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Netflix finally available for some Android devices

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If you are one of the five authorized Android devices then the Netflix wait is finally over. Netflix has just announced that it has made good with Google and their official app has hit the Android Market for the following devices: 1. HTC Incredible with Android 2.2 2. HTC Nexus One with Android 2.2, 2.3 3. … Read more

Android Market updated with easier ways to find apps

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If you are having trouble finding the DUI Roadblock app that Google (and Apple) are busy defending on Capitol Hill today to Senator Chuck Schumer, then chillax because Google has just updated the Android Marketplace with 5 new ways to discover any one of their 200,000 apps a little easier. After having 4.5 billion apps … Read more

Bingle Maps–Bing and Google Maps in Harmony On Windows Phones

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This is an interesting app that just went live (for free). It’s a map app that can pull maps from either Bing or Google and you can swap between the two. And that’s only the beginning: Bingle Maps is a full featured map application. Other than the commonly desired features like Search, Routing and Itineraries, … Read more

Google Docs App Available For Android–Don’t Get Too Excited

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Google has announced the release of a Google Docs application for Android devices. I’ll give you the PR but the initial comments to their post have a common theme: Docs Viewer and Editor are web-similar and very unuseful. There is no zooming for simple documents, only for sheets and images. Then I can’t see docs … Read more

Dog Wars App under fire from PETA asks Google to pull it

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I have been debating on which angle I should cover this and we here at Mobility Digest have had a lengthy discussion on Animal Cruelty, Freedom of Speech, and where to draw the line about what should and should not be available on the Android Marketplace. The App in question has only been released on … Read more

We want information… information… information

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Paranoid: Where am I?
Apple: In the Village.
Paranoid: What do you want?
Apple: We want information.
Paranoid: Whose side are you on?
Apple: That would be telling. We want information… information… information.
Paranoid: You won’t get it.
Apple: By hook or by crook, we will.
Paranoid: Who are you?
Apple: The new Number 2.
Paranoid: Who is Number 1?
Apple: You are Number 6.
Paranoid: I am not a number, I am a free man

(The Prisoner, the classic TV series from the 60’s

Oh, you don’t remember? with the funny little car, gigantic balloon and no end…)

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MS Files Antitrust Complaint Against Goog–Explains Why WP7 YouTube App Sucks

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Microsoft’s general counsel has announced that Microsoft is filing a formal complaint with the European Commission as part of an anti-competitive claim. I’ll provide the entirety of the post below because it’s actually a very interesting read, but start with the irony in all of this, which is that the same action against Microsoft is … Read more

Google Refreshes Google Search For iPhone

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Google just revamped their search app for iPhone with a new look and new features. here’s how they state it: If you need to do a Google search on your iPhone or iPod touch it’s now faster and easier when you use our redesigned Google Search app, formerly Google Mobile App. If you’ve been using … Read more