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Feb

3

2012

Google Drops Official “Developer Support” for CDMA Galaxy Nexus, Google Releases Statement, Will Still Provide Direct Software Support

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by Jack Holt
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While most of us aren’t surprised by this move, I’m certainly not, Google has dropped official support for the CDMA (Verizon) Galaxy Nexus as a developer device. They did the same for the LTE Xoom and Nexus S 4G as well. At first folks thought was in regards to Google Wallet not being officially supported [...]

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Feb

3

2012

Earn additional 5GB of Dropbox storage by using the new Dropbox beta (2.0.9)

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by Josh O'Donnell
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Web-based file storage titan Dropbox has released a new beta upgrade of it’s Dropbox Android app, offering the ability to earn a whopping 5 extra GB of storage for your uploading pleasure. Among the awesome new features being implemented, automatic uploading of your photos and videos (in the background, yum!) as well as the demise of [...]

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Feb

3

2012

Crittercism: iOS Apps Crash More Than Android Apps

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by Roy Alugbue
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Ah yes, the iOS vs. Android debate is a seemingly neverending battle. Each has it’s pros and cons when it comes to both hardware and software. It’s no secret that iOS is a seemingly stable, an aesthetically stunning and a beautiful OS, while its simplified nature has won over the masses. As popular and successful as iOS [...]

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Feb

3

2012

Zombie Wonderland 2: Outta Time Shuffles Onto Android [Video]

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by Ed Caggiani
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Just in time for the premiere of the second season of The Walking Dead, Xoobis releases the popular iOS game Zombie Wonderland 2: Outta Time for Android. We’ve been waiting for this one! The survival/tower defense/action zombie game blends these genres into a unique style, enhanced by cartoony 3D graphics. The goal, unsurprisingly, is to rid [...]

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Feb

2

2012

Cartoon Wars Comes To Android, Available Now In The Android Market

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by Josh O'Donnell
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Two tribes existed in the Cartoon World; the vicious Color Tribe and their slaves, the Black and White Cartoon Tribe. For generations the Black and White Cartoon Tribe were treated as property, and forced into slavery. Fortunately… some with bigger ideas existed amongst them. They gathered and began a revolt to free themselves, taking the [...]

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Feb

2

2012

Android 2.3 Gingerbread Running on 58% of Android Devices

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by Emily Aquin
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  Every two weeks Google releases the Android distribution numbers to the masses.  The biweekly survey reports what version of Android that a device is running when it accesses the Market.  Developers should note that a whopping 58 percent of devices are now running Android 2.3 Gingerbread.  This is especially important in determining which software [...]

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Feb

2

2012

Syncly and Dropbox: Your Photos Automatically Sent to the Cloud

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by Ed Caggiani
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Automatically updating every picture you take on your phone to a cloud service is not a new concept. Adobe Photoshop Express uploads to Photoshop.com, and of course the Google+ app automatically uploads to your Picasa web albums. But what if you want to automatically send every picture you take to your Dropbox account? Enter Syncly. [...]

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Feb

2

2012

Verizon Details Android 2.3.6 Update for Droid RAZR/RAZR MAXX

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by Jack Holt
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While we patiently wait for Ice Cream Sandwich to come out officially for the Droid RAZR and RAZR MAXX that hasn’t stopped Verizon and Motorola from bumping the current flavor of Android 2.3.5 to 2.3.6 and also bringing the software version to 6.12.173.XT912.Verizon.en.US. As both the RAZR and MAXX are running the same software it would [...]

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Feb

2

2012

Gameloft Live Brings Xbox Live Like Service Exclusively to Their Games

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by Jack Holt
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Gameloft has been known to create some pretty amazing mobile games. These games include Backstab, Order and Chaos, Modern Combat, N.O.V.A. and so on. Some folk would suggest that these games are inspired if not derived from some ever popular PC and console games that are quite popular themselves. Well it looks like Gameloft is [...]

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Feb

2

2012

Augmented Reality Meets the XAPPR, Coming Soon To Android

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by Emily Aquin
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Augmented Reality (also known as AR) has turned quite a few heads recently. It involves using your smart device like a “looking glass” to manipulate the world around you.  The technology has been integrated into several apps from the Qualcomm Augmented Reality Competition, and is making its way into many exciting new applications that we could use [...]

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