Flick Ninja

Description:

Throw shuriken with a flick of your finger! 

 

Welcome to the battle of flying weapons. Fight against crazy opponents, hone your skills in Combo mode, or fight to the death in a Survival battle!

 

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Tetricorn - The Angry Ball Tetris

Description:


Revolutionary addictive hybrid game inspired by classic retro games like tetris, popcorn, bricks and break out. Like in tetris you can move the falling brick left, right, rotate or fall the brick down. Building a whole row will destroy it similar to tetris, but there is also another way to help you do the job. Like in popcorn you have a ball flying around as an angry bird and destroying everything in its way. As in popcorn You must keep the ball in the playground. You have the control over a pad at the bottom of the screen. With this pad you can keep the ball in the game field and choose the best fire position. As You can see there are two parallel task that must be done simultaneously. To do this the player needs fast reflexes and accuracy. Forget one of the task and You are finished. This game is lot of fun and will keep you for a long time playing and having fun. At the beginning the game start slowly as a puzzle game and You can play it almost as normal tetris or popcorn, but bit by bit the game turns in a fast paced action game where you can lose just in a matter of seconds. To succeed in this hostile environment and be the hero you need to have quick reflexes, sharp brain and to like having fun. The global highscore gives you the unique opportunity to compare your skills with the rest of the world.

Don’t hesitate to report bugs or to send recommendations!

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KiKORiKi Lite

Description:

Help! The Kikoriki have decided to join TV superstar Lucien in his quest to vanquish evil. But joining the ranks of superheroes takes hard work. Could you give the Kikoriki a hand?

Kikoriki: The Beginning is an arcade-style adventure game in 3 chapters.  Each chapter is a unique story with The Kikoriki and YOU as the main characters. The Kikoriki work better together (most of the time) so you'll control not one, but two of these roly-poly friends!

Team up and solve all the puzzles, and you'll be rolling in awards all the way from the cozy land of Kikoriki to the grown-up hustle and bustle of the Megalopolis.

Kikoriki: The Beginning. It’s hero time!

 

Let's Roll!

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Dress Up Princess

Description:


In this Princess Dress up game your child will learn different rules of dressing or clothing items.
Choose dress item by clicking on appropriated icon and drag the chosen item to the character.
Huge number of different clothing combinations.
The aim of the Dress up games is mainly fun and entertainment, but there is also an educational
element: there is a challenge for kids to learn about items, accessories, colors combination.
This games also develops your kids imagination and creativity, and helps to develop motor skills.

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Ninja Vs Jewels

Description:

Slice jewels by your finger. Earn as much money you can by cutting the jewels.

 

Ninja vs Jewels is an action game where you have to slash different kinds of jewels before they fall out of your screen.

 

Be aware of bombs! Don’t slice the bombs otherwise they explode your screen. Get Slow Motion mode by cutting the ice.

 

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Slide Pencil Lead(No Banner)

Description:

Slide out the mechanical pencil lead... in mid-air! 

 

Let's see how many sticks of pencil lead you can slide out without breaking.

 

Boast your score on Facebook/Twitter using Heyzap check-in service!

 

About the "no banner" version of the game:

 

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Real Madrid Fantasy Manager 2012

Description: Real Madrid Fantasy Manager takes you right to the heart of the club. You make the big decisions, build the brand and reach for the stars. Who is in your starting line-up? What new signings do you want? What improvements would you like to the venues? Real Madrid’s destiny is in your hands!

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Vibrant Vidya Puzzle Lite

Description:

Vidya Balan will make your mobile screen vibrant and colourful with all her various avatars!

 

* Rearrange all the randomly set pieces to uncover the image of vivacious Vidya!

* Swap the frames with 2, 4, 6, 8, 5 or Up, Down, Left, Right & Middle keys.

* Arrange all the pieces into the right places to complete each level.

* View a new image of the steamy babe, after every level.

* The faster you finish a level the higher your score will be!

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Convert your phone into a $500 camera

Convert your phone into a $500 camera

Afterfocus brings DSLR camera like effects to your phone.
Touch to select foreground and background areas of the photo “after” you capture it and the app automatically recognizes the elements in the picture.
Multiple foreground and background filters are available to create your masterpiece.
Look out for the Pro version (not out yet) that lets you take two pictures to separate the foreground and background automatically.

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Have Time Warner cable?

Have Time Warner cable?

TWC lets their users watch cable on android. Turn any room into a TV room, they say.
* 7 days of TV listings with search and favorites
Even if you don’t have TWC, don’t fret, this should “encourage” your service provider to let you access what you pay for on your phone.
Meanwhile try Youtube Remote, its way better than any other TV offering out there.

