Apps of the Week
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by Andrew Martonik
May 18, 2013
A game and a couple of tools highlight this abbreviated list of picks The combination of Google I/O going on in San Francisco and BlackBerry Live in Orlando this week has our team a little spars...
Verizon Logo
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by Andrew Martonik
May 18, 2013
New plans available to existing customers now; new customers can take advantage June 6 As an update to a previous blog post detailing changes to its prepaid plans, Verizon stealthily made yet an...
Android Central
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by Andrew Martonik
May 17, 2013
Specific partnerships not yet named; hotels, flights and reservations are the focus Speaking on one of the countless Google Developers Live talks at Google I/O, one of the creators of Google Now...
Hangouts
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by Andrew Martonik
May 17, 2013
Nexus 7 and other tablet users can now update to replace the Google Talk app Following its announcement at Google I/O, the new Hangouts app from Google has had a bit of a rocky rollout to certai...
Pocket Casts
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by Andrew Martonik
May 17, 2013
Continuous playback over notifications and more bug fixes than you can shake a stick at Since making the move to a completely new design with Pocket Casts 4, a few lingering bugs have been pilin...
Lenovo K900
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by Andrew Martonik
May 16, 2013
Pricing set in retail and online at RMB 3,299 for Chinese launch We've been getting looks at the latest high-end Intel device from Lenovo, the K900, since all the way back at CES and it'...
Android Central
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by Andrew Martonik
May 16, 2013
SEGA brings yet another classic Sonic game to mobile devices Just a handful of weeks after SEGA let everyone know that it would be releasing a natively written version of Sonic the Hedgehog for ...
Google I/O Hunt
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by Andrew Martonik
May 16, 2013
Have a little fun discovering hidden clues around Moscone Center It's not all crazy long keynotes and intense developer sessions at Google I/O, sometimes you get to have a little fun too. Go...
Pudding Monsters
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by Andrew Martonik
May 16, 2013
New levels that will keep the game fresh and let you move mountains Pudding Monsters, the latest game from the makers of Cut the Rope, is expanding the number of levels it offers today with a ne...
Hangouts
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by Andrew Martonik
May 16, 2013
Lots of great new features, but this may not be the unified messaging service some hoped for We've heard a whole lot about "Hangouts" as a headline feature of Google+ since its lau...
Copy app
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by Andrew Martonik
May 16, 2013
Multiple users can show split the bill for shared storage costs The latest entrant in the cloud storage arena, Copy, is increasing the amount of free storage it offers to try and pull users away...
Sprint Galaxy S4
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by Andrew Martonik
May 15, 2013
Google and Sprint team up again to allow three of the most popular devices to have Wallet access Not everything makes it into the Google I/O keynote, but that doesn't mean it's not still...
Google Play Books
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by Andrew Martonik
May 15, 2013
Keep up to 1,000 of your own PDF and EPUB files in the cloud for free Caught up in all of the hullabaloo around the keynote, Google Play Books received a notable update in the Play Store to not ...
Google Play Music All Access
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by Andrew Martonik
May 15, 2013
Improvements in design highlight the latest music subscription service At today's massive Google I/O keynote, one of the bigger announcements was centered around music. Not only did we get t...
Hangouts
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by Andrew Martonik
May 15, 2013
Google's new cross-platform group messaging service is pushing out to devices Hangouts, the long-rumored messaging service from Google that pulls together text, photo, video and group cha...
Android Central
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by Andrew Martonik
May 15, 2013
Send money to anyone for free from a linked bank account; with small fees via credit cards It wasn't a headline part of the Google I/O 2013 keynote, but the Google Commerce Blog has just dro...
Chrome Data Compression
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by Andrew Martonik
May 15, 2013
Save substantially on your mobile data usage when using Chrome and Youtube As the Google I/O 2013 keynote gets moving along, Google is getting into some of the new technology it is using to save...
New Google+ Design
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by Andrew Martonik
May 15, 2013
A unified design across different screen sizes provides a better experience In working to unify its different platforms, Google is rolling out updates to Google+ on the web and mobile apps to...
Google IO
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by Andrew Martonik
May 15, 2013
Save battery life and improve location data for every app We're live here at the Google I/O 2013 keynote, where Google has started off with talking about APIs for Android. As one of its firs...
Google I/O 2013
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by Andrew Martonik
May 15, 2013
Developers get ready for the latest in Google Play Gaming features Google has just rolled out a huge number of features related to gaming at Google I/O 2013, and even on day 1 over a dozen devel...