September 16, 2009
News to Us: Aardvark, iTwinge, Android Donut, and More TC50
- Social Shopping Takes on New Meaning With Newsfeed Purchasing | Advertising Age
Individual e-commerce stores are being fragmented into "hundreds of millions." By placing retail stores into banner ads, and soon Facebook news feeds, Alvenda brings shopping to the consumer instead of expecting the other way around. - Would you pay for the mobile version of the WSJ? | The Baltimore Sun The Wall Street Journal's Rupert Murdoch has plans to begin charging the publication's mobile users $2 a week. Online subscribers will have to pay $1 a week and those who do both print and online will have free access.
- Opera Mini 5 beta browser strikes it rich | cnet
Introducing an update to their mobile offering, Opera has included tabbed browsing, a password manager, navigation overhaul, and a speed dial landing page. - Domino's Pizza Launches New iPhone Optimized Ordering System | Reuters
While not yet a local application, Domino's has launched a new mobile optimized ordering system. It brings the company's popular desktop Pizza Tracker to iPhones, the Palm Pre, and Android phones. - Aardvark's iPhone App Is The Best Way To Use The Service Yet | TechCrunch
Social search engine Aardvark has released its new iPhone app with push notifications making on-the-go crowd sourced Q&A more possible. - App of the Week: Turn Your Phone Into a Mouse | The NYTimes
The New York Times has picked Mobile Air Mouse as their App of the Week. The software uses an on screen interface and the iPhone's accelerometer to mimic the functions of a traditional mouse. - iTwinge: The Keyboard Sleeve That Turns Your iPhone into a BlackBerry | Mashable
One of the top complaints about the iPhone is the lack of a physical keyboard. Although with a few obvious flaws, the new iTwinge keyboard sleeve offers to fix this problem for those craving a BlackBerry-like typing experience. - It's time for Donut! Android v1.6 launched for developers | MobileCrunch
For Android developers, the previous "Cupcake" has been updated to version 1.6 and named Donut, packing in some new features. Donut includes user interface fixes, a battery usage system, Android Market improvements, and CDMA support.
Yesterday we covered some of the latest startups at TechCrunch 50 conference that build upon human behaviors, here are a couple more worth a highlight:
- TC50: Clixtr Launches Location-Aware Photo Sharing For The iPhone | TechCrunch
Clixtr for the iPhone is a photo-sharing service that is designed for major events like weddings and concerts. While taking photos with the integrated camera it enables auto uploading to a relevant group album according to GPS location. - TC50: Demopit Winner Chyngle Creates In-Pocket Mobile Marketing Apps For Stadiums | TechCrunch
Chyngle is an app that gives venues the ability to market to users via the iPhone. Using GPS it aids in the discovery of services and people in a stadium type situation. One example is the idea that by simply sending a text message you could have pizza delivered directly to your seat.
