Vonage offers free mobile apps for global talking and texting service

Vonage has released new smartphone apps that offer free global text and voice calls between users 

Available for iPhone and Android phones and offered free from the iTunes App Store and the Android Marketplace, Vonage Mobile lets you call and text for free to other users who have downloaded the App in over 90 countries utilizing Wi-Fi/3G and 4G networks worldwide. Unlike Skype, the App does not need to be running in the background for it to ring, thus conserving battery life.

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Super Bowl Apps Abound before the Big Game

Heading into  Super Bowl this Sunday, there are a number of available apps to follow the action and enhance the experience and even assist in the planning and execution of most a excellent Super Bowl party. Hit jump for a full list.

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The Apple Beat: Microsoft ramps up its iOS offerings

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

It took a while but Microsoft is finally ramping up its iOS apps and is doing so in grand fashion. Released this week were SkyDrive for iOS, OneNote for iPad and My XBox Live, an Xbox companion app as well as Kinectimals which interfaces with a Microsoft Kinect game of the same name. Could this be a sign that the much anticipated Microsoft Office for iOS is forthcoming?

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Apps and Launches: Hipstamatic for Foodies, Fatty Fat Fat Fat and Insyde Story

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Who doesn't enjoy taking pictures of their food? Hipstamatic has just released a new combo called the Foodie SnapPak for making grub look good. The combo includes a new lens, Loftus, a new film, DC and a new flash, Tasty Pop all for $.99. Hipstamatic users can download the Pak from within the app's store.

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Apps & Launches: Flipboard comes to iPhone and iPod Touch

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

One of the best news aggregation and reading apps on the iPad is now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Flipboard elegantly aggregates various feeds, Facebook and Twitter streams as well as curated content and puts it in a stunningly presented and easy to navigate interface. On the iPad, users could scroll sideways just like a magazine but in the iPhone version they now thumb through the content which can be accessed with one hand thanks to the intuitive design. Go get it now!

Apps & Launches: RoboForm locks in on Password Management, RBC goes Android, Floop polls

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

As the number of websites, email accounts,  cloud services and applications in our lives increase, the common solutions of having a single password isn't only risky, it just isn't smart. Pasword management is an even bigger deal when one works through different computers, devices and browsers. RoboForm is an app that's designed to manage multitude passwords securely no mattery what device you are using.

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