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The Google Play Music app got an important update that will allow users to store songs on the external memory. Yup, no longer will you need to sacrifice your internal storage and will be able to store some tunes on a microSD card. This isn’t big news for Nexus phone users as their devices notoriously…
Google Play Books is coming to Latin America, as noted by AndroidPolice. The latest markets covered by the service include Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru And Venezuela, from where users are able to browse the store, and buy any book they want only to later enjoy it on their computer, smartphone or tablet. While we’re sure…
Google-owned Waze has teamed-up with Universal Pictures to spice-up its navigation service. The deal is to bring Hollywood actors to the mix, delivering the voices you know (and love?) into your vehicle. The first star that will guide you along the streets is comedian Kevin Hart, who is using this opportunity to promote his aptly…
If you’re a fan of both Amazon and an Android user, the chances are you’re making some app purchases through Amazon Appstore. Up until this point, the problem with this scheme was that Amazon’s app failed to impress (unlike its web store). This in turn, pushed many users who initially liked the idea of shopping…
Aside from its maps & navigation, Nokia may also get to keep its music service after the deal with Microsoft is finalized. According to Chinese site CTech, the Finnish company will launch the service as an HTML5 app that will work across mobile and desktop platforms. That, of course, could be just the first stop…
Gogo unveiled its new Text & Talk technology to allow airline passengers to send text messages and make phone calls using their own smartphone much like they do on the ground. To utilize the new service, passengers need to download an app — available for iOS and Android devices — and then text and talk…
Google Voice got an important update to allow users to receive MMS from T-Mobile. The other way round still doesn’t work, but since the progress has been made, we expect that this part will also be added/fixed in due course. Here’s what Google Alex Wiesen shared at Google+: We’re happy to announce this week another…
Gogo, the company that enables in-flight Wi-Fi, is teaming-up with Glympse to provide passengers on any Gogo-equipped aircraft with the ability to share their location with their friends as they travel across the country. The best part is that you’ll only have to share your location once, with Glympse taking care of the rest, allowing…
Singapore operator M1 is set to launch a mobile app subscription service tomorrow. The All You Can App service is designed to increase ARPU while offering great value to the users. For just SGD5.35 ($4.31) per month, users get access to more than 800 Android games and apps, whereas the subscription fee will be added…
If you live in the US and you’re a Google fanboy, the chances are – you’re using Google Voice. The ever-handy service is still not available in other countries, despite users’ continues requests to the search giant. We know it’s not an easy task to make this happen as Google has to deal with carriers…