By now, you would all have read about Facebook Home (and may possibly have used it). Facebook Home is a new app (launcher) that replaces your Android home screen and lock screen with an immersive Facebook experience featuring full-screen photos, status updates, and notifications. Facebook Home will come pre-installed on the new HTC First phone,...

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For all its great features, the lack of SIP support in Google Voice makes it little less useful. This essentially means that you cannot use Google Voice without using your local cell phone plan minutes, not to mention GV is completely useless on a tablet; unless, of course, you are on iOS, in which case...

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Given how mobile operators are ripping off their consumers, one does not expect a lot from them. It is thus surprising that T-Mobile, one of the largest global wireless carriers, launched a mobile VoIP (mVoIP) service – Bobsled – that allows you to make unlimited FREE calls to USA, Canada and Puerto Rico and also...

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When Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO, was asked a question at LeWeb on why some of the coolest apps come out on iOS first (instead of Android), he responded that Android will the platform of choice by next year. Robert Scoble debunked the idea and claimed that “iOS is the king” and that Eric Schmidt...

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In 2005, when Google acquired an obscure startup Android, few would have thought that Android will go on to become such a huge phenomenon. Android came to stage almost 1.5 years after Apple introduced its first version of iOS and honestly the first version of Android was nothing short of an experiment. Not surprisingly, Apple...

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Given the rate at which the mobile computing space is growing, it not surprising to see significant interest in this market. The latest entrant in this space, Amazon, has made no bones about its intentions. So much so that M. G. Siegler over at Techcrunch suggests that a “war is brewing” in the mobile computing...

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Given the rate at which the mobile computing space is growing, it not surprising to see significant interest in this market. The latest entrant in this space, Amazon, has made no bones about its intentions. So much so that M. G. Siegler over at Techcrunch suggests that a “war is brewing” in the mobile computing...

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Google made no bones about the importance of Android for the company at its annual developer conference (Google IO 2011) in San Francisco. Google made several announcements (listed below) regarding Android and seems to be on track to make Android an even better platform, not only for phones and tablets, but for several other devices....

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Nokia just announced its quarterly results and one of the highlights was Stephen Elop’s statement that indicated that Nokia may be considering “multiple ecosystem patterns” to bring the company on track. WSJ reported that this indicates a switch to Android. The recent report by Canalys suggesting that Android eclipsed Symbian to become the leading smart...

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Not too long ago, we explored how to make unlimited free calls to USA and Canada using iCall. While iCall is a great app, it is only available for the iOS devices (iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad). Today, we look at another mobile VoIP (mVoIP) option that seeks to provide unlimited free calls to USA...

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