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Google announces “Bouncer” with intent to help keep the Android Market free of malware
Google has recently announced the latest addition to the Android Market, though just to clarify — this addition is not an app that you will be downloading and installing. This new addition has arrived with the codename of “Bouncer” and it is aimed towards blocking malware. According to the details coming from a recent Google more »
Facebook for Android gets a small, but welcomed update
It looks like an updated version of the Facebook app has come available in the Android Market. This latest arrives as version 1.8.2 and should be a welcomed update for anyone that may have been having issues with the current version. According to the details coming from the folks at Facebook, this update brings “better more »
Dropbox: Get up to an additional 4.5GB of storage for free for installing an experimental build
The folks over at Dropbox have rolled-out the latest experimental build and they are offering up to an additional 4.5GB’s of storage space for those willing to test. The app arrives as “forum build” version 1.3.12 and as implied by the name, this release is only available for download by way of the Dropbox user more »
Longform collects the best longform journalism to read on your iPad
The iPad, along with services like Instapaper, is great for reading long pieces of journalism. That’s why Longform is such a great idea for an app. Longform is an app that collects the best longform journalism on the web. The articles are taken from 25 top-notch organizations such as The New Yorker and GQ. You more »
Twitter starts rolling out more enhanced brand profiles
Back in December when Twitter launched its latest redesign it also unveiled enhanced profile pages for brands. At the time the enhanced pages were only up for three brands, but now Twitter has started rolling out more of them. Today brands such a NPR, Volkswagen, Al Jazeera, the Huffington Post, and NBC News, along with more »
Google updates Chrome to Phone for Android smartphones
It looks like Google has officially rolled-out the latest update for Chrome to Phone. The app can be found by way of the Android Market and has arrived as version 2.3.0 and measuring in as a 184k file download. The Google Chrome to Phone app requires Android 2.2 or later for use and brings the more »
Firefox 10 for Android now available
If you have a love-and-hate relationship with the stock browser of your Android device, chances are you’re using Firefox for Android. Well, we’re glad to share this information that version 10 of the said Android browser is now available for you to download from the Android Market. The release of the update now puts the more »
Microsoft reacts to Google’s privacy changes by reminding us of its products
You may remember that Google recently changed its privacy policy, saying that it will now track users across all of its products instead of keeping individual data sets for each one. Understandably some people might be upset, and Microsoft wants to remind those people of the products it has that compete with Google. Specifically, Microsoft more »
Shortmail takes to Twitter, shares a simple but rather useful iOS app tip
This sort of scenario probably happens more times than we would care to admit. The story goes something like this — you use an app on a regular basis and feel like you know your way around rather well. You know, you think you have all the shortcuts and secrets figured out and then the more »
Burn Note allows you to send self-destructing emails, should be nice for the ultra-paranoid or those needing to send an email with sensitive information
If you are in need of sending some personal information by email and are afraid of the fact that your message will end up living in some email database — you may want to check out a newly launched service that promises to make sure the message never gets read again. That being the case more »
