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Restaurant.com launched an Android app, which joins the company’s existing iPhone application launched earlier this year. Available as a free download, it allows you to easily find cool restaurant savings across the country no matter where you happen to be — you can rely either on the “Deals Near Me” feature, or search for participating…
Garmin Fit app for Android and iOS got a new handy feature called LiveTrack, allowing users to let their friends know how their training session is going. In other words, LiveTrack can display, in real time, your pace/speed (depending whether you’re cycling or running), distance, elevation and more. For instance, if you own any of…
SimplePons (Simple Coupons), which is a Groupon-like site using which users can save some serious cash when buying from local businesses, launched its Android app. As a result, those of you living in the areas where SimplePons’ deals are available can quickly access hundreds of “Deal Quality” coupons and save thousands of dollars in 2…
According to a tweet from Devin Balentina, who runs The Nokia Guide, Samsung has started pushing out Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to owners of the Galaxy Note. The update weighs in at roughly 320 MB and says it has a new “S Note App” and “S Note Widget”. The South Korean handset vendor has…
Google I/O for Android developers will kick off on June 27 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. If you are not one of the lucky attendees who scored a ticket earlier this year, you can still watch all the presentations from the comfort of your home. To help you follow the conference from afar, Google posted…
Kyocera Communications may not have the brand recognition of Motorola, but the handset maker has been making mobile phones for 12 years. The latest in the company’s product lineup includes the water-resistant Hydro and Qwerty-packing Rise. The Hydro boasts of IPx5- and IPx7-level water resistance and can handle a 30 min plunge into 1M deep…
Facebook has announced the App Center, a new way to find apps with Facebook integration in a single place. Before now, there was never a good way to discover quality Facebook apps, whether they were housed on Facebook or utilized some of its APIs elsewhere. Facebook is aiming to change that. The App Center will…
So, we knew about the Excite 13 Android tablet from Toshiba but when you see this thing in person, it’s quite a trip. The Excite 13 is a very, very large tablet. Toshiba knows that it’s not going to be for a wide audience and it widely expects the Excite 13 to be used at…
Apparently the Android fan doesn’t have enough of the little robot in their lives, as we just found the Gen Andru here at CTIA, which is a simple USB charger for Android devices. No, Andru doesn’t talk or have any terribly interesting features. It’s just a simple charger that has eyes that light up blue…
Stefan was pretty incredulous that Rovio supposedly turned down $2 billion from Zynga but it may have been the smart move as the company today revealed that the Angry Birds game has been downloaded more than 1 billion times. Rovio made a short video below to thank everyone for the remarkable achievement and I’m sure…