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6 smartphone apps to battle rising gas prices

The average price for a gallon of gas is again approaching $4. But this time, drivers can cope by using their smartphones.

 

Firefox for Android Reaches 'Full' Status

Mozilla drops the 'RC' and 'beta' qualifications to bring you the first complete version of Firefox for Android (it's available for Maemo, too.)

 

New app shares photos with everyone near you

What if you could see the cellphone photos taken by everyone within 150 feet of you? Would you be hesitant about potentially seeing yourself captured in one of those photos or would you be smiling as your inner voyeur jumps in joy?

 

Apple Asked to Scrap Apps That Help Users Evade DUI Checkpoints

U.S. lawmakers are challenging Apple to scrap another iPhone app -- one that alerts users to nearby DUI checkpoints.

 

¡Increíble! Google Turns Your Android Phone Into An On-The-Fly Conversation Interpreter

When it came to translations, you used to either need an interpreter or a book to navigate another language. That was either costly or cumbersome, respectively. Then the Internet came along and made things significantly easier. Except you had to be chained to your computer to translate something. A year ago, Google made things easier again by launching their Translate app for Android.

Senh: Take that, Word Lens.

 

Microsoft rushing "thousands" of apps for WP7 launch, has 80

MS insists WP7 to have thousands of apps on launch on October 21, despite only having 80 ready now.

 

Google buys BlindType, Could bring Better Predictive Text to Android

Google buys BlindType, Could bring Better Predictive Text to Android

The technology looks promising as it predicts what you wanna write even by not really paying attention to what you're typing lol...so Google scooped up the firm probably to add the technology in Android, let's hope at least they do.

 

Handy Light iPhone App -- Yanked From App Store -- Offered Secret Tethering Feature

Handy Light iPhone App -- Yanked From App Store -- Offered Secret Tethering Feature

Application let users turn their iPhone into a wireless modem.

Senh: Nice one. Almost got it in there. I'm glad I'm still running Windows Mobile, with which tethering is included and FREE! Over 200,000 apps, and still no tethering.

 

Google aims to make app creation easy

Google aims to make app creation easy

It's not uncommon these days for people to know how to build websites and create blogs. That's largely because sites like WordPress, Blogger and Tumblr have simplified the process, so you don't have to be a code wonk to publish.

Senh: Nice. I hope people don't start making apps that are just mobile versions of their websites. I hate it when I'm redirected to mobile sites. I prefer to view the full site, like on my desktop computer. If I want a mobile version of my site, I wouldn't have bought a smartphone with multi-touch.

 

iPhone Game Developer Aurora Feint Raises $5M, Looks To Android

Mobile game developers are increasingly turning to Google's Android mobile operating system.

 

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