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Outlook.com vs. Gmail: Android app showdown
PCWorld (blog)
Microsoft's Outlook.com Webmail service recently passed the 25 million active user mark, a milestone the company celebrated by releasing an Android app for Outlook.com. The supposedly new Android app is part of the software giant's plan to take on ...
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Nook App Arrives for UK Android and iOS Users
Tom's Hardware Guide
Barnes & Noble just celebrated the UK launch of the Nook HD and the Nook HD+ last week, but the company is pushing ahead with another launch for the UK market. This week, the company released iOS and Android apps for UK customers. Much like the ...
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Hackers make headway porting webOS to Android
PCWorld
A group of developers hoping to turn Open webOS into an Android app recently claimed it is getting closer to achieving its goal. Phoenix International Communications, made up of volunteer hackers, recently posted a video to YouTube showing a “pre-alpha ...
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New Android apps worth downloading: Rdio update, PostalPix, Sailboat ...
Android Apps Appolicious
Stream yourself some new music with today's leading new app, an update to the beta version of Internet radio app Rdio. PostalPix is an app that lets you order prints of the photos you shoot with your Android device, and shred waves and around buoys in ...
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Google Play is really big in Japan — and bringing in record revenue too
GigaOM
In the last six months, revenues from Android apps in Japan have grown by a factor of 4.5, putting Japanese revenues from Android higher than the U.S., the first time the U.S. has not been in the lead. Revenues outside those two countries are growing too.
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Android app toggles Wi-Fi based on location, no GPS needed
GigaOM
Smart WiFi Toggler app for Android The free Android software, found in Google Play, solves this problem in a way that doesn't require yet another radio to be sucking down power; namely, it doesn't use GPS. Instead, as explained by the developer, the ...
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Rhapsody for Android app update brings SongMatch
TechnologyTell (blog)
Rhapsody for Android has been updated. And nicely done, this update brings a feature that should be welcomed. That feature is called SongMatch, and yes, it does what the name implies. The SongMatch feature is for music discovery, it allows the user to ...
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Amazon Opens App Store In Japan For Android, Games
Investor's Business Daily
Users in the world's third-largest economy can download apps for their Android phones and tablets by visiting Amazon Appstore in Japan at http://www.amazon.co.jp/apps. The company says that Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD for Japan are also available ...
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AirPlay for everyone? Zapstreak outs Android SDK with more in store
GigaOM
The cool thing with Zapstreak's SDK is that it allows Android apps to communicate with a wide variety of Wi-Fi-enabled devices, from TVs to gaming consoles and hi-fis – Zapstreak essentially provides a layer on top of the increasingly ubiquitous but ...
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