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NICHE APP: I Love You Jennifer

Right. This is it. This has to be the most NICHE Android app of all. It’s called I Love You Jennifer and yes, it’s been made by one man for the benefit of one person. Jennifer. Here’s the maker’s description: “This is a personal application. You probably don’t want to install it. “It is dedicated [...]

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July 30, 2010 in Apps, Niche apps, Opinion

NEW APP: DroidAlone

We’re not entirely sure DroidAlone is a completely new idea, but it’s certainly a good one – it generates a log of missed calls, then automatically sends an email to a registered account. So if your phone’s somewhere else, DroidAlone will tell you if the debt collectors have been ringing all day again. Here’s the [...]

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July 29, 2010 in Apps, News, Opinion

Sky+ TV control app hits Android

Sky has launched a version of its popular Sky+ and Sky+ HD iPhone remote control app for Android, letting Sky users demand their digital box record TV shows via the internet. Once you’ve linked it with your Sky account it’s possible to browse shows though your Android phone, and if the impossible happens and you [...]

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July 27, 2010 in Apps, News

Google Maps updated to v4.4 – now with more Google Places features

The all-powerful Google Maps Android app continues its lightning pace of evolution, today updating to version 4.4 – which separates out the Google Places features into an entirely separate, standalone, place-reviewing-and-finding tool. Here’s how Google explains the new spun-out Google Places toys: With updated Place Pages, you should be able to find all you need [...]

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July 26, 2010 in Apps, News

Official BBC Android apps coming “later in the year”

The BBC was given the go-ahead to launch its iPhone and iPad apps in the UK today, after its BBC Trust watchdog body decided that doing so was indeed in the public interest and wasn’t likely to unfairly CRUSH the opposition. How nice of it. More interesting for us lot is confirmation from BBC tech [...]

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July 23, 2010 in Apps, News

GOOD APP: London Cycle Hire

London’s about to embark upon a massive experiment, where thousands of bikes are left about the city for users to pick up, and then hopefully not throw into the Thames in a drunken rage at 3.45am when the poppers start wearing off. There are a few apps already out there offering to show you where [...]

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July 23, 2010 in Apps, Good Apps, News, Opinion

“Proximity-based” media sharing app LoKast launches on Android

LoKast wants to take the check-in genre to a new level, letting users locate others nearby – and then indulge in a bit of hot-swapping media transfer action via 3G, wi-fi or Bluetooth. Joining the 175,000 users of the iPhone version, Android owners are now free to share tunes between other “LoKasting” phone owners up [...]

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July 21, 2010 in Apps, News

LauncherPro Plus launches – costs money, uses widgets

We do love a bit of alternate launcher action, with the superb ADW.Launcher happily powering our little HTC Magic. One of the other popular Home screen replacements out there is Launcher Pro – and the maker has now updated it again to Launcher Pro Plus. It has a more widget-based layout inspired by HTC’s Sense [...]

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July 20, 2010 in Apps, News
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