Android Users Can Now C...
Thanks to a partnership with Vlingo , owners of Android 2.0 or higher-equipped phones can now check in to Foursquare and update their status on Facebook and Twitter simply by speaking into their phones. To try it out, download the free Vlingo app to your Android handset. Using your...
Allmyapps Snags 1 Milli...
The iTunes-for-apps , Allmyapps , has just announced its first round of funding with French VC fund, Elaia Partners – the same firm that has backed French all-stars like Goom Radio , Goojet and Criteo . With 1 million in the bank, the Paris-based company founded in June 2009 plans...
Email Overload Means We...
A new study by email software purveyor Xobni confirms what we bloggers know to be true, there’s actually no such thing as a day off in the Internet age (Want more visceral proof than an email study? Check out the timestamp of this post). Information anxiety has pretty much put the...
YouTube Debuts New Movi...
YouTube has launched a fresh Movies category on its website, gathering about 400 full-length films for your on-demand viewing pleasure, all free of charge. The renewed section, which is actually more like the next step in previously announced projects, comes courtesy of deals the Google...
TweetDeck’s Undergrou...
Now that TweetDeck’s Android app is out in beta mode, with its multiple streams (notably Facebook, Foursquare, Twitter, Google Buzz) and blended options, many users want to know when TweetDeck will overhaul its iPhone app. The company’s CEO and founder, Iain Dodsworth , who...
Teevox Turns Your iPhon...
Founded by former MIT students Jung Moon-Kim and Andrew Sugaya, YCombinator -funded Teevox is an iPhone app that allows you to remotely control watching Hulu and Netflix on your computer. While apps like PlayOn let you watch Netflix and Hulu on your phone and Apple’s own Remote...
YC-Funded Whereoscope G...
Since the dawn of mankind, and probably even a while before that, parents have been asking themselves the same question: “Where are my kids?” In modern times they’ve come up with a few, imperfect ways to answer it, like instructing their children to send them a text...
Comcast’s Social Vide...
In May at TechCrunch Disrupt, we got our first look at Tunerfish , a Comcast-owned service that asks users the question, “What are you watching?”. Today, the app is headed to the iPhone — you can download the free application here . The gist of the application is simple:...
Spotify Who? Rdio Launc...
It’s been two months to the day since Rdio launched in the States – check out Erick’s review if you’re interested in learning more about the (awesome) social music service. But until today, you needed to be invited by another user to gain access to the service....