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Get cash back on stuff you bought online

Get cash back on stuff you bought online

Slice connects to your Gmail and Yahoo mail accounts and watches for retailer emails about stuff you bought online.
It’s a single dashboard for all the stuff you bought from amazon, apple, ebay, and a hundred others.
The best part? It notifies you of price drops after you made a purchase, so you can get a refund.
Video: Slice

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Android for your Glasses, it’s real.

Android for your Glasses, it’s real.

Google unveiled “Project Glass”, the secret project kept in wraps until now.
The video: Project Glass
The goal of the project: “Putting you back in the moment”

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Better than Google Voice

Better than Google Voice

PhoneDeck is better than Google Voice (at what it does), period.
Here’s why:

• A better designed interface
• Meaningful insight into your phone communication behavior
• Sync your LinkedIn contacts into your phone book

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Pop the colors and make it a square

Pop the colors and make it a square

Instagram is now on Google Play.
A popular app on iOS, that lets you apply filters to your images similar to Picplz.

• Pop’s the colors to bring out details you couldn’t see before
• Turn photos into a square and share on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Foursquare

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Type faster with the new app from Google, Gmail Tap

Type faster with the new app from Google, Gmail Tap

The simplest way to type. Doubles your speed by doubling the keyboards.
Gmail Tap is an improvement over speech. You can say two things with your fingers that your mouth can say one of.
You can tap in the morning, you can tap it at night, you can tap it in the bathroom.
Go here to download: Gmail Tap
P.S: Look at this too.

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Space: The final frontier

Space: The final frontier

Here’s an announcement from NASA: SPACE
Boldly go where no man has gone before.
Features:

• 60 interstellar levels!
• Brand new characters!
• Brand new superpowers!
• Zero-gravity space adventures!
• Trick shots using gravity!
• Hidden bonus levels!
• Beautifully detailed backgrounds!

Join the global phenomenon as it goes galactic, if you haven’t already.
You’re too late if you don’t have it on your phone by now.

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Run for your life

Run for your life

Temple Run, the addictive running game, is now available on android.
I’m sure you’ve seen others run for their lives, now you can run too.
Here’s the plot:

• You’ve stolen the cursed idol from the temple
• Now you have to run for your life to escape the Evil Demon Monkeys
• Evil Demon Monkeys are nipping at your heels.

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3. Best Camera Apps Screen – Best android ICS apps + widgets

3. Best Camera Apps Screen – Best android ICS apps + widgets

This post is a part of the Best Android ICS home screens series.
Just email your best to droid@android-tips.com to get featured.

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2. Social & News Screen – Best android ICS apps + widgets

2. Social & News Screen – Best android ICS apps + widgets

This post is a part of the Best Android ICS home screens series.
Just email your best to droid@android-tips.com to get featured.

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1. Offers & Checkout Screen – Best android ICS apps + widgets

1. Offers & Checkout Screen – Best android ICS apps + widgets

Now that Android 4 ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich) lets you capture screen-shots by holding the power+volume-down buttons, it’s easier than ever to share your intricate Home Screens.
Just email your best to droid@android-tips.com to get featured.
No ICS yet? Try this list to see if your phone is scheduled for an update shortly, or get cyanogenmod.

Offers & Checkout screen:

Starbucks: Move your starbucks card to the phone. Top-up balance and manage points.
Google Offers: Discover, buy and redeem Google Offers without the need to print them.
Scoutmob: Get a 50% off just for having that phone of yours, and most importantly without paying ahead.
Shopkick: Shopkick gives you rewards (aka “kicks”) just for walking into stores like Target, Best Buy, Old Navy, Macy’s, Toys“R”Us, American Eagle, Sports Authority and many more.
Card Case: Leave your wallet at home. Pay with your name at local merchants and accept credit cards on the go.
Coupon Clipper: Throw away those coupons mailed to you. Pull them up on your phone instead.
Groupon: Groupon was the first to figure-out that deals are the ads that work on mobile.
Living Social: Tries to be Groupon, with help from Amazon. Now launching a restaurant delivery service that might help Amazon someday.
Any.do Widget: Easy task management. Syncs todos with gmail tasks too.
Beautiful Widgets: A neat looking weather widget and a Live background that reflects the live weather and time outside. Also, the grass waves as you twist your phone.
And to top it off,
ADW Launcher: ADW launcher gets you back to a customizable home screen, with a buttery smooth, vertically scrolling app deck.

