We knew Blinkbox, the online movie streaming service, was headed to the Xbox 360 shortly after its latest dashboard update, and right on cue, it has. There’s an extra surprise in tow though: there’s a Blinkbox iPad app now too. As expected, Blinkbox for Xbox 360 serves up a la carte movies and even works [...]
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Blinkbox movies hits Xbox 360 and iPad: Zune and iTunes rival arrives
December 13th, 2011 
admin Apple loosens iAd grip to better rival Google
December 13th, 2011 admin Apple is loosening its stringent iAd regulations in the hope of better taking on Google AdMob in mobile advertising, it’s reported, with lower promotional spend commitments and more flexibility in pricing structures. The tweaks have been made in response to persistent negative feedback from marketers, WSJ reports, critical of Apple’s stubborn approach to ads served up on iPhone [...]
Apple loosens iAd grip to better rival Google
December 13th, 2011 admin Apple is loosening its stringent iAd regulations in the hope of better taking on Google AdMob in mobile advertising, it’s reported, with lower promotional spend commitments and more flexibility in pricing structures. The tweaks have been made in response to persistent negative feedback from marketers, WSJ reports, critical of Apple’s stubborn approach to ads served up on iPhone [...]
Siri alternatives: Current and future apps to rival Apple’s voice slave
December 5th, 2011 admin If you’re staring at, or rather listening to, Apple’s Siri ‘humble voice assistant’ with envious eyes/ears, it’s probably time you stopped dreaming and did something about it: Siri is far from the only player in the voice command game. The iPhone hackers may be furiously working to bring Siri to every iPhone prior to the [...]
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Tags: Alternatives, Apple’s, Apps, Current, future, rival, Siri, slave, Voice 
Comments OffYap: Amazon’s new Siri rival revealed
November 10th, 2011 admin Amazon’s clearly not happy simply taking on Apple with its Kindle Fire tablet and slew of content services. The online retail colossus has snapped up a voice recognition company called Yap, with rumours flying that this could be the company’s first step towards taking on Apple’s Siri app, found on the iPhone 4S. The deal [...]
Siri rival goes free on BlackBerry
November 4th, 2011 admin Siri on the iPhone 4S has everyone talking about voice control. Android already offers fairly sturdy voice control baked into the OS, but what about BlackBerry owners? We know you’ve not had the best of times lately, what with endless outages and lacklustre software upgrades, but we’ve got some good news for you: as part [...]
Android movie rentals arrive in the UK: At last, iTunes has a rival
October 22nd, 2011 admin Remember Google Movies? The movie renting service was shown off back in May, but at long last has opened for business in the UK. Head over to market.android.com/market on the desktop to peruse offerings (which you can watch in the browser), or download the Google Videos app on your Android 2.2 or up phone and [...]
Isis vows to rival Google Wallet with more choices and Android support
September 21st, 2011 admin Isis will likely be the largest rival to the newly launched Google Wallet mobile payment platform when it arrives in early 2012. The platform is a multi-million dollar joint-venture between carrier heavyweights Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. Despite not being first to launch as it had hoped, the project aims to differentiate by offering more choices. [...]
iTunes Rival Rdio Launches Gift Cards, Available Online And At Target
August 29th, 2011 admin Streaming music service Rdio from Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, is today launching two new music gifting options – physical gift cards and online credits. Consumers will be able to purchase the virtual gift card options in , , and 0 values or in user-selected amounts. Meanwhile, physical cards in the and values will [...]
SamsungDive: Apple’s “Find My iPhone” Just Got A Rival
July 26th, 2011 admin Back in the day, the worst part of losing a phone was re-inputting contact information and coughing up the dough for another handset. With today’s smartphones, losing your phone is like losing everything. Not only is your very expensive piece of hardware gone, but your banking and credit card info, contacts, passwords, and social networking [...]
