on the App Store couple of days back, which claims to save up to 80% on your data plans and save you money on data usage.
It does this by compressing your iPhone ’s data stream in the background by connecting your iPhone to their cloud-based technology, dubbed the “magical shrinking machine”.
Onavo’s app connects your iPhone to our cloud-based technology, dubbed the “magical shrinking machine”. It’s totally seamless – once you install (more…)

PayPal has partnered with Bump Technologies to offer an easy way for users to initiate transactions with friends by bumping their iPhones together. The prominent display of the easy-to-use bump feature in the new version of the app is possibly an attempt at making PayPal the platform of choice among friends to send and receive money.
The iPhone app offers an easy way to split bills, calculate tips and instantly request contacts for their share of (more…)

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Popular iPhone gaming developer Ngmoco released Eliminate Pro yesterday, its much-anticipated, online, first-person shooter. This well-polished “free” game features smooth looking graphics, onscreen controls that are fairly effective (no match for a controller or keyboard/mouse setup, but that’s to be expected), a number of power ups to improve your weapons and armor, and five playable maps. In-game (more…)

Keep BetterDeal on hand at the grocery store to figure out which size offers the best deal.

As I often tell people, it’s not the price of the iPhone that bothers me–it’s the monthly fees! (Grumble, grumble, AT&T, grumble.)

Alas, while there’s no way to get around that $70/month minimum, at least I can use my iPhone to save money on other things: gas, groceries, books, DVDs, and even energy. Let’s take (more…)