devices with some official details. Here's hoping that even earlier than this is yet another update-who knows what surprises can lay hidden inside?

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RIM launches the inexplicable BBM music App

Jordan Crook studied English literature at the University of New York before entering the tech space. Prior to joining TechCrunch Crook dabbled in mobile marketing and mobile apps, as well as doing reviews of devices for MobileMarketer and MobileBurn. Kruk, fascinated with the production of alternative sources of energy and greentech. It is currently for CrunchGear writer. ? Read More

While Slacker and Pandora have migration, BlackBerry App world selection music apps is quite limited compared with competing platforms. In fact the world App is recognized in several different categories. But this does not mean that RIM is not open to improvement, although further improvements. However, RIM today announced its music BBM app.

It's basically a subscription music APP with a strong social element. For $ 4.99 monthly, you can have 50 different songs that RIM is calling profile BBM music. From there it really all depends on the popularity. Have access to all the music for each of your friends BBM music profiles, theoretically your choice could be expanded way past 50 original songs. It can also stay on 50 songs, if you can't learn to play well with others. Strangely enough, you can only change from 25 your songs per month.

In other words this is music VD-like service, except that the more distributed, more popular you are.

Because this will all be down BBM, BBM course style will be part of the mix. Whereas BBM music, you will be able to message your friends via BBM as well as sharing songs. Users can also check their friends music activity in the timeline to get really stalkerish a about it.

In truth the explosion, you'll receive the tank isn't all that Great, especially if you're a social division. But you have to applaud RIM for testing of the musical waters. They basically forces users to invite and add friends, because the more friends you have, more music, you can access.

RIM expects the app to roll at the end of this year, but the beta is ready to roll in the United States, Britain and Canada right now. You must download the BlackBerry 6 for the first time to get in on the fun. More information is available at BlackBerry blog.

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Nextpeer allows developers to turn single-player game in multi-player games

Nextpeer is a newly launched Mobile Developer Toolkit that enables you to quickly and easily add multi-player gaming their single-player game developers. With Nextpeer at the tournament and social SDK (software development kit) developers can add custom features that allow users to join their games in real time, social tournaments where they compete with other users for the top scores or achievement.

The idea is so simple, it's surprising it hasn't been done before. People like mobile games and they are together to play games, but so far the only way developers can create multiplayer games — by creating a multi-player game from scratch. However, with the Nextpeer, any game can become a multiplayer game.

How it works

For users of Nextpeer too easy to use. Gamers to start an application, click the "online tournaments/multipoint-player" and sign in using Facebook connect. This takes them to the screen, which displays live tournaments available to join – experience similar to join Zynga Texas Hold'em tables, for example.

The player then places a bet to take part in the tournament. (This part is optional and will depend on the game).

When the tournament begins, gamers not played alongside each other in the sense that all the characters on the screen together. Instead, the user plays the game, as usual, but gets real-time notifications on their status, for example, "you're in the 3-rd place! Hurry Up! "or "Daniel is going to win!" depending on the game could be the first to reach a certain number of points receive achievement, complete the task, etc.

At the end of the session players table has gone away, and if a winner is declared the winner takes all, rate other players virtual money in the form of a Nextpeer currency.

A separate application to search for Nextpeer games is the Next

Nextpeer currency will be available for purchase in the accompanying Nextpeer mobile applications (not out yet), which will also feature games that use technology Nextpeer. Company founder and CEO Shai Magzimof recognizes that had not yet been worked out details of how the share of income will work, but it could be something like 90/10 (developer/Nextpeer).

However, the share of income is not the main reason why developers will use technology Nextpeer, said Magzimof. More importantly Nextpeer will allow developers to yet another channel for disseminating and marketing opportunities, both within the Nextpeer a separate application and its Web site. Access to more players, particularly more active, regular players, means increased opportunities for income generation through the monetization of your own game, whether it is a virtual economy, advertising or paid downloads. And Nextpeer promises to stay regardless of the income in the game can be.

Join the beta!

Nextpeer SDK initially available for iOS only (Android will come later), and the company already has a few games in testing. It is also negotiating with other developers, large and small/indie. (And "big" we mean really, really, really big.) Interested developers can sign up now to join the private beta here. Nextpeer application will go live within a few weeks.

