Apps of the Week
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by Andrew Martonik
Apr 13, 2013
It's that time of the week where each of the Android Central writers chimes in with an app that they've been using on their own devices. Every post seems to have a good bit of variety, and t...
Facebook Home
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by Andrew Martonik
Apr 13, 2013
So what exactly is Facebook Home? We're going to break it down for you This may not be the extreme Android forking that some would have expected, but Facebook Home is still a pretty dramatic...
Remove Facebook Home
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 12, 2013
Facebook wants you to use its new Android launcher - but it's also made it easy to get rid of Want to remove Facebook Home from your phone? Maybe you tried it and it's just not for you? ...
Dungeon Hunter 4
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by Andrew Martonik
Apr 12, 2013
The proven gameplay of Dungeon Hunter 3 has a worthy successor in the works for Android Gameloft has just released the latest version of its extremely popular Dungeon Hunter game on iOS, and it&...
Project Shield
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 12, 2013
Polish up your battlefield command with Arma Tactics, coming soon to Google Play We're all patiently waiting for the release of NVIDIA's Project Shield, but seeing things like today'...
Facebook Home
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 12, 2013
There's a little more to it than simply downloading a new application - we'll walk you through it Facebook has released its "Facebook Home" application for current Android devi...
Facebook Home
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 12, 2013
Launcher brings your friends' posts to you quicker (and prettier) than ever OK, boys and girls. Now's the time to see what all the fuss is about over this Facebook Home thing. As promise...
Facebook Messanger
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 12, 2013
Facebook app also updated to prep for Facebook Home's launch today Facebook this morning has rolled out an update to its Facebook Messenger app -- and "chat heads" are now live! Th...
NYPD app (Image: NYT)
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 12, 2013
Image: NYT Android app arms police with real-time data Some 400 police officers in New York have been equipped with Android smartphones and a new crime-fighting Android app under a pilot sche...
Cut the Rope Time Travel
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 11, 2013
ZeptoLab announces the first new Cut the Rope series game in two years -- Cut the Rope: Time Travel Cut the Rope is an insanely popular mobile game on both iOS and Android, and it's fir...
Dropbox
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by Casey Rendon
Apr 11, 2013
Every Dropbox photo can now be viewed in one place More improvements in the way of picture handling have been added to Dropbox for version 2.3.5. In a recent update we saw albums and photo ...
HTC Design Tour
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 11, 2013
Virtual tours of design events Milan, New York and Hong Kong HTC has released a new virtual tour app for Android in partnership with design magazine Wallpaper*.  The app launches today with...
Chrome beta
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by Casey Rendon
Apr 10, 2013
Chrome's toolbar now hides automatically when scrolling down webpages A new build is available for Chrome Beta users, moving the beta app's version to 27.0.1453.49. Those that have stuck...
Office
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by Casey Rendon
Apr 10, 2013
An Android release may have to wait until PC, Mac, and Windows Phone updates are finished An official Microsoft Office app release is one of those things that seems to get further away as time g...
Android Central
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 09, 2013
Playnery is bringing a new game engine and what looks like an awesome game to run it in the summer of 2013 Looking for some way to push that Snapdragon 600 in your new or soon-to-be-bought ...
Google Play Music
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 09, 2013
Australians can now listen to their favorite music both on the web and their Android device with Google Play Music Update: Google Play announced via their Google+ account that there are six othe...
Masters
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by Andrew Martonik
Apr 09, 2013
Now is the time to get ready for the most prestigious tournament of the year The Masters golf tournament tees off on Thursday at Augusta National Golf Club, and right on time the official Master...
Temple Run
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by Casey Rendon
Apr 09, 2013
Get six of Disney's previously 99 cent apps, for free Update: all 6 of the Disney apps have gone back to 99 cents. It appears this was an error in Play Store pricing that only lasted a ...
Android Central
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 09, 2013
Google's content portal gets a lighter, brighter visual refresh Following some recent leakage, it seems the new look Google Play Store app is finally official. Google has just announced that...
Android
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 09, 2013
Microsoft, Nokia, Oracle and others call Android 'a deceptive way to build advantages for key Google apps' A group of Google's competitors have sent an antitrust complaint to the EU,...
WhatsApp
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 09, 2013
WhatsApp is staying independent according to business development head In a statement to All Things D this evening, WhatsApp’s business development chief Neeraj Arora said t...
tumblr for Android
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 08, 2013
The new interface and features make tumblr for Android a beautiful and functional application Tumblr for Android got quite the update today, bringing an overhaul to the entire interface. Go...
HTC One, Twitter
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 08, 2013
HTC phone owners can get a full-screen experience, and 'Me' tab wonkiness is fixed in latest update The official Twitter app for Android, given a major visual overhaul last week, ha...
Marvel Comics app
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by Casey Rendon
Apr 08, 2013
About a month ago, Marvel offered 700 free first issues through its Marvel Comics Play Store app. Not even the sum of Marvel's top superheroes could defend the comic giant's servers against ...
SuperBeam
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 08, 2013
A great file transfer tool for power users As advanced as modern mobile devices are, getting files from one phone or tablet to another can still be problematic. Cloud storage apps like Dropbox c...
Facebook Home
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 08, 2013
'Chat heads' feature missing from this developer build; full official app available for free on Friday MoDaCo's Paul O'Brien has thrown together a trio of files with which you ca...
Skala View comes to Android, helps designers make better looking apps
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by Rene Ritchie
Apr 08, 2013
Skala Preview and Skala View are brilliant pieces of software from the brilliant piece of software makers at Bjango. It's not an app combo for everyone, but for Android app designers and develop...
Play Store
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 07, 2013
A visual refresh could be coming soon to Google's content portal The last time the Google Play Store app got a major redesign, it was still called the Android Market. So we're about...
Android Central
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 06, 2013
You'll never be lonely when all your friends are just a tap away, but Facebook thinks you'll have more fun when they are right up front A long plane ride is a pretty boring thing. Sure, ...
Apps of the Week
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by Andrew Martonik
Apr 06, 2013
It's "Apps of the Week" time, and the first weekly post of April is looking to be a good one If you haven't been keeping up on things, each of the Android Central writers take ...