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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 14, 2011
The Google+ app has just received a pretty major update that brings bug fixes, some UI changes, and new features to Googles new social media venture. From the changelog in the Android Market:Cus...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 13, 2011
If you're a Google+ user (and if not, hit the forums and get you an invite!) and have ideas how Google can improve Android's core apps like the calendar, contacts, email, etc., Attila Bodis, Android a...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 13, 2011
PayPal has shown their new peer-to-peer NFC payment system at MobileBeat 2011 today, using two Android powered Samsung Nexus S phones. The premise is simple -- open the app on both phones, enter...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 12, 2011
You might have heard that Google was rolling out a new Android Market, complete with book and movie rentals. You also might have heard it would coming in the next few weeks. Well thanks to...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 12, 2011
The folks at Evernote have pushed out the Honeycomb version of their popular organization app to the Market, and it looks like it was well worth the wait. The big changes are rich text and check...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 09, 2011
We've all heard about bad apps that steal your valuable data and ship it off to the far east, and those discussions always end with one thing -- someone says you need to read an app's permissions befo...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 08, 2011
So you just bought this great game from the Android Market, and notice it says you have to download another 600 jiggawatts of files to run it. Don't be alarmed or surprised, if you haven't seen ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 07, 2011
Attention, developers! Are you looking for a way to add user-to-user sharing in your mobile application, using an already established cross-platform messenger service? If so, the people at...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 07, 2011
Last May we saw the release of News360 for Honeycomb devices, and today they have released the version for the smaller screen. In a nutshell, News360 is a news aggregator app with over 4,000 glo...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 29, 2011
Google has updated the imagery for Street View in 13 of their Street View countries, making for the biggest update of this kind. Images for places in Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Netherlands,...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 28, 2011
If you happen to have a Nook Color and love Angry Birds, you're in for a treat. Rovio and Barnes & Noble have teamed up and made B&N stores the very first "magic location" for ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 27, 2011
Google has suspended paid applications for users in Taiwan, as a result of a NT$1 million (US$345,500) fine for failing to offer Taiwanese consumers a seven-day free-trial. While Google sticks t...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 24, 2011
If you're using a Samsung Vibrant, LG Optimus T, Motorola Defy, Motorola Cliq XT, or a T-Mobile Comet, you can finally grab the version 6.2 update of Telenav from the Android Market. We had...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 24, 2011
Pardon the pun, but bravo for Motorola and AT&T -- they have released an app on the Android Market that will enable sideloading on your Motorola Bravo. Sideloading, something many of us thin...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 24, 2011
Zinio for Android just got a huge performance boost if you're using a Tegra 2 powered Honeycomb tablet. The app harnesses the GPU and uses full OpenGL ES acceleration for page turning animations...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 23, 2011
Barnes and Noble, in a press release issued today, announced it has doubled the number of apps available to users in the Nook app catalog. Popular cross-platforms applications like Evernote, See...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 22, 2011
We heard yesterday it was coming this summer, and technically it's summer. If you have the Angry Birds Season app installed through the official Android Market, the latest pig pounding update is...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 15, 2011
It's nice to see Google focusing on supporting developers as best they can. We noticed a shift towards this at Google I/O, and they have released major updates to make app development easier, an...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 15, 2011
As I rolled out of bed at the crack of dawn noon, I noticed an e-mail from the Android Market team in my inbox telling me that paid applications and access to merchant accounts will be closed for an h...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 15, 2011
Lookout has announced a new feature to their premium service, called Safe Browsing. What it does is spread protection from malware beyond installed applications, and into your browser. If ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 14, 2011
Kiloo, the folks behind the huge hit Frisbee Forever for iOS, will be partnering with PapayaMobile and launching their games on Android using the social gaming network. Using Papaya's social SDK...
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by Chris Parsons
Jun 14, 2011
If you haven't already got the update notification, you soon will. Adobe AIR for Android (v2.72.7.0.1948 if you want to get technical) is now starting to roll out and looks to correct some issues over...
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by Chris Parsons
Jun 14, 2011
Garmin and Navigon have announced today that they have signed an agreement that will have Navigon become a subsidiary of Garmin. With Garmin's experience in the automotive business and Naivgon being ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 13, 2011
Update 2: It's back, folks! Get to downloading.Swype has announced the latest beta (version 3.0 for those keeping score at home) and one of the big changes that come along with it is a speci...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 09, 2011
It looks like you won't have to wait long for developers to get geared up for Samsung's latest beauties -- the Galaxy S 4G on T-Mobile and Galaxy Tab 10.1 (the I/O edition only for now) have both been...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 08, 2011
Here's a Honeycomb-specific app you won't find in the Android Market just yet -- the popular podcast player BeyondPod has an open beta for testing the tablet optimized HD version, and things are shapi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 08, 2011
Taptu has updated its popular Android app to version 1.5 with a handful of new features that will make users old and new pretty happy. Having fully supported Honeycomb since version 1.4, now the...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 07, 2011
We all were excited when we heard Words With Friends for Android was being released, but things certainly cooled down when all the bugs started popping up. We're not pointing the finger at Zynga...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 07, 2011
The ADT plugin for Eclipse, including the new visual layout editor, was updated and made available today. If you go back about a month or so to Google I/O, one of the most popular developer...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 06, 2011
Do you love to use Twitter to share all the cool and interesting things you find on the Internet? Me, too. The problem comes when you start oversharing and flooding all your friends timeli...
