Archive for July, 2009

Moobila turns your ideas into iPhone apps

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Here’s an interesting solution for anyone who has a killer idea for an iPhone app but doesn’t know the first thing about software development: Moobila turns your idea into an app and markets it on the App Store.
Actually, the company specializes in turning existing corporate software into iPhone apps, thereby eliminating the need to train [...]

Google Maps Don’t Lie. Sweden And Canada Among Worst Greenhouse Gas Emitters.

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Which countries are the worst greenhouse gas emitters? Now you can see for yourself on this handy Google Map created by a department of the UN and Google. The map shows changes in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 to 2006. Green is good (a decrease in emissions) and purple is bad (an [...]

Testing The Reverberations Of ECHO Commenting On TechCrunch

Friday, July 31st, 2009

“We’re here today to announce the death of comments.”
That’s what JS-Kit CEO Khris Loux said in his opening remarks at our Real-Time Stream CrunchUp earlier this month. He went on to unveil ECHO, JS-Kit’s new take on how conversations should be happening around content on the web. And today, we’re going to try a limited [...]

Geek Weekend: Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN

Friday, July 31st, 2009

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We’ve been getting requests from various citizens to feature their respective cities in our new Geek Weekend feature here on CrunchGear, so when a request came in for the Twin Cities, John asked me to write it up and I thought, “Oh, great. More work.” “Perfect! I grew up there! I know where geeky stuff is [...]

Carrier Wars: Next up, Sprint

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Welcome back to Carrier Wars, the ongoing feature where we ask our readers to post their 3G speed test results, we collect the data and dish the outcome, and then a bunch of people whine about said outcome in the comments section. So far we have AT&T clocked in with raw averages of 933kbps down/180kbps [...]

iPhone OS 3.0.1 fixes SMS hack loophole

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Worried that your iPhone is soon going to be under the control of some crazy Red Bull fuelled Russian hacker? Well don’t be because iPhone OS 3.0.1 has just hit the scene. Grab it, install it and keep your phone safe.
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BlackBerry App World 1.1.0.11 now available

Friday, July 31st, 2009

So close and yet so far… RIM has turned BlackBerry App World version 1.1.0.11 loose on BlackBerry faithful and with it comes a few notable improvements — but none quite as notable as its shortcomings. Rumors had been tossed around earlier this week suggesting App World 1.1.1.0.11 would allow users to download apps and install [...]

MetroPCS Drops Unlimited Plans to $40/Month

Friday, July 31st, 2009

After stunning everyone back in March with its unlimited smartphone plan, MetroPCS has dropped the price of entry even further, to just per month, MediaPost reports.
There are several tiers now, though, and it depends on which phone you go with. The plan offers unlimited voice, text, and data service. A new [...]

So Much for Hijacking “Every iPhone in the World”

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Once again, the iPhone is safe for text messaging. Apple on Friday distributed iPhone OS 3.0.1, a point release to the operating system that addresses a security vulnerability that could have allowed a malicious hacker to seize control of an iPhone with an unusual SMS text message.
The flaw was first [...]

So Much for Hijacking “Every iPhone in the World”

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Once again, the iPhone is safe for text messaging. Apple on Friday distributed iPhone OS 3.0.1, a point release to the operating system that addresses a security vulnerability that could have allowed a malicious hacker to seize control of an iPhone with an unusual SMS text message.
The flaw was first [...]