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by Alex Dobie
Jan 20, 2012
Following on from last week's announcement, Rovio has released the latest instalment of Angry Birds Seasons. In celebration of the year of the dragon, this latest batch of levels have a Chinese ...
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by Sean Brunett
Jan 18, 2012
It's been a long time coming, but Wikipedia has finally released an official Android app, sneaking it into the market a few days ago. It's kind of ironic timing given that Wikipedia is black...
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by Sean Brunett
Jan 18, 2012
The Google+ Android app is about to get an update which, among other things, now includes the What's Hot section. What's Hot is a useful portion of the web version in that you can see some o...
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by Sean Brunett
Jan 18, 2012
As you probably are aware, today is "Blackout SOPA" day, where a number of sites are showing the world what the Internet could potentially look if SOPA and PIPA pass.They're definitely...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 17, 2012
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We're not implying that the insanely cute and colorful Android game Whale Trail was inspired during some sort of psychedelic episode, but -- OK, who are we kidd...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 16, 2012
It's easy to make a side-scrolling game. It's a little harder to make a good one, and harder still to make a side-scroller that will keep you coming back. Attack From Outer Space falls into ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 16, 2012
Our pals at Borange today unleashed Textie for Android, bringing cross-platform text and picture messaging from the land of iOS (they've had something in the neighborhood of 1.6 million dow...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 15, 2012
Ever have that moment of panic when you realize you've left the house without your trombone? Yeah. We've all been there. Fortunately there's iBone.
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 14, 2012
I've been desperately trying to convert from Foursquare to Path for bothering most of my social networks at once, but a pretty critical bug was keeping that from happening. But Path's just r...
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by Sean Brunett
Jan 13, 2012
The official Nordstrom app lets you browse the store's collections and purchase clothes right from your Android device. When the app opens, you'll see the main menu which can be filtered by ...
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by Sean Brunett
Jan 11, 2012
Fans of the hit E! show The Soup will definitely want to check out the free Android app of the same name. If you're not familiar with it, the show features Joel McHale (who many know from Commun...
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by Sean Brunett
Jan 11, 2012
Vimeo, the popular video sharing site, has finally launched an Android app. The app brings a nice experience that allows you experience the best of Vimeo on your mobile device.
Here are the feature...
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by Sean Brunett
Jan 09, 2012
Hipmunk, the popular flight search app, has received a major update that has expanded its reach to include hotels. The UI is as clean as before and the search works rather well. Simply open the app,...
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by Sean Brunett
Jan 08, 2012
An official TiVo app has finally made its way to the Android Market. There have been a bunch of unofficial apps, but its nice to see one from TiVo itself.
The app works with the TiVo Premiere...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 05, 2012
Qualcomm this morning announced that its Game Command will launch the Snapdragon GameCommand app in the Android Market on Jan. 10, the opening day of CES.
GameCommand is a portal for ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 04, 2012
Good news, everyone! The NFL Mobile app is finally working correctly on the Verizon Galaxy Nexus. The app actually got its update fix last night, but the login was still borked for a lot of people. ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 04, 2012
There's a fallacy about Android users: We're cheapskates. We refuse to purchase applications. Or, at least, we don't purchase apps as frequently as users of other platforms. On one hand,...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 04, 2012
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To all the hamsters in all the balls in all the world, you have our apologies and our everlasting love for being not only good fist-size companions, but for allowin...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 03, 2012
Once upon a time Microsoft ran a little Hackathon in which 40 developers had 40 hours to create an app for the new Nokia Windows Phones. The winner of the Hackathon was Visiarc, which came up with a...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 02, 2012
We're about a week away from the insanity that is the 2012 International CES in Las Vegas. That's the little show with 120,000 or so of our closest friends in the desert oasis. Like we said ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 01, 2012
We really do have a hard time without using the word "BlackBerry" in a sentence without also using the words "dying," "obsolete" or "time to switch." But we&#...
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by Joshua Munoz
Dec 31, 2011
Being the "apps guy" is an interesting position. It means I get tasked to play with apps all day long, each and every day. It feels a lot like being an adventurer, wandering through a dens...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 30, 2011
Over the course of the last 12 months, I've lost count of the sheer amount of applications that I've downloaded, tried, deleted, and in some cases tried again. When all is said and done thou...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 28, 2011
Fun fact: Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow has at least six Android apps and a live wallpaper in the Android Market. (Make that eight total if you count the misspelled "Tbows World.")
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 27, 2011
We go through a lot of Applications here at Android Central. Some are good. Some ... not so good. Some are awesome, but I don't need them.
Here's a look at the apps that get me through the ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 26, 2011
Weather Underground has long been a go-to source for weather information online. And now, finally, we have a proper Weather Underground Android app.
The main view is a nicely laid out three-panel s...
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by Sean Brunett
Dec 23, 2011
Our pals at Engadget (hey, pals!) have their sweet little Engadget Distro, which curates its content in magazine-like fashion. And it's now available on Android. It was previously released only ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 22, 2011
The good news: NVIDIA's shouting from the rooftops that the game Shadowgun (read our review) has been updated and optimized for Tegra 3 devices. And, the bad news: There's only one Tegra 3 d...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 22, 2011
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The only thing better than that video is the name of the user who uploaded it -- "KoreanFrongMania."
And after the break, the far more subdued bearded dr...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 22, 2011
If you're hopping on a plane today for the holidays, there's a new free travel app that's worth giving a look. GoHow Airport is a simple app that gives you information on a score of airp...
