Today, you can’t usually drive or walk a street without seeing some form of technology.  Taking the dog out for a walk comes with Apple’s bite sized iPod shuffle as well.  Taking things too far could mean jogging with an iPad. CENTRAL PARK (WABC) — Police are searching for the two men who robbed a jogger ...

Cranking location based services up a notch,  you’re now able to use an American Express card with Foursquare.  Does this mean venues will be able to track your purchases?  Practical reasons of course.  One hamburger is more competitive than the other. Today, we’re happy to announce that the partnership is going national. Across the whole ...

Where’s Tom?  He’s not my friend anymore. Could have sworn I saw him over at Facebook.  He can’t stop poking at the fact that it’s really over. How over is MySpace? So over that even the guys who founded it can’t be bothered to update their profiles. Former CEO Chris DeWolfe “cringes” on the rare ...

Turntable.fm is a social music service that’s taking off like a rocket ship.  Why? It brings another gateway into music sharing.  However you can’t physically share music, but can add other people’s tunes to your queue. The concept is creating a room,  and up to five DJ’s can spin music at once.  If people like ...

If you’re looking into purchasing a Samsung Galaxy Tab,  you may want to think about the domination of the iPad.  I was thinking about getting a Tab,  but not regretting my decision.  The iPad has replaced my television set. In the U.S., comScore finds that 53% of non-computer device traffic comes from Apple devices: 23.5% from iPhone, ...

Budgeting your wallet is the same as curbing data usage today.  Mobile providers have lost their unlimited plans and now cap users, limiting them to extremely low numbers, which app developers have to accommodate for as well.  This means instead of watching Netflix,  just check your email instead. Since most mobile operators – including AT&T – ...

Mobile applications in Apple’s App Store carry a large burden of Apple branded pride.  With other outlets entering the scene,  this could be more damaging on Apple’s end than for developers themselves. Amazon also wants a piece of the pie. June 22 (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. will “probably” lose its court bid to stop Amazon.com ...

Ever hear a song that is playing and can’t identify the artist or title?  Shazam is a popular mobile application which allows you to hold a cell phone up to a speaker.   After raising $32 million in funding, it’s time to attack television. Shazam, the application that lets you identify nearly any piece of ...

I’m a huge fan of services that focus on bringing a real-time experience to it’s users.  Kik is a messaging application for iPhone and Android which provides an alternative to texting. The company reported an average of 3 million messages per day jumping to 4 million in just a couple months. Kik Messenger has 4 ...

Location based services don’t always accomodate an audience that’s in a hurry all the time.  If you’re about to walk through a curtain at a main event,  there’s no time to wait for a phone to finish checking you in.   Fourquare updated it’s iPhone app with faster check-ins in celebration of reaching 10 million ...