Magzimof previously participated in Y Combinator startup program, which later became Greplin. Founder and Technical Director Daniel W previously was a developer on Fring and co-founder and Vice President Itamar Mule also co-founded Mobile Games Studio social expeditions. Nextpeer-this is a summary of the Android app Innobell, who made phone calls, social. The company attracted angel investor $300000 from Morris Wolfson.

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Jumio comes to WordPress, makes blog readers webcams in credit card readers

Jumio, a new technology that transforms your webcam in credit card readers, now offers a plugin for WordPress websites. New Jumio Netswipe-ins allows site visitors to pay for products or make donations quickly and easily, simply, holding up their credit cards to their computer webcam.

For publishers, WordPress by adding Netswipe to their site is simple-just download, install and activate like any other WordPress plugin.

With the new plugin WordPress site owners receive a "Netswipe PayMe" button that can be placed anywhere on their website. All payments are managed through your Jumio account, which is provided free of charge after registration.

After you download the WordPress plugin here, just unzip it and upload the folder "Wordpress_Jumio_Payment_Plugin" at the '/wp-content/plugins/' directory. Then activate the plugin through the plugins menu in WordPress. You can then configure the options in the menu "settings for WordPress. (More detailed instructions can be found here).

Jumio started last month, introducing its seamless, integrated solutions for merchants and developers for the failure of the payment industry. This is not only the technology easy to use, also adds a layer of security to digital operations to the physical card must be present in order to address the webcam Jumio to work.

Initially, the technology is available only for Desktop Web sites, but later this year, the two parts of the mobile solutions become available. This part of the system Jumio will include a mobile app and developer libraries. Jumio mobile developer tools are an aspect of the solution that is most like a Card.io, which offers similar tools.

Jumio received $ 6.5 million in funding from Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin and other investors back in March.

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OfficeTime expense tracking software extends to the iOS with iPhone iPad Apps

Jordan Crook studied English literature at the University of New York before entering the tech space. Prior to joining TechCrunch Crook dabbled in mobile marketing and mobile apps, as well as doing reviews of devices for MobileMarketer and MobileBurn. Kruk, fascinated with the production of alternative sources of energy and greentech. It is currently for CrunchGear writer. ? Read More

Time and cost tracking is a tedious, even on a personal level. Dealing with it in an Office environment, of course, much worse. But OfficeTime expects to make it a little easier, today announces its expansion from only application desktop PC/Mac to iOS. For something as annoying as the expense tracking OfficeTime has a smart approach to mobile devices. This theme – fewer columns, the better.

IOs versions seem to have much the same features as the desktop app. single will be one of them, which enable users to get instant access to your project tasks, time spent and costs, along with the ability to compare reports last month. There is also a way for freelancers to track their hours and even see how they reward measures against a fixed cost estimate.

Apps also feature reporting team, which offers cross team reports on who did what (and when they did so, what) through the ability to synchronize between iPads, iPhones, Macs and PC. Regardless of where you plug in info it shows up on all devices. The application also allows users to export anything in Excel or numbers.

IPhone and iPad apps will go for $ 7.99 in the app Store, with desktop applications, retailing for $ 47. Does not require a monthly subscription.

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Like Quora more thinks about mobile devices, they drop a PIN on the spot

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Some of the most interesting and relevant content on Quora linked from their seats. So far, however, not much done to Quora concentrate these data using the location. Today they start.

A new feature going live soon will allow users to specify location information by topic. For example, if the theme of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, now you can drag and drop a PIN to indicate where on the map. This place will display each time you view the topic. And the map can be set to show satellite or terrain view (they're using Google Maps). You can also enter specific addresses.

This may not sound like a big deal, but it most likely indicates where Quora thinks about heading to the location itself. The company noted that, as more people use the service from their mobile phones, location-based questions and answers are becoming increasingly important. This is something that other startups as Hipster, were built around.

Location more generally also allows Quora link topics together in a new way. For example, if you are considering a trip somewhere, you could look at interesting information around the area you're headed, than might otherwise have surfaced on the overall query.

It looks like Facebook is not only taking place more seriously.

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Ness serves up their first personal search app to open a restaurant

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Last night I went out for lunch. But I didn't get where I was going, Ness did. Location was good. Only one for Ness.

We previously covered Ness calculations in July, when talking about technologies that will power their possible applications (as well as their funding). Today, the first such app has gone live in the App Store, called simply, Ness. This is a personal search engine, meals in restaurants. And that's fine.

While most of the food and restaurant recommendation apps focus on ratings from the general population, Ness adapted around social, as well as your own taste. Others have tried this before as well, but Ness seemed to have nailed it thanks to a ton of data they've been pulling up the app even started.

