Google Docs Goes Mobile with Android App

By Mark Calley | 4/28/2011

Google has announced that it will help augment the productivity potential of smartphones with the Google Docs for Android app. This provides some of the base document creation and editing functions of normal Google Docs, plus it includes entirely new features.

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Qik Video Connect Brings iPhone and Android Users Together

By Mark Calley | 4/27/2011

Software developer Qik is crossing boundaries with its new Qik Video Connect smartphone app. This will give iPhone and Android users the opportunity to video chat with one another.

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Creating Apps Without Coding

By Dragan Petric | 4/15/2011

In his latest column, our European correspondent Dragan Petric takes a look at several options that allow non-programmers to create smartphone software, and also considers how this is going to change the mobile software business.

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Nokia Ovi Mail Migrates to Yahoo

By Mark Calley | 4/6/2011

The Ovi Mail service for Nokia users is being migrated to Yahoo to provide customers with extra features benefits. However, a number of customers have found the move jarring.

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Orange Cinema Series Movies Available While Offline on Android Phones

By Amber Riippa | 4/5/2011

Bluestreak Technology announced today that the company has partnered with the European wireless carrier Orange to develop an Orange Cinema Series video on-demand application for Android OS phones and tablets.

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Android Market Now Supports In-App Billing

By Mark Calley | 3/30/2011

Google's Android Market will now support in-app billing, letting developers build in features that customers can purchase while using the app.

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Quickoffice for Android Receives Update and New Name

By Mark Calley | 3/26/2011

There is a new version of the widely-used Office utility Quickoffice for the Android OS. This delivers a ton of new features while also sporting a lower price tag.

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Free TeleNav GPS App Launches for AT&T iPhone

By Mark Calley | 3/25/2011

AT&T iPhone users now have access to the free TeleNav GPS app that launched last month for the competing Verizon iPhone. This offers turn-by-turn spoken directions, but isn't as feature-rich as this company's for-pay apps.

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Qik Offering New iPhone Video Chat App

By Mark Calley | 3/24/2011

Qik, the video chat software producer that was recently purchased by teleconferencing-powerhouse Skype, has just launched the Qik Video Connect app for iPhone. This offers features not in Apple's FaceTime video app.

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Adobe Flash Player 10.2 Released for Android OS

By Ed Hardy | 3/19/2011

Adobe Flash Player 10.1 for Google's Android OS was released last year, and now a new version has been introduced. This brings better performance on dual-core processors, as well as other improvements.

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Navigation by TeleNav Now Free for Verizon Android Phones

By Ed Hardy | 3/17/2011

TeleNav has begun offering a basic turn-by-turn navigation app free to Verizon customers with an Android OS smartphone. The company is also offering a more advanced version of this app for half off.

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Apple iOS 4.3 Features New in-App Purchase Policy to Aid Parents

By Mark Calley | 3/13/2011

Apple's recently released iOS 4.3 for iPhones and iPads received a tweak to its in-app purchasing policy, eliminating the 15-minute window that allowed users to make in-app purchases without entering a password directly after downloading an app.

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