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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 17, 2011
The developers at Fring have updated their video calling application to support the Motorola Atrix and the Dell Streak. The application isn't yet available in the Market, but a quick trip over t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 15, 2011
Google has flip the switch on app download statistics, giving developers a cool look at who is downloading their apps, where they're from and what devices they're using. You get a Google Finance-like...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 13, 2011
It's (unfortunately) pretty normal for Android to still play second fiddle when it comes to app development. We see iOS get 'em first, then Android. Not so in the case of Formula 1, which broke t...
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by Kyle Gibb
Mar 13, 2011
After its announcement back at CES, we have heard next to nothing about Hulu Plus coming to Android. Well, Hulu has now gone and thrown up an image of a Nexus S along with a "coming soon" fo...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 11, 2011
Adobe this morning released more details regarding the upcoming release of Flash Player 10.2. First and foremost, it'll be available in the Android Market on March 18. A number of smartphones running ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 11, 2011
Everyone's favorite FPS (fowl precision shooter) Angry Birds Seasons just got the update for St. Patrick's Day. Rovio brings us some new golden eggs, and 15 new levels packed with shamrocks and...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 10, 2011
Taptu has updated the Android version of their popular news reader to version 1.3, and now brings the customization to a whole 'nother level. The folks at Taptu call it being a "news DJ&quo...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 08, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewingYou can't actually download it just yet, but the St. Patrick's Day update to Angry Birds Seasons is being teased in video form. More levels, more pigs, and a whole lotta...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 08, 2011
If you've rooted your HTC Evo Shift 4G, you now have the option of using ClockworkMod recovery, as well as it's simple front-end Rom Manager. With the release of version 3.0.1.4, ClockworkM...
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by Cory Streater
Mar 07, 2011
Straight app said to be in the works, too
Good news for our Android-loving gay male readers. Grindr, a popular location-based social networking application designed specifically for gay men, is ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 07, 2011
Remember that blog post from Amazon a couple days back detailing how DRM (digital rights management) would work? Basically, it said if you download an app from the upcoming Amazon App ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 07, 2011
If you're not the sort of person who explicitly trusts GPS and mobile navigation, move on. For everyone else, Google's just flipped the switch on a cool little feature for Google Maps Navigation (whic...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 05, 2011
Android applications purchased in Amazon's app store (which may finally go live to consumers any time now) will use Amazon's special sauce of digital locker/digital rights management to help combat pi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 04, 2011
Google is a software giant, and many of us user their proprietary applications on our Android phone. With good reason -- apps like Gmail, Androidify, and YouTube absolutely rock on an Android de...
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by Kyle Gibb
Mar 03, 2011
Don't look now, but it would seem that people love them some Angry Birds. A shocker, we know. Rovio announced at the annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) that the free-with-ads Android versio...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 02, 2011
Just a heads up that Google Body is back in the Android Market, and it's now available for download on Honeycomb tablets. Again, you'll need a tablet running Android 3.0, not a phone running anything...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 01, 2011
Symantec has uncovered yet another trojan horse in a pirated Android app. This time around it's the "Android.Pjapps" trojan, and you can find it in modified versions of the Steamy Window app...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 01, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewingWhen it comes to getting Cut the Rope on Android, we only have one thing to say: Not soon enough! That's right, Cut the Rope has been rumored to be on its way ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 01, 2011
I fly a lot. And I have to work on the plane a lot. But one thing I don't do because it's a hassle is connect my phone to the in-flight Wifi. It's just not easy to do on a mobile browser. But it...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 28, 2011
For you Sprint customers out there who are signed up for the Total Equipment Protection service, you now have a new way to keep your stuff safe. Sprint's released the Total Equipment Protection App th...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 25, 2011
A new twist on the "find my phone" genera of apps comes out today from Lookout Labs called Plan B. If the name didn't give it away, it's an application that tracks your phone that is i...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 25, 2011
One of the chief complaints about Firefox for Android has been its speed and size. But with every new release, it's gotten faster. And with every new release, it's gotten smaller. And Mozilla's Mark ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 24, 2011
Looks like Android's "official" Twitter client just got updated. Here's what's new: Timeline now maintains its position when you exit/enter the app. Tapping on a map thumbnail...
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by Sean Brunett
Feb 23, 2011
A minor update to Android's Gmail app has hit the Market that fixes custom labels and improves copy/paste in Gingerbread. If you have custom labels in Gmail with custom colors, they wouldn't pr...
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by Kyle Gibb
Feb 21, 2011
Verizon has released a new update to its V CAST Music app that finally brings MP3s, ringtones, and ringback tones under the same roof. Notably the MP3s will come without DRM and in high-quality...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 16, 2011
The folks over at Lookout have released information about another Android trojan application -- named HongTouTou. As we saw with the Geinimi trojan, this one has only been spotted in re-packaged...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 15, 2011
Google does a lot of really cool things, but some times they just get it right the first time. Take Androidify for example. Making yourself, loved ones, bitter rivals, or co-workers into A...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 15, 2011
With well over 50,000 downloads in just a few hours, Words with Friends for Android is already a huge success. Yes, there's a few kinks to work out, but we totally expect Zynga to get everything...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 15, 2011
As Eric Schmidt mentioned in his keynote address at Mobile World Congress, the Android Market now has over 150,000 applications. The number of apps has tripled over the past nine months, and gro...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 08, 2011
If you love food as much as I do you'll know that finding great restaurants is often times a tough task. For that we have plenty of Android apps out there to help filter out the good from the bad. On...
