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Aug

26

2010

Trillian for Android gets an update

by Chris Moor
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In case you haven’t heard, Cerulean Studios has an open beta available for their Trillian multi-IM client. Even in its beta stages, Trillian for Android is getting positive marks from all around. Naturally, not wanting to sit back and be satisfied (and being in beta), Cerulean has rolled out the first update for Trillian for [...]

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Aug

13

2010

Vlingo for android is now free

by Dustin Karnes
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Yesterday, Google announced the launch of its new feature for Android 2.2 devices, known as Voice Actions. As you can imagine, this has the potential to be devastating for app developers who have created similar applications. So, are they going to sit back in a corner and whimper until they have nobody left? Not Vlingo. Vlingo, creators [...]

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Aug

13

2010

FOX and SFCVB Holding $10,000 “Pimp My App” Contest

by Dustin Karnes
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The AppNation app developers conference in San Fransisco has announced a momentary partnership with Fox Network and San Fransisco Convention and Visitors Bureau to offer up some serious cash for developers. The contest, known as “Pimp My App”, has awards coming up on $10,000. The contest itself is to develop apps that not only promote the show [...]

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Aug

9

2010

Fine Tune Your Wireless Network with WiFi Analyzer

by Chris Moor
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Many people don’t realize that you can actually fine tune your WiFi access points with some very simple tricks like rotating that base unit around or changing the station numbers. The problem is always figuring out what settings are having a positive or negative effect. To a (very) small extent you could do this with [...]

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Aug

4

2010

Keep track of the Gulf Disaster with Map the Spill

by Chris Moor
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Want to stay up-to-date on the latest from what’s actually happening in the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster? If so then take a look at the Map the Spill app. It’s got quite an extensive list of features: GPS-enabled: Map the Spill uses your phone’s built-in GPS. It’s designed to work even in areas without [...]

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Jul

27

2010

Licensing service for Android apps should cut down piracy

by Chris Moor
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Think you’re pretty slick by just finding the stand-alone APK’s for apps that you should’ve paid for? Obviously the developers of those apps are sick of their hardwork being distributed for free, but Google has just implemented a service to help them out. Android’s new licensing service allows the individual app to call Google’s server [...]

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Jul

24

2010

New Payment Options May Be Available For Android Market Soon

by Chris Moor
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Here are some facts for you up and coming Android Devs: As of right now, the Android Market has the most free apps available compared to any other app market (57%). This is most likely because only 9 out of the 43 countries that use Android devices can distribute paid apps, and only 13 can [...]

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