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by Alex Dobie
Mar 02, 2012
The official Twitter app for Android has today received another update, bringing it up to version 3.1.1. The latest iteration includes the usual security enhancements, bug fixes and performance impr...
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OnLive Desktop arrives in the Android Market, aims to bring the power of a PC to your Android tablet
by Chris Parsons
Mar 01, 2012
For a lot of folks, tablets are a great alternative to PC's but for some -- it's hard to complete some of the same actions as a PC on one. Looking to bridge that gap is OnLive with their new...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 29, 2012
You ever come across one of those applications where it seems like an obvious feature is missing and you wonder why the heck it isn't there? I felt that way about Skitch until tonight. Previousl...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 29, 2012
The folks from MoboTap have now released the latest version of Dolphin Browser HD bumping it up to v7.4.0. Aside from the usual bug fixes typically inlcuded with all updates, this release actually i...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 28, 2012
StumbleUpon has announced the latest update to their popular Android app and with this release, they've gone ahead and done some house cleaning on the app and added in a bunch of new features th...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 28, 2012
That's it -- no more business cards for me at Mobile World Congress. Googler Trevor Johns has coded up (and open-sourced) a little app called, appropriately enough, Badge Scanner, which will pr...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 27, 2012
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Not a day goes by in which we don't get an e-mail from you fine folks out there asking about antivirus and security applications, and which one we'd recomm...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 25, 2012
Just in case you skipped out on testing the recent experimental builds of Dropbox from their users forums, you can now head on over to the Android Market and grab the official release. As noted in t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 24, 2012
Android's Foursquare check-in app got an update this evening, bringing a few bugfixes. They are:
Bug fixes for the 2-08 release.
In-line commenting on Check-in Details.
Updat...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 23, 2012
GSMA -- the organization that runs Mobile World Congress -- today updated its Android appliation for this year's event. Good thing, too, since it starts Sunday.
For those of us going to MWC, i...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 23, 2012
So Amazon, Apple, Google, HP, Microsoft and RIM have all decided to hold hands and form a circle around the California attorney general and agreed to privacy principles designed to bring the in...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 22, 2012
If you're a guitar player, then chances are you're already making use of your Android device in some way to help you with your music. Be it as an instant guitar tuner, to downloading tabs or...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 21, 2012
If last year's Cristiano Ronaldo Freestyle app wasn't enough for you, you can now download another official Ronaldo app, this time from developer Mobile Roadie. The official C...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 21, 2012
This, folks, is Ubuntu on Android. An honest-to-goodness, not janky or VNC'd, full build of the Linux distro powered by an Android smartphone.
We'll let that sink in.
Canonical -- the comp...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 21, 2012
So our pals at CrackBerry have been killing it with their BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 coverage. Killing it. But in keeping an eye on it -- remember that part of BB's MO now is to just use Android ap...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 21, 2012
Update (Dec. 5, 2012): The web app has been updated and now works very well on Android. See our post here.
Original: For far more than a year now, a semi-secretive series has graced the pixels of a...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 20, 2012
Ah, the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue has arrived. It's the time of year when men head to the mailbox and back a little quicker, and young teens sneak peeks before sneaking entire magazines....
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 17, 2012
Opera says it's going to bring new verisons of its mobile browsers -- Opera Mini and Opera Mobile -- to Mobile World Congress in a little more than a week. In an e-mail to press today, Opera say...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 16, 2012
A new Skype update has been released to the Android Market and is now available for download. If you''re a Samsung Epic 4G Touch owner this release will certainly be of interest to you as it...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 16, 2012
Swype finally has been updated for all you 1 percenters -- that'd be folks running Ice Cream Sandwich. It's been a long time coming -- Ice Cream Sandwich has been available on the Galaxy Nex...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 15, 2012
Android's official Facebook app just got a sizable update this evening. Here's a look at what's new:
Navigate anywhere, fast: Get to your groups, apps, pages, and settings with a...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 15, 2012
The Sims FreePlay is now available in the Android Market from EA Games and with it you can explore the world of The Sims however you wish. In Freeplay, you can control up to 16 different Sims and Fr...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 14, 2012
Those that read up on my most-used apps of 2011 will know that I am a big fan of Alphascope, the private alpha version of the BlackBerry favourite Socialscope. The application still isn't finish...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 14, 2012
These days, there certainly is no shortage of social networks. Some make it, some don't. One of the more recent ones taking off (and even catching some heat) is Pinterest. We're still waitin...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 14, 2012
Amazon's just updated its Amazon MP3 app for Android to version 2.4. And with it comes a layout optimized for tablets, a new color scheme, personalized recommendations from the Amazon MP3 store ...
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by Ashley Esqueda
Feb 13, 2012
Hey guys! The fine folks at ngmoco have approached a slew of Android sites to participate in a Skyfall Proving Grounds challenge. The prize? Well, I don't get anything but bragging rights if I t...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 10, 2012
If you're the proud owner of either a Nook Color, Nook Tablet or Kindle Fire who also happens to own a WordPress blog you might have been a little bummed out when you found the app was not avail...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 10, 2012
Pulse News is currently rolling out their latest update to the masses. (That would be us.) This release will bring some much needed supported for articles written in international characters as Puls...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 09, 2012
The Netflix app for Android has just hit version 1.7, bringing a handful of improvements for tablet and smartphone users. Today's update allows Netflix customers to share content on Facebook (in...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 09, 2012
SwiftKey X has a new Alpha now available for download to VIP members. This release looks to address user concerns with punctuation in certain languages with French, Arabic, or Greek be some of the k...
