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Will you be watching the London 2012 Olympic Games on your mobile device?

Android If there is one thing all of our gadgets are spectacular at, it's keeping us up-to-date on quite literally everything: friends and family, local and world news, our favorite sports teams and, of course, the latest phone news and reviews....

from 2012 by Taylor Martin 3

Google Chrome browser coming to both iPhone and iPad [UPDATED]

Cell Phone Apps Google's Chrome browser has been available to Android users since February, but today the iOS crowd will finally it's chance to give Chrome a go as well. Google announced at it's day two I/O keynote today that the Chrome browser is coming...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 2

Apple releases Podcasts app for iOS, available for both iPhone and iPad

Cell Phone Apps While the recently-released iOS 6 beta 2 is only available to registered developers, it looks like Apple has decided to give all of us regular folk some new software to play with this week as well. The Cupertino firm just released a...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 2

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Why is TomTom even bothering with Android?

Android Over the years, the internal GPS radio found in smartphones has made navigation capabilities one of my primary, must-have features in a smartphone. And it has effectively removed the need to stow an emergency GPS in the dashboard of my...

from 2012 by Taylor Martin 11

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I would pay for major application updates

Android Yesterday afternoon, our own Evan Selleck asked a very intriguing question: Are you willing to pay for app updates? He explained that we mobile users have come to expect updates, in both applications and mobile platforms, totally free of...

from 2012 by Taylor Martin 10

Google brings in-app subscription support to Play Store

Android Looks like iOS isn't the only platform to have big app-related news today. Google announced today on its Android Developers Blog that it's added support for in-app subscriptions to the Google Play Store. Android app developers can now use...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 0

Facebook Camera app for iPhone debuts with filters, ability to post multiple photos at once

Cell Phone Apps The official Facebook app has been in Apple's App Store ever since the market launched back in July 2008, but today the social networking site introduced a new iPhone app in the App Store with a focus on photos. Known as Facebook Camera,...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 7

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Kiip's reward-based mobile ads may change mobile advertising forever

Android Advertising is the way of the media world, and especially the way of the Web. Without advertisements, Facebook would never have become what it is today, and the online world would be a totally different place. Most people in this industry...

from 2012 by Taylor Martin 0

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Should developers be able to pull paid applications without warning?

Android Of all the people I know (except for maybe David Beren, AKA Mr. TmoNews), I am the least hesitant when it comes to buying applications. I see one I like or need, and a few clicks and a couple dollars later, for better or for worse, it's...

from 2012 by Taylor Martin 7

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Which do you prefer, Rdio or Spotify?

Cell Phone Apps I’ve always had iTunes loaded up onto my computers. Whether or not I actually always used it, though, is for another topic entirely. But it’s always been there. What I’ve used instead, more than anything...

from 2012 by Evan Selleck 12

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I'm hesitant to buy applications from Marketplace

Cell Phone Apps I've been using Windows Phone primarily for going on four days now. This isn't my first round with Windows Phone, though. I've had a few personal Windows Phone devices and reviewed several more. However, this time I'm actually enjoying it,...

from 2012 by Taylor Martin 23

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Placeme is the future of location-based services

Android Ever since location-based services started arriving on smartphones, I've been both wary and curious of them. I have used location-based search apps, like Poynt, since my early BlackBerry days to help me locate restaurants, gas stations and...

from 2012 by Taylor Martin 5

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Instagram for Android available now from Google Play

Android Today's a good day for all of you shutterbugs on Android, as the official Instagram app has finally made its way onto the Google Play Store. The app allows users to apply vintage-looking filters to their photographs and upload them for...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 110 83 Reactions

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Thanks to Zynga and OMGPOP, I spend every night catching up on a backlog of games

Android From the time that Zynga's popular social games made their way to Android and iOS, I've been playing them off and on, among several other mobile games. In fact, over the last month or so, I've become almost obsessed with mobile games....

from 2012 by Taylor Martin 13

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Every Android game should come with controller support

Android As some of you may already know, I've been on an Android application buying spree as of late. Google is running a promotion on several different books, songs, albums, movie rentals and a handful of games and apps for Android devices, all...

from 2012 by Taylor Martin 13

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Google's constant digital deals are killing my wallet ... sort of

Android I'm a sucker for a good deal. I always have been and I'm convinced it's something that I will never have any control over. It's in my blood. From the time I was a child to the time she passed away last year, I can remember my great...

from 2012 by Taylor Martin 31 23 Reactions

Android Market app size limit bumped up to 4GB

Android Good news for Android developers and users tonight, as the folks at Google have announced that the maximum Android app size limit has been upped from 50MB to 4GB. In a post on the Android Developers Blog, Google explained that an app's APK...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 6

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How long do you wait on an app to load before throwing a fit?

Cell Phone Apps Thanks to the invention of the World Wide Web and, of course, more recent leaps in wireless technology and mobile software, we have nearly all the information and entertainment we could ever want at our fingertips. And it's accessible from...

from 2012 by Taylor Martin 13

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What is the most you have ever paid for an application?

Android Mobile applications are everything. I feel like I've said it a million times (probably because I have). And to make all of my devices more interesting, I try to keep an eye out for any new ones that will make my life easier or more...

from 2012 by Taylor Martin 23

Google Wallet security bug affects all users, Google says it's working on a fix

Android Heads up, Google Wallet users: It seems a security bug has been found with the Wallet app that can allow a person access to your Google prepaid card. The issue arrises when someone gets a hold of your handset and then clicks the "Clear...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 5

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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.