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Nov

15

2011

Quick Look At Amazon’s Free App Of The Day: Eve OF Genesis HD

by Spencer McClendon
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Oh Amazon, I love it when you give me games like Eve Of Genesis for free. I am an old “Final Fantasy Junkie.” It has been a while since I have seen or played a game that reminds me so well, of “Final Fantasy.” The game opens with you getting a back story about how [...]

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Nov

15

2011

YouTube For Android v2.3.4 Update Now Available

by Justin Routhier
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YouTube for Android has rolled out its latest version 2.3.4, which includes a few neat improvements like a +1 button and the ability to add annotations along with a new and very handy “Watch later” queue  for videos you’d like to save for another time. Lastly, this update will now allow you to edit video info [...]

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Nov

14

2011

Put Angry Birds Down For A Sec And Try Snappy Dragons For Android

by Joe Sirianni
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Extremely reminiscent of the story line in Angry Birds, in steps Snappy Dragons for Android.  With the option of playing as 1 of 4 different dragons, your job is to rescue your precious dragon babies which were snatched up by evil little wizards.  The game is extremely colorful and vibrant as you attempt to rescue your [...]

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Nov

12

2011

Quick Look At Amazon’s Free App Of The Day: Hungry Shark Part 3

by Spencer McClendon
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Hungry Shark 3, there was two other versions of this game? Anyways, Amazon’s free app today is Hungry Shark 3, basically a “Jaws gets revenge” game. The game uses your devices accelerometer to control, that’s right, a hungry shark. You eat everything; people, fish, and even other sharks. You have to keep eating while looking for [...]

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Nov

11

2011

Black Friday at Best Buy – More Like Tablet Blowout Friday

by Stacy Bruce
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Today on the internets, various sites took it upon themselves and outed the newspaper ads that everybody likes to study on Thanksgiving, the day before the madness begins. By the looks of Best Buy’s Black Friday ad apparently they are trying to blow out some Android tablets by reducing them to killer prices. You can [...]

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Nov

11

2011

Facial Recognition On Galaxy Nexus Flawed?

by Roy Alugbue
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The arrival of Ice Cream Sandwich can’t come soon enough. After all, we are excited about some of the new features which includes facial recognition to unlock your device. Perhaps that revolutionary feature may also be a cause for concern. A curious Galaxy Nexus user decided to try an experiment using the facial recognition with [...]

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Nov

10

2011

The Go Launcher EX Team Adds New “Go Locker” Lock Screen To Their Arsenal Of Applications

by Joe Sirianni
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The Go Launcher team is at it again and this time they’re offering you a pretty nifty lock screen to compliment their many customizable applications.  The GO Locker design is simple, intutive and allows for features such as navigating directly to a specific application such as your Phone’s dialer, SMS and camera app, much like we’ve [...]

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Nov

10

2011

Amazon Updates Appstore Ahead of Kindle Fire Launch

by Stacy Bruce
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With the Amazon Kindle Fire release just over the horizon, Amazon has updated their Appstore to be more tablet friendly. The update to 2.0 largely focuses improving the on UI for better usability on the Kindle Fire but brings a few noticeable changes for smartphones. The Appstore’s old white background has been replaced with shades [...]

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Nov

10

2011

Android and iOS Eat Away At Mobile Gaming Competition

by Roy Alugbue
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  Remember when we told you about how Android gaming was eating away at its competition? Well friends, it’s looking like it’s a bigger deal than we previously thought. Android and iOS are tag-teaming to beat down on the competition, by a long shot. Mobile analytics firm Flurry concluded Android and iOS will this year generate $500 [...]

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Nov

10

2011

Quick Look at Amazon’s Free App Of The Day: Wooden Bridges

by Spencer McClendon
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First off, I love games like this. I have X Construct, which is a same style game and made nicely, but Wooden Bridges is by far the hands down winner for me. In Wooden Bridge you’re asked to build bridges to get the car or train across the gap. The game gives you a set [...]

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