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Beauty in you hand

Beauty in you hand

Currents is a beautiful news browser from Google.
It syncs all your online magazines to your phone and makes em available offline too.
The perfect app, if you ride a subway or bus everyday.
You can subscribe to:

• Most online magazines
• Trending terms
• Other curators
• Your google reader feeds

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Growth rate of a billion per month => Paper Camera is now (was) 10 cents

Growth rate of a billion per month => Paper Camera is now (was) 10 cents

Google reduced Paper Camera to 10 cents, on the eve of 10 billion android market downloads.
Paper Camera offers the best cartoon/sketch/comic book/half tone/noir/neon effects directly in your camera in real time.
No more post processing! Grab it while you can.
Other 10c apps:

• Asphalt 6 HD,
• Color & Draw for Kids,
• Endomondo Sports Tracker Pro,
• Fieldrunners HD,
• Great Little War Game,
• Minecraft,
• Paper Camera,
• Sketchbook Mobile,
• Soundhound Infinity and
• Swiftkey X.

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There’s an app for blackfriday

There’s an app for blackfriday

The BlackFriday appfrom Dealnews.com lets you:

• Search and find the exact blackfriday items you need
• Find stores nearby
• Save them to your shopping list

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Make video, not photos

Make video, not photos

Socialcam, from Justin.tv, is how video should be shared.
It uploads videos automatically so your friends can see it in real time.
Then tag your friends in the video to notify them and comment on the videos shared by friends, all in realtime.
It’s that simple.
Their tag line: Shoot, tag and share it with your friends, instantly.

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Reduce your stress and pain

Reduce your stress and pain

Insight Timer gets you to meditate by starting the session with an amazing long singing bowl sound.
It records your meditation time and shows graphs for the last 10 days, weeks or months.
Also, shows you other mediators around the world to provide encouragement.
Meditate away and figure out what life is all about (and reduce stress and pain)!

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Google Offers pushes everyone in US outdoors

Google Offers pushes everyone in US outdoors

Google Offers android app launched today with an offer available across the USA.
$15 for $25 to spend on outdoor gear at REI.
Offers is very similar to Groupon and will ask you to share your email to send more offers as you sign up.

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Whats new on Android 4.0: IceCream Sandwich

Whats new on Android 4.0: IceCream Sandwich

The latest and the greatest:

• Screens can now span the entire device. Home, Back, Menu and Search buttons are now soft buttons
• Swipe to the right to throw stuff away and delete them, ex: recently opened applications and notifications
• Zoomable calendar
• Take screenshot by holding power and volume down buttons
• Voicemail in call log. You can speed up or slow down voice mail too
• Sync people info, including HighRes pictures, from social networks
• Login using your face. Camera detects real faces to prevent logging in using a photograph
• Touch (or throw?) to beam webpages, contacts and directions using NFC
• New semi-circular HD optimized font: Roboto
• Pan your camera to capture single motion panoramic photos, no more stitching
• Edit photos after capture and stylize them using filters
• Type with your voice, no more translation waiting
• Reject an incoming call, but with a custom message
• Set data usage restrictions and prevent overages on carriers with limits
• New GMail that lets you swipe through new messages
• Finally, swipe to throw and not long press everywhere. Long press is dead!

For those who read through the long list above (no cheating), take a sneak peek: IceCream Sandwich
PS: Happy 3rd Birthday G1.

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Get advise from local physicians for free

Get advise from local physicians for free

Healthtap posts your question for local physicians to answer – any where, anytime.
Don’t search for health information anymore, just ask.
Like a physician? Just call them to schedule an appointment.

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Snap, apply filter and share – the easy way.

Snap, apply filter and share – the easy way.

Flickr launched their android app.
You can take beautiful photos with the in-app camera, enhance with “filters” (ala Instagram), then share on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, WordPress and Email.
The best Flickr feature is of-course, Photo Sessions.
Just share a Photo session link in a browser, call your friends and take them through the gallery. They see everything you do to the pictures, zoom, flip and even sketch.

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Best way to search for flights on your phone

Best way to search for flights on your phone

Hipmunk launched on the android today with a slick app. You can start searching for flights on your phone and finish the process on your computer.
A note worthy app after a long hiatus.
Their claim to fame is an easy to use UI that lets you sort by “Agony”.
If you are looking at searching for flights on your computer, don’t miss Google Flights.

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Find the right doctor

Find the right doctor

ZocDoc lets you find and schedule an appointment with the doctor that’s right for you.
You can search by location and insurance, view doctor profiles, and read reviews from other patients.
If you live in the below cities, you are in luck. You can schedule appointments on the go too.

