Category: Android apps
Flowd Launches: The Music Lovers Version Of FourSquare?
Flowd, a free location-based mobile app launched today for both iPhone and Android smartphones. The app allows fans to directly interact with their favourite musicians and bands and it allows musicans to keep their Fans up-to-date with their latest…
Google Reader app for Android phones launched
It's been far too long coming, but Google have finally lifted the lid on their native Google Reader app for Android phones. Thankfully it seems like it was time well spent in the development stages for the RSS reader, as…
Android Market apps to get age ratings
Google have announced that every Android app developer will soon have to submit an age rating to go along with their applications. Age ratings will be a nessecary part of all future app submissions, with ratings gradually being applied to…
New Google Docs for iPad, iPhone and Android devices launched
Google has updated it's cloud based word processing web-app, Google Docs. iPhone, Android smartphone and iPad owners will now be able to edit their documents on the go using the new application. Hitting English speaking countries in the next…
My Taptu, A Mobile Competitor to Flipboard Launches
The new social news aggregator My Taptu launches today. The Cambridge, UK based company is launching My Taptu as a new mobile competitor to Flipboard. The app allows you to create highly personalized 'streams' to deliver content that maters…
Android 3.0 Gingerbread details leak
Some new details concerning Google's Android version 3.0 OS, AKA Gingerbread, have leaked online, courtesy of the Phandroid blog. Apart from the mandatory visual tweaks, the big draw looks to be video-calling headed to the open-source OS. VoIP features…
Angry Birds for Android passes 2 million downloads mark
Angry Birds, the app-gaming sensation that pits bombardments of winged warriors against egg-stealing pigs, has reached 2 million downloads on Android handsets, despite only being available for a few short days. Developed by the Finnish Rovio Mobile, their decision…
Document editing comes to Android
Android seems to be the OS of choice for most new tablet PCs, with Chrome OS still seemingly a way off, and with scant details available, Andriod desperately needs to add some core functionality to its OS to give iPad…
TweetDeck Twitter app hits Android phones
TweetDeck, one of the best Twitter platforms around, has now hit Android phones in a beta release. Users of the desktop app will be right at home with the many features on offer. The desktop app's multiple columns are now…
Cash-guzzling Android SMS Trojan on the prowl
Security specialists Kapersky Labs have uncovered a new mobile phone virus that could potentially cost Android users a lot of money. The SMS Trojan is found disguised within an unnamed media player app. The questionable file, Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a, then sends out…