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Jul

4

2010

ChrometoPhone app sends URLs, Maps, Phone numbers, and more from your Desktop to your Android Phone!

by Chris Moor
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I know I have done this many times, and I am sure there are those of you who have done it, too. What am I talking about? How many times have been surfing around and found a site or link to something that you wanted to get onto your Android phone?Maybe it was a download [...]

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Jun

30

2010

Yahoo Messenger for Android & Yahoo Mail for Android now available

by Chris Moor
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This just in, Yahoo has just released its Messenger and Mail clients for Android 2.0+. With the new Yahoo Mail app for Android, consumers can: Receive push notification of new email messages Send emails to contacts from the Yahoo! Address Book as well as to contacts in the native phone address book Search email messages [...]

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Jun

28

2010

Google Documents Viewer available on Android

by Michael Murphy
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Google has announced via their blogs that the Google Documents viewer has released a mobile version that will allow you to view any documents, spreadsheets, or pdf files that you have uploaded to Google Docs right from your phone’s browser. While this service will not allow you to edit your documents, let’s be honest — [...]

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Jun

22

2010

doubleTwist media player adding widgets to their Android app

by Chris Moor
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DoubleTwist posted on Twitter tonight a preview of upcoming widgets for their Android media player. DoubleTwist is already an excellent choice for audio and video playing on the Android platform, integrating well with their desktop media-syncing applications available for Mac and PC. These new widgets are certainly icing on the cake though. Shiny, beautiful icing. [...]

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Jun

15

2010

Free version of SoundHound now on Android

by Chris Moor
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For a long time now, iUsers have been exclusively enjoying the SoundHound application, but not any longer. SoundHound is now available for Android. SoundHound is all about information. Whether it’s identifying a currently playing song, humming a song to identify it, or searching by lyrics, SoundHound can do it all. Check a brief list of [...]

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Jun

14

2010

In the UK? Be on the lookout for SlingPlayer for Android

by Chris Moor
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Well since the SlingPlayer app for iPhone already exists, it was only a matter of time before an Android version was released. Judging by SlingPlayer’s website, that looks to be pretty soon, as they’re asking for people to sign up to be notified when SlingPlayer for Android becomes available. So if you live in the [...]

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Jun

10

2010

ITV catch-up TV application – Android bound for UK users?

by Chris Moor
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While the BBC iPlayer is available as a browser-based application only, ITV (channel 3 for the old school) is apparently in talks with Apple, Blackberry and Google, to bring a proper catch-up application to mobile platforms. So what does this mean? Well, put simply, you should be able to download the garbage that ITV spits [...]

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