They can do this because they hook into Facebook, Foursquare and Twitter (as well as several other smaller sources) find signals some of the restaurants. People tweeting about liking them? Users check out there much? These sorts of things. This helps determine which restaurants Ness must show you within an application.

When you first load up the app, you are asked to assess ten places you have visited. This helps calibrate points "Likeness" of the key recommendations. Those scores likeness appear as probability percentage that you like the restaurant shows. This, together with the proximity and social data to determine what restaurants are provided to you.

But the application from a search engine in the more traditional sense. You can easily search for different types of food, whether General or specific. And you can choose to search in other cities. Or you can change the search options to limit your search by price and weed out the more circuits, for example.

When you find your favorite place you can go deeper to get hours, phone numbers, website, etc. you can also save space to return later. And you can share restaurants with friends with the click of a button.

They key to app, though, is the ease of use and data accuracy. I constantly find similarity ratings were roughly correct what my actual rating be for restaurants, I was in and the system will only get better, how do you appreciate more space.

The appearance of the application is also beautiful. I said that we can thank the initial team member iPhone Apple previously and now with Ness, to do so.

Remember that restaurant recommendations just step one of Ness hopes to offer. Next steps will indicate similarity engine to shops, music, nightlife and entertainment. All that can be done in one killer, subjective mobile search system.

You can find the Ness in the App Store here. Unfortunately, it is only for United States at the present time.

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Fujitsu IS12T Windows phone mango launched in Japan today (fast service)

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Last month, Fujitsu in Japan unveiled IS12T, declared the first cellphone running on Windows phone 7.5 aka mango. And the country's second largest mobile carrier (and exclusive supplier of phone) KDDI au, not losing a lot of time: IS12T became available today, and here (this is Fujitsu, official press release in English today).

As we reported earlier, mango tubes, comes with a 3.7 inch LCD 800 × 480 resolution, 13.2 MP CMOS camera, the body is water and shock proof 32 GB internal memory, support the microUSB port, IEEE 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi (do not bind), DLNA, GSM/CDMA, etc.

There are nine languages for user interface, and IS12T is available in three colors "Neon" (citrus fruits, black, purple).

I went to the store only a mobile phone in my area today, having a look at the phone, but unfortunately, I got a few pictures (see above) and play around with it for a few minutes before I had to leave (not video photo no).

My first impression was that the phone itself felt light and thin, but very cheap and plasticky (I couldn't give Xbox Live, Internet Explorer and other apps spin because Wi-Fi and 3 G have been turned off – within a few minutes, I played with it, the UI felt great).

Price-Wise IS12T is located at the upper end of the spectrum for mobile phones in Japan: storage (and all other retailers, for that matter) implements the phone up to $955 (but with steep discounts in certain circumstances). So if Fujitsu really starts selling mobile phone outside Japan (they have international plans), don't expect it will be a budget model.

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Debuts two new Nokia phones for emerging markets: Nokia 101 ($ 35) and Nokia 100 ($ 30)

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Nokia today announced the launch of two dirt cheap Nokia phones and Nokia 101 100, which the company said its most affordable phones to date.

Prices only 25 euros ($ 35) and 20 euros ($ 30), respectively, this should hardly come as a surprise.

Of course "dirt cheap" is relative-feature phones are for people in countries where phones should be this inexpensive even considered for purchase (large parts of Asia and Africa, in particular).

"We recognize that for many of these billions of people phone purchase is an investment. People are looking for a phone that offers great opportunities, but also reliable, "said Mary McDowell, Executive Vice President, mobile phones, Nokia.

Nokia 101 is a dual SIM device that allows users to connect to two different networks to receive calls and messages, helping them to manage costs and decent coverage without the need for multiple phones. It comes with FM radio, MP3 player and 103 Phon loudspeaker and supports up to 16 GB microSD memory card.

The phone will be available in the third quarter of 2011, and comes in black and red.

Nokia 100 represents a primitive color display phones with FM radio. It will be available in the fourth quarter of 2011, and comes in blue, pink, black and red.

Nokia 101 and Nokia Nokia life tools offer 100 (albeit limited to certain markets) and Nokia money (in India), providing access to locally relevant information on health, education, agriculture and entertainment.

Both phones are based on a series of 30 of the operating system and can support up to five separate address books and store personalization data for up to five different SIM cards.

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