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3 Fun Camera Apps for Your Android

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There isn’t a single soul out there that buys an android without looking at the camera specs. The more powerful the camera the more attractive some phone sets become. But the stark reality is that most of us don’t really do much with our phone cameras beyond the initial photo shoots. This post is for […]

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Google Maps For Android Get An Upgrade

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Google has been updating a lot of Android applications lately and the latest one to get a major upgrade and new features is Google Maps for Android. Google has just released the new 4.6 version of the application with several interesting improvements and redesigns. First of all, the redesigned Place page reviews is getting a […]

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Google Mobile Search Brings Android Market To Its Platform

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It should’ve happened a lot sooner but better late than never. It was just revealed that users will now be able to see and access their Android Market search results directly from their mobile browser via Google Search. All you have to do is select Android Apps from the ‘more’ tab on the top right […]

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Android Market Crosses 100,000 Apps Milestone, Continues To Grow

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It was reported in July this year that the Android Market will soon cross 100,000 apps as the count stood at 70,000 apps and developers were embracing the Android platform with more rigour than ever. It took 3 months but finally the feat is achieved as the Android Dev Team just announced on Twitter about […]

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Next Android Update Will Probably Be 2.3 Instead Of 2.5 Or 3.0

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After Froyo, the next Android update is the hottest topic amongst the fans of the OS which is also referred to as Gingerbread, unofficially though. Google is yet to announce any plans at all about the next update and its release date but speculations and rumours continue to come out from different sources. The next […]

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Android 2.2 Update For Samsung Galaxy S Coming This November

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Samsung announced recently that it’ll be updating the Samsung Galaxy S with Android 2.2 in mid October but that hasn’t happened yet and needless to say, eager users are getting restless. Now Samsung has released a new approximate date for the much awaited Froyo update for the Galaxy S and this time it’s early November. […]

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Google Introduces Drag & Drop Images Option To Google Docs

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Google Docs keeps getting better every now and then and there is a new feature added today that makes life even easier. You can now easily drag and drop images from your desktop into a Google Docs documents. Google announced the feature on the official Google Docs blog with the good news that the feature […]

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Google Search Becomes More Focused On Locations From Today

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Looks like Google is still not done upgrading, tweaking and changing its search engine as new features keep popping up every now and then. As of today, Google has once again changed its interface a little, placing location and location based search on the fore front of its search engine. Announcing the change on their […]

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TweetDeck For Android Launched Officially

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TweetDeck is one of the most popular third party apps for Twitter and a bunch of other social networks and it first arrived for iOS almost 2 years ago. Android users got the beta version of TweetDeck a few months ago and now the app has finally been officially released. TweetDeck 1.0 is now available […]

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Google TV Arrives Via Sony In New York

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As predicted, Sony unveiled its Google powered TV sets in a press event yesterday (12th October) in New York City. The new sets are all internet based, HD, 1080p edge-lit LED screen devices except the 24″ model which has an LCD screen. All sets come with four USB ports, four HDMI inputs and Wi-Fi capabilities. […]

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Get Your Google Goggles For iPhone 3GS & 4

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Android users got Google’s mobile app for searching by taking a picture 10 months ago and since then Google Goggles has been one of the key points of superiority and competition against the iOS. Android users have rightly boasted of the amazing and very handy features of the app which iOS users could not enjoy. […]

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Google Acquires BlindType To Transform Android’s TouchScreen Typing

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Google is aiming to not only improve but completely revolutionise touchscreen typing on Android smartphones and other devices with the impressive technology offered by a new startup called BlindType. Google has acquired the company and the take over was celebrated on BlindType’s official blog with a post saying: We are excited to announce that BlindType […]

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All Browsers Beware! Chrome Showing The Most Growth

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Browser wars aren’t any less nasty and competitive than the smartphone wars as the players are the same and so are the users. We all know who we think of when the word smartphone is mentioned but the game changes when it comes to browsers. It’s Microsoft’s Internet Explorer that still enjoys the biggest share […]

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Now Google Says Short It – Google’s URL Shortener Is Here

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If you haven’t done it already, head over to goo.gl and check out Google’s latest product that’s sure to become the world’s favourite when it comes to services that shorten long URLs. There are a couple of existing services like Bit.ly which became popular with its shortened web addresses on Twitter. Now Bit.ly is in […]

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Sony Debuts The First Ever HD Google TV

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Sony unexpectedly unveiled their first model of Google TV at retailer Best Buy’s press event in New York today. The set is 46-inches with a flashy LCD screen and its model number is NSX-46GT1. Sony is also offering its own chrome lipped stand to buyers when it starts shipping. Not much was revealed in terms […]

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Apple Approves Google Voice For iPhone

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After approving a bunch of third party Google voice apps, it seems Apple has finally done the inevitable and obvious by approving the official Google Voice app for iPhone. This is the same app that Apple famously banned in the summer of 2009 and faced an inquiry from FCC. The story was broken by TechCrunch […]

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Apple Beats Google & Microsoft In Mobile Ads Market

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Apple launched iAd in July this year at the WWDC 2010 and it’s showing the desired results already for the company. Latest figures show that Apple will be finishing with 21% of the market share in mobile advertising by the end of the year. Google will drop to 21% from last year’s holding of 27% […]

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‘Google New’ Brings All About Google On One Platform

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Google is a company that dishes out new products, software updates, browser updates, extensions, tools and tons of other stuff every day and manages 100+ blogs to keep users updated with them. It’s obvious that it’s impossible to navigate and keep track of all those blogs if you’re a Google fan and you may miss […]

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iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch Receive Google Earth 3.1

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Google Earth recently introduced fantastic new features for both web and Android users called ‘Ocean Content’ and ‘Bathymetry’. The new features are getting great reviews from users as Bathymetry gives you the ability to go under the surface of the ocean and explore the world’s ocean beds. The new “Ocean” layer adds information and content […]

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How To: Change Any Web Page’s Design Instantly With Chrome

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Google just announced a great new extension for its Chrome browser called Stylebot which will put design controls of any web page in users’ hands. If you’re a design enthusiast and keep finding faults with web pages and sites you visit every day or just looking to have some fun, Stylebot gives you the option […]

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