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Free unlimited photo storage forever

Free unlimited photo storage forever

Google Plus users can upload any number of photos (and videos) to Google Photos for free … forever.
Photos upto 2048px x 2048px (large enough) and videos under 15 mins are free to store on your Google account. Larger images are automatically re-sized.
You can use Picasa to upload ALL your pictures to Google Photos in a few clicks, if you want.
Photos from your android phone are automatically uploaded to Google too, if you have the Google + app.
Be sure to protect your account, with so many personal pictures in it.
Am sure most of you have a Google Plus account by now, leave a comment if you need one. Email droid@android-tips.com for one, if you don’t want to comment.

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Battle harden you Google Account

Battle harden you Google Account

Google Authenticator sends ever changing passwords to your phone to keep your Google Account secure.
If you use the same password on multiple sites, you need to protect your Google Account and keep all your data safe.
Imagine a rogue user posting all your information on the public web.
Follow this setup process to configure your Google Account to use 2-step verification.
You can setup application specific passwords for other apps that need a password too.
Remember, all your email and photos from your phone are synced to Google automatically. It makes good sense to protect that account now.

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Go offline on your trips, with Google Maps

Go offline on your trips, with Google Maps

Google Maps now allows you to select a location and download the map area within a 10 mile square.
Install the update and go to Labs to enable the feature. You can then long press at any location to download the maps.
Perfect for short trips with bad signal. Esp. those downtowns with tall buildings. And it saves battery too.
If you are planning a vacation, the new Google Maps lets you use public transit and receive the stop by stop directions along the way too.
All we now need is a voice enabled tour guide to make those vacations more fun.

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Is this the Facebook killer?

Is this the Facebook killer?

Path, a highly aclaimed photo-sharing/social networking app on the iPhone, launched on the Android today.
Send pictures to a small group of 50 close friends & family on iPhone, Email, Web, or Facebook and now … on the Android.
It’s build for private communications, aka. for not sharing every pic you take with your mom. Wonder why we would need Facebook if everyone keeps their photos private.
Give it a spin and see what the hoopla is all about.

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Don’t talk, watch.

Don’t talk, watch.

Skype video calling is now possible! Free video calling from your phone, on any carrier.
It competes with Qik and Google Talk.
If you already use Skype on your PC and have a lot of users on your roster, jump on in.
Fine print: Supported on Samsung Google Nexus S, HTC Desire S, Sony Ericsson Xperia neo, Sony Ericsson Xperia pro. Also, Microsoft now owns Skype.

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Free movies on you phone

Free movies on you phone

Crackle launches free movies on the go. No more Netflix app troubles!
The selection on Crackle includes:

• Bad boys,
• Gridiron Gang,
• Ghostbusters,
• Joe dirt,
• The Patriot,
• Seinfeld,
• Rec,
• So I married an axe murderer,
• The mothman prophecies,
• Eight millimeter,
• Spiderman,
• Samurai X,
• Married with children …. and a few hundred movies and a thousand TV episodes.

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Finally! Netflix on Android (select phones)

Finally! Netflix on Android (select phones)

Netflix is finally streaming to Android. It took for ever, but is finally here.
Too bad, on select phones only.
You can pause, start where you left off and manage you queue.

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Rent movies from the Android Market, yes can do that too!

Rent movies from the Android Market, yes can do that too!

Android Market now includes movies for rent. You can watch them on the web (Youtube) or stream them to your phone.
Look for Google to release a movies app to stream these movies or download them for offline viewing.
Once you rent a movie, its available for 30 days. You have to complete watching it in 24 hours after you start though.

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Deals on the Go, from Groupon

Deals on the Go, from Groupon

Groupon launches Groupon Now! Find great deals when you are out and about.
Restaurants and business can setup deals when business is slow and take them down when busy.
They launched in Chicago today, but check this page for other locations as they are available.
Groupon Now.

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Game Time: Beer = Alcohol + Wheat / Bread

Game Time: Beer = Alcohol + Wheat / Bread

Alchemy is a game that starts with Fire, Water, Earth and Air. You have to combine them to create more than 360 elements including an Ashtray, Avian Flu, Wheel, Bicycle and even Life.
Its more fun than you think.
A few tips before you start:

• Bicycle = Wheel + Wheel.
• Airplane = Air + Car
• Alcohol = Fire + Water and many more!

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Throw Microsoft Word and Excel away

Throw Microsoft Word and Excel away

Google Docs is finally available on you Android. You can Create, edit, upload and share your documents directly from your phone.
You can also view the PDFs and images you uploaded to your docs account. I have all my PDF books in there for easy access.
Bonus tip: Take a picture of any document and Google will try to convert it to text.

