For calling your friends and family on Skype, there are a few options. You can a) use the on-board speakers and mic on your laptop, b) buy a headset which offers better audio (a good headset is the Everyman headset for Skype), or c) you can buy a speaker-phone type device for your computer. However,…
In the United States, today is Thanksgiving, a day where we pause and think about those people and things in our lives that make us most thankful. In this spirit, I’ve collected some awesome items to be thankful for in the mobile world: Increased competition in the touch phone market. One year ago, the iPhone…
At Taptu, we’ve always been in business to meet our customers where their needs lie.’a0 Since our inception, we’ve been trying to bring a new perspective to the world of search & discovery on mobile After releasing our Taptu App for the iPhone and iPod Touch, we received great feedback on this application and looked…
Hot on the heels after we released the “World’s First Dedicated Real Time Search On Mobile” (as Read Write Web described it) in partnership with those smart people at OneRiot. Today we’re adding the Palm Pre and HTC Magic to the list of mobiles that can get this service, and making a few changes to…
Busy busy times here at Taptu’s Trigonometric Towers with lots of new and exciting things coming down the pipe. We’re just finishing off a little something that we think Rocks. The video below is a little clue. We’ll show all tomorrow so check back or follow us @taptu. In the meantime enjoy the track.
The iPhone has been top dog in the mobile world for the past two years. It’s apparent when you look at the App Store and how well the iPhone platform has fared, even amidst the economic recession the world has been experiencing. In the mobile developer community, the iPhone has been a holy grail. Apps…
A few moths after the debut of the Pre, Palm’s first phone in years after the huge success of their Palm Treo platform, the Silicon Valley company is releasing the Palm Pixi.’a0 Available on the Sprint network in the United States, the Pixi is the Pre’s younger sibling: lacking the sexy form factor, slide-out keyboard,…
With the rise of social media and the real-time web, the essence of now has never been more important.’a0 With recent events such as Balloon Boy, the Yankees winning the World Series, and so on – people want to know what’s going on, right now on the Web. This is where OneRiot comes into the…
If you play games online, you have probably wanted to have a big group talk session while doing so. Talking to your teammates adds a while new level of fun to your online gaming experience. The trouble is, this talking while gaming scheme doesn’t work out normally because of the high-bandwidth needs of online games.Â…
Verizon Wireless, the number one U.S. mobile carrier, unveiled their new pre-paid mobile options recently.’a0 While American mobile data seekers might be happy to find an option to get online sans a multi-year contract, some perspective is needed in this case. With Verizon’s new pre-paid mobile data option, customers must first by a $130 EVDO…