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Microsoft Office for iOS and Android now rumored to be arriving in fall 2014

Android There's some bad news for anyone that's interested in getting their Excel on using a piece of iOS or Android hardware, as a new rumor claims that Microsoft's versions of Office for both platforms may not be arriving until late 2014....

Apr 10th by Alex Wagner 2

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Purported Google Babel details leak, 'first class iOS experience' said to be coming

Android Recent rumors have suggested that Google may be building a new messaging service dubbed "Babel" that will work across Android, iOS, Chrome and Gmail. After the name "Babel" popped up a couple of times while one Gmail user was cleaning out...

Apr 9th by Alex Wagner 48 43 Reactions

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Google Play Store redesign official, rolling out to devices starting today

Android Get ready, Android users, because it looks like that Google Play Store redesign that we've gotten a couple of peeks at will be headed your way today. Google just announced a refreshed look for the Play Store, complete with Google Now-like...

Apr 9th by Alex Wagner 21 12 Reactions

Pre-release version of Facebook Home leaks out ahead of April 12 launch

Android Interested in moving into Facebook Home a tad early to see what the new app is all about? You may be able to do so this morning. A pre-release version of Facebook Home has been leaked out by MoDaCo and is now available to install on select...

Apr 8th by Alex Wagner 3

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Redesigned Google Play Store app shown off again in new image [UPDATED]

Android Last month, a new version of the Google Play Store leaked out in both a set of images and a video, giving us an early look the storefront's upcoming redesign. Today the refreshed Play Store has surfaced once agin, but this time the image...

Apr 7th by Alex Wagner 7

Facebook talks Home privacy and data collection in new blog post

Android The words "Facebook" and "privacy" are ones that seem to show up together fairly frequently. Yesterday's introduction of Facebook Home was no different, as many user's wondered exactly what kind of information Facebook would be collecting...

Apr 5th by Alex Wagner 0

BBM Music shutting down on June 2, BlackBerry handing out free Rdio trials to replace it

Blackberry Os Bad news today for any BBM Music subscribers out there, as it looks like BlackBerry is about to pull the (headphone) plug from its music sharing service. In an email sent out to subscribers, BlackBerry has revealed that it will be...

Apr 4th by Alex Wagner 0

Gmail for iOS updated to version 2.1, gains ability to swipe between messages

Cell Phone Apps Less than two weeks after rolling out an update for the Gmail app on Android, Google has pushed out a new update for the iOS flavor of the Gmail app. Today Google released version 2.1 of the Gmail app for iOS, complete with the ability to...

Mar 27th by Alex Wagner 0

Around 20 percent of 100,000 BlackBerry 10 apps are Android ports, company exec says

Android BlackBerry recently announced that its BlackBerry World storefront is now home to more than 100,000 applications, which is 30,000 more than the platform launched with in January. However, because BlackBerry allows developers to quickly...

Mar 27th by Alex Wagner 0

Google+ apps for iOS and Android updated with new features, post improvements

Android Heads up, Google+ users, because Google just announced that it's rolling out some major updates to its Google+ apps for iOS and Android today. On the iOS side of things, users will be gaining some built-in photo editing, as Google has...

Mar 25th by Alex Wagner 0

BlackBerry 10 now offers over 100,000 apps, additions from CNN and eBay expected in the coming weeks

Blackberry Os Less than two months after launching with 70,000 applications in tow, BlackBerry today announced that its new BlackBerry 10 platform is now home to over 100,000 apps. The company points out that that means that there have been over 30,000...

Mar 21st by Alex Wagner 2

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Pandora app officially arrives on Windows Phone 8, complete with ad-free streaming through 2013

Cell Phone Apps One of the most common complaints of Windows Phone is its app selection, which while growing, is still missing some big names that are present on competing platforms. Today Microsoft can cross one of those names off of its list, as the...

Mar 21st by Alex Wagner 25 18 Reactions

Gmail for Android updated with ability to reply and archive from notifications, improved performance

Android Heads up, Gmail fans on Android, because Google just announced an update for its Gmail app with some pretty noteworthy improvements. Over on the Official Gmail Blog, Google has revealed that the newest version of Gmail now allows users on...

Mar 18th by Alex Wagner 4

iOS email app Mailbox acquired by Dropbox

Cell Phone Apps Looks like its time for another popular mobile email app to get consumed by a larger tech company. Following Google's acquisition of Sparrow last year, Dropbox and Mailbox have announced this morning that they're joining forces. The news...

Mar 15th by Alex Wagner 0

Twitter Music app reportedly coming to iOS soon

Cell Phone Apps Twitter has been keeping busy with new features and services for its social network that don't involve 140-character messages, including photo filters that are built into its apps and the introduction of Vine and its six-second video...

Mar 13th by Alex Wagner 1

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Google Now for iOS leaks out in purported promo video

Cell Phone Apps Android fans have been enjoying Google Now and its various information cards ever since Jelly Bean first made its debut at Google I/O in 2012. So far they've been the only ones, as Google Now is currently only available to Android devices...

Mar 12th by Alex Wagner 67 46 Reactions

Magic Radio streaming service launched by doubleTwist, offers over 13 million songs to Android users

Android Today doubleTwist announced Magic Radio, its addition to the ever-growing list of music streaming services. Magic Radio is an Android app that creates playlists for users based on the music in their iTunes library or on keywords such as...

Mar 12th by Alex Wagner 1

Mozilla exec: No Firefox browser for iOS until Apple allows us to use our own engine

Cell Phone Apps Apple's iOS App Store is home to several third-party browsers, including the Dolphin Browser and Google Chrome. One browser that isn't available on iOS is Mozilla's Firefox, and according to Mozilla SVP of Products Jay Sullivan, that won't...

Mar 10th by Alex Wagner 8

Samsung Wallet app shown off at MWC, can store coupons, passes and membership cards

Android Samsung has been fairly quiet at this year's Mobile World Congress, having only announced its new Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet. Today the company added to its list of new MWC products, though, with the introduction of a new app called Samsung...

Feb 27th by Alex Wagner 10

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Google+ Sign-In allows users to sign in to Android, iOS and web apps using Google credentials

Android Good news for Google+ fans this morning, as Google has announced Google+ Sign-In for apps on both Android and iOS and for the web. The new feature allows Google+ users to sign into an app using their Google credentials just like when...

Feb 26th by Alex Wagner 7 7 Reactions

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"Do you have Google Wallet installed on your Android phone or tablet?"

Frank Porter That's exactly why. You'll need to root your device then do some script editing in order to make your phone appear to be one that does support Wallet on it.

Stefan Franz Nope... no support in Germany :(

Andrew Johnson I'm excited to use this tomorrow since I'd hadn't worked before on my Sprint note 2 :-P but I plan on using it a lot now!

Adrian Salazar Jr. I'm using it on my i9250 Galaxy Nexus

Brandon Holley Pffft when I was on Verizon I had it on my galaxy nexus. Just downloaded the wallet.api on it. Now I'm on sprint and I'm loving wallet on my HTC one.