Puzzle Agent 2 Coming to iPhone by Summer

By Grant Hatchimonji | 3/12/2011

Puzzle Agent 2 is on its way, scheduled for a spring or summer release on the iPhone, iPad, PC, and Mac, featuring puzzles that are perfect for the touch interfaces found on the iPhone and iPad.

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Android OS Getting Adobe Flash Player 10.2 Next Week

By Ed Hardy | 3/11/2011

Adobe has just announced that many smartphones running Google's Android OS will be getting an update to the latest version of Flash Player in just a few days. This will bring better performance on dual-core processors, as well as other improvements.

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Google Maps Navigation for Android Now Routes Around Traffic

By Mark Calley | 3/8/2011

Google is trying to alleviate one of life's major frustrations for drivers with its latest update to the Google Maps Navigation software for Android OS -- Google's GPS service will now plan routes that avoid traffic, and re-route if a traffic problem emerges.

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BlackBerry Protect App Now Widely Available

By Mark Calley | 3/7/2011

The beta version of the new BlackBerry Protect application is now in wide release, providing BlackBerry phone users with a way to protect their data and keep track of their hardware.

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Carriers Want Their Share of Billions in Apps Revenue

By Dragan Petric | 3/4/2011

In his latest column, our European correspondent Dragan Petric explains how wireless carriers around the world are trying to get a cut of the billions of dollars currently funneling through mobile software stores.

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Skyfire 3.0 iPhone Web Browser Strongly Integrated with Facebook

By Mark Calley | 3/3/2011

Skyfire has released a new version of its iPhone mobile web browser. Skyfire 3.0 heavily integrates Facebook into the browsing experience, making the social media network the crux of the web surfing experience.

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BlackBerry Messenger Could Be Headed for Android OS, iPhone

By Ed Hardy | 3/3/2011

Research in Motion (RIM) is reportedly going to release a version of BlackBerry Messenger for rival operating systems. If true, this will be a significant change in strategy, as BBM has long been one of the top reasons why people buy a BlackBerry.

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Xfinity TV App Integrates Android Smartphones into TV Watching Experience

By Mark Calley | 3/2/2011

Comcast has just released the Xfinity TV app in the Android Market, which provides several useful smartphone/television cross-over functions on devices running Google's operating system.

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Verizon Wireless V Cast Music Turned into a Full-Fledged Music Store App

By Mark Calley | 2/22/2011

Verizon has taken some steps forward with its V Cast Music app, adding several features that increase the store's usefulness and applicability for Android OS users. This includes the ability to buy DRM-free songs.

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Apple's App Store Unfazed by Competition

By Mark Calley | 2/19/2011

The Apple App Store has held strong in the face of competition from the Android Market and other brands' stores. Reporting from industry analysts at IHS Inc. shows that Apple's store showed year-over-year growth of 132% from 2009 to 2010, with revenue ballooning to $1.8 billion.

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Adobe Flash and AIR Show Wide Adoption on Smartphones

By Mark Calley | 2/16/2011

Adobe took the Mobile World Congress as an appropriate venue to announce that its Flash player and Integrated Runtime (AIR) software have achieved a widespread presence on mobile devices.

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Confession Via an iPhone App Gets Catholic Church Approval

By Mark Calley | 2/13/2011

A new iPhone application Confession: A Roman Catholic App released by Little i Apps is not exactly confession, at least not yet. Instead, it's something of a stop gap between in-person confessions.

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