Instagram today announced that its popular iOS application is now available for Android as well. It already has over 30 million iOS registered users and over 430,000 Android users signed up on the waiting list. We’ve been working tirelessly to make this new Android app a first-class mobile photo-sharing experience. We’ve been meticulous about translating the Instagram experience to the […]
Software
Video preview of upcoming Carbon Twitter app for Android
The Carbon Twitter app debuted on webOS and became a favourite on that platform. It has since been ported to Windows Phone and is now headed to Android as well. This version meets the design guidelines outlined by Google for Android 4.0 and looks very promising. Development is still underway but the Carbon team has released a sneak peek video: […]
Apple begins 25 billion iTunes app download countdown
Apple today launched a countdown to 25 billion iTunes App Store downloads. As I write this, the countdown is nearing 24.3 billion downloads. As of today, nearly 25 billion apps have been downloaded worldwide. Which is almost as amazing as the apps themselves. So we want to say thanks. Download the 25 billionth app, and you could win a US$10,000 […]
Swype updated for Android 4.0
There is good news for Swype users who were missing their favourite software keyboard on their Android 4.0 devices. The latest beta version (v3.26.92.38303) brings with it Ice Cream Sandwich support. Ice Cream Sandwich users rejoice! Swype now officially supports ICS! This initial release for ICS may still contain a few, hard-to-find bugs, but we know how much you’ve been […]
Total Android devices activated top 250 million
Google yesterday announced its latest financial results. Revenues topped US$10 billion for the first time ever and earnings came in at US$8.1 billion (missing Wall Street expectations). The company also announced some big numbers for its Android operating system. According to CEO Larry Page, Android has now been activated on 250 million devices, up 50 millions from their last announcement […]
CES 2012: 400,000 Android apps coming to Windows 8
BlueStacks today announced that its “App Player” app is now compatible with Windows 8. The app lets Android apps run natively on PCs and tablets whether they be ARM-based or x86 and windowed or fullscreen. BlueStacks also made sure that its app supports both the standard desktop and the new Metro UI mode. In the latter, Android apps will appear […]
ChevronWP7 group sells out of WP7 unlock tokens
It is not often that an unlocking tool is supported by the company that makes the operating system. Chevron Labs was given this honour when it released its ChevronWP7 utility back in November. For US$9, developers could “developer unlock” their Windows Phone 7 devices without incurring Microsoft’s ire. But it’s not quite as simple: ChevronWP7 got the unlocking tokens from […]
Swype not yet ready for Android 4.0
With the release of Android 4.0, developers have been busy making sure that their applications will be compatible. Swype this week tweeted that its software keyboard is not yet ready for Ice Cream Sandwich: Re: Galaxy Nexus – Changes to how Android reports screen resolution in ICS mean no support for now. We’re working on it though! Swype did not […]