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The Walking Dead game shambles its way onto Google Play

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Posted by Simon Sage on 8 Apr 2014 1:37 pm
The Walking Dead, Season One
The Walking Dead by Telltale games has hit the Google Play store, offering dramatic, action-packed gameplay. All five episodes plus the extra 400 Days DLC are available through a single in-app purchase, and you can enjoy the first episode for free. For those unfamiliar, The Walking Dead is an outstanding comic and television series about a group of survivors in a zombie apocalypse. Though...

MediaFire's new cloud storage plan offers 1TB of storage for $5/month

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Posted by Simon Sage on 8 Apr 2014 1:48 pm
MediaFire on Android
MediaFire has announced new pricing for their cloud storage service which is certainly competitive. They’re now offering a full terabyte for $5/month, and are knocking down that price by half as an early bird promotion. $2.50/month for a full terabyte of cloud storage with file sizes of up to 20GB is nothing to scoff at, and between a recently-refreshed desktop client and updated Android and...

Otterbox launches tough cases for the Samsung Galaxy S5

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Posted by Simon Sage on 8 Apr 2014 12:17 pm
Otterbox launches tough cases for the Samsung Galaxy S5
The venerable OtterBox folks are showing off their Samsung Galaxy S5 cases just ahead of the launch this Friday. The heavy-duty Defender Series and hybrid Commuter series are available right now, and the colorful Symmetry Series and a wallet variant for the Commuter Series is on the way. There’s no pricing information with the announcement, but the Commuter Series usually starts at $35, and the...

Wind Mobile launches new plans with nationwide calling, US roaming

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Posted by Simon Sage on 8 Apr 2014 11:04 am
Wind Mobile launches new plans, unlimited data starts at $35/month
WIND Mobile, Canada’s plucky underdog carrier, has updated their service plans across the board. The base $20 and $30 plans have both been bumped up by $5, but the $25 plan now includes Canada-wide calling. The WINDtab subsidy on the $35 plan has been increased to $150 from $100, and there’s a new top-tier plan available at $60 that has just about everything you could want: unlimited U.S....

The best Android games without in-app purchases

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Posted by Simon Sage on 7 Apr 2014 4:49 pm
Top ten Android games without IAPs
Skip the IAPs with these outstanding Android games Are you tired of being nickeled-and-dimed by freemium Android games? Had enough of gems and timers and boosts? That's certainly the impression we get when we talk about freemium, so we've rounded up our favorite titles that do away with all of that, and provides the absolute maximum of product up-front. There's a healthy mix here of action,...

The Masters Tournament Android app ready to tee off

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Posted by Simon Sage on 6 Apr 2014 11:26 am
The Masters Golf Tournament on Android
The Masters golf tournament starts this week in Augusta, Georgia, and the official Android app has been revamped so you can keep an eye on the action. The player section now has visual player stats and media, the tee times section now includes player photography, a liveblog feed has been added to their U.S.-only live video section, and a full tournament schedule has been added to the app.

Android TV interface and details leaked

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Posted by Simon Sage on 5 Apr 2014 2:52 pm
Android TV
Google is not done in your living room A bunch of screenshots of a new set-top box by Google have been revealed by The Verge, detailing a new hardware and software system called Android TV. The idea here is to provide a framework for developers to create big-screen experiences in a sensible way. With a properly fleshed-out UI, Android TV looks like it will be aimed to compete squarely against...

Flixster movies app adds Chromecast support

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Posted by Simon Sage on 5 Apr 2014 10:21 am
Flixster for Android
The movie-tracking app Flixster had an update recently which added support to stream full shows and trailers to your big screen at home via Chromecast. The update also included the ability to load up movies onto the SD memory card, so long as it's a Samsung device.

Best Android Apps for March 2014

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Posted by Simon Sage on 5 Apr 2014 9:50 am
Best Android Apps for March 2014
We’ve got the best social, utility, and customization apps for Android launched in the last 30 days right here In our ongoing quest to bring y’all the bestest the Google Play Store has to offer, we’re going to start rounding up our favorite Android releases every month. Often these round-ups will include big releases that you might have missed throughout Android Central news stories or our...

Sprint will pay rivals' termination fees when you sign up for a Framily plan

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Posted by Simon Sage on 3 Apr 2014 4:30 pm
Sprint will pay rivals' termination fees when you sign up for a Framily plan
Sprint is getting a little “uncarrier” themselves with a new promotion that offers to pay your early termination fees if you’re willing to switch to them. You can get up to $350 for every line terminated when making the switch; just snap a picture of your last bill, send it to Sprint, and they’ll send you a Visa card with the cash on it. There are a few terms and conditions here and there, but...

