Category: Application

Android Application Business

Nearly 60K Low-Quality Apps Booted From Google Play Store In February, Points To Increased Spam-Fighting

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As reported on TechCrunch. by SARAH PEREZ Google has stepped up its efforts to remove spammy or otherwise non-compliant applications from its mobile application marketplace, Google Play, in recent weeks. App deletions hit a record high in February, with 60,000 apps removed during the course of the month – the largest round of app deletions to date. The news of this massive app removal comes just ahead of therumored launch of a revamped version of Google Play…

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Tumblr for Android gets overhauled with new interface Mobile

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As reported on Engadget. By Donald Melanson It looks like April is the month for major Android apps to get a visual overhaul. Following Twitter’s refresh last week (and Facebook’s decidedly more ambitiouseffort), Tumblr has today released its own app update that offers a whole new user interface. As you can see above, that includes some Path-esque expandable controls for creating various types of posts, as well as new post animations and a general appearance that’s more consistent with…

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Application Story

The App Is Not Enough: Why We Might See More Companies Try Mobile Land Grabs After Facebook Home

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON An app on a smartphone is a limited vessel, one that can provide content and information for your audience, but within bounds set out by the operating system. People still have to navigate to your app, and therefore there’s a time when they’re “in” your product or service, and a time when they’re “out” of said product or service. Facebook clearly demonstrated last week that it wants to own that…

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Application Health

Fancy Some Three-Dimensional Wellness? Recipe Kit Service HelloFresh Partners With Weight Loss App Noom

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As reported on TechCrunch. by STEVE O’HEAR Arguably, eating healthily takes both motivation and time. And in what’s being billed as “a world first, three-dimensional wellness experience” (presumably with a straight face), the recipe kit subscription service HelloFresh is partnering with weight loss coaching app Noom to tackle the problem from both ends. Available first in the U.S. but eventually rolling out in other parts of the world, users of Noom will be able to subscribe to weight loss meal plans designed…

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Application Games

Angry Birds Friends coming to Android and iOS, brings the franchise full circle

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As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas You may not have realized it if you were heads-down with your smartphone, but one of the most popular Angry Birds games is on Facebook: its social network adaptation,Angry Birds Friends, has racked up about 15 million active users. It’s only appropriate, then, that Rovio complete the cycle with new plans to bring Angry Birds Friends to mobile. While details are slim, the company vows that the upcoming Android and iOS ports will maintain Facebook integration…

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Quickoffice on Android and iPhone now free for Google Apps for Business users Mobile

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As reported on Engadget. By Alexis Santos Quickoffice for iPad became a free perk for Google Apps business subscribers back in December, and now Mountain View has extended the offer to its Android app, and made its iPad application iPhone-compatible. By wielding the office suite, users can edit, create and view Excel, Word and PowerPoint files that reside on Google Drive. In addition to going gratis, the software has been tweaked to show Drive folders such as Recent, Shared…

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Application Business

Twitter Announces “Twttr” — Will Start Charging $5 A Month If You Want To Tweet Using Vowels

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DREW OLANOFF Vowels aren’t really necessary in today’s digital age, are they? Twitter doesn’t think so, as it announced a new “two-tiered” serviceincluding its free model called “Twttr.” You can only tweet without vowels though. Want the vowels back? Pony up $5 a month. Seems like a pretty sweet deal to me. Luckily, Twitter really cares about its users and will offer up the “sometimes Y” free of charge…forever. Also free are…

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Application Entertainment

Tunable app shows musicians what pitch-perfect means as they play (video)

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As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas Musicians who’ve had some degree of practice will know the lack of sophistication involved in getting an instrument in tune and on time: a light-up tuning box and a swinging metronome may be their only real resources. Affinity Blue knows that mobile apps allow better, and recently unveiled Tunable as a one-stop shop for more exacting performers. The Android and iOS release provides a live graph that shows where the sweet…

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Google Starts Testing Google Shopping Express In SF, With Free Delivery At Target, Walgreens, Staples And More

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ALEXIA TSOTSIS Google is finally opening up its Google Shopping Express service to the public today, with the same day delivery service being made available as a test to select users in San Francisco and the Peninsula from San Mateo to San Jose. Participating retailers include, as we’ve previously reported: Target, Walgreens, Staples, American Eagle, Toys“R”Us/Babies“R”Us, Office Depot, San Francisco’s Blue Bottle Coffee, Raley’s Nob Hill Foods, and Palo Alto Toy & Sport. Our original…

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Netflix signs up The Matrix, Babylon 5 creators to develop a new sci-fi series: Sense8 HD

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As reported on Engadget. By Richard Lawler Continuing its quest to sate subscribers’ appetites with a flow of original content,Netflix has announced a new original series, Sense8. Due in late 2014, it’s being developed by the Wachowskis of The Matrix, V for Vendetta, Cloud Atlas andSpeed Racer fame, as well as J. Michael Straczynski, creator of Babylon 5. Details are thin, but the press release promises a gripping global tale of minds linked and souls hunted with a ten episode run for its first season. As…

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