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Speed up (+secure) your internet and save battery life

Speed up (+secure) your internet and save battery life

Y5 is a battery saver app that automatically connects to known WIFI locations. If there are no known spots, it turns off your WIFI and saves battery.
With congested mobile internet connections, most providers are throttling your speed when you go over. Connecting over WIFI is the only way to speed-up your browsing.
Y5 also makes sure you don’t connect to unauthorized WIFI connections. Thats how Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook account was was hacked (also Ashton Kutcher’s twitter).
Y5 is a lifesaver! Thanks A VC!

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It’s like your phone and your wallet had a beautiful baby

It’s like your phone and your wallet had a beautiful baby

Venmo makes it dead simple to pay your friends back. You don’t even have to link a credit card or a bank account to get started.
Restaurants, bar tabs, lunch, grocery bills, utilities, cable bills, rent, cab rides, tickets, movies, are now more fun. No worries about splitting bills.
One more thing, it’s FREE, and there are no transaction fees. Amazing business model!
Click here to join and receive a sign-up bonus.

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Stock quotes you can swipe — From Google

Stock quotes you can swipe — From Google

Google Finance released a new app search that redefines HTML5 mobile app user interfaces.
It’s swipe all the way, even for search results.

• Open Google on your mobile and browse to your fav stock symbol
• Follow the dots and swipe away!

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Amazon changes the way US residents listen to music

Amazon changes the way US residents listen to music

Amazon launched Cloud Drive today!

• Upload all you MP3s to Amazon Cloud Drive.
• Listen to them on your phone using Cloud Player for Android.
• You can listen to your songs on your PC too.

Cloud Drive is free up to 5GB. 20GB costs $1.75/month and hosting for music bought on amazon is free.
Nice business model!

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Free, simple screen sharing

Free, simple screen sharing

Join.me removes the pain from screen sharing. Even your grandma should be able to share her screen with you. (Not that you would want her to.)
Here’s what you do:

• After downloading the app, direct your colleagues to https://join.me to start a meeting.
• Once they “Share” their screen, it generates a secure nine-digit meeting code.
• You type that into your join.me app and you see their screen. It offers a dial-in number too.
• Phone too small? If you have a pc nearby, just click on the link from your friend. Voila, you see their screen! Nothing to install.

Very useful if you want to offer tech support to your grandma.

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All new NPR, looks pretty and nice

All new NPR, looks pretty and nice

NPR, a popular audio news app (and station), relaunched with a pretty design.
Here’s how you should put it to use:

• Add items to playlist every morning
• Listen to them while you drive.
• Forget about your car radio.

Don’t have Bluetooth in your car? Get the Motorola Bluetooth Car Speaker. Well worth the money.
Don’t forget to tune into Car Talk while you are at it.

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Whats after Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare? — Its Color!

Whats after Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare? — Its Color!

Color is social networking app with a twist. It adds people who visit the same places as you to your network, automagically.
It uses multiple sensors on the phone to figure out who’s close together (150 ft); mic, camera and of-course the GPS.
No more inviting and adding friends, all you have to do is, carry the phone around while you hang out and your network is auto-created for you.
You might even find that special person who shares the exact same interests as you!
Color: CNN interview

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Amazon Store offers Angry Birds for Free today

Amazon Store offers Angry Birds for Free today

Amazon launched their shiny new android app store. A new version of Angry Birds, “RIO“, is free today on the “Appstore”.
Here are the steps to get Angry Birds RIO on your Android:

• Enable apps from unknown sources: Settings>Application settings
• Download and install Amazon App Store from: http://amzn.to/getappstore
• Install Angry Birds RIO here.

Look for Amazon to offer free kindles to all Prime subscribers at cost in the near future. They make money on books, movies and by selling you new stuff, not on Kindles.

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Faster Google search

Faster Google search

Google now supports Instant Previews on your phone.

• Search and click on the magnifying glass to bring up page thumbnails.
• Swipe and browse!

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Beat the traffic

Beat the traffic

If theres a traffic jam on your route, Google Maps Navigation now takes you through an alternate path automatically.
It uses historical data to predict traffic. You don’t have to do a thing!
Want to know how companies figure out traffic patterns? Using your phones signals. We’ve certainly come a full circle.

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Finding good food is now easier. Just see and nom!

Finding good food is now easier. Just see and nom!

Foodspotting launched on the Android.
Foodspotting is a visual guide to good food. Instead of searching for restaurant reviews on Yelp, you can find and share food using just photos.

