This category covers startups that provide for the mobile communications industry. Here you will find posts that relate to apps and peripherals for all your mobile devices.
Users of GroupMe — which is now in beta — begin by entering their name and telephone number to start a group. GroupMe then generates a unique phone number for that group and sends it to the user. From there, the user can add friends to the group and send everyone group messages. The group’s number also serves as a conference line, so dialing it will ring everyone in the group. A photo sharing capability, meanwhile, lets users send photos to all members of their group at once…. Read More…
This new mobile application is set to put an end to all these excuses that people dream up for not exercising that always go along the lines of ?I would love to do it, but my job takes up all my time?. Basically, FitFu is an iPhone app for casual exercise that is targeted at people who spend their livelong days sitting behind desks. … Read More…
Bntr is the newest communication platform that has been released. In general terms, it lets you communicate both with your social graph and newcomers by the use of a free mobile app, and post excerpts of real-life conversations that others can then comment upon…. Read More…
Untappd is a mobile social network for beer enthusiasts. If you enjoy beer and drinking socially, yet responsibility, this iPhone, iPad, Android and Palm Pre App would be perfect to share pints with your friends on various social networks and allow location check-ins via Foursquare to let people know where you are. … Read More…
The Movies Now App for the IPhone and IPad, selling for $1.99 (according to early bird pricing), is “The simplest way to buy movie tickets on the go”. This versatile application lets you skip the line, view available movies via posters, find out local movie times and figure out what’s playing around you right now…. Read More…
Currently available for the iPhone, Shopkick’s free app dispenses “kickbucks” reward points for a variety of consumer actions, including standard check-ins at or near the store. It also goes beyond the check-in, however, and rewards consumers further for actually entering the store. An audio transmitter in each participating store emits an inaudible signal that’s nevertheless detected by the app on the consumer’s phone, according to a report in the New York Times, thereby proving that he or she is in the store…. Read More…
Checkmate is an iPhone App, for $1.99, that helps those looking for a new way to play Foursquare. Checkmate performs your process of checking-in, while you continue playing Foursquare. As an alternative way to play the geosocial game, the App runs in the background of your iPhone, using the phone’s location coordinates processing to automatically check-in Foursquare players into the venue that which they are located…. Read More…
Mobile Roadie is a platform to help you create the next IPhone and/or Android app. With App’s being all the rage on mobile devices, the number of creators and companies providing the service are growing leaps and bounds. Mobile Roadie is trying to capture a relatively untapped realm – making developing these apps easier and more accessible to production by anyone and everyone…. Read More…
Flipboard is the first social magazine for the IPad, which transforms the social media experience with the artful integration of print and design on the mobile Apple device. The app will give you an enlightened visual forum to overview tweets, Facebook messages into a singular online magazine…. Read More…
You quickly find out what Camera+is all about: creating great photos! As an IPhone App, Camera+ helps the most beginner level photographer the ability to take incredible photos from their mobile device. With a ton of filters and editing features, the app helps you full utilize your creativity in a fun, innovative, and well designed way…. Read More…