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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 27, 2011
The Amazon Appstore is pushing out a minor update this evening, brining it to version 1.14. Besides a few compatibility fixes and the ever-present "stability improvements," they have i...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 27, 2011
EA has announced it will be having a sale on iOS and Android titles, starting ... now! The list of games and prices (with Android Market weblinks):Bejeweled 2 99 centsFIFA 10 $1.50Ne...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 24, 2011
One of the coolest looking things in the new Windows Phone 7 "Mango" release (see all the coverage you can handle at WPCentral) is Microsoft's Bing Vision. It's essentially a Google Go...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 24, 2011
News360, the popular cross-platform news aggregator, is now available for Android tablets running Honeycomb. News360 takes a bit of a different approach, combining 1,500 global sources (yes, An...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 23, 2011
Twitter, Inc. has finalized the deal with TweetDeck, buying the popular client for US $40 million, according to The Next Web. As reported earlier this month, talks between the two companies had ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 17, 2011
Slacker has announced Slacker Premium Radio, which adds a third level of service to the streaming radio giant's offerings. Slacker Premium Radio brings on-demand access to the complete Slacker m...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 12, 2011
Barnes and Noble have updated the Nook app for Android, giving high resolution devices (read: tablets) support for magazines as well as a few bug fixes for the HTC Thunderbolt and Android 3.x (Honeyco...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 11, 2011
Matias Duarte and the rest of the Android UI designers got together to spend an hour or so to talk about how they went about changing elements for Honeycomb's "Holo" UI, and how developers s...
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by Jared DiPane
May 04, 2011
Whether you're always on the go, or are just an occasional traveler, having the correct application on your device can change the whole experience of the travel. Keeping up to date with real time f...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 02, 2011
According to reports from Tech Crunch, Twitter has acquired TweetDeck, at a cost of about $50 million. Congrats go out to the TweetDeck team for the know-how and ability to create such a lucrati...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 02, 2011
It appears that Verizon and AT&T are serious about not wanting you to use your current data plan for tethering, as they have blocked access to popular applications that enable it on the Android Ma...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 02, 2011
Lloyd gets around, and now Android Central member Benny879 has him strutting his stuff in his very own Launcher Pro theme. Besides the calendar above, the skinnable widgets in this theme include...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 27, 2011
If you're a fan of Slayer and have an Android phone, you're in luck. Sony Music has released the Slayer app for Android, and it's really good. And loud. And evil. You'll find everything you ever wante...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 21, 2011
We mentioned last month that the folks at Skyfire were working on a big update that would bring a new set of features as well as a new pricing model, and today is the day it becomes available. T...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 14, 2011
So how's Android doing these days? During today's Q1 2011 earnings call, Jeff Huber, senior vice president of commerce and local, announced that some 350,000 Android devices are being activated e...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 06, 2011
We've seen and heard Google talk about fragments (the good kind) and multipane screens for apps, but the dearth of tablet-centric applications on the Android Market leaves us wanting. I was crui...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 05, 2011
The folks over at Tech from 10 have ran into an interesting scenario -- it seems that somehow they have received a test or pre-release version of the Android Market. It just appeared, and they e...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 04, 2011
Widgets are a big part of Android, providing information at a glance without having to go through the steps of opening an application. Beautiful Widgets has been a long time favorite of both fan...
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by Jared DiPane
Apr 04, 2011
Back in February we got our first look at FullHDMI, an application for your HTC EVO 4G that mirrors your phones display on a television set. Upon initial release the application was only support...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 01, 2011
YouTube link for mobile viewing 4shared, the popular file sharing site, has released an Android application allowing users the same access to their 4shared account on their Android device that the...
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by Jared DiPane
Mar 31, 2011
If you are a Dropbox for Android user, and enjoy checking out the latest and greatest in all Android applications, you will be happy to know that the application has been updated. They have announced ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 28, 2011
MiKandi, Android's unoffical porn store and one of several alternatives to the Android Market, announced today that they have enabled in-app billing support for their app store. The new method i...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 23, 2011
Slacker, Inc. has announced that users will now have access to ESPN audio on their Android smartphones. With both a dedicated station and the ability to include hourly ESPN SportsCente...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 22, 2011
Springpad has updated their Android client, adding in new ways to share your notes and memos, as well as new widget options. Springpad is a popular cross platform service, that stores and sorts ...
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by Jared DiPane
Mar 18, 2011
It is always great to see successful iOS games make their way onto the Android platform, but sadly this isn't something we see every day. Guerrilla Bob, an action shooting game, brings some stunn...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 14, 2011
YouTube link for mobile viewingSecurity researcher Ian Robertson has built an Android application that can be used to bypass security on the popular Cardkey door control systems. Using his Droid...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 11, 2011
Speed X is a 3D accelerometer-controlled game where you fly through tunnels and a futuristic grid landscape, dodging obstacles and collecting points. It has amazingly smooth graphics, great musi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 11, 2011
Everyone's favorite FPS (fowl precision shooter) Angry Birds Seasons just got the update for St. Patrick's Day. Rovio brings us some new golden eggs, and 15 new levels packed with shamrocks and...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 04, 2011
Google is a software giant, and many of us user their proprietary applications on our Android phone. With good reason -- apps like Gmail, Androidify, and YouTube absolutely rock on an Android de...
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by Jared DiPane
Mar 02, 2011
After unboxing your Motorola Xoom last week, and playing around with all the Honeycomb goodness that it brought to your life, the time to find some fun apps has come, and we want to help you out. Whil...
