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Featured Play Store Newbie: MacroDroid [Tools]

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by Robert Nazarian on
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There are a few automation apps in the Google Play Store, but MacroDroid is a fairly new one that looks to make things a little simpler. In speaking with the developer, he sees it as having the power of Tasker, but it’s simple enough for your Mom to use. I don’t know about you, but that sounds pretty good to me.

Apps like MacroDroid are useful to every Android user because they can automate tasks. It makes you more productive, and in many cases can prolong your battery. For example, you can easily program your phone to turn off your Bluetooth or Wifi depending on your location or even if you launch a particular app. You can also make things easier like for example, you can set your phone to upload the last photo to Facebook just by shaking your device or even respond to an incoming text message by sending your current location. Not only that, if your phone has NFC, you can utilize NFC tags to trigger certain actions.

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Featured Play Store Newbie: Atom Launcher [Personalization]

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by Roy Alugbue on
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Ah yes custom launchers— they offer a quick and easy way for Android owners to immediately personalize and jazz up the look of their homescreens. Ice Cream Sandwich welcomed a refreshing and exciting change to the overall look of the Android OS. But as sexy as the appearance of Android 4.0 is, there are plenty of Android users (myself included) who may get bored of something like the stock ICS UI very quickly and may see the appearance of the look of ICS as dare I say, boring. Well those of you who are looking to get some pizazz on an otherwise bland UI need to look no further and check out Atom Launcher for ICS 4.0.2 devices and above.

The launcher comes fully loaded with features too. For starters, users of the launchers have the option of selecting from a variety of types of launchers such as choosing a “light and easy launcher” or a full assortment of backgrounds, icons and even themes. In addition, there is complete support for widgets and menu, the option for Changing Display Settings on Hidden Dock: Emotional Filter Effect, Various Screen Switching, Opacity Adjustment as well as Setting Point Color Changes— like changing the color for the widgets, icons, menus or guides.

The launcher is free and currently at version 0.5.2 and is a small 5.6MB in size— though it needs 10MB of total space if you want to save theme resources. If you have an ICS device, there’s no reason to give it a shot today— it won’t hurt to add some simple creativity and uniqueness to your device. You can find the Play Store link and QR code once you hit past the break.

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Featured Play Store Newbie: Samo Coloring for Kids [Education]

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by Robert Nazarian on
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This one is for those of you that have a toddler(s) in the house. It’s called Samo Coloring for Kids and it’s an interactive finger painting coloring book. I don’t have to tell you how hard it is to find simple easy to understand apps for kids. Kudos to the developer, Martin Adamek, for understanding this need. It’s simple and to the point, and children can start creating works of art with little to no instruction.

There are two different coloring modes, and the FILL mode is what I really like. It allows your child to tap within lines and the color automatically fills the area. This actually teaches them to color “between the lines,” and gets them more prepared for the DRAW mode. In DRAW mode, your child paints with their finger and is more freestyle.

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Featured Play Store Newbie: Add a little fun to your photos with Face Swap [Photography and Entertainment]

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by Robert Nazarian on
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Want to add a little fun to your photos? Face Swap might be what you’re looking for. It will take any photo of two people and swap their faces. It’s perfect for parties, a rainy day, or anytime you feel like killing time. You can try it with co-workers, couples, grandparents, parent/child, or any other combination.

You can take a picture from within the app or import one of your existing photos. Face Swap will scan and locate the faces, but even it has a hard time detecting them, you can drag and resize masks over each face. When you’re ready, a quick tap of the Swap button and voila, you can start laughing at your new creation. It allows you to implement further adjusting if necessary plus you can mirror the faces (if the original photo has the faces looking towards each other). After you’re done, you can save it as a new image and even share it via Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, and many other apps you might have installed on your device. Hit the break for a couple of more images, a video demo, and download links.

 

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Face Swap is .99 cents and is ad free. Hit one of the download links to get started.

