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Chrome Beta for Android hands-on (video)

Ahmet — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:54:00 +0000

So, Google is finally making the move we’ve been expecting for some time now and bringing Chrome to Android . Now, you’ll need a device running Ice Cream Sandwich to get the new mobile browser up and running but, thankfully, we happened to have a Galaxy Nexus on hand.

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Hasbro reinvents Lazer Tag for the smartphone generation, lets you live out your Doom-fueled fantasies

Ahmet — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:30:00 +0000

Xappr and appBlaster are fine weaponizers for your smartphone, provided you don’t care to share your violent tendencies with your friends. Thankfully, Hasbro is bridging the gap between new-school AR shooter and that teenage classic — laser tag

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Hasbro reinvents Lazer Tag for the smartphone generation, lets you live out your Doom-fueled fantasies

Adafruit’s Circuit Playground app deciphers resistor codes, helps you remember Ohm’s Law

Ahmet — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:16:00 +0000

If the names Phillip Torrone , Limor Fried and Collin Cunningham don’t ring a bell then you probably need to hand over your geek badge. If, on the other hand, those names immediately make you sit up and pay attention, you maybe excited to hear the trio have just released the first Adafruit -branded app for iOS.

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Adafruit’s Circuit Playground app deciphers resistor codes, helps you remember Ohm’s Law

Dashwire closes up shop, all your data to get flushed on February 15th

Ahmet — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:33:00 +0000

Ok, so chances are you probably haven’t thought about Dashwire much in the last couple of years. Last time we covered the service was back in the halycon days of Windows Mobile 6.0, early on in the modern smartphone revolution.

Dashwire closes up shop, all your data to get flushed on February 15th (update: Windows Mobile devices only)

Ahmet — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:33:00 +0000

Ok, so chances are you probably haven’t thought about Dashwire much in the last couple of years.

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Dashwire closes up shop, all your data to get flushed on February 15th (update: Windows Mobile devices only)

Xbox co-creator brings together Atari ‘dream team’ for mobile gaming startup

Ahmet — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:38:00 +0000

A new mobile gaming startup that’s yet to release a single game isn’t the sort of thing we’d normally cover ’round here, but the story behind Los Angeles-based Innovative Leisure is anything but ordinary. The man behind the company is the co-creator of the Xbox, Seamus Blackley, and he’s brought with him eleven industry veterans that he calls “the dream team from Atari,” including the likes of Van Burnham, Ed Logg, Rich Adam, Tim Skelly, Owen Rubin, and Ed Rotberg. While those names may not be familiar to everyone, you’ll surely recognize some of the games they were responsible for: Asteroids , Centipede , Gauntlet , Missile Command , Battlezone , S.T.U.N

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Yahoo unveils app search page for Android and iOS, because we need it

Ahmet — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:16:00 +0000

Yahoo may be sliding down the search engine totem pole, but the company is doing its best to climb back up, with a new space dedicated to apps.

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Rhapsody music streaming lands on Android tablets with ‘magazine-style’ app

Ahmet — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:57:00 +0000

If you use Rhapsody to satisfy your $10-per-month musical appetite , then here’s another way to digest. The service can now be accessed through an app tailored to Android slates, featuring music discovery tools like expert playlists and guides, original editorial content, and exclusive recordings — all on top of a 14 million song catalog.

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Squid is a shirt that keeps an exercise journal so you don’t have to

Ahmet — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:53:00 +0000

Wearable fitness trackers are everywhere these days. Everyone has a GPS watch , companies like Jawbone have turned to slightly stranger form factors, while AT&T and Under Armour are putting sensors inside clothing. Students at Northeastern University think the latter have the right idea, and have put an array of electrodes inside a compression shirt.

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EasySignMobile enters the Facebook fray for iPhone and iPad

Ahmet — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:34:00 +0000

Need to sign a contract, like, now ? There’s an app for that . Several actually, but the folks who create EasySignMobile have gone and made their service a bit more accessible to the unwashed masses with an updated version that supports Facebook authentication.

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