Daily Show Spoofs New CNN iPhone App [Video]

CNN rightfully warned viewers against driving while texting this week, as studies have found it to be more dangerous than drunk driving. The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart, however, noticed an amusing irony: the awesome new CNN iPhone app includes a feature that lets you check traffic reports on your phone while in the car. These [...]

Augmented Wikipedia Reality Has Arrived on the iPhone

A month ago, we covered Wikitude, an augmented reality app for Google Android. Augmented reality takes virtual data, places it on your phone, and allows you to interact with it using your compass, camera, and GPS. The end result is the ability to see virtual items and information in the real world. Wikitude’s AR app [...]

HOW TO: Get Real-Time Traffic Reports on Your iPhone

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. Name: Aha Mobile Quick Pitch: Aha Mobile is an iPhone app that taps into the collective wisdom of actual drivers to create customized travel [...]

T-Pain iPhone App: 300,000 Downloads in Three Weeks

A few weeks ago, popular iPhone app developer Smule launched its I am T-Pain iPhone app. This wonderful little piece of technology gave you the ability to sing along to T-Pain tracks utilizing Auto-Tune. The result is a ton of fun. So it’s been a little less than a month since I Am T-Pain hit the app store. So how has it faired? Pretty good, it looks like. Smule has told us that the app has been [...]

Number Crunching: Apple’s Real Smartphone Market Share?

admob_august_09AdMob, a company that specializes in mobile advertising, has released another monthly report, showing the state of mobile operating systems, as seen through the lense of the AdMob network. According to the report [PDF link], the market share of iPhone OS, Android, and webOS has grown significantly compared to the data from February. On the other hand, [...]

PREVIEW: Tweetie 2.0 for iPhone [Pics]

One of the most popular Twitter clients for the iPhone is Tweetie. Winner of an Apple Design Award, the iPhone app (and the Mac OS X app) has defined the Twitter experience for many users. Today, Tweetie’s developer, Loren Brichter announced Tweetie 2.0, coming soon for the iPhone and Mac OS X. The final Tweetie 2.0 iPhone beta was seeded to users this morning and if all goes [...]

CallSpark: Will Social Media Transform the Phone Call?

CallSpark, which launched today at the DEMO 2009 Conference, is an iPhone app that’s making buzz. The reason: it changes the phone call experience by pulling in social media information about anybody you’re calling. The app accomplishes this via two killer features. Here’s an overview of each: 1. Help find a phone number: This feature is essentially a super-smart search engine [...]