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Tuesday, 15th February 2011

Telephoto Lense for iPhone is Bonkers (and Cheap!)

Instagram, eat your heart out! PhotoJojo's 8X external telephoto lens for the iPhone sells for a mere $35! Of course the iPhone 4 version is sold out right now but it looks like more will ship out early next month. Found via the always fabulous blog PSFK, where we read about the Gramophone-Shaped Analog Speaker For The iPhone last week (see…

Mobile Marshall Kirkpatrick comments

UberMedia Launches iPhone Twitter App for Newbies

With last week's acquisition of techie-adopted Twitter client TweetDeck, UberMedia stepped up as a force in the Twitter ecosystem. Combined with other recent acquisitions of Echofon, Twidroid and UberTwitter, the company now controls 20% of Tweets sent daily. This week, the company is releasing another client of its own - UberCurrent. So why…

Social Mike Melanson comments

No iBooks For You: Latest iBooks Version Won't Work On Jailbroken Phones

Apple's e-reader app iBooks received an update last week, boasting a fairly typical set of changes: better stability, better layout, and a connection to AirPrint. But according to some reports, this latest version can cause problems for those trying to open e-books on jailbroken iPhones. According to Social Apples, the iBooks app will no…

Audrey Watters comments

Eric Schmidt's Keynote at Mobile World Congress

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt is giving a keynote presentation at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It's his first major speech since he stepped down from the CEO position in January. His goal? To talk Android, of course, and more importantly, to convince carriers that Google isn't trying to make them just "dumb pipes" for Google's…

Mobile Sarah Perez comments

Monday, 14th February 2011

Survey Finds Local Marketing Dollars Go To Facebook Places Over Foursquare, Groupon

When Facebook Places launched last summer, one of the first questions (other than "how will this impact my privacy?") was "How will this impact other location-based startups?" While Foursquare was gaining tractions and users, some questioned if Facebook's entry into location would serve to squash it. Foursquare has hardly been squashed. The…

Audrey Watters comments

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