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Popular Carbon Twitter client for Windows Phone coming to Android soon

Carbon, a popular Twitter client that started out on webOS then made its way to Windows Phone, is now making its way to a new platform: Android. The developers are about to launch the app into private Alpha, and have released a sneak peak of the app running on Android. From the video, it’s clear [...]

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Google+ for Android updated with new features

Google has recently updated the Google+ app for Android with some new features which are sure to impress a lot of users. Two particular features out of the many which are worth mentioning are the new interface for the photos part of the app and the ability to start a hangout straight from the chat window in the Messenger app.

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Koto Go Silence Animated Storybooks for iOS and Android

There are different types of storybooks available for smartphone and tablets which keep kids very involved in themselves. We have actually reviewed a few them already, and we have another one by a new development group called the Light Sleepers. The Koto Go Silence is an animated storybook about a pet dog called Koto, which is enough to make kids happy.

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Google working on a Siri-like project codenamed “Majel”

It is not completely wrong if I say that the greatest feature of the new iOS 5 that Apple recently released is the natural language-based virtual assistant, Siri (yes, grater than the notification area). This is one of the features because of which the iPhone 4S has been the best selling iPhone Apple ever made. Also, it has made way for more better products to come into the market, or has it?

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Skype for Android brings photo and video messaging to the tablet

Skype has just updated its app for Android adding new features including photo and video sharing in messages. So you can just send photos and videos in the chat window when you are chatting with a friend. You can send any other file as well. Other features including better video quality and improved battery usage for devices running on the Nvidia Tegra 2 chipset.

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More Trojans detected and deleted from Android Market

Google’s poor regulation and monitoring of the apps that go into the Android Market has caused another issue for users. This is not the first time we are hearing about security breaches in app that we install on our Android phones and tablets. The new one that has made the news in a premium rate SMS Trojan, which along with compromising the private data on our Android devices also makes us lose money. This Trojan sends premium rate SMS from your Android phone thereby costing you.

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Kindle for Android updated with PDF and ICS support

Amazon has just updated its Kindle app for Android with some important features. The app, which still remains free, now supports PDF documents. So no matter if you have downloaded a free PDF ebook or bought a book in PDF format, you can import that into the Kindle for Android app read it like any other Kindle ebook, but with limited features. What are the limitations?

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Bitdefender released Mobile Security for Android

With the increased risk of getting malware and spyware on your Android smartphone or tablet, there is a need to keep yourself unaffected with these kind of apps. For this, you will need a proper app and frankly, there are quite a few good ones for Android. A new player in the game is the Bitdefender Mobile Security. This gives you quite a few good options.

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Virtual City Playground updated with new features

G5 Games has updated the most popular city building game, Virtual City Playground, with some new features for you to play. The new update “features new quests and a ton of winter-related content! Starting today, players can celebrate the winter holidays while building their dream cities.” The 1.3 update is available for iPhone, iPad, and Android devices and is free to download.