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After Google acquisition, reMail is now Open Source

After Google acquisition reMail is now Open SourceFollowing Google acquisition, reMail goes open source, which is now available on Google Code as remail-iphone under the Apache 2.0 License.

As someone who is passionate about mobile email, my hope is that developers interested in making email-related apps can use reMail code as a starting point. Part of the reason email apps are hard is because you have to pay the tax of figuring out how to download email via IMAP, parse MIME messages, handle attachments, and store data. reMail has already solved these problems. If you have a great mobile email idea, I hope you will find reMail’s source code helpful in your quest.

IM+ Lite for BlackBerry available for free download

IM+ Lite for BlackBerry available for free downloadSHAPE Services has released a new version of IM+ Instant Messenger for BlackBerry with a price tag of $0.00. IM+ Lite for BlackBerry is an instant messenger for BlackBerry to chat within MSN, Yahoo!, Google Talk, AIM, Jabber, ICQ, Facebook, MySpace, Skype and Twitter.

Key IM+ Features:
+ All popular IM systems in one client. No cost per message!
+ Added Value: Cheap SMS worldwide from IM+, just 5 cents to US, Canada, UK and most other countries.
+ Exchange messages in any language installed on BlackBerry.
+ Incoming Skype call can be recored as a voice message to listen to it later.
+ Use multiple accounts of the same service simultaneously.
+ Send free SMS. In Yahoo! you may send SMS to the following US carriers: Cingular Media Net, Cingular MMode, Nextel, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon.
+ All connections types are supported, including WiFi
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Vodafone UK helps customers make charitable donations via SMS

Vodafone UK helps customers make charitable donations via SMSVodafone UK is making it more attractive for customers to make donations to charities by text message, by increasing the amount of money the charity receives. Charities will now receive 90p of every £1 donated by Vodafone customers when they give £1 or more via a five digit “short code” number which starts 70. Continue reading ‘Vodafone UK helps customers make charitable donations via SMS’

Recognizr brings face recognition to Android

TAT (The Astonishing Tribe) has been developing a new augmented reality application for cell phones. The Recognizr app will enable Android phones to recognize your buddies’ faces and what web services and social networks they’re connected to, like Skype, YouTube, Facebook, and more. By aiming your cellphone at someone’s face, the app will associate it with profile pictures in your contact lists.

You can check out the Recognizr face recognition demo video below. The facial recognition app is expected to hit the Android Market in the next few months. Continue reading ‘Recognizr brings face recognition to Android’

Twitter and Digicel bring Free SMS Tweets to Haiti

Twitter and Digicel bring Free SMS Tweets to Haiti

Twitter has set up free SMS tweets for Haiti Digicel customers. Continue reading ‘Twitter and Digicel bring Free SMS Tweets to Haiti’

SEVEN’s Ping services to “push enable” messaging, social networking and mobile applications

SEVENs Ping services to push enable messaging social networking and mobile applicationsSEVEN has announced the general availability of Ping, a set of packaged services for mobile operators and device manufacturers to “push enable” messaging, social networking and mobile applications on superphones, smartphones and mass-market devices. Ping is powered by System SEVEN, the industry’s leading mobile push platform already deployed with great success on hundreds of device models and proven to reliably scale to millions of users. Continue reading ‘SEVEN’s Ping services to “push enable” messaging, social networking and mobile applications’

LG phones to be pre-installed with Good Technology’s messaging app

LG phones to be pre-installed with Good Technologys messaging appLG Electronics and Good Technology have announced that the two companies have signed a worldwide licensing agreement to include Good Technology’s Good for You mobile communications offering on a broad range of LG mobile devices beginning with European, Asian, and Latin American markets in partnership with leading mobile operators.

The first LG mobile phones featuring the Good for You offering include the LG-GW520, LG-GW550, LG-GW620, LG-GD510, LG-GM730 and LG-GM750. These LG mobile phones with Good for You are available in a number of European, Asian and Latin American countries and through a number of leading operators including O2 and Bouygues Telecom and Vodafone. Continue reading ‘LG phones to be pre-installed with Good Technology’s messaging app’

Vopium adds Instant Messaging service on iPhone

Vopium adds Instant Messaging service on iPhoneVopium has announced a range of new features to its award winning Mobile Application. New Instant Messaging service is now available for iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile and from Vopium.com, allowing users to make FREE calls to Skype, Gtalk and Vopium users when they are online. Besides chatting with friends on Skype, MSN, Yahoo! Google Talk, AIM, and ICQ, one can also follow them on Twitter. Continue reading ‘Vopium adds Instant Messaging service on iPhone’