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RunKeeper talks about the result of being a featured app in the Android Market

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RunKeeper has long been one of my favorite and most used apps. In fact, I have been using it to track my running since July of 2009. I used it to track and record the 1,356.7 miles that I ran in 2011 and will continue to use it in 2012. And well, while I am more »

Twitter is experimenting with threaded tweets

Twitter is currently testing some new features that will make the service behave more like some third-party applications. Twitter is experimenting ways to make tweets easier to follow by adding an expandable viewing option. Twitter isn’t making any of the changes permanent yet, but it does provide a glimpse into what the future may hold for the social network.

Chicago company sues Facebook over the term “Timelines”

Facebook recently announced a sweeping change to profile pages with a new interface called Timeline. Timeline takes everything you and your friends have posted on your page and groups them in chronological order. Users can also choose to highlight certain posts to make them expand across the page. Timeline will be released to everyone on Facebook in a couple weeks, but it’s finding itself in the middle of a lawsuit right now. A company called Timelines Inc. is suing Facebook because it claims Facebook’s use of the word “Timeline” could put the company out of business.

Google+ update adds +Snippets and updated sharing features

Google+ is always changing. It’s not unusual for Google to suddenly implement a new feature into Google+. In this case, Google has announced a couple new features that made their debut today and will continue rolling out through next week.

Verizon Wireless reportedly ending data plan requirements on 3G capable feature phones

It looks like Verizon is going to be making some changes in terms of 3G capable feature phones in the upcoming quarter. The news is coming by way of a leaked Verizon document and clearly states that; “New Feature Phones launching during Q4 will not require a data package.” Of course, that does not mean more »

Gadgetell Unboxing: LG Sentio

One of the latest phones on T-Mobile is the LG Sentio. While it probably won’t blow you away with its amazing hardware or OS, it is a pretty nice featurephone that does everything you would expect in a basic phone. It is a 3 inch touch screen phone with only three physical buttons on the more »

AT&T to begin requiring messaging plans with select feature phones

Assuming we can believe that this AT&T flyer is the real deal, then it looks like AT&T is going to begin requiring owners of select feature phones to have a messaging plan. The phones have been dubbed as “Quick Messaging” phones and will include the Pantech Reveal, Pantech Impact, Motorola Karma, Samsung Flight, Samsung Impression, more »

New Google Labs feature allows for playback of Google Voice messages in Gmail

In an effort to further give myself over to Google and make myself that much more dependent on Gmail, there has recently been a new feature released in the labs that should keep me (and other Google Voice users) locked in Gmail a little longer. That new feature goes along with the SMS to email more »

Google Voice now offering SMS to email

Google has just recently added a new, and what I would consider a welcomed feature in Google Voice — the ability to have your SMS messages forwarded to your email. The new feature is currently available and simple to set up. To do so, just login to your Google Voice account and click on the more »

BlackBerry Storm 2 images show off its Wi-Fi capability

These latest images that have surfaced are showing off the BlackBerry Storm 2 with Wi-Fi. At first glance that sounds like very good news, however these images are showing off a Vodafone branded Storm 2. Unfortunately that means that the BlackBerry Storm 2 will have Wi-Fi as a feature, but that does not mean that more »