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Android Instagram prompts iPhone ire

Chris Davies, Apr 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

Instagram for Android could've been a vast, sharing love-in between original iOS and new Android users, but platform rivalry has reared its head once more and the fanboys are out in force. Released yesterday after several months of teasing, the new Android version of the app prompted outpourings of disgust from iPhone users, Android Community reports, taking to Twitter under the #teamiphone banner. Read The Full Story

Instagram for Android released

Chris Davies, Apr 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Instagram for Android has been released, bringing the wildly popular photo filter app to Google’s platform after it swept iOS devices. A free download, Instagram for Android brings numerous custom filters and boarders to your smartphone photography, as well as making sharing with Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare far more straightforward.

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Air Display Retina upgrade turns new iPad into high-res second screen

Chris Davies, Apr 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Air Display for iPad has received a much-anticipated Retina Display upgrade, turning the new iPad into a 2048 x 1536 second screen for your PC or Mac. Available since the first-gen iPad, the app turns the slate into a wireless display and allows users to extend their desktop across it, though you'll need to make some tweaks to OS X settings first. Read The Full Story

Facebook and Foursquare data powers ‘Girls Around Me’ app

Chris Burns, Apr 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

The developers behind the location data-reliant iPhone application "Girls Around Me" has fallen under fire this week for their usage of Facebook and Foursquare without permission. What this developer, i-Free, maintains is that their usage of Foursquare and Facebook data to locate females surrounding the GPS location of the user was a "serious misunderstanding." Facebook and Foursquare legal teams do not agree, and the app has been removed from the market temporarily while i-Free works out the details. Read The Full Story

Temple Run developer talks about what’s next

Shane McGlaun, Apr 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

The game app Temple Run has been on the iPhone for a while and has more recently landed on Android devices. The game has been very popular on both platforms and racked up over 1 million downloads in only three days when it hit the Android platform. The developers behind the game are now talking about what's coming next for Temple Run and a few other things in an interview with Pocket Gamer. Read The Full Story

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Four Microsoft Courier alternatives for Android

Chris Burns, Mar 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week we’re hearing quite a bit about a couple of applications for iPad, one of which was created by the folks who were once going to bring you the Microsoft Courier – but what about Android? As it turns out, these two applications for iPad, Tapose and Paper don’t currently have one whole heck of a lot of choice when it comes to such sleekness as Paper. That said, there are four apps out there at least that will bring you drawing power for the time being – with updates to each on the way soon, of course.

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Face.com API detects age from photos

Shane McGlaun, Mar 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

Face.com is claiming that its new API can detect the age of a person in a scanned photo. Using that API, the website has built a pair of Facebook apps that are able scan photos taken automatically. The API is also available to other developers who want to integrate facial recognition into their apps. The app offers minimum age, maximum range, and the estimated age. Read The Full Story

Apple 25 Billionth download winner flown to Beijing

Chris Burns, Mar 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

As you may have heard at the start of this month, Apple's iTunes App Store had its 25 billionth download, and the prize for being the one to tip the scales went to the young lady appearing just now in Beijing newspapers collecting her prize. Chunli Fu (also reported as Fuchun Li) of Qingdao, China, downloader of the 25 billionth app, has this week been given a warm reception at the Beijing Apple store where she's received her gift card for the iTunes Store worth a whopping $10k USD. When at first she was contacted by Apple, Fu dismissed it as a hoax - imagine her surprise when Apple confirmed and her friends started pouring in calls of congratulations. Read The Full Story

Google Maps 6.5 gets HD display support

Chris Burns, Mar 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

For those of you with Google Maps on your Android device (every single one of you with an Android device), you're about to get an update to that app, and it's a big one! The actual file size of the app is not what's big, its the features you're going to get now with this update for the most advanced devices on the market. In addition to High Definition support for devices like the Galaxy Nexus, this app also has preferred public transit mode and route options and a new look for Android 4.0+ devices. Read The Full Story

Taposé hits iPad: Courier in app form

Chris Davies, Mar 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Digital notetaking and collaboration app Taposé has finally been allowed into the iPad App Store, recreating some of Microsoft’s ill-fated Courier concept on Apple’s tablet. The $2.99 app promises to make journaling and webpage snipping straightforward, with a twin-pane layout for dragging live content between the web and a notebook, along with sketching, mark-up and other tools. Meanwhile a cloud storage system keeps notes updated – with export options to send them over to Evernote and Dropbox – and allows for collaborative work between multiple remote users.