Mobile and Wireless
AppTech completes Jesus App
AppTech has completed company’s first app designed for the Christian community throughout the world. The Jesus app has been submitted to the iPhone App Store in English and is being translated into Spanish and Portuguese.
Approval to commence sales is expected from the App Store in the near future. AppTech will donate twenty percent (20%) of [...]
Bharti Airtel launches Global Data Services in Thailand & Malaysia
Bharti Airtel has launched its services in Thailand and Malaysia. The services include IP, Managed MPLS and Ethernet for customers in the region.
The company has partnered with the Thai company True International Gateway and Telecom Malaysia to launch the services in the two countries.
The company informed that the services will provide three levels of connectivity [...]
Starwood Hotels & Resorts launches app for BlackBerry phones
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has launched the SPG App for BlackBerry smartphones. The app is based on its Starwood Preferred Guest program.
The SPG App enables BlackBerry smartphone users to browse and make reservations at 1,000 Starwood properties across the globe. Members can also use the new application to manage current reservations, view their Starpoints [...]
Alcatel-Lucent acquires Openplug
Alcatel-Lucent has acquired Openplug, a mobile software and applications development tools vendor. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Alcatel-Lucent can now extend Openplug’s functionality to service providers, enterprises and developers so they can create and deploy applications across multiple mobile devices and within service provider app stores.
As a result, applications that had previously only been [...]
Orange, RIM launch BlackBerry solution in Armenia
Orange Armenia and Research In Motion (RIM) have introduced the BlackBerry solution in Armenia. The BlackBerry solution brings together smartphones, software and services to allow wireless access to e-mail, phone, calendar, web, multimedia and other business and lifestyle applications.
With this launch Orange customers will be able to use BlackBerry smartphones to stay connected to people [...]
Nokia to acquire Motally
Nokia has signed an agreement to acquire Motally, a privately-held US-based company.
Motally’s mobile analytics service offers in-application tracking and reporting, and is designed to enable developers and publishers to optimise the development of their mobile applications through increased understanding of how users engage.
The service offering is planned to be adapted for Qt, Symbian, Meego and [...]
IG Index dealing app now available for iPhone
IG Index, a financial spread betting firm in the UK, is now offering its new iPhone dealing app for download.
Available free of charge from the AppStore, the application aims to offer clients all the functionality of the traditional dealing platform, as well as a real-time charting package and breaking news headlines from Thomson Reuters.
IG Index [...]
Cricket partners with RIM; announces Blackberry plan
Cricket Communications, a provider of wireless services and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless, recently announced the availability of the BlackBerry Curve 8530 Smartphone.
Cricket-branded retail stores, dealers in the US and www.mycricket.com will offer the BlackBerry Curve 8530 for $299.99. The device will be accompanied by Cricket’s $60 BlackBerry Plan, offering nationwide talk, text, e-mail, [...]
SK Telecom, RIM introduce BlackBerry Storm2 in South Korea
SK Telecom and Research In Motion (RIM) have announced the launch of the first touch-screen BlackBerry smartphone – BlackBerry Storm2 – for customers in South Korea.
Storm2 offers advanced communications and multimedia features, enabling customers to stay connected to co-workers, friends, family and a range of content while on the go.
Key features include 3.25”, high resolution [...]
iPhoneApplicationList.com launches a marketplace for apps
iPhoneApplicationList.com, a portal for iPhone app discovery, app reviews and videos, has launched a service named AppExchange, an open marketplace where developers can find the potential buyers for their apps and underlying technology.
There is a range of apps in App Store developed by developers who do not have much time for app support and promotion. [...]
