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Trello review - clean task management for individuals and groups

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Posted by Simon Sage on 10 Aug 2012 10:39 am
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Trello was launched on Android recently, offering yet another way in which folks could keep track of multiple projects and collaborate with others. There’s a set hierarchy where boards have lists, and lists have cards. Cards can be thought of as individual tasks as part of a particular project, while boards are larger categories encompassing multiple projects. Cards can be assigned to individual...

Amber Alert GPS review - if you can't hide yo' kids, at least track 'em

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Posted by Simon Sage on 9 Aug 2012 3:10 pm
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With back to school season around the corner, some parents may be getting antsy about having their young ‘uns out in the big wide world. Luckily, thanks to phones and stand-alone GPS units, mindful moms and dads can track the little buggers every moment of every day. Amber Alerts, the long-standing organization built with the express purpose of preventing child abduction, has launched their own...

Current Caller ID - would you like some Facebook status with that incoming call?

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Posted by Simon Sage on 8 Aug 2012 11:48 am
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After getting a short preview at Mobile World Congress, we’ve now got a chance to try out the latest Android app from WhitePages. It takes the usual caller ID utility, and ties LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter accounts to contacts so their latest status pops up with every call. You can also see their local weather and news when checking out their contact details.

Jazz: Trump's Journey review - a platformer wrapped in a music history lesson

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Posted by Simon Sage on 7 Aug 2012 11:07 am
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Jazz: Trump’s Journey has found its way into the featured section of Google Play following on a successful launch in the spring. The platformer game puts players in New Orleans around the birth of jazz, following a musician who’s chasing after love. Besides having a sincere and well-written story based on the early life of Louis Armstrong, Jazz: Trump’s Journey has a whimsical cut-out art style...

New Orbit review - gritty outer space living minus the oxygen shortage

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Posted by Simon Sage on 7 Aug 2012 10:41 am
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New Orbit: Episode 1 landed precariously on Google Play late last month. The screenshots of minimalistic outer-space fare and gravity-based gameplay weren’t much to look at, but after playing for only a short while, it was easy to get pulled into a gritty story about surviving on the edge of civilization where even air is a precious commodity. New Orbit follows the unlucky journey of a stranded...

Megatroid review - close enough to Metroid

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Posted by Simon Sage on 6 Aug 2012 2:40 pm
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Megatroid came to Android recently, offering what will likely be the closest thing to a Metroid game we’ll ever see on mobile. There are a few things that make Megatroid much more than that though, including procedurally-created levels which ensure a fresh play-through every time, and a wide variety of high-tech weaponry than can be acquired through the course of gameplay or through in-app...

Pix’n Love review - a fresh take on retro platforming

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Posted by Simon Sage on 6 Aug 2012 1:28 pm
Pix'n Love
  Pix’n Love Rush is currently being featured in the Google Play store, and it’s hard to ignore that delightfully retro pixellated devil in the app icon. The dead-simple platforming game has been available on Android for a long time now, bundling together a wide variety of mini-games in a distinct, slightly-warped pixellated package.

Einstein Brain Trainer review - flex your frontal lobe

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Posted by Simon Sage on 5 Aug 2012 3:55 pm
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Einstein Brain Trainer made the port to Google Play not too long ago in an attempt to get players to sharpen their wits with a series of brain teasers. The game keeps close tabs on your progress over time so you can see how much smarter (or stupider) you’re getting over time, and ranks you accordingly. 

Apps of the Week - WeatherEye, Ski Safari, My Movies Pro and more!

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Posted by Jared DiPane on 4 Aug 2012 4:38 pm
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Let's all gather around the air conditioner, take few minutes and relax. Depending on your location the summer has been kicking some serious heat off this year, so let's spend a few minutes together and check out some of our favorite applications. Just past the break you will find apps like WeatherEye, My Movies Pro, Ski Safari, and a few others that we are greatly enjoying. Let's see what they...

Panasonic Flag Tags review - free and easy Olympic patriotism

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Posted by Simon Sage on 4 Aug 2012 3:26 pm
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Panasonic Flag Tags is another one of the handful of official London 2012 Olympics apps available for Android. Simply put, it takes any portrait photos and transposes a national map on top, to make it look like the subject is wearing patriotic facepaint. It’s simple, but the timing is perfect for hardcore Olympics fans that want to show their pride in social networking profile pictures. There...

CTV Olympics 2012 review - why Canadians are cheering at their phones

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Posted by Simon Sage on 3 Aug 2012 5:39 pm
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With the Olympics in full swing, Canadians will likely want to check out CTV’s app since they’ve got the lock-down on coverage. Luckily it's free, you'll just have to put up with a bunch of pre-roll ads.  CTV Olympics London 2012 for Android has the full spread of coverage that you could want - medal counts, tons of video, articles, and lots of social options for sharing content. Of course,...

Perfectly Clear review - fix your pics real quick

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Posted by Simon Sage on 3 Aug 2012 2:12 pm
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Perfectly Clear was launched in Google Play this week with a bevy of quick photograph fixes. Simple sliders can change exposure, depth of field, sharpening, vibrancy, tint, darkness, and skin tone individually, or apply all of them at once with the one-tap Fix button. The app shows your picture with a very cool before and after comparison. The core app is available for $0.99 as an introductory...

Notification History - the best way to find spammy apps

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Posted by Simon Sage on 3 Aug 2012 11:24 am
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Notification History is a dirt-simple, but extremely useful app for scouring out other apps that are spamming notifications. The simple history list shows which apps have made notifications, how many of them, and offers the ability to drill down into apps to see what those notifications were. Not happy with what you see? There’s a shortcut to uninstall the app from there. If you pay up $0.99,...

Dragon's Lore review - a lazy port from Symbian

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Posted by Simon Sage on 3 Aug 2012 9:55 am
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Dragon’s Lore (99 cents) is a simple block-matching puzzler that recently launched on Google Play. The game pulls players through a series of islands where they have to overcome a variety of challenges; some of them as simple as wiping out so many blocks, others more specific, such as beating a level within a certain time-frame. A not-so-subtle Chinese theme weaves its way through everything,...

Coca-Cola My Beat Maker review - remix the Olympics

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Posted by Simon Sage on 2 Aug 2012 11:47 am
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Coca-Cola My Beat Maker is yet another one of the many official Olympics 2012 apps to hit Google Play, and unlike most of them, which focus on accessing scores and event information, this one is entirely for fun. Coca-Cola My Beat Maker lets users create their own custom tunes by mixing together various sound effects and beats. Up to six loops can be layered on top of one another, which are...

Mutant Roadkill review - when Temple Run goes post-apocalyptic

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Posted by Simon Sage on 30 Jul 2012 10:21 pm
Mutant Roadkill review - when Temple Run goes post-apocalyptic
Mutant Roadkill screeched into Google Play earlier this month as an unabashed homage to Temple Run with a few significant twists. Instead of being chased, you're the one chasing, and you're running over radioactive zombies in a gritty post-apocalyptic world. Players mount up in a car and steer by tilting the device to the left or right in order to dodge debris littering the streets and nail...

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