• See the nearest, latest and best foods around you
• Find a particular food that you’re craving
• Look up a restaurant and see what’s good there
• Share photos of foods you love & tell others where to find them
• Earn expert badges and reputation points for quality contributions

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Lost your phone? Remote install this app and locate it

Lost your phone? Remote install this app and locate it

Plan B from Lookout labs is a ‘find my phone’ app that you download “AFTER” you lose your phone.
Thanks to the new Android market, all you have to do is:

1. Login to the Android Market,
2. Find Plan B and
3. Install it.

Plan B will start locating your phone using cell towers and GPS. It will email you the location every 10 mins.
It works best if you have the GPS enabled already as the app can’t do that by itself.
You can restart the process by texting “locate” to your number.
Thx AndroidCentral.

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How this guy got out of a speeding ticket using android

How this guy got out of a speeding ticket using android

This guy got out of a speeding ticket using his android.
Thanks to the “MyTracks” app from Google.
MyTracks

I immediately realized that I had Google Tracks running as a background process as I reached to grab my phone from the dashboard mount. As I walked in, I pulled up my history for the previous session which displays information such as distance, average speed, average moving speed, and max speed. It even stores maximum and minimum elevation levels for those that need it. More importantly, I found that my phone only recorded a top speed of just 26 miles per hour, significantly lower than the cited speed. I now knew I was not speeding.

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Paint masterpieces – Drawing skills not required

Paint masterpieces – Drawing skills not required

Sketcher is a port of mrdoobs Harmony to the android.
Although Harmony could be a hand full when using a mouse or a touch pad, Sketcher is must have app for an android tablet.
Sketcher Video.

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Make android you own

Make android you own

Google released Androidify, an app that lets you take the little green Android and turn it into yourself, your friends, your family, anyone!
Peek at the collectibles post for inspiration before you start/share your android.
Androidify Video.

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Feast you eyes: Android Collectibles

Feast you eyes: Android Collectibles

Google teamed up with Dyzplastic to create a few collectible figures.
Certainly a visual treat!
Don’t miss the Mechanized Android Figure video at the end.

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Angry Birds valentines day edition

Angry Birds valentines day edition

Angry Birds valentines day edition is out.
Go get it while its fresh!

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Android Market meets the web

Android Market meets the web

Google finally released the Android Market on the web.

• Nice big application images.
• Send app wirelessly to the phone after purchase.
• One click install for free apps.

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Watch over 25k music videos, from Justin Bieber to Lady Gaga

Watch over 25k music videos, from Justin Bieber to Lady Gaga

VEVO released their official music video app.
Over 25k free music videos from 7,500 artists are now available within the new Android app.
Youtube app now supports VEVO’s music videos too. Just search for “music” in the new app.

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Communicate with someone in spanish, even if you can’t speak it

Communicate with someone in spanish, even if you can’t speak it

Google Translate now supports a new “Conversation Mode”. You can now communicate fluidly with a nearby person in another language.

In conversation mode, simply press the microphone for your language and start speaking. Google Translate will translate your speech and read the translation out loud. Your conversation partner can then respond in their language, and you’ll hear the translation spoken back to you.

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Get your phone to solve Sudoku puzzles

Get your phone to solve Sudoku puzzles

Google Goggles now can solve Sudoku. Watch the below video to see how.
It can also recognize magazine ads along with business cards, landmarks, wine, logos and any text.
Yep, Goggles can really see with the new update!
Youtube: Google Goggles Sudoku

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Send FAX from your android phone

Send FAX from your android phone

Every one needs to send 1-2 faxes … a year. For those times when you really need access to a FAX machine, FilesAnywhere is there to help you out.
Its primarily a file storage and sharing platform with gig of free space.
To send a FAX,

• Create the document in Google Docs or any office app
• Download it as a PDF
• Upload it to the FilesAnywhere app
• Send the file as a FAX to any number, worldwide.

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Sticking to your new year resolution is now easier

Sticking to your new year resolution is now easier

Runkeeper Pro is available for free through January. (Normal price: $9.99)
It lets you track time, distance, speed, pace, calories, and path on a map for your fitness activity.
Pro version also provides audio cues, customized interval workouts and integrated RunKeeper Fitness Classes.
Update: Checkout CardioTrainer too.

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Send “seasons greetings” to all your friends

Send “seasons greetings” to all your friends

Text Easy lets you send a text message to a contacts group.

• Add all the contacts you want to send “seasons greetings” to a new group in your Gmail contacts. Then sync the contacts with your phone.
• Install Text Easy. Then open the app, select the group you just created, type in your greetings message and press send.

Thats it, your New Year message is sent to all your friends in a single click. Oh, and a very happy new year to you!

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Throw the other news apps away. This is news for you.

Throw the other news apps away. This is news for you.

