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Apr

6

2012

Friendcaster For Facebook 5.0.1 Update Brings Major Changes

by Ed Caggiani
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There are plenty of third party Facebook apps in the Play Store, but Friendcaster is definitely one of the most full-featured ones out there. The developer of this app, OneLouder Apps (nice wink to Spinal Tap, by the way!), has just launched version 5.0.1, a significant update to Friendcaster, including real-time push notifications, high resolution images, [...]

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Apr

6

2012

Google CEO Larry Page Gives 2012 Update For Android, Highlights 850,000 Devices Are Being Activated Daily

by Roy Alugbue
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Google’s head honcho Larry Page took some time recently to give his formal update on all things Google for 2012, including the Android platform. In an unsurprisingly bright outlook, Page expresses his excitement for Android specifically by sharing how the platform is not only on fire, but: “ The pace of mobile innovation has never been [...]

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Apr

6

2012

ASUS Set To Further Address GPS Issues With An Upcoming GPS Dongle

by Roy Alugbue
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  Ah yes the ASUS Transformer Prime. The tablet is easily one of the best available, but sadly was plagued with some minor GPS issues and subpar performance. ASUS did make everything good by releasing a much-needed software update, but ASUS is trying to take yet another step to show that it’s a force to [...]

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Apr

6

2012

Lucky Owner Of AT&T HTC One X Prototype May Open Floodgates To Additional “Access” Of The Device

by Roy Alugbue
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  The great thing about the Android platform is the fact it allows us to tinker and modify our devices, despite certain OEMs and carriers making a clear effort to deter us from doing such sinful acts. While HTC has given us some ability to unlock its devices, we do know that some very intelligent and [...]

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Apr

6

2012

AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II ICS Build Leaks

by Roy Alugbue
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Well what do we have here? AT&T is certainly looking like it’s intent makegood on its promise to update all of its Samsung devices to Android 4.0 in a timely fashion, aren’t they? We just saw one sample of ICS on the Galaxy Note a few days ago, now it’s time for the Galaxy S [...]

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Apr

5

2012

Is Beats Audio Preparing to Release A New Streaming Music Service?

by Stacy Bruce
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As if creating the most popular and arguably the best sounding personal audio equipment wasn’t good enough, Beats Audio co-founder Jimmy Lovine revealed to Bloomberg Businessweek that the company is looking to attack the streaming music market next. Lovine told BB that ”subscription music online is culturally inadequate” and “it’s not satisfying right now.” He feels [...]

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Apr

4

2012

Gmail App Gets Updated For Froyo, Gingerbread And Honeycomb Devices

by Roy Alugbue
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Gmail is certainly among the most important apps we use and has to get updated periodically. That’s why Google went ahead and updated the Gmail app for all Froyo, Gingerbread and Honeycomb 3.2 devices. The majority of Froyo and Gingerbread users will see some performance improvements, while Honeycomb 3.2 users will be treated to a sample [...]

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Apr

4

2012

Dropbox Doubles Referral Bonus and Plans to Pull the 23GB of Free Space from HTC Hack Users

by Stacy Bruce
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You want the good news or the bad news first? OK, bad news? If you were one of the many people to use the ’23GB of free storage’ hack meant only for new HTC devices, well, Dropbox intends to take that back. It appears DB is much smarter than the hack’s developer had thought because [...]

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Apr

4

2012

Ice Cream Sandwich Update To Motorola DROID Razr Indicates Major Changes To Custom WebTop Software

by Roy Alugbue
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  Somewhere out there are a handful of Motorola DROID RAZR smartphones with a leaked Android 4.0 build. In addition to the standard frills of ICS, there was mention of updated WebTop software in the form of WebTop 3.0 Beta. A curious DROID RAZR owner decided to test out the new enhancements to the WebTop [...]

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Apr

4

2012

Samsung Galaxy Note Gets Leaked Build Of Ice Cream Sandwich With Slight Topping Of Minor Bugs

by Roy Alugbue
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The Samsung Galaxy Note is no doubt an amazing device, we know that already. We also know that while the device is going to be a wee bit better once it receives its long-awaited software update, it’s going to be a bit of a wait as it’s due to arrive at some point within the [...]

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