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by Chris Parsons
Apr 11, 2012
It's been quite some time since we last heard from the folks at Springpad, though they do have a good reason for it. They've been working on Springpad v3.0 behind the scenes and now they'...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 10, 2012
Android's Instagram app just got an update. Included in the fixes -- among blanket better support for Tegra 3 devices -- is specific support the the HTC One X. So there's that. Here's th...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 10, 2012
Adobe has rolled out their latest improvement for their Adobe Reader application and it solves an issue that you may have ran into in the past. Adobe Reader now includes the Adobe Echosign feature f...
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by Richard Devine
Apr 10, 2012
Every ones favorite content streaming service, Netflix, has gone and pushed out a minor update to their Android application into the Google Play Store today.
It still isn't the app we all want ...
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by Jared DiPane
Apr 10, 2012
If you have ever been bored on the computer and looked to kill some time, odds are you have stumbled across some of the POGO Games. Today the folks at EA have made some of the classics from POGO ava...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 10, 2012
Back in 1996 when Motorola was still building the Motorola StarTac, a PC based instant messaging program called ICQ was released. It eventually grew to over 100 million registered users but after a ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 10, 2012
Tapatalk, the app that makes browsing vBulletin forums a breeze from a smartphone, has come out of its Version 2.0 beta and is now available for downloading. The biggest feature is an improved UI wi...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 09, 2012
Use Tumblr for your blogging services? If so, you'll want to fire up the Google Play Store and grab the latest update available. This release brings a whole new UI to the app as well many other ...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 09, 2012
Have you ever sat down and put on an older movie and wondered what the trailer for that movie looked like back in the day? I've done that quite often though, I typically never follow up on the q...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 09, 2012
Apparently, Instagram finally making its way to Android was a good business move. At least Facebook thinks so, and they bought out the photo-sharing company for a cool billion dollars. Congrats to a...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 09, 2012
Firing up the Android emulator historically has been a lot like going to the DMV, or maybe the pediatrician's office. You can do it, and you'll have something to show for it at the end of th...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 09, 2012
If you picked up a shiny new HTC One X or One S this Easter weekend -- or you already own an earlier Sense device -- then you'll find a special offer waiting for you in the HTC Watch app. Until ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 08, 2012
We've had quite a few folks ask about a way to post their Instagram pictures to Google+, and an equal number of methods to do so hit our inbox recently. Because Google+ doesn't yet have a pu...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 06, 2012
When we chose IMDb Movies & TV as the tablet app of the year in our 2011 Android Central Editors' Pick Awards it was a pretty fine looking app and in that time, IMDb has continued to improve...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 06, 2012
Instagram has received another update, this time opening the app to Android tablets and other Wifi devices. Not a lot has changed, as sideloading the old version on tablets or Wifi devices worked, b...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 06, 2012
If you dig third-person shooter games then chances are you've checked out Max Payne at some point since its original release in 2001 and now, Rockstar Games is taking Max Payne to new territory....
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by Richard Devine
Apr 06, 2012
That other Facebook app, Facebook Messenger, just received an update that among other things is supposed to make it play better with Ice Cream Sandwich.
The visuals have also been updated, an...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 05, 2012
For all you Facebook fans out there not overly pleased with Facebook for Android, Friendcaster for Facebook has always been a great alternative. The latest update pushes the release to v5.0 and brin...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 05, 2012
Despite there being a ton of Android apps for movie discovery in the Google Play Store, there is still a clear demand for dedicated movie theater apps out there. With dedicated apps such as the newl...
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by Richard Devine
Apr 05, 2012
Football Manager is one of those blockbuster PC titles that, year after year, attracts huge numbers of players. The handheld version has been available on iOS for a while now, but Sega has finally d...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 05, 2012
Listen up, road warriors. Searching for travel on your phone just got load easier. Hipmunk this morning announced an update that brings calendar integration to its already excellent search app. That...
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by Kevin O'Quinn
Apr 05, 2012
After finally being released for Android Instagram understandably had some bugs to squash. Later that day Version 1.0.1 fixed compatibility with certain cameras (it notably did NOT fix co...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 04, 2012
Seems like today is a good day for updates. Google has now rolled out the latest version of Google Play Books to the Google Play Store and as noted in the change log, this will be a good release for...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 04, 2012
Along with the Gmail and Google Play Books update, Google has also added some Android 4.0 features to Street View on Google Maps. If you grab the latest update from the Google Play Store you'll ...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 04, 2012
Google has updated the official Gmail app for Android today, with assorted changes for Android phones and tablets running Froyo, Gingerbread and Honeycomb. The most significant changes are for Andro...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 04, 2012
Cloud storage provider Dropbox has just doubled the referral bonus it gives users for referring friends to the service. Previously Dropbox referrals resulted in a bonus of 250MB for both the re...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 04, 2012
SwiftKey -- the Android Central 2011 keyboard of the year -- has declared war on the spacebar. Never mind that its April Fool's joke actually was to introduce the world's longest spaceb...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 04, 2012
Call it a stylus, call it an S-Pen, call it what you will -- styli are making a comeback. They used to be standard issue with a smartphone, until a fellow in a black turtleneck who had a huge influe...
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by Android Central
Apr 04, 2012
So it seems that iOS users on Twitter are in a bit of an uproar, and this time it's because Instagram has made it's way to Android. Yes, it's as silly as it sounds, and no, we'r...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 03, 2012
Hours after today's launch on Android, the Instagram developers have released a quick patch to address compatibility issues with certain cameras. Instagram for Android version 1.0.1 is now ...