SkyGrid shows you the fastest news from people closest to to you. It uses the Reputation and Velocity as a means to pick news just for you.
My6sense does a similar thing too, and builds a personalized profile for you based on what you read.
From Skyfire:

Reputation just means we always want to show things only from people you trust (think about the difference on Facebook from getting a friend request with a picture of someone you may know vs. the blank silhouette image).
Velocity shows you the information that’s changing the fastest. It’s always exciting to know what others are also finding exciting.

From my6sense:

Your digital intuition knows you and brings the stuff you want.

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Google maps 3D, now available

Google maps 3D, now available.

Google Maps now supports 3D buildings. Google Maps 5.0.
Tilt, Rotate, Compass, Zoom, Offline maps and Reroute offline, everything you couldn’t do using flat map tiles.
Google Maps 3D

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Talk to the TV

Talk to the TV

Google TV remote lets you talk to your TV, among other things.
Wish they made the remote simpler to use, it has a ton of buttons. Well, its just the first release.
Youtube: Google TV remote
*Google TV required for desired functionality.

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Talk to the phone. It now gets personal!

Talk to the phone. It now gets personal!

Voice search now recognizes you and understands you better as you talk to it.

More features:
• Improved contact name recognition for Voice Actions
• Lower latency, especially over 3G and EDGE
• Improved connectivity and less connection errors

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Checkin Quicker with Squicker

Checkin Quicker with Squicker

Squicker runs in the background of your Android phone and lets you check-in to close-by Foursquare venues in two touches via the status bar.
It keeps track of your current location, saving you time. No more skipping a checkin because you’re in a rush.
Perfect for those check-in addicts, at-least until Foursquare introduces the auto check-in feature.
*Foursquare app required for desired functionality

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Sexy face-lift for your market

Sexy face-lift for your market

The android market update features a new sexy carousal with integrated tabs. Available for all android versions.
Features:

• Sections for Widgets and Live Wallpapers
• Related Content tab
• Application content rating
• Filtered apps by screen size and graphics processor

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Experience Youtube, the full version

Experience Youtube, the full version

YouTube released a full featured version of their app. You can now do most things you do on the site on your mobile app.
Note how the app changes views when you rotate.
Expect more of this on the android tablets and TV. Fragments will be stacked on small screens and will be shown side by side on larger screens, with the ability to collapse them.
YouTube: YouTube App

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Google Maps in 3D on your Android Tablet (video)

Google Maps in 3D on your Android Tablet (video)

Honeycomb, the next version of Android for tablets is shown off on video.

• The new Maps can use the 3D processor on the phone and an entire state can be stored offline.
• Most android apps work straight-up on the tablets and google TV with minor modifications (addition of fragments).
• The next version of Android requires no hardware buttons.
• There will be a “pure Google” version of the tablet, like the Nexus S.

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Millions of books from Google Books

Millions of books from Google Books

So, now theres Google Books:
Comes with 3 million free books. My fav: Popular Science

• Search for books to buy
• Pick up reading where you last left off
• Tap on the edge or swipe horizontally to “glide” to the next page
• Adjust a ton of stuff: text size, typeface, line spacing, justification, day vs. night mode, and screen brightness
• Tap in the center to bring up the TOC scrollbar
• Switch from viewing text to viewing the original book images (if available)
• “Manage eBooks” on your SDcard

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Be the change you want to see

Be the change you want to see

Habit Droid helps you become the person you want to be.

1. Add habits you would like to develop. i.e. to go to the gym every weekday or study for a certification every Saturday.
2. Habit Droid reminds you with a notification.
3. Input whether you enforced the habit.

Habit Droid then shows a graph representing the long-term history and a day-by-day breakdown of each habit.

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Text while you drive

Text while you drive

Text Bot reads your SMS messages out loud.
It gives three responses to respond with: Yes, No or Driving.
You can also speak your text and it tries to transcribe it.
Watch this before you download it: Youtube
Price: $1.99. Rating: Not recommended.

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Say “Stop” to snooze alarm and wake up to the weather

Say “Stop” to snooze alarm and wake up to the weather

WakeVoice, a “speech to text” alarm lets you snooze by mumbling “Stop” (or whatever you want).
It also does “text to speech” and can read out todays weather + news to wake you up slowly.
Try the Vader voice if you are up for it or the ghost voice for the next Halloween.

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Send music to your phone . . wirelessly

Winamp for Android and Winamp for your PC now work together to sync music to your phone over a wifi connection.
Supports scrobbling to Last.FM, SHOUTcast Radio and Integration with Pandora, Youtube, Amazon Store apps.
You can now throw away those wires. Esp. if you have the Duracell myGrid wireless charger.
Detailed steps: Winamp Blog

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Natural sounding voices for text to speech apps (like navigation)

Natural sounding voices for text to speech apps (like navigation)

Svox has multiple text to speech libraries that can replace the default TTS library.
Enable SVOX after installing:

1. Android Settings > Voice input & output > TTS
2. Activate SvoxClassic (bottom) and select default engine
3. Find and install the Voice pack you like.

