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Yahoo eyes smartphone apps
The Japan Times
Yahoo Japan Corp. said it plans to accelerate development of mobile-device
applications as the number of smartphone users rises. "The one thing I've
decided is to make smartphones our priority," Manabu Miyasaka, 44, who will
become CEO at the weekend, ...
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Use your smartphone to prank your friends on April Fool's Day
GigaOM
The smartphone is the controller! These jokes all make use of smartphone
apps that control elements of your daily life, such as your TV or maybe
your home lighting system. As this woman wrote in to Time Warner Cable
explaining how she and her daughter ...
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Social media bringing transparency to snow reports
The Seattle Times
The era of social media is bringing more transparency to ski resorts' daily
snow reports, with skiers and riders using smartphone apps, websites,
tweets and video to spread the word in real time, particularly if
traditional reports are off.
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GM enters navigation app business with Chevy Gogo for Sonic, Spark
MLive.com
DETROIT-- General Motors Co. is driving into the navigation app business
with Chevrolet. The Detroit-based automaker this week unveiled a
downloadable app called GogoLink that connects smartphones to the in-car
display via Bluetooth or USB to offer ...
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Lee rolls out enhanced, updated apps for phones
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
DAVENPORT --- The Courier through Lee Enterprises Inc. has undergone a
major upgrade of its applications for iPhone and Android smartphones,
improving mobile delivery of local news, information and advertising
throughout the day, Courier publisher ...
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In a pinch, these smartphones could be better than most digital cameras
Appolicious
Further, the quality of the cameras found within a few select smartphones
today rivals that of many digital compact cameras, particularly older
models. When you factor in smartphone apps that make it easy to edit photos
and share them with friends ...
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Top free apps to save you time and money
Sydney Morning Herald
Managing your finances has never been easier thanks to a range of apps for
your smartphone or iPad, whether it's splitting the bill, monitoring your
shares or searching for a house. The pleasures of touchscreen technology
even makes budgeting fun (well ...
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5 New and Interesting Smartphone Apps | The Shadow Gamer
New smartphone apps are constantly being released, and increasingly it
seems as though no matter what you might want to do with your smartphone,
there is ...
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