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Jan

22

2011

Tank Hero For Android, Available In The Market For Download

by Joe Sirianni
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You ever just wanna blow stuff up?  Yeah, me too.  Then, you might be interested to know the folks over at Clapfoot Games have provided an outlet for you.  Their latest version of Tank Hero for Android, is a neat, 3D and fast paced shooting game which allows you to take out the enemy using [...]

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Jan

15

2011

DoggCatcher For Android, Best Pod Casting App?

by Joe Sirianni
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I’ve got a pretty long commute to work and one of the must have functionalities for me is something that would allow me to kill the time.  That’s why Im a huge pod cast buff.  In my opinion, a good pod cast player is difficult to come by these days.  For quite some time, it [...]

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Jan

14

2011

Lookout Technical Team Talks About Android Trojan, Mobile Security, App Genome Project

by Dustin Karnes
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By now, I’m sure most of you have heard of Lookout Mobile Security. They’re a company that provides security application for mobile devices, like Android, Blackberry and Windows Mobile. Now, I’m a huge fan of Lookout. In fact, as we speak, I’m backing my pictures up to their servers from my HTC Evo. But we [...]

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Jan

12

2011

Google Translate’s Conversation Mode Officially In Experimental Public Testing, ¿Qué dijo?

by Joe Sirianni
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Google has finally made their Conversation Mode for Translate official and available for public testing.  The functionality will listen in on a conversation of two and in addition to translating it, it will also transcribe it utilizing speech to text in the correct language for you.  As of now, the app only supports English and Spanish, obviously [...]

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Jan

12

2011

LogMeIn Update for Android brings Tablet support, Remote Wake and Sound

by Jesse Bauer
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After CES and the huge amount of Android tablets announced, it’s only going to be a matter of time before we start seeing majority of applications in the Android Market adding support and customization options for tablet devices, of all shapes and sizes. LogMeIn Ignition for Android has now updated their application, and added customization [...]

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Jan

12

2011

Playstation app for Android available in European Market

by Dustin Karnes
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In keeping with the rumors, Playstation has released their official Android app… but only in European markets. The app is currently said to be short on functionality, but we’re sure that Sony will continue to work on it as it exands out to new markets. Features of the new app include: Check out your PlayStation [...]

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Jan

7

2011

Custom Clock Widget Comes To Android By Way Of XDA

by Joe Sirianni
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Gotta love the guys over at XDA.  They just keep bringing customizable goodness on a daily basis for the win.  Our next creation conceived comes to us by way of member Unconn.  He has developed a very simple yet contemporary clock widget that can be tailored to your liking, should you become weary of your OS’s default [...]

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Jan

5

2011

Unhappy With Your Current Launcher? Check Out Go Launcher

by Michael Murphy
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A fairly new launcher was brought to our attention today, and based on the writeup over at LifeHacker, it looks pretty cool. It has themability and screen gestures, as well a versatile and customizable app drawer, as well as the capability to have as many as 30 homescreens. If you wanna try it out, download [...]

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Jan

5

2011

Encyclopedia Britannica Hits Android Market

by Michael Murphy
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You remember, way back in the day before the internet, we had these things called “encyclopedias?” No? Well, it’s true. In fact, they used to sell this MASSIVE set on TV, called Enclopedia Britannica. Pretty much anything you wanted to know about anything was contained therein. That’s what we did before the internet, kiddies. Well, here [...]

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Jan

3

2011

Will Android have its own digital Newsstand

by Jesse Bauer
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Google looks to be building its own relationships with major publication companies so it can launch its own digital newsstand to rival Apple, to run an Android smartphones and tablets. Some of the publishers Google has initiated talks with is Time Inc., Condé Nast and Hearst Corp. WSJ was told that when we’ll see this [...]

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