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BrowserMedia releases iPhone app for LivingSocial

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BrowserMedia announced that it has released an iPhone application for LivingSocial, a social discovery and cataloging network that allows more than 6.8 million users to review and share their favorite movies, books, games, music, restaurants and beer.

BrowserMedia worked closely with the LivingSocial team to develop an iPhone application front-end to their existing social networking platform. Features of the application include account integration via webservices, the ability to review, rate and share, the ability to take and upload photographs, the ability to search and browse reviews, integrated recommendations, and the ability to browse friend profiles and review feeds.

FunMobility launches user-generated ringtone app for iPhone

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FunMobility announced the launch of YouTones, the first user-generated ringtone application that is currently available for download on the iPhone. YouTones gives users the power to easily create custom ringtones or audio messages by combining their own voices with a sophisticated audio mixing engine that lets them add special sound effects. Now you or any of your friends can be made to sound like a chipmunk, space lord, or any number of fun and imaginative creations.

YouTones has already achieved phenomenal success on carrier decks, averaging about 10,000 paid downloads a day, and its launch on iPhone and easy integration with the iTunes media library and address books means that millions of customers will be able to easily access and share their original content with family and friends.

Apartment Guide launches application via Apple iTunes

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Apartment Guide is making available through the Apple App Store its application that allows users to search, view, call and e-mail apartment listings directly from iPhones or iPod touch.

Now users can search ApartmentGuide.com listings from their iPhone and iPod touch based on city and state, and zip code or use the location feature to pull listings from the surrounding area. Users can also save results to their favorites and continue the apartment search from where they last left off, scroll through photos, map specific locations and get driving directions, call or e-mail a listing agent for the property directly from the application, and sort based on criteria like pricing that helps zero-in on apartments best suited to a user’s taste or preference.

This is a timely application considering that former homeowners are now going back to renting apartments.

Google News on iPhone and iTouch

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iPhone and iPod Touch users in over 30 countries now have full, one-tap access to Google News. You’ll also find improved results and corresponding YouTube videos (where available).

To access you can:

– Go to www.google.com, click on the “more” tab and follow the link to Google News

– Go to www.google.com and do a search, then click on the News link at the top of the screen

– Go directly to Google News at http://news.google.com in your browser

Google has also rolled out the iPhone interface globally.  Just go to http://www.google.com/m/a/YOUR DOMAIN NAME GOES HERE on your iPhone to access.