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May

9

2012

Flipboard for Android Squeezed from the Galaxy S III, Now Available for Download

by Stacy Bruce
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During Samsung’s Galaxy S III event we learned that the popular news app Flipboard was on its way to Android and would be exclusive to the GSIII for an unknown amount of time. Although it will eventually be available in the Google Play store, it’s always nice to check things out before they are officially [...]

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May

8

2012

Hands on with 10n2 Technologies BIZ Protect and One Protect for preventing drivers from using their smartphone [Video]

by Robert Nazarian
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I spent some time with 10n2 Technologies here at CTIA, and they have a couple of unique apps for smartphone driver safety. Both apps are actually the same. BIZ protect is for the enterprise and is available now while One Connect is for consumers and is coming soon. What they do is prevent texting, emailing, [...]

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May

8

2012

Hands on with Life360 Family Locator and a quick look at upcoming car integration and home automation services [Video]

by Robert Nazarian
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I had a chance to see Life360 Family Locator in action today at CTIA. If you have kids, you’re going to want to pay attention because Life360 is all about family security. Over 15 million people have located family members with this app, viewed safety points & threats in their neighborhood, and chatted on their [...]

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May

8

2012

Get OfficeSuite Pro 6 in the Play Store for $0.99 Until May 10th

by Jack Holt
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I don’t know about you, but I love deals. This is especially true when it comes to mobile software that normally costs $15.00. Well Mobile Systems is offering their newly released OfficeSuite Pro 6 for only $0.99. If you remember, OfficeSuite Pro 5 was Amazon‘s Free App of the Day last October. So while it’s [...]

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May

8

2012

PayPass Wallet from MasterCard for Quick and Easy Wireless Payments

by Adam Johnson
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  Google Wallet and its use of NFC (near field communication) has been growing as a quite convenient use for quick and easy payments. MasterCard has decided they’d like in on the business and has created their own payment service called PayPass. They took the opportunity early on at CTIA time to launch an event [...]

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May

8

2012

Color and Verizon Sign Exclusive Live Streaming Partnership Deal

by Ed Caggiani
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Live broadcasting app Color, founded by Bill Nguyen of LaLa fame, has announced an exclusive partnership with Verizon for the use of an improved version of Color, which adds sound and higher frame rates, on Big Red’s 4G LTE network. When Color first launched, they dismissed sound and higher resolutions as not being key to [...]

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May

7

2012

Be More Productive For About A Buck, TinyList For Android (Video)

by Joe Sirianni
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Joe’s my name and productivity is my game, so they say.  All kidding aside though, Im always on the hunt for good and effective productivity applications for my Android device so when I come across one I like, I always feel compelled to share it with you guys.  Latest to catch my eye is an app [...]

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May

6

2012

Titanium Backup Pro Now Syncs To Google Drive

by Ed Caggiani
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  For root users, there’s no question that Titanium Backup has been the preferred backup app of choice. Its ability to sync your backups to Dropbox and Box.net has helped it become a must-have app. With its latest release, the paid version, Titanium Backup Pro, has upped the ante and added support for syncing to Google [...]

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May

5

2012

Facebook Gets Yet Another update, Camera and Messenger Icons a Thing of the Past

by Stacy Bruce
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  If you are an avid Facebook user then there is no doubt that you noticed the annoying camera and messenger icons that appeared in your app drawer after the recent 1.9 update for the Facebook app. After being ridiculed by app users, Facebook listened to the cries of unnecessary bloat and removed those pesky icons [...]

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May

4

2012

“Shared with me” Auto Playlist Adds One Convenient Location For All Music Shared With You in Google Music

by Jack Holt
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One of the handy features of Google Music is the fact that friends and family who use the service and buy music from the Google Play Store can share the albums with you for a free listen. Well Google took it a step further today in creating an Auto Playlist called “Shared with me.” This [...]

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