Posts tagged as "app"
The App That Turns You Into a Government Informant
The state of West Virginia has developed an app that will turn people into government informants: the Suspicious Activity Reporting Application. It’s an app loaded with good intentions, but it …
Dropbox Now Automatically Uploads Your Photos
Dropbox has announced a new release of its desktop and Android software, which means that the service can now upload your photographs to your Dropbox account automatically. Yes, that’s exactly like iCloud and Google+, but it’s g…
Unity powered Portal clone leaves us begging for more
Of all the video games to come out in the last five years, Portal might just be one of the best. If you’ve never played the game, it’s an absolute must. It’s won a ton of awards, and thanks to its immense popularity, has been made available for Windows, OSX, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. [...]
Free Playbooks For Android App Developers
Here’s some good news if you like to tinker with creating Android apps in your spare time: submit one to the BlackBerry App World before February 13th, and you can get a free Playbook. That’s a…
Android Developers lands official Google+ page
When Google announced the Android Design website aimed at helping developers feel more at home with Holo, the theme used throughout Android 4.0, Matias Duarte made it clear that Android development was headed into the next phase. Google is looking to create a more cohesive experience when it comes to developing for Android for [...]
Google Goggles Now Searches Without Having to Take a Picture
Your time is precious. Why should you waste it taking photos with Google Goggles to enable a search? Starting today, you don’t have too. More »
Netflix Makes Its Way to a Bunch More Android Phones
The latest update for the Netflix app for Android has expanded the number of supported handsets from 9 to 24. The newly supported phones include the Droid 3, HTC’s Thunderbolt, and Motorola’s …
Friendcaster receives major update, now a full-on Facebook app for Honeycomb
Everyone and their mother uses Facebook (literally), including tablet owners. The official Facebook app is not optimized for Honeycomb devices, though, and tablet users have resorted to third-party Facebook apps for their day-to-day networking. Friendcaster Tab is the first Facebook app to be tablet-optimized, but the fact is it left much to be desired. Many of us migrated to Friend Me, a full Facebook app with friends, messages, photos, events and so on. However, the folks from OneLouder Apps have been working to make Friendcaster Tab a stronger competitor, and their app has received a major update. Friendcaster is now…
Twitter updates Android app with push notification, account switching
If you’re a heavy Twitter user (have you heard of Google+?), today’s your lucky day. The company just pushed a new version of its Android app to the Market, and it brings two new features that Twitter addicts will love. Those features are push notifications and account switching.
Push notifications work just like you’d think they would. Set the app’s settings to “automatic refresh” and Twitter will automatically notify you of every Direct Message, @Mention (from the people you follow or anyone) or Tweet that heads your way. Compare this to how notifications worked before, where the Twitter app…
Android App Downloads Now Total 4.5 Billion
Google’s seen an impressive jump in downloads from its Android Market app store, with their mobile advertising sales director for Europe Ian Carrington revealing it was just a year ago that it was only one billion downloads, “an…
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