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Reminder: Check Out Our iPhone Application News Mashup

This is a reminder for you to check out our industry news page which we’re calling the “iPhone Application News Mashup. The RSS driven news page gives you up to the minute news from major iPhone sites including Appmodo, SlideToPlay, 148apps, TouchArcade, IGN Wireless, PocketGamer, Mobile-Ent, AppleTell, and more. You’ll find a link to this page in our menu bar or by visiting appmodo.com/news/.

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iPhone Game Startup ngmoco Raises $25 Million in Funding, Acquires Freeverse

TechCrunch reports that iPhone game startup company ngmoco has just picked up $25 million in another round of fundraising and used it to buy out Freeverse, one of the most storied Mac game developers and most recently, iPhone game developers on the block. The two companies were already close as Freeverse went with ngmoco’s Plus+ network for social connections in its games, including Flick Fishing and Moto Thunder. This buyout would put ngmoco in charge of their whole catalog. ngmoco CEO Neil Young says that he plans to take all of Freeverse’s currently paid games and convert them all into the free-to-play model that ngmoco has grown so comfortable with.

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Reminder: Check Out Our iPhone Application News Mashup

This is a reminder for you to check out our industry news page which we’re calling the “iPhone Application News Mashup. The RSS driven news page gives you up to the minute news from major iPhone sites including Appmodo, SlideToPlay, 148apps, TouchArcade, IGN Wireless, PocketGamer, Mobile-Ent, AppleTell, and more. You’ll find a link to this page in our menu bar or by visiting appmodo.com/news/.

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Targus to Release Screen Protecter with Clear View Technology

Targus, a long-time screen protector company before the launch of the iPhone, has announced an iPad version of their screen protector with Clear View Technology.

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Motorola, No Droid Update This Week But Soon

Motorola said they were a bit premature when they dished out the much-anticipated Android 2.1 update announcement on their Facebook page early this week. The Android 2.1 update for the DROID will be coming soon, just not this week as they led people to believe. In an e-mail to PhoneScoop, Verizon said, “The Droid over-the-air software upgrade is expected to rollout soon. It will automatically be pushed to phones when ready and Verizon Wireless customers will only have to accept the free download for continued use and enjoyment of this feature packed device.”

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Hulu Coming Soon an to iPad Near You

An “industry insider” has revealed to the folks at TechCrunch that Hulu, the popular tv site, is already working on an iPad version of its website and should be ready to launch in time for the iPad’s release next month. No details have been given whether this will come as an app or a mobile version of Hulu coded using HTML5 rather than Flash.

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Motorola Provides Details on Upcoming Droid 2.1 Update

Motorola released a few details regarding the upcoming Droid 2.1 update, coming sometime this week. Here’s the breakdown:

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Latest Palm App Catalog Additions

Check out the latest apps you’ll be able to download from the Palm App Catalog.

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Stephen Colbert Shows Off iPad at the Grammys

Fresh from last week’s iPad announcement, Comedy Central and last night’s Grammy Awards host, Stephen Colbert presented the night’s award for Song of the Year with a little help from his iPad.

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Haiti Quake Victim Uses iPhone App to Treat Own Wounds

According to a report from MacWorld UK, Dan Wooley, who was trapped in an elevator shaft after Haiti’s powerful quake, suffered a compound fracture on his leg and a cut on his forehead and used Jive Media’s Pocket First Aid & CPR app on his iPhone to treat himself.

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Hot App of the Day: National Geographic World Atlas and The White House

Appmodo Hot Apps of the Day, is a daily publication that will showcase the most downloaded app in all categories, one in the paid and one from the free section. Don’t forget to stop by tomorrow to see the newest hot apps!

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Fox News, New iPhone OS to be Unveiled on January 27th

The Apple Event is officially scheduled for January 27th at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco. According to Fox News’ sources, three objects will be unveiled next Wednesday; iLife 2010, the mystical Tablet and a new iPhone OS.

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Google Cuts Nexus One Upgrade Price by $100

Problems experienced by T-Mobile Nexus One’s early adopters have prompted Google to lower its upgrade price by $100. Since its launch, customers have complained about slow customer service and the device’s connectivity issues.

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Appmodo iPhone Application Gets Updated

In the summer of 2009, we released a free application for the iPhone and iPod Touch which brought all of the latest mobile application news to your finger tips. The app however was bland and lacked any artistic design (although it was built solid). One week ago, we brought you news about a company called AppMakr who create iPhone apps for either $150 or $500, depending if you want to sell your application for free, remove brandings, etc. We proceeded with AppMakr to test it out and one week later, we have a re-built and published app that’s free in the App Store. The process however, was not 100% smooth.

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iPhone’s High Traffic Strains O2, UK’s London Network

O2, UK’s wireless provider has admitted that they too are facing network woes, due to the high traffic volume from iPhone users. For the last six months they’ve been experiencing problems and some customers have not been able to make calls or transmit data due to the strains. O2 has seen an 18 times increase in data use since the beginning of the year, but are now accounting for the extra stress with additional capacity.

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EBay App Increasing Mobile Shopping by Three Times

This year eBay shoppers used their mobile phones to complete more purchases this holiday season than in past years. And it wasn’t just to buy some of this years hard to get found only on eBay at an inflated price items.

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NPR Expands Mobile Offerings, App Now Available for Android

National Public Radio’s Android app is now live and can be downloaded from the Android Market. The app’s release comes in conjunction with a refresh of NPR’s mobile site, m.npr.org.

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Reminder: Check Out Our iPhone Application News Mashup

This is a reminder for you to check out our industry news page which we’re calling the “iPhone Application News Mashup. The RSS driven news page gives you up to the minute news from major iPhone sites including Appmodo, SlideToPlay, 148apps, TouchArcade, IGN Wireless, PocketGamer, Mobile-Ent, AppleTell, and more. You’ll find a link to this page in our menu bar or by visiting appmodo.com/news/.

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Appmodo Adds iPhone Application News Mashup RSS Feed

As an effort to provide as much information to our readers as possible at a single location, we’ve added an RSS driven news page to our site called “iPhone Application News Mashup“. You’ll find a link to this page in our menu bar or by visiting appmodo.com/news/. Now you’ll be able to scan daily news for major iPhone sites which include Appmodo, SlideToPlay, 148apps, TouchArcade, IGN Wireless, PocketGamer, Mobile-Ent, AppleTell, and more at one single location!

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