While Apple’s Facetime languishes with no new features, and Google’s Android continues to lack a native video chat app, Fring has gone ahead and added four-way video calls to its iPhone and Android apps.
The app is free for iOS and Android, as are video and voice calls to other Fring users. Fring makes its money by selling a FringOut …
Heads up on a recently revealed vulnerability in the popular Skype app for Android. While the app itself hasn’t been exposing anyone’s personal information, various rogue Android apps could theoretically exploit a weakness in how Skype handles things like your username, phone number, e-mail address, chat logs and more.
Apparently the …
A cloud-based, streaming music service from Google is almost certainly an inevitability now, as a freshly leaked version of the Android Music player has been making its way around the tubes.
The app looks similar to the music player found on the new Android Honeycomb tablets but works on Android smartphones as well. I took it for a …
Tax prep? There’s an app for that. Several, actually.
The folks at Intuit recently gave me a demo of their TurboTax apps: SnapTax for iPhone and Android lets you take a photo of your W2 form and fills in all the necessary blanks automatically, while TurboTax for iPad features everything you’d find with the web-based version of …
Google has removed one more big stumbling block for Android developers by bringing in-app purchases to the Android Market.
In-app purchases allow developers to release their software for free, in hopes of hooking users with new content or extra features. Don’t underestimate the allure of such a feature; according to GigaOM, in-app …
While you can’t prevent natural disasters like earthquakes, you can prepare for them so you know what to do when one hits.
Your phone can become a tool to help you survive a dangerous situation. Here are some suggestions of which apps to download so you can be prepared when disaster strikes. While it’s still scary to be put in that …
Google says, “You’ve got better things to do than wait in traffic.” It’s a bold assumption clearly indicating that Google’s never met babies, the unemployed or retirees, but the company’s heart is in the right place.
The beta version of the free Google Maps Navigation app for Android phones now features automatic rerouting based on …
A rogue developer managed to lure thousands of Android users into downloading dodgy malware for their mobile devices.
Google acted fast and axed the account run by developer Myournet, also taking steps to remove its 21 stolen applications from users’ phones via a built-in “back door” system put there for just such an …
It’s the Top 20 Must-Have Android apps post, but truncated to fit in a two minute video. So not all 20 are there, but—BUT!—the video showcases a handful of them and then refers you back to the actual post.
Circle of life, wheel of for-tuuune and so on.
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Ah, streaming media. Your promise is so elusive. The technology is here and robust enough to shoulder the burden, but the content companies have insisted that you be viewable first and foremost on big boy computers, with set-top boxes and mobile devices granted access on a case by case basis.
If this sounds like a conversation you’ve …
If you’ve just purchased your first Android phone or you’re looking to round out your existing collection, here’s a list of 20 must-have apps that every Android owner should consider. They’re all free, too!
Crowdsourced data is not only helping people stay connected with what’s going on, it may help keep you connected on that phone call. An Android app called OpenSignalMaps (sorry iPhone users, but there is one on the way for you) crowdsources cell phone signal strength in real time so you can see where you can expect service to drop and …
