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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 21, 2013
Real world examples and practices from the Android design team make this session from Google I/O 2013 a must-watch -- even if you'll never write your own app.
See how Android apps should loo...
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by Alex Dobie
May 21, 2013
New WebKit-powered Opera 14 stable now available for Android
The Opera browser for Android has exited beta and arrived on the Google Play Store as a fully-fledged stable app. The mobile version ...
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by Alex Dobie
May 16, 2013
Major players get official apps for Google's smart glasses
Following the start of this year's Google I/O developer conference, Evernote, Twitter and Facebook have announced official...
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by Casey Rendon
Mar 11, 2013
Today we got a first look at some of the apps for Google's upcoming Glass. Many developers were in attendance, where Timothy Jordan explained the goal of the Glass experience: provide timely con...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 27, 2013
A new Chrome app is in the works, and developer François Beaufort has let the cat out of the bag and shown the world a quick peek at Google+ Photos.
Nicknamed "Pulsar" t...
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by James Richardson
Feb 11, 2013
New into Google Play is "Hotels by ebookers," which aims to provide users with money saving offers and hotel tips. According to the company, users of the application could save up to 65 pe...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 01, 2013
It's been a long old time since the last Pocket Casts update, but the developers, Shifty Jelly, have today published some details on the next version of their incredibly popular podcatching appl...
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by Andrew Martonik
Jan 27, 2013
Daydream was pretty quickly glanced over by most people when it was announced as part of the Android 4.2 release, but luckily some developers have started to make apps using the new feature. The lat...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 23, 2013
Google has captured five of the top six spots in the mobile app space, and it isn't likely that they will be slowing down any time soon. That chart you see above is the number of unique (as in y...
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by Simon Sage
Jan 16, 2013
We've amassed some of the most popular, polished Android calendar apps that Google Play has to offer.
For a lot of us, Android’s native calendar does the job - we can plonk in a...
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by Richard Devine
Jan 02, 2013
And so, with 2012 now behind us, the traditional reflection on the year past begins. Being British, last year was pretty memorable -- the Diamond Jubilee celebrations and the Summer Olympics in Lond...
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by Simon Sage
Dec 31, 2012
It's time to get up close and personal with the Android Central editors. You get a taste of the apps we're trying on a week-by-week basis, but what about those that actually stay on our phon...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 30, 2012
As we close out the year, it's time to take a look back at things. I've never been all that keen on "year's best" lists for applications, though that doesn't mean they don&...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 27, 2012
Google has put its "Best Apps of 2012" list up on Google Play today, with many familiar names. There are "best of" lists in each of the different categories on the Play Store, bu...
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by James Richardson
Dec 23, 2012
We have featured Shape Services many times here at Android Central, but I would say they're best well known for their fantastic instant messaging client IM+ -- full review here.
Just in ti...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 05, 2012
Google Search (AKA Google Now for folks with Jelly Bean) isn't the only app from Google to see an update today. While not as forwards facing and glamorous, Voice, Translate, and Authenticator we...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 27, 2012
Chances are this will be fixed quickly enough, but look quick -- every app in Google Play appears to have been reviewed by "A Google User." And here you though you were special.
Our guess...
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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 Phil Nickinson
Nov 21, 2012
Once upon a time there was a leaked memo regarding Verizon beginning to load "a suite of Amazon apps preloaded on one dedicated home screen for all newly launched Android devices." Wit the...
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by Scott Young
Nov 14, 2012
Some of you weren't even alive when Jet Set Radio was released for the SEGA Dreamcast in June of 2000. That being said, if you've played Borderlands (or other cel-shaded graphics games) you ...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 01, 2012
Updates are now pushing out for two major Google apps on the Google Play Store. First up is Google Chrome, the de facto default browser for Android 4.0 and above. ARM-based devices are updated to Ch...
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by Alex Dobie
Oct 25, 2012
SwiftKey has announced a brand new version of its popular keyboard app for Android, dubbed SwiftKey Flow. Launching "soon," SwiftKey Flow will bring continuous input -- similar to what'...
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by Scott Young
Oct 04, 2012
Hey SlingBox users, good news! Your SlingPlayer app was recently updated. While the changes aren't breathtaking, they are very welcome, as are most updates.
If you're using SlingPlayer ...
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by Chris Parsons
Oct 03, 2012
Although I'm not much into politics, there is plenty of good reasons to be following along with the 2012 Presidential Debate. If you're looking to tune in and hear which each of the candidat...
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by Simon Sage
Oct 02, 2012
Google's legal team has recently blasted out e-mails to registered developers regarding a subpeona issued by the FBI. Apparently this has something to do with an investigation regarding apps sho...
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by James Richardson
Oct 01, 2012
If you're into flight simulators and you haven't tried X-Plane 9 now is the time to do so. The popular app is now free in Google Play instead of it's normal $2.99.
I've been a fan o...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 30, 2012
Google Play's 25-cent promotional sale has gone into its final day with a handful of new apps and games that are just about as good as free. Topping the list are:
Horn
Smart Tools
...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 29, 2012
Google Play's 25-cent promotional sale has gone into day four with a handful of new apps and games that are just about as good as free. Topping the list are:
Madden NFL 12
Endomond...
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by Simon Sage
Sep 28, 2012
Google Play's 25-cent promotional sale has gone into day 3 with a handful of new apps and games that are just about as good as free. Topping the list are:
Amazing Alex
TuneIn Radio...
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by James Richardson
Sep 28, 2012
Yay - Rayman has arrived this week for Android. If you are looking for a fun, fast and colorful game then Rayman Jungle Run is well worth considering. It does come with a price tag I'm afraid of...
