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by Simon Sage
Dec 05, 2012
Gameloft's much-anticipated lane defense game, Heroes of Order and Chaos, launched this morning on Google Play. The Dota clone is free to play with plenty of in-app purchases, and a very familia...
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by Simon Sage
Nov 23, 2012
Black Friday is upon us, and the thrashing mobs are either stampeding the malls or pounding the F5 key on their favorite retail sites. We're keeping an eye on Google Play to see what prices...
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by Simon Sage
Nov 22, 2012
Yet another app sale for the Thanksgiving / Black Friday weekend is SwiftKey. Both smartphone and tablet versions of the custom Android keyboard are half off - $1.99 a pop.
For those unf...
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by Simon Sage
Nov 22, 2012
The Padfone 2 is preparing for a launch in December, but until then, ASUS has begun showing off a white model of the smartphone/tablet combo. To date we've only seen the black version, which, cl...
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by Simon Sage
Nov 22, 2012
Gameloft has kicked off their Thanksgiving / Black Friday sale by cutting the price of a handful of their titles down to a buck.
First up is The Amazing Spider-Man, an action game based on the...
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by Simon Sage
Nov 21, 2012
As promised, Glu's free to play Dragon Slayer game has swooped into Google Play. This title takes the familiar one-on-one gesture-based duel format but pits dragons against mages. Mages blast th...
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by Simon Sage
Nov 21, 2012
After hanging out on the Barnes & Noble Nook since the summer, Skobbler's ForeverMap 2 has found its way to the Google Play store. Like a few other non-Google solutions ForeverMap 2 taps int...
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by Simon Sage
Nov 21, 2012
Linden Lab, the folks behind the Second Life virtual world, have released their first creation for Android. Creatorverse isn't so much a game as it is a toy. Though there are simple, intuitive c...
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by Simon Sage
Nov 20, 2012
A new location-based social network has hit Android today called Highlight. Users set up profiles, list their tastes, post pictures, and send messages to other users. There's an obvious ...
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by Simon Sage
Nov 19, 2012
Qeexo, a small company borne out of Carnegie Mellon, has been introducing FingerSense, a technology that allows smartphones and tablets to tell the difference between touches with a fingertip, finge...
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by Simon Sage
Nov 19, 2012
Black Friday's tendrils have crawled upwards to Monday, which means Amazon already has some excellent deals posted. For those of us into all things smartphoney, there are quite a few great acces...
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by Simon Sage
Nov 16, 2012
In an effort to stop Apple from imposing a sales ban on their products in the U.S., Samsung is seeking to have Apple disclose the terms of their patent settlement with HTC. The grounds for the court...
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by Simon Sage
Nov 16, 2012
Today Glu announced their next free-to-play game, Dragon Slayer. It's shaping up to incorporate a lot of Infinity Blade's one-on-one dueling format, except instead of wielding steel, players...
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by Simon Sage
Nov 16, 2012
A fresh Kickstarter project is aiming to provide smartphone-friendly home lighting through a socket accessory. The Wi-Fi-enabled Spark goes right into normal light sockets, then your light bul...
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by Simon Sage
Nov 16, 2012
Both Apple and Samsung have been granted requests to add additional devices to their respective patent claims against one another by a federal judge recently. This means that Samsung can claim paten...
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by Simon Sage
Nov 15, 2012
After a short beta period, Shadowgun: DeadZone is now free for everybody to play. The slick graphics and fast-paced third-person shooting action aren't the only things to look forward to; S...
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by Simon Sage
Nov 15, 2012
If you haven't picked up on the charity-driven bundle of Android games that went live last week, maybe the addition of Cogs, Canabalt, Zen Bound 2, Swords & Soldiers HD, and Avadon: The...
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by Simon Sage
Nov 15, 2012
In addition to a handful of new LTE markets yesterday, AT&T has flipped the switch on LTE coverage in the Twin Cities, Minnesota today. AT&T took the announcement as an opportunity to pimp o...
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by Simon Sage
Nov 15, 2012
A recent smartphone platform study of China shows that Android is absolutely dominating the landscape with 90.1% market share. Over the last quarter, iOS dropped from 6% to 4.2%, though keep in mind...
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by Simon Sage
Nov 14, 2012
Canadians can now pick up the Sony Xperia T from Bell or Rogers for $99 on a three-year contract. The James Bond co-branding is in full bloom, as you'd expect, but what's going on under the ...
