- YouTube Direct Link Rovio just released Angry Birds Star Wars for Android, Windows Phone 8 and iOS devices. In the video above, we review the new game on the Google Nexus 7 Android tablet. It’s actually quite fun as it brings new aspects and gameplay mechanics to the series. The game still revolves...
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UPDATE: Released! Check out our Angry Birds Star Wars video review here. Rovio seems to be posting frequent teasers of their upcoming Angry Birds Star Wars game for Android, Windows Phone, iOS, Kindle Fire, Mac, PC and Windows 8. The first gameplay video showcased the Red and Pink birds dressed up as Luke Skywalker...
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This is a video review of MotionPortrait’s HauntedBooth 3D Ghost and ZombieBooth apps for Android and iOS. The apps allow you to alter photos of yourself or your friends by transforming any portrait of a person into a ghost or zombie. In fact, we used images of President Obama and Governor Romney in the...
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Google’s labeling Android 4.2 as the new flavor of Jelly Bean. It’s not the Key Lime Pie update we were hoping for, but there are certainly some cool, new features involved. Notable additions include a 360 degree panorama camera feature called Photo Sphere, Gesture Typing, Quick Settings tied to the notification bar, support for...
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Google announced Android 4.2 Jelly Bean along with the Nexus 4 smartphone and Nexus 10 tablet today. One of the highlighted software features of Android 4.2 is a new camera enhancement called Photo Sphere. Photo Sphere essentially allows you to capture more of the world around you by stitching together multiple pictures taken from...
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We’ve seen smartphones integrated with facial recognition technology and fingerprint readers in the past. Well, this brief clip from CEATEC 2012 shows a demo of KDDI’s new palm print authentication app for Android smartphones. It essentially allows users to unlock their devices using the rear camera and an app that registers and scans your...
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At CEATEC 2012 in Japan, NTT Docomo demonstrated prototype eye tracking software and a new gesture-based user interface, respectively called iBeam and Grip UI. Check them out in action in the video above. ibeam This amazing concept user interface for tablets makes it possible to scroll a browser screen or turn pages of a...
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Today, at a media event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, Apple announced the new iPhone 5 smartphone to the masses. Let’s start with the device specifications. The new iPhone features a larger 4-inch Retina display with 1136×640 resolution at 326 ppi and 16:9 aspect ratio, the new A6 processor...
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The Google Drive app for Android smartphones and tablets has been updated to version 1.1.4.12. According to Google, you can now add comments, reply to existing comments, view tables in your Google documents, and more. Check out the changelog below for all the details and grab the update from the Google Play Store. What’s...
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The Google Play Store is having a huge “end of summer sale” in which 18 Android apps and games are discounted to just 99 cents each. This includes apps and games from popular publishers like Gameloft, Electronic Arts, SEGA, levelUp Studio, Square Enix and more. The actual list includes: N.O.V.A. 3, Zen Bound 2,...
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Android 4.1 Jelly Bean users just received an update for the Google Now Search app that adds support for movie showtimes, public alerts, and manually selecting favorite sports teams. Head to Google Play to get the free download. Google Search 2.0.5.443668 Update for Android 4.1 Jelly Bean: -Movies – see movie showtimes and more...
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After enjoying steady success on iOS for the iPhone and iPad, TomTom will finally bring its GPS Navigation app to Android smartphones this October. The news came directly from the Dutch navigation systems maker itself at IFA 2012 this morning, so there’s no doubt that it’s on its way. In fact, you can view...
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In this video, we review Ocean HD Live Wallpaper for Android. It’s another fantastic live wallpaper from DualBoot Games, the same team responsible for past hits like My Beach HD, Christmas HD and Haunted House HD, among others. We check out the underwater, deep-ocean scenery of Ocean HD on the Google Nexus 7, HTC...
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Microsoft finally released an official SkyDrive app for Android smartphones today. The Android version is said to be similar to the Windows Phone and iOS apps in an effort to make files stored in the cloud more accessible across all devices. The SkyDrive app is specifically optimized for devices running Android 4.0 Ice Cream...
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Google has added support for 13 new languages to its Voice Search application on Android. That brings the total to 42 languages and accents in 46 countries. In other words, 100 million new speakers can now use Voice Search. See the latest additions below. Voice Search Gets 13 New Languages: Basque Bulgarian Catalan European...
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