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Feb

Carbon App Backup Updated With Battery Life Improvements, Better Syncing, And More

Posted by Ryan Whitwam in Applications, Apps/Games, News

The new app backup offering from ClockworkMod is one of the most impressive apps we've seen recently. It makes saving your app data a breeze, and it doesn't even require root. The initial release was good, but Koush has pushed an update that adds a few features and cleans up some errant bugs.

Here's the full list of changes:

Notification progress bars
External SD Card support
Fix battery drain bug in carbon server
Android sync works over wifi now, and allows APK sync
Temple Run (and others) Fix: Restores now support external files directory
Scheduled backups now notifies about any lock screen issues and no longer unnecessarily start the Carbon server
Create a .nomedia file per backup
Backup and restore confirm is now more reliable
Fixed issues on Asus tablets
Detect desktop backup password errors

Of particular interest here is the fix for battery drain while running the Carbon server.

Feb

'The Predicktor' Will Allegedly Predict Penis Size Based On Your Butt Size (And Other Very Personal Info)

Posted by Eric Ravenscraft in Applications, News

A doctor did this. Before I get any deeper into this story, I want to point out that a person with the prefix "Dr." in front of his name—Dr. Christopher Culligan, a Canadian ER physician and instructor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, to be precise—is responsible for this mobile app that promises to infer a man's size based on a variety of factors. This criteria includes but is not limited to height, shoe size, butt size and whether the man is gay or straight. Seriously.

I can't believe I actually get to write these words, but of all the apps I've seen that promise to measure a man's member, this has to be the best.

Feb

Dropbox Unveils New Sync API For Mobile Devs, Makes Dropbox Integration In Apps Smoother And Simpler

Posted by David Ruddock in Applications, News

Dropbox integration is something I've come to rely on in Android - I honestly don't know if I could do without it. Whether through the native share interface, or via direct integration with a particular app, Dropbox is my go-to for cloud storage, and has been for a while. Mobile developers wanting deep Dropbox sync integration in their apps, though, have generally been left to their own devices, necessitating the creation of custom-made solutions for those wanting to go beyond simple upload and download.

That all changes today, though, with the introduction of the Sync API. Its job is relatively simple: if you're using an app that either pulls files from, or send files to Dropbox, the Sync API will allow that app to hand off the job of making sure everything gets from point A to point B (and back again) correctly to Dropbox.

Feb

Twitter For Android Updated To v3.7, Adds New Search Experience, 'Mentions Only' Setting For Connect Tab, And More

Posted by David Ruddock in Applications, News

Twitter for Android received its first update in almost two months today, though it's a