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Tango, which was the first mobile application that allowed iPhone and Android users to see themselves while on a call, is going for the PC users. As a result, the company will drastically expand its service, allowing for multi-platform video calls, something Skype now offers too. The new PC application will be available later this…
Business magazine The Economist is going for the growing army of Android users. Their newly launched app may be free to download but it will require a “regular” subscription to the magazine. You will, however, be able to access editor’s highlights for free, giving you a weekly selection of must-read articles from each week’s edition…
Amazon has updated its Amazon MP3 app for Android to fix several of the bugs users have reported. Most notably, Automatic Downloads now won’t download previous purchases, which is a real time and bandwidth saver. Not sure why this wasn’t the case before, but it’s a good thing Amazon listens to its customers to make…
Netflix recently updated it Android application to support a whopping 24 devices now. Oh, that’s not that much. Still, the application that debuted with support of only five handsets is expanding its reach and you can stream video on some devices that aren’t even officially supported, including Honeycomb tablets. The updated Netflix app works on…
You know, there might be something to this Google+ social networking thing. About a day after the Google+ iPhone app landed, the program has sky-rocketed to the top of the free list in the App Store. With at least 10 million early tech adopters on it, it’s no surprise that the Google+ iPhone app has…
I was definitely happy to see that Sprint will be making an effort to remove bloatware from its Android phones but I also think that the argument against preloaded apps and software can get a bit out of hand. As long as it can be uninstalled, I have no problem with a carrier preloading apps…
Wikitude, one of the earliest augmented reality apps, has just launched a new product called Wikitude Drive. Well, “new” is a relative term; they’ve actually been working on this product for a couple of years now. Much like its points of interest browser, the Wikitude Drive overlays driving directions on top of a live image…
Taking a queue from Shazam’s LyricPlay, music ID service SoundHound has launched a new feature for their iOS app which lets you track a song’s lyrics in real time. Lyrics can be pulled up for songs you’ve identified playing nearby, or anything playing from your personal iTunes library. With LiveLyrics, you’ll be able to jump…
Sprint is making a commitment to cut back on Android bloatware, or what we users like to call “crapware,” on its Google devices. All the major wireless carriers in the U.S. add a bit of Android bloatware, or carrier-branded software that users can’t delete from smartphones, to Google-powered handsets. And it is very annoying. Sprint…
MoboTap, a company that you’ve likely never heard of, are the brains behind the Android web browser “Dolphin”. They’ve recently announced that version 6.0 of their browser has been released, and it comes with a new user interface that you can check out in the video below. The key feature of this new version however…