 

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Featured Play Store Newbie: Holo Launcher, ICS Launcher without the ICS

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by Brian Kramer on
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If you’re one of the 93.3% of Android users who aren’t yet rockin’ version 4.0 or up but still want to experience some of the look and feel of the stock ICS launcher now, you’re in luck.  Holo Launcher is a real-deal ICS launcher, with various bits and bytes modified to make it run on any version of android 2.2 and above.

Features include:

  • ICS style icons, folders and drawer tabs
  • Portrait and Landscape modes
  • 7 icons per dock, 3 pages and infinitely scrollable
  • Desktop previews via Home button
  • Backup and restoring of settings
  • and more…
This is a great option for those stuck on Froyo or Gingerbread but still hungry for a taste of Ice Cream Sandwich.  The best part?  Holo launcher is completely free, and available now in the Play store.  There is also a beta version available as an in-app apk as well. To get in on the beta testing fun, head into the app, go to Launcher Settings > About Holo Launcher > Auto Check For Updates > Beta Version. You can get started by visiting either link below.

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Featured Play Store Newbie: Instapaper finally comes to Android [News & Magazines]

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by Robert Nazarian on
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Another popular iOS app finally made it’s way to the Google Play Store. Instapaper is another app that allows you to save web pages for later offline reading. I always wondered if people really read these stores they “plan” on reading later. To me it seems like another something to clutter up with stuff you will never look at, or at least mostly never look at. Instapaper allows you to save up to 500 articles and even has folder options to organize your hoarding.

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Featured Play Store Newbie: Turntable.fm [Social]

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by Tony Rosario on
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You know we all have thought about rocking a turntable at some point in our lives, even if it was for only a moment. The popular iOS app Turntable.fm has finally made it’s way to Android for the casual music creator in all of us. What’s great about the app is that it incorporates social chat allowing users to leave comments on other user’s musical creations and make connections with DJ’s and other music lovers with similar tastes all around the country.

Turntable.fm for Android is meant for devices running on Android 2.2 Froyo or higher, yet there are already some reports of the app not working well with ICS.  Hopefully we will see an update to address this in the near future. So who is ready to get their scratch and loop on? Hit the link below to get the goods.

 

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Featured Play Store Newbie: Color Splash FX [Photography]

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by Robert Nazarian on
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Color Splash FX landed in the Google Play Store about a week ago. It’s made by Androidslide, makers of the very popular Camera ZOOM FX and Photo FX Live Wallpaper apps.

Color Splash FX turns your color photos to black and white by “painting” with you finger. You can also bring back the color with the same “painting” motion.

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Featured Play Store Newbie: Lilypad HD Beta [Communications]

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Have you ever been on your tablet and wished you could float messages over whatever else you were doing? Well Tablified Apps has come to the rescue with Lilypad HD Beta. It works with Google Talk and basically floats over your applications. So if your surfing the Web or you’re watching a movie, you can still chat with your friends. As a reminder, this is in the beta stage so there might be some bugs, but they are looking for any feedback so they can make Lilypad even better. While Google Talk is the only supported client, you can expect to see support for others very soon. It’s priced at $1.49 and available now in the Google Play Store. Hit the break for a short video and download links.

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Featured Play Store Newbie: Fetchnotes [Productivity]

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by Robert Nazarian on
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Fetchnotes just hit the Google Play Store about a week ago. This app allows you to make quick notes for yourself that might include todos, shopping lists, ideas, or whatever you might use a sticky note for. If you’re a hardcore tasker, this one is probably not for you, but if you’re looking for something simple and easy you might one to take a look. Each note can include a hashtag for easy organizing. Fetchnotes will show you all your notes or you can just show notes with certain hashtags. What’s also nice is they have a website that syncs with the app. You can enter or look at your notes from your desktop or phone/tablet and it’s always synched.

Overall the interface and UI is simple, in fact it might be a little too simple, but if you’re looking for something quick and easy, give Fetchnotes a try. It’s free. Download links and more screenshots after the break.

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