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Windows Live Messenger Hits the App Store
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Windows Live Messenger Hits the App Store

June 21, 2010 | Andy Boxall

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If you’re a fan of Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger IM program on your computer, you may be pleased to learn of an official iPhone version which launched today.  The app essentially repeats the…

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Skype to Remain Free for a Little While Longer
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Skype to Remain Free for a Little While Longer

June 2, 2010 | Andy Boxall

We covered the v2.0 update to Skype for the iPhone a little earlier in the week, where the news that VoIP calls could now be made over 3G was slightly marred by the announcement that come August, we would be paying f…

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Skype Updated For 3G Calls, But With a Catch
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Skype Updated For 3G Calls, But With a Catch

May 31, 2010 | Andy Boxall

Skype haven’t made much of a song and dance about updating their iPhone client to version 2.0, even though it now includes the ability to make VoIP calls over a 3G connection.  Why?  Because it may not be fr…

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Opera now most downloaded app across the board
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Opera now most downloaded app across the board

April 14, 2010 | Tim Bradbury

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Earlier this week I reported on Opera Mini’s controversial, yet anticipated induction into the iTunes App Store. Well, since then, Opera has become, for the most part, the most downloaded app all aroun…

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Buzzie Buzzes Into the App Store
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Buzzie Buzzes Into the App Store

March 3, 2010 | Andy Boxall

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Google Buzz has received its fair share of negative press since it launched, but that hasn’t stopped people using it and ultimately, getting to like it.  Although Buzz has a mobile Internet site, we now h…

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PixTalk App Review
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PixTalk App Review

February 4, 2010 | Cody Buchanan

A pictures worth a thousand words. It’s hard to argue with that statement. In a world filled with various languages, people and accents, pictures can help break down barriers and make communication eas…

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Apple updates SDK, now allowing VoIP over 3G calling
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Apple updates SDK, now allowing VoIP over 3G calling

January 28, 2010 | Robert Nelson

The news is coming by way of a press release, but clearly lets us know that Apple has removed the once silly limitation that prevented app developers from allowing users to make VoIP calls using the 3G network. &#…

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ICOON App Review: Travel Talk Made Easy
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ICOON App Review: Travel Talk Made Easy

January 14, 2010 | Cody Buchanan

Just about everyone in the world dreams of traveling to distant places, foreign streets and tantalizing new cultures. But the one of the big things that holds a good majority of us back is the dreaded language ba…

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Useless App of the Day: Clink-Clink
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Useless App of the Day: Clink-Clink

December 15, 2009 | Devindra Hardawar

In the first useless app  that I’ll be featuring here at iPhonefreak — Clink-Clink — you can clink glasses with your friends, virtually. Of course, the app assumes that you know someone els…

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Steve Jobs Approves Knocking Live Streaming Video App After Developer Pleads
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Steve Jobs Approves Knocking Live Streaming Video App After Developer Pleads

December 2, 2009 | Devindra Hardawar

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Not content with being the creator of yet another iPhone app sent to the rejection bin, Brian Meehan—a developer from Pointy Head Software—sent an impassioned plea directly to Steve Jobs to reth…

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