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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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'...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
