Need to Send a Gift But Don’t Know the Address? Karma App Can Help
A new app called Karma lets you instantly send gifts to friends, even if you don’t know their physical address. A service for “in-the-moment gifting,” Karma lets you send everything from a bottle of wine to a fuzzy teddy bear to friends via SMS, email, and Facebook. Once the recipient gets the message, she can specify which address she wants it shipped to. The Karma app works as a virtual storefront of sorts. Karma has partnered with Hulu, Gund, MoMa and Spotify and offers gifts appropriate for people of all... Read The Rest →
Droid X update v4.5.621.MB810 now rolling out to the masses
We’ve known now for quite some time that it was coming but for all you Droid X owners out there, the v4.5.621.MB810 update is now rolling out to the masses. As noted in the change log, this release covers a lot of bug fixes: Prevents lockups or resets after the Over the Air (OTA) update. OTA update notice screen displays the correct estimated update time. Improved browser security with the Google Security Patch from Android 2.3.6. Fixed issue where the device may power ON without user interaction. Resolved possible device resets while... Read The Rest →
Lookout launches Ad Network Detector, a new tool to manage privacy
The folks over at Lookout Labs have released a new Android app today, and it’s one that I think a whole lot of folks are going to love. Dubbed Ad Network Detector, it’s an app that detects which advertisement networks are running in the other apps you’ve downloaded and installed, tells you what apps are using them, and lets you know a bit about what type of information they can be tracking about you. Lets get to the meat of the issue — ads are not bad or evil. I’ve been known to... Read The Rest →
Guitar Pro now available on the Android Market
If you’re a guitar player, then chances are you’re already making use of your Android device in some way to help you with your music. Be it as an instant guitar tuner, to downloading tabs or even recording quick little jam sessions here and there – now you can expand on that usage with the release of Guitar Pro Tab Player to the Android market. This a mobile version of the Guitar Pro tab editing program available for Android devices 2.2 and up, and it’s pretty feature packed: Supporting GP3/4/5 and... Read The Rest →
Scam Pokemon app removed from iOS app store
An illegitimate, 99¢ version of Pokemon Yellow that claimed to be “just like the original” has been removed from the iOS App Store after quickly climbing the store’s paid app charts over the weekend. Nintendo and Apple have yet to respond to a request for comment on the matter, but it seems the companies have finally cottoned on to the fact that developer “House of Anime” did not have the rights to use the Pokemon name and images on the App Store. The app’s description showed screenshots from Nintendo’s popular Game Boy RPG,... Read The Rest →
