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Google+ Hangouts app hands-on
Posted On 15 May 2013 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Google's new, unified Hangouts platform focuses heavily on its mobile apps, which give Android and iOS users a common platform for text and video chats. In theory, they're the cure for the consistency problems Google's messaging systems have faced...
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Google launches new Google+ Hangouts platform and mobile apps with focus on conversations
Posted On 15 May 2013 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
The rumors were apparently true: Google's unified chat platform (widely nicknamed Babel) is launching as the new Hangouts, with new mobile apps to match. The messaging service puts Android, Chrome, Gmail and iOS all on the same page for the first ...
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Karateka Classic punches its way to Android and iOS on May 16th
Posted On 15 May 2013 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
While Jordan Mechner's Karateka burst back onto the scene through its 2012 remake, that wasn't good enough for purists who really just wanted a port of the 1984 original. Consider their wish granted, as Karateka Classic is coming to both Android a...
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Philips Hue just got a little brighter with 1.1 app update
Posted On 14 May 2013 By Zach Honig. Under: Uncategorized.
"What's new with Hue?" Philips' connected light bulb just picked up a bounty of fresh tricks, thanks in no small part to the Hue 1.1 app update. The refresh, available for download today on iOS, brings a variety of additional features. Most signif...
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ABC officially relaunches its Player app as Watch ABC with live TV streaming
Posted On 14 May 2013 By Richard Lawler. Under: Uncategorized.
Just as it revealed in an interview this weekend after months of rumors, the Disney / ABC Television Group has launched Watch ABC as an "open access preview" for New York and Philadelphia residents. Available on the web and as an iOS or Kindle Fir...
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ABC officially relaunches its Player app as Watch ABC with live TV streaming
Posted On 14 May 2013 By Richard Lawler. Under: Uncategorized.
Just as it revealed in an interview this weekend after months of rumors, the Disney / ABC Television Group has launched Watch ABC as an "open access preview" for New York and Philadelphia residents. Available on the web and as an iOS or Kindle Fir...
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BlackBerry to offer BBM as standalone app for iOS and Android this summer
Posted On 14 May 2013 By Joseph Volpe. Under: Uncategorized.
Thorsten Heins just broke what has to be the biggest news out of BBLive this morning: BBM is breaking out of its walled garden. Starting this summer, users running iOS 6 and Android ICS or higher will be able to download the BBM app for free and j...
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Glympse posts its free location sharing SDK in Android, iOS and web flavors
Posted On 13 May 2013 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Glympse has been gradually spreading the reach of its location sharing platform, but mostly through special deals like those with BMW and Ford. It's time to fling the doors open: the company has posted a public version of its Lite software develop...
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Flipboard adds more curation, social network options with iOS update
Posted On 13 May 2013 By Steve Dent. Under: Uncategorized.
When Flipboard launched version 2.0 on iOS and Android not long ago, its self-created magazines seemed to strike a chord with users. The latest version of the app for iOS, 2.02, is capitalizing on that popularity with new features that let you che...
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Amazon Cloud Drive Photos gives iOS users one more safety net
Posted On 10 May 2013 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Avid iOS shutterbugs already have Dropbox, Flickr and any number of other internet-based safeguards for their photos, but it won't hurt to have another, will it? Amazon certainly doesn't mind, as its new iOS version of Cloud Drive Photos is built ...
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