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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 Chris Parsons
Feb 18, 2011
Having sold millions of copies worldwide on those other (lesser) platforms, Flight Control for Android has landed in the Android Market, courtesy of the folks at Namco. If you're unfamiliar with Fligh...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 18, 2011
Youtube video for mobile viewingWe've already seen Android tablet apps for Sports Illustrated and a few other magazines. And another shining example of how print can and should publish in the digital ...
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by Kyle Gibb
Feb 17, 2011
Lookout Mobile Security has whipped up quite the report comparing both the Android Market and Apple's App Store in pretty much every way you can imagine -- and probably some you can't. Their &q...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 16, 2011
Youtube video for mobile viewing I've raved about Mobiata's FlightTrack app before, and for good reasons -- it's just about the best at helping me keep track of where in the world I'm going. And it's...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 12, 2011
If you ever take a self-pic with your smartphone -- stick the camera in your hand, extend your arm, point it at your melon and hope for the best -- you know how it can be a bit of a crapshoot. And un...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 11, 2011
Sports Illustrated has launched its official Android applications in the Android Market. Available for phones and tablets with Android 2.1 and above, the sports news magazine published by Time Inc. h...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 10, 2011
Android's "official" Twitter client -- the aptly named "Twitter for Android" -- just hit Version 2.0 and brings with it a host of performance and user interface improvements. ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 09, 2011
Let's not mince words here: If you're in the market for some basic -- and extremely easy to use -- webcam monitoring, you need to check out Dropcam. It's been available for some time now for th...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 09, 2011
If the airline you frequent flying doesn't have an app to help make your trips a little easier, you might want to look into changing carriers. (We kid! But not really, and here's a list of handy trave...
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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...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 08, 2011
Myriad's Alien Dalvik is quite possibly the best-named app in the history of crazy apps you'll likely never actually use. Confused yet? If you haven't heard of Myriad, it's the company that brou...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 06, 2011
More than a few of us (and us) noticed that when you got the latest update to Angry Birds, the app stated that it needed permissions to your SMS messages. At the time, Rovio told us it like...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 05, 2011
There are only a handful of things I like to be awakened by on a Saturday morning. One is the wife and kids. Another is a giant pile of pancakes. And a third is a massive update to Angry Birds, one t...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 04, 2011
While there are quite a few torrent clients and torrent remote control apps in the Android Market, Bittorrent has never directly released an application to interface with your µTorrent installat...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 03, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewing With all that Sports Illustrated and CNN have done right with their Android tablet applications, The Economist ... well, it went a different direction. That's not ...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 03, 2011
If you're into running your own blog on Blogger then you'll be pleased to know they have just released the first version of their Android application to the Android Market. They've taken their time in...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 03, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewing When Sports Illustrated showed off its plans for an HTML5-based tablet-type app last year at Google IO, we lauded it as a shining example of how print publications...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 03, 2011
CNN app for Android smartphones
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Say what you want about CNN -- and between the new "HLN" and Nancy Grace, I could say plenty -- you have to hand...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 02, 2011
If you're looking for a cost effective monitoring solution then allow us to introduce you to Dropcam if you've not heard of them before. Dropcam is a easy to use, easy to set up service that all...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 02, 2011
We've gotten so many e-mails about when Tap Tap Revenge might be coming to Android, we started to think there might be some sort of conspiracy afoot. But coming it is, and we've gotten a look at it. ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 02, 2011
Take Google Earth and combine it with the human body, and you get ... Google Body. It's almost exactly what it sounds like -- a three-dimensional, layered look at the human body. It's pr...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 02, 2011
Youtube link for mobile veiewing The wait is nearly over, folks. Words with Friends is coming to Android this month. We got a look at it with the developer at Google's Honeycomb event, and gameplay is...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 01, 2011
Groundhog Day is just about here, and while it may not be the best way to predict how the remainder of winter may go it is indeed, a tradition that many take part in every year. The folks at Iconosys...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 28, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewingWhere do we expect the LG Optimus 2X and its dual-core Tegra 2 processor to shine the brightest? Gaming, of course. We've thrown just about everything we can think ...
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by Menno
Jan 28, 2011
Beautiful Widgets, the popular clock and weather app from Level Up Studios, saw a significant update this morning to version 3.3. This update brought several welcome changes, including the...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 26, 2011
If you're a user of Slacker Radio, head on over to the Android Market and update the app. (This one deals with permissions, so it won't update automatically.) There are a handful of bugfixes, but the ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 26, 2011
A long time ago, in a podcast far, far away, CrackBerry's own Kevin Michaluk talked about the BlackBerry PlayBook (then only rumor) and how with its new QNX-based operating system, it could theoretic...
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 26, 2011
No one likes filing their taxes. Sure, if you're getting a big refund check then you might enjoy some of the process. ie: Cashing your check. But in general, no one really likes to do them, we just ha...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 25, 2011
Flipping through the session listings for Google IO 2011, and a couple of things stand out: First, there's building web apps and Android apps for Google TV. Google TV, as you'll recall, was ...