HTC One (M8) preferred over Samsung Galaxy S5 by Android Central readers

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Posted by Simon Sage on 3 Apr 2014 3:20 pm
The HTC One (M8) earned 13,719 votes in our poll while the Samsung Galaxy S5 only garnered 5,859 votes We ran a poll last week pitting the Samsung Galaxy S5 against the HTC One (M8) in a purchasing scenario, and the results are pretty definitive. Out of nearly 20,000 votes, 70% picked the HTC One (M8), while the remaining 5,858 votes went to the Samsung Galaxy S5.

Google Opinion Rewards expands to the Canada, Australia, and the UK

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Posted by Simon Sage on 3 Apr 2014 3:45 pm
Google Opinion Rewards
Opinion Rewards, a Google app that pays its users to fill out surveys, has just expanded beyond the U.S. into Canada, Australia, and the U.K.

Save $50 on the HTC One M8 Unlocked or Dev Edition for a limited time!

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Posted by Simon Sage on 3 Apr 2014 3:54 pm
Anybody hankering to get their hands their hands on a developer edition of the HTC One (M8) will only have until the end of tonight to get one at the promotional price of $50 off. The developer edition has an easily unlockable bootloader and doesn’t have any of that nasty carrier bloatware on top. At midnight tonight, the cost of the HTC One (M8) Developer Edition will go up to $700, so better...

FireChat bringing off-the-grid messaging to Android

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Posted by Simon Sage on 3 Apr 2014 12:36 pm
FireChat bringing off-the-grid messaging to Android
Messaging without the internet FireChat found its way from iOS to Android today, offering an interesting, decentralized way of instant messaging. FireChat plugs into a kind of mesh network, where mobile devices connect to one another over Wi-Fi Direct and Bluetooth, and not requiring any outside involvement on the internet. Obviously the range on this is limited, but at least it works when you...

Step on the pitch in Pele: King of Football

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Posted by Simon Sage on 3 Apr 2014 11:20 am
Be the legend Hey futbol fans! A free-to-play game featuring the legendary Pele just landed. You can control him through a lengthy career mode which takes you from humble beginnings to worldwide championships. The core gameplay is simply goal-kicking, using intuitive gesture controls similar to Flick Soccer, but over time you can unlock a bunch of items to customize your player. Every 20...

Galaxy Ace Style offers entry level specs at an entry level price

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Posted by Simon Sage on 3 Apr 2014 11:43 am
The Samsung Galaxy Core (left) with the new Samsung Galaxy Ace Style
An entry level Samsung handset by the name of Galaxy Ace Style is being shown off in Germany, boasting KitKat 4.4 compatibility and not much else. The SM-G310HN packs a modest 4-inch 800x480 display, dual-core 1.2 GHz processor, a 5 megapixel camera without flash, and a dual-SIM version will be available. As you might expect, the pricetag is fairly low, hovering between €200 and €300. Above,...

Greenpeace gives mark of approval to Google's cloud, cites 48% clean energy use

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Posted by Simon Sage on 2 Apr 2014 1:05 pm
Apple, Google, Microsoft come out clean in Greenpeace cloud rankings, Amazon dirty
Greenpeace has published a report on the renewable energy used by major internet companies, including those active in the mobile space. Topping the list is Apple, which apparently runs iCloud and iTunes on 100% green electricity. It’s got a massive solar farm powering its North Carolina data center, and plans for geothermal and solar power for its upcoming Nevada data center. Oregon and...

Gary Busey likes talking to things, especially his Amazon Fire TV

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Posted by Simon Sage on 2 Apr 2014 1:43 pm
Gary Busey likes talking to things, especially his Amazon Fire TV
Man, Gary Busey’s weird. I’m sure the Amazon Fire TV is cool and all, but man. So weird.

Potential new Gmail features revealed in leaked screenshots

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Posted by Simon Sage on 2 Apr 2014 11:26 am
Potential new Gmail features revealed in leaked screenshots
Some leaked Gmail screenshots are revealing a tantalizing array of new features. You'll find new sorting tabs for Travel, Purchases, and Finance, and a pinning system so important e-mails stay at the top of the list. Conversely, you'll also be able to snooze e-mail threads that aren't especially important, so you don't keep getting notifications when someone replies. This is apparently still...

First renders of the reversible USB 3.1 cable released

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Posted by Simon Sage on 2 Apr 2014 9:51 am
First renders of the reversible USB 3.1 cable leak
We’ve become accustomed to knowing one end of a USB cable has to go into a computer or charger, and the other end goes into your phone, but there is a future where you can use either end in either thingie, and this is what that utopian paradise looks like. The USB Implementers Forum is showing off two USB 3.1 connector standards today.

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