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Apps & Software
App of the Week: WordPress for Windows Phone 7
Windows Phone 7 owners who run WordPress blogs now have an official app for their phones. The free WordPress for Windows Phone 7 works with both wordpress.com and self-hosted wordpress.org accounts, providing quick access to posts, comments and stats.
Post creation provides basic features such as rich text formatting, media uploads, …
Apple Computers Get Mac App Store on January 6
Apple’s upcoming Mac App Store hopes to make the process of finding, downloading and installing computer software as simple as downloading apps on an iPhone or iPad. The store will launch in 90 countries on January 6 for users running the Snow Leopard version of Apple’s operating system.
Software applications will be available in both …
Google TV Updated with Better Netflix App, Android Remote
Google is in the midst of pushing out the first major software update for its Google TV service.
Along with some bug fixes, Google TV users now have access to an updated Netflix app that allows direct streaming of any available movie or show, along with the ability to add disc-based movies directly to your queue if you subscribe to …
App of the Week: ESPN Bowl Bound for iPhone and Android
As the college football season draws to a close, we find ourselves in the calm before the storm known as the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). You can stay up to date with everything that’s going on with ESPN Bowl Bound, available for free on iPhone and Android devices.
Aside from the five BCS games to be played in early January, …
Flipboard iPad News Reader App Now Supports Magazine Layouts
If you’ve got an iPad and you use it to read news, chances are good that you’ve downloaded Flipboard by now. The free app pulls in links shared by the people you’re connected with across various social networks and displays pertinent headlines and excerpts in a nice magazine-style layout.
(More: Flipboard iPad App Makes a Magazine …
App of the Week: TiVo for iPad
TiVo owners will soon have another excuse to keep their iPads close at hand while watching TV. Due out in the very near future, TiVo’s free iPad app lets you view air times for upcoming shows and set recordings remotely. You can also manage your current recording settings, change channels, and post witty musings to Facebook and Twitter. …
XWave iPhone Headset Promises to Read Your Mind
The $100 XWave headset plugs into the headphone jack of any iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch and claims to measure your Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma and Theta brainwaves. I have no way of proving or disproving these claims, though I can tell you that it certainly does something while you use it.
The headset features a metal sensor that touches
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App of the Week: Xfinity TV
Recently released for iPad and iPhone, Comcast’s free Xfinity TV app allows you to browse TV listings and schedule remote recordings directly from your device. The real kicker is the ability to use your iPhone or iPad to change the channels on your cable box, though.
Setup entails entering your Comcast.com account credentials in …
3D Accessory Coming for iPhone
Remember the View-Master? Imagine replacing those little round plastic disks with an iPhone and you’ve basically nailed down what Hasbro’s trying to do with the My3D iPhone accessory.
Due out next spring, the My3D kit will pair an iPhone-mountable viewing apparatus that costs $30 with—you guessed it—apps available from the …
“Angry Birds” for Android Gets More Levels, New Bird
Hold your phones: Angry Birds for Android just got updated.
Now, you can enjoy an additional 45 levels of pig-smashing fun, including “The Big Setup.” Rovio also added support for the smaller QVGA graphics screens so you can play with phones of all sizes, and they fixed the graphics glitches. More importantly, you guys can play a new …
50 Windows Phone 7 Apps to Get You Started
If history has taught us anything, a phone’s only as good as the apps it can run. In that spirit, here are 50 good Windows Phone 7 apps (many of them free) for your consideration as you load up your new handset.