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Motorola Droid RAZR and RAZR MAXX Gets Jelly Bean OTA Update

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It’s been a long time coming but as of today, Motorola has began rolling out Jelly Bean OS 4.1 updates to their Droid RAZR and RAZR MAXX smartphones. AS per the company’s support page, the official update will roll out in phases, beginning today — no surprise there. Droid RAZR and Droid RAZR M users, more »

Here’s a Current List of Apps To Expect and Not to Expect on BB10

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BlackBerry has always been somewhat of an outsider to what’s popular in the Apple and Android worlds, especially in the app scene. When BB10 OS was launched in January, it’s BlackBerry World proudly announced it’s over 70,000 available applications. Although that’s quite impressive for a stand-alone operating system/smartphone integrator, what about all the most celebrated more »

App Review: CashTrails for iOS

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Small business owners have a lot to keep track of, especially when they’re on-the-go. Savvy mobile entrepreneurs use their mobile devices to keep track of as much as possible. CashTrails is one of my favorite apps for keeping track of business expenses, whether a cash purchase at a local Panera Bread or recording the registration more »

Google Play Celebrates First Birthday With a Big Sale

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So it’s been a full year since Google’s Play Store went live (how time does fly,) and the web-based media store is celebrating by offering deep discounts in all departments. Free tunes, apps, gift cards and cheap movies are only a few items that the service is advertising. You don’t want to miss these deals. more »

Samsung Begins Jelly Bean Kernel Source Code for Galaxy Note

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Last week, we reported on Samsung starting to roll out the Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update to Galaxy Note (GT-N7000) users. Tuesday morning, they have announced their JB ‘Kernel’ source code for download. The source code will allow ROM developers to create and manipulate their custom ROM for the Note. Since the company is releasing more »

Snapkeys Si Enters Google Play For the Curious Keyboard Enthusiast

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Last month, I wrote up some impressions on SnapKeys Si, a new third-party keyboard for Android. Snapkeys Si stood out from the crowd by utilizing a four-square text input system in lieu of a virtual QWERTY keyboard. The result was a unique, but fairly difficult text input experience. If you’re at all curious about how more »

GadgeTell Review: TeamViewer HD for iPad

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Does Great Aunt Mary drive you nuts with asking you to diagnose her computer problems from across the country? Perhaps your business requires you to occasionally view material on a client’s computer? If you’re thinking ‘yes,’ then TeamViewer HD for iPad might be a good solution for you. It’s not without its flaws but it’s more »

‘Gangnam Style’ Hits 1 Billion and We’re All to Blame

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In this post, I’m coming clean — I’m gonna come right out and say it. And you can quote me on this, I hate (see: abhor) ‘Gangnam Style.’ Not only is this craze ridiculous to me, the content is absolutely pure crap by my standards. This synth pop ear worm-fail is as generic as can more »

Facebook’s brand new Android app launches today

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Facebook for Android always had its fair share of problems. You can’t read through reviews on Google Play without running into some very unhappy users. To date, Facebook for Android has accumulated 1,102,676 1-star reviews. That’s not good. Facebook promised to revamp its Android application to make it more usable, and today we’ll be able more »

Spotify Adds Metallica Discog, New Features

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Spotify needs no introduction. The Swedish music-streaming app has generated positive buzz since its launch in 2008; available in over 17 countries, hosting over 20 million tracks with 15 million active users and over 4 million paid subscribers. Spotify has found the winning formula for on-demand internet music enthusiasts to get their fix and for more »

Google Play app gets updated with improved recommendations system and more

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There’s a new version of the Google Play Android that’s rolling out now. This brings the application up to version 3.10.9. As usual there is no changelog, but there are some new additions that will be hard to miss. The most obvious addition is a new screen that pops up once you start downloading and more »

Echofon for Android moves into beta

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Less than three weeks after releasing an alpha build for Android, the team at Echofon has put out the beta version of its Twitter app. The beta version of Echofon for Android is available as a direct download that you’ll have to sideload onto your device.