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Valve Releases Steam Mobile App for Android and iOS
06 Feb 2012 by Kevin Schulte
Steam, Valve’s powerhouse digital distribution service for PC and Mac, is finally making its way to mobile devices. Don’t get too excited yet, though, they aren’t selling any mobile specific games. Instead, the Steam mobile app acts as a much-needed mobile portal for the multitude of services Steam offers. Getting logged in is as simple as you’d expect, and Steam mobile eve...
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HTML5 and the Future of Mobile Apps and Gaming
01 Feb 2012 by Jake Joraanstad
HTML5 will change the way we view mobile apps, and will change the way we think about how software has to be viewed on a mobile device. It will even change the way we view desktop applications. HTML5 is the biggest game changer since Apple’s App Store. But if what I am saying is right, then why hasn’t this all come true yet? The reasons are many, some minor and easily overcome, and som...
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Transfer files and control your phone wirelessly with AirDroid for Android
20 Jan 2012 by Kevin Schulte
Managing files and data on an Android device can be a chore at times. To move files back and forth you have to keep a micro USB cable handy. Not only that, in order to move files to your phone’s SD card it has to first be unmounted from your phone, which can take a while if you’re still using an ancient phone with limited internal memory (like me) and have tons of applications installe...
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Use Bubbles and Your Android Phone to Create Memorable Phone Calls
19 Jan 2012 by Kevin Ivanca
In a world filled with short attention spans and thinning short-term memories, it can sometimes be difficult to remember to mentioning important topics while making a phone call. Heck, give a person 30 minutes of phone conversation to wander, and their mind will stray further than the island of Lilliput (hint: it’s a fictitious location from a book). Well I don’t know about you, but ...
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Consumer Electronics Show 2012 Preview
29 Dec 2011 by Craig Lloyd
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is the one time a year where consumer electronics and other gadgetry hits an all-time high. The entire technology industry converges in Las Vegas, Nevada for a week of press events, unveilings and demonstrations of the latest toys and concepts that have yet to hit the public market. Needless to say, it’s the craziest time of the year for anyone that’...
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Galaxy Nexus: How to prevent newly-installed apps from creating shortcuts on your home screen
16 Dec 2011 by Evan Wondrasek / 2 Comments
If you’re like me and have recently switched from an Android phone running Froyo (Android 2.2) or Gingerbread (Android 2.3) to the brand-new Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, you may have been surprised to find that apps installed from the Android Market automatically have shortcuts placed on the home screen. I’m sure this feature is convenient for most people, but ...
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Launcher 7 Brings the Windows Phone 7 Experience To Android
08 Dec 2011 by Kevin Schulte / 4 Comments
Windows Phone 7 may not have caught on like Microsoft was hoping it would, but it does present some interesting ideas. One of those is its minimalist, tile-based homescreen. Thanks to the wonders of Android, you can now get that same experience on your Android phone with Launcher 7. Windows Phone 7 (and by proxy Launcher 7) eschews the familiar rows and columns of icons used by stock Android and i...
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Is Nokia building a Google Wallet competitor?
16 Nov 2011 by Brian Nelson
Nokia has alluded to a Near Field Communication (NFC) driven wallet app for a long time, but is it finally almost here? According to NFC Rumors, Nokia is in talks with JP Morgan to bring an NFC payment app to Windows Phones and possibly devices powered by Symbian, their home brew OS. Nokia is still the reigning leader in the number of handsets they produce each year, and this could provide much-...
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Use Android Apps in Windows With BlueStacks
10 Nov 2011 by Brian Nelson / 1 Comment
A little company called BlueStacks is making waves after releasing an Android app player for Windows. Android developers are excited about the prospect of bring their applications to the desktop, and Android users are probably excited to have yet another venue for playing Angry Birds. The excitement surrounding BlueStacks’ software has led AMD and Citrix to invest $6.4 million in the small ...
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Untappd: An Android App Every Beer Geek Should Have
01 Nov 2011 by Brian Nelson
If you’re into craft beer, chances are good that you spend a good deal of time bragging to your friends about different beers you’ve tried or have on tap. Take, for instance, my text message conversation with my good friend last weekend. Friend: “At a place with Three Philosophers on tap.” Me: “How about you go to Hell?” As you might imagine, people with access ...
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