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by Andrew Martonik
Mar 08, 2013
Chrome for Android (stable, not beta) has just received a small follow-up update to the large version 25 release from last week, with mostly behind the scenes performance enhancements. There are une...
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by Richard Devine
Mar 08, 2013
Riptide GP is somewhat of a favorite among the Android Central staff. Its excellent graphics, combined with superb controls and a great pick up and play approach make it to this day one of Android&#...
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by Richard Devine
Mar 07, 2013
The last time we heard from Scope, the all-in-one social aggregator, they were opening up a VIP program for interested beta testers. We've been part of the VIP program since it began, and some i...
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by Andrew Martonik
Mar 07, 2013
Path has just been updated to add private messaging, stickers and "The Shop" to fall in line with the update that hit iOS yesterday. If you're not familiar, Path is a social network th...
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by Andrew Martonik
Mar 06, 2013
SO.HO (which stands for "the social homescreen") is a new launcher that puts your Facebook and Twitter feeds directly at the center of your device. Just released in beta, SO.HO takes the p...
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by Andrew Martonik
Mar 06, 2013
Google Shopper received a few new features in an update today, including an improved search result page and location data collection. Search results will now come back with the most popular products...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 06, 2013
It might be all doom and gloom for popular third-party Twitter clients, but at least the official app is getting some love. Twitter's own Android app has been updated to version 3.8 today, with ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 06, 2013
Fitness app Endomondo got itself an update today that brings a pair of new premium features, as well as a couple nuggets for the cheap seats.
New for those who shelled out for the full version...
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by Andrew Martonik
Mar 06, 2013
The Conan O'Brien Team Coco app now supports phones as well as full episode streaming right inside the app. Previously, the app was only available for tablets, which didn't make a whole lot ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Mar 05, 2013
The rebranding of Android Market to Google Play happened just one year ago today, and to celebrate Google is offering discounts, gift cards and exclusive in-game content. The deals range from free b...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 05, 2013
There's an update to the Chrome beta channel for Android, bumping it to version 26.0.1410.26. Along with a new number comes some fixes and enhancements that are important, but the real news...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 05, 2013
There's no better way to get a handful of awesome Android applications for one low price than the Humble Bundle, and it's back in its fifth iteration with up to six titles. The gist is that ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 05, 2013
Super Hexagon, that ridiculously difficult and ridiculously awesome game from Terry Cavanaugh, received an update today that, among other things fixes input lag on a number of devices, notably the N...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 05, 2013
TweakDeck dies alongside its master; tablet app from Carbon developer won't be released
We've got a couple more deaths to report in Twitter's ongoing war against anything third-party...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 05, 2013
The folks at Opera have released their new web browser for Android, dropping the Presto browser engine in favor of webkit, which is also used in Chrome and the AOSP browser. The beta build is availa...
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by Andrew Martonik
Mar 04, 2013
Mobiroo is hoping to hop on the popularity of mobile device subscriptions by offering users access to hundreds of top paid apps at a flat monthly rate. At the promotional price of just $2.49 pe...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 04, 2013
The Facebook Messenger app for Android was updated today, bringing feee VoIP calling to users in Canada. This mirrors the way things were done on the iOS app, which saw support for folks in the U.S....
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by Andrew Martonik
Mar 04, 2013
TweetDeck, which has been owned and operated by Twitter itself since mid 2011, is closing down its Android and iPhone apps to focus on future development of its web app. The app itself hasn't se...
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by Richard Devine
Mar 04, 2013
We first took a look at Koush's ClockworkMod Superuser app about a week ago, and we were impressed with what we saw. A well designed utility app for rooted users, that brought a great featu...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 02, 2013
Evernote, the popular cross-platform note taking and sharing app, has issued a statement about some recent "suspicious activity on the Evernote network". All users will have to change thei...
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by Andrew Martonik
Mar 02, 2013
It's the second day of March, and an Apps of the Week post is a great way to kick off the new month. As we do every week, the Android Central writers take some time to chime in with an app that ...
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by Richard Devine
Mar 01, 2013
Rovio needs no introduction, the developers of the Angry Birds franchise, Amazing Alex and Bad Piggies have hundreds of millions of downloads to their credit around the globe. Breaking away from Ang...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 01, 2013
And we're not just saying that because it features the Greatest Android Podcast in the World. OK, maybe we are. Don't care.
Pocket Casts got an update and it now has a widget. And did ...
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by Richard Devine
Mar 01, 2013
Yes, that's my LG Optimus Black, and yes, it is running Photosphere. It's the same Photosphere that distant relation the Nexus 4 is running too, not the LG version found on the Optimus ...
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by Richard Devine
Mar 01, 2013
For reasons not all that clear, tablet owners who wished to use the Amazon Mobile application outside of the United States have been squarely out of luck. More so, it's still disappointing that ...
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by Richard Devine
Mar 01, 2013
Anyone into exercising apps will likely have heard of Runtastic. Their portfolio of exercise focused apps is quite, quite excellent combining superb functionality with excellent design. The latest a...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 28, 2013
NVIDIA just this week showed off some impressive screenshots and gameplay video of new Tegra 4 optimized games, and now we've got a look at one of them running on Project Shield. Burn Zombie Bur...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 28, 2013
The much-awaited release of Real Racing 3 from EA has finally come, and it's sticking with the freemium model that has received much attention leading up to the release. The game certainly looks...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 28, 2013
Google's Field Trip app may not be at the front of everyone's mind, but it's still being developed and improved. The latest update has added several new sources of information and added ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 28, 2013
Google tossed out an update to Google Play Books this evening, making it a whole lot better by fixing "over 90" issues, allowing users in India to be able to install and use the app, and f...
