Everyone waiting for Temple Run to appear for Android, you're in luck as it's landed in the Google Play store. Stolen idols, evil monkeys, coins and everything else is there, waiting for you to grab your phone or tablet and give it a go…
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Apple’s 25 billionth app winner profiled, flown to Beijing to collect $10,000 award
Earlier this month the App Store served up its 25 billionth app download, and Chinese site Qdqss reports that Apple flew the winner, Chinese resident Fu Chunli, to Beijing to congratulate her. Chunli toured Apple’s corporate headq…
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Google adds Play Store to the top navigation bar
You may have noticed an addition to the black navigation bar that runs along the top of most Google products in your browser — a link to the Google Play Store, helpfully labeled “New” in red block capitals. Google Play now h…
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Shipments of NFC-enabled handsets reached 30 million units in 2011
Global sales of NFC-equipped smartphones increased tenfold to 30 million units in 2011, according to a report from Berg Insight. The research firm estimates that by 2016 there will more than 700 million handsets with NFC capabilities. In 2011, several leading handset vendors released more than 40 NFC-enabled devices. “Even though it will take some time before the stakeholders agree on business models for payment networks, other use cases such as reading tags and easy pairing of devices may well be compelling enough for handset vendors to integrate NFC in mid- and high-end devices already today,” said André Malm, a senior analyst at Berg Insight. Google has already launched its Wallet service, as Apple, AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile ready their own payment platforms.
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Monday’s Apps For Kids: Move Over Mozart
Welcome to Monday’s Apps For Kids, a new Cult of Android feature where we take a look at kid-centric apps. Many of us are parents with kids who seem to know their way around our mobile devices better than we do. With the Google Play Store having over 400,000 apps, it can be quite a [...]
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Google’s Play to open a new revenue stream: paid content
Google Play is the company’s attempt to link all of its content under a single banner, replacing the formerly separate Android Market, Google Music, Google Books and its video offerings. The company is trying to move away from rev…
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HBO Go, Comcast Xfinity On Demand reportedly launching on Xbox Live tomorrow
The Xbox should finally be receiving two much-anticipated video features tomorrow, according to a source at GigaOm. HBO Go and Comcast Xfinity On Demand apps are both reportedly slated to launch, which is exactly the right timing …
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AC picks: Apps from the world of country music
It has been a few weeks now since we last delved into music apps, with a smattering of app picks from the rock music world. This time up, it's the turn of country music. Personally, I am a huge Johnny Cash fan — you might just have picked th…
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Yahoo Meme shutting down on May 25th
Following in the path of Google Buzz and Wave, Yahoo Meme is the next social network to fade into obscurity. Yahoo announced the microblogging service will go dark on May 25th, with a read-only state being imposed on April 25th. F…
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Intel’s market share surges to 10-year high
Intel in 2011 achieved its highest annual market share in more than 10 years, according to market research firm IHS iSuppli. The chipmaker’s market share increased 2.5 points to 15.6% from 13.1% in 2010. In the same year, the company’s revenue jumped 20.6%, outpacing nearly every other semiconductor supplier in the top-20 with the exception of Qualcomm. The jump represents the highest share Intel has attained since 2001, when the company reached a 14.9% market share. “Intel in 2011 captured the headlines with its major surge in growth,” said Dale Ford, head of electronics and semiconductor research for IHS. “The company’s rise was spurred by soaring demand for its PC-oriented microprocessors, and for its NAND flash memory used in consumer
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