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Blackest of all Fridays

Blackest of all Fridays

Black Friday App from Dealnews.com shows the best deals you can get this Friday.
Am sure, the app will make this black friday the blackest of ‘em all.
Features:

• Search & browse to find exactly what you’re looking for
• Save items to shopping list
• Links to retailer’s web sites to buy online or find a store near you

Should be very useful, especially while you wait in line.

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Don’t type, write!

Don’t type, write!

Graffiti for Android lets you write instead of typing. Especially useful on those small screen phones. Kudos to Palm for inventing Graffiti.
Feeling geeky? Try the hard way.
Youtube: Graffiti

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Know if your flights delayed, up-to 6hrs before the airline alert

Know if your flights delayed, up-to 6hrs before the airline alert

Flightcaster can predict your flight status using 10 years of flight history and real-time conditions.
It doesn’t have an android app yet, but the website should work fine for this thanksgiving travel.
Happy thanksgiving. Travel safely.

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Best deals on the go? Not Foursquare, Facebook or Scvngr

Best deals on the go? Not Foursquare, Facebook or Scvngr.

Shooger puts those Valpak coupons you get in mail on your phone.
It has more deals than Foursquare, Facebook or Scvngr combined.
Check it out before going lunching. Youtube: Shooger

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Talk like robot Android Tips

Talk like robot

Talking Roby, like Talking Tom, is a talking Robot that repeats what you say in : | ] ~.
You can get Roby to:

• Say what you type
• Say what you say
• Hip-hop
• React when you poke

You can also record and publish your creations to Youtube.
Youtube: Talking Roby

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Throw your computer away (or not) Android Tips

Throw your computer away (or not)

Google introduced mobile editing in Google docs today. Open your phone/tablet and go here to try it out: Mobile Docs
Ok, now throw away your computer and get this keyboard.
You should then be all-set with your document editing needs.
If you decide to keep your computer and use it as HTPC, the keyboard comes with a touchpad and scroll-wheel too. : )
Youtube: Mobile editing in Google Docs.

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Read news in style Android Tips

Read news in style

Pulse News Reader makes news reading fun.
It pulls in your facebook, twitter feeds and google reader feeds too, if you have one.
Not ready for it yet? No worries! Don’t forget to download it on your Android tablet though.
Youtube: Pulse News Reader

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Give and take from Google Places Android Tips

Give and take from Google Places

Google Places (Maps) now has personalized recommendations. It accompanies a nicely designed web app called Google Hotpot.
Take Hotpot for a spin and start rating to receive personalized ratings.

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Get that pothole fixed Android Tips

Get that pothole fixed

SeeClickFix is a tool for local governments to receive and follow-up on issues in your neighborhood. The app lets you take a picture and send it to the local authorities.
Verify that your city is listed here. If not, let em know.
Install the app and have it ready when your see that pothole.

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How to find the best place to eat? Android Tips

How to find the best place to eat?

Foursquare (released a tiny update today), is arguably the best way to find something good to eat.
Why?
Because, Foursquare Tips! People submit some real gems about places around you. Make sure you are not missing something about places you know.
Browse some tips without installing the app here with Fourwhere.

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Remote control your Youtube Android Tips

Remote control your Youtube

YouTube Remote, from Google, magically connects your phone and YouTube Leanback.
Sign into YouTube Remote on your Android phone, and to YouTube Leanback on your Google TV or computer with the same YouTube account. You are now auto magically connected! Try controlling your friends computer from miles away too.
Once connected, you can browse videos on YouTube Remote to find and queue up videos to watch. YouTube Remote can control play, pause, skip forward and back and even the sound volume too.

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Easiest way to record and share your voice Android Tips

Easiest way to record and share your voice

Cinch lets you record and share audio from your phone.
Simply record something, and send to Facebook, Twitter. Its available on CinchCast.com for others to see when you are done.

Cynch Sample (Flash):
Thx Readwriteweb.

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Instant search results on your phone Android Tips

Instant search results on your phone

Browse to Google on your mobile (or scan the barcode below) and start typing.
You will like what you see!
Youtube: Google Instant

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Take your Firefox anywhere Android Tips

Take your Firefox anywhere.

Firefox 4 for Mobile released an update today.
Its faster and sleeker! Features “undo close tab” and “enhanced sharing” too.
Firefox mobile: UI concepts, Device concepts
Note: Check Settings > Application settings > Unknown sources to be able to install the app.

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