Verizon Wireless has updated its text and multimedia messaging Android app, called Verizon Messages, to version 4.0. The latest upgrade integrates messages, including SMS and MMS, across devices using the customer’s mobile number. Messages will sync and appear simultaneously on the user’s Android smartphone, Android tablet, iPad and/or PC. This is achieved by storing...
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Google has released an official Android app for their new note-taking service, called Google Keep. Users can quickly create checklists, enter voice notes or capture photos with annotations, which are then synced across devices through Google Drive. Think of it as a way to create, save and organize post-it or sticky notes in the...
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The Jawbone UP fitness wristband now has a corresponding Android app in the Google Play store. For those unfamiliar with UP, it’s basically a fitness tracker that you wear as a bracelet and interact with through an application. It tracks how you sleep, move and eat in order to help improve your way of...
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The official Facebook app for Android has been updated to version 2.0, delivering a faster experience overall when looking at photos and navigating the interface. The team behind the popular social media site rebuilt the news feed, notifications and timelines for speed. Furthermore, users can open photos quicker and scroll through without leaving the...
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Google has updated its official YouTube app for Android to better accommodate devices with large displays. Specifically, version 4.2.16 of the app delivers a revamped UI for 10-inch Android tablets, like the Samsung Nexus 10 and Galaxy Note 10.1, as you can see in the screenshot below. The presence of the Guide will help...
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The recently released TomTom app for Android has been updated to support smartphones with higher resolution displays. The initial launch of the app included exclusive compatiblity for WVGA and FWVGA resolutions, but now it fully supports up to 1280×800 HD screens. That means popular handset like the Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung Galaxy Note...
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The Google Drive apps for Android and iOS have been updated to allow users to edit spreadsheets on the go. Furthermore, the mobile Drive app has been improved by including better text formatting when pasting between documents and allowing text editing within tables in documents. You can even add a file shortcut on the...
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Skype 3.0 for Android is now available for free in the Google Play Store. With the update, the popular video calling app’s user interface is now optimized to take advantage of larger screens found on tablets and it also offers a boost in audio quality with support for the company’s wideband audio codec, called...
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Alphonso Labs has revamped its popular news reader application and released Pulse 3.0 for both Android and iOS. The new app offers unlimited pages, improved navigation, improved notifications, an enhanced widget and more. Check out the details below, then grab it for free for Android on Google Play and iOS on iTunes. Pulse 3.0...
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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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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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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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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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