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Digital Spring

It is really spring in New England. Not the dark, rainy, miserable season where blossoms and crocuses are beaten by cold, heavy rain till they are quickly lost and then rapidly followed by 80 degree full on summer. This year it is like the springs of my youth in Washington, DC where buds and tulips [...]

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Viigo Now Part Of Research In Motion (RIM)

Viigo, developers of my favorite news reader application for BlackBerry, announced today that Viigo has become a part of RIM. In a press release on their website they announced that Our team has joined RIM’s global organization and will continue to bring our expertise in BlackBerry® application development and real-time content delivery to the BlackBerry [...]

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Sharing The Love About Those You Love

In the last couple of weeks I was asked by the BlackBerry application Viigo and the IM client Digsby to nominate them for Mashable’s Open Web Awards and each time I did it gladly.  Why,  because I love both products and want them to be recognized for excellence.  I suppose that I was an easy [...]

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BlackBerry Application Reviews

I’m a bit of a mobile geek. Over the last 10 years or so I have been addicted to a series of devices and am currently sporting a BlackBerry 8310.  I’ve reviewed a bunch of applications here and I thought that I’d round it out with a series of posts  reviewing the remaining ones that [...]

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Snaptu Aims High, But Falls Short As The One App For Blackerry

The Snaptu BlackBerry application  is a challenger to Viigo for the top do-everything application for the BlackBerry. It aims high, with a long list of applications, but comes up short across the board with limited functionality.  It’s worth keeping you eye on this challenger, but not time to make the switch yet. Like Viigo, Snaptu [...]

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Viigo News: Less Filling, Works Great

Evolution tends to lead to more complex structures, not simpler ones. Applications and devices release new versions, each with more and more expanded functionality until they are bloated and swollen with features that only appeal to a few users, but results in a memory hog with difficult navigation.  It’s rare that you see an application [...]

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Viigo Tango 9 Videos

Viigo, my BlackBerry RSS reader of choice, rolled out Tango 9 at the end of June with a bunch of new features.  I’m very pleased with the release and working on a review, but in the mean time Viigo has rolled out a bunch of videos explaining the release and the many features of the [...]

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Marketing Bytes

I’ve fallen a bit off the blogging wagon in the last few weeks because of travel for work, a new agency of record agreement and a lot of deliverables, not to mention trying to spend some family time. As a result there is a bunch of news that I’ve thought about over the last few [...]

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Viigo’s Tango Video Explains New Features

Viigo posted a video describing the features of the Tango beta release for WES. It’s been there for awhile, but it’s whetting my appetite for Tango. Some details on the release’s new features; RSS, sports, weather and WES Conference data, are explained. More features including podcasts, stock information and flight schedule updates are expected for [...]

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Viigo Tango Beta June 16

Viigo’s new Tango program looks like it will release on June 16 according to their teaser page that includes screen shots that promises a new interface, channels for weather, sports, flight status, reviews, news and excitingly podcasts. The interface looks sexy, cool and most importantly easy to navigate. Clearly Viigo’s trying to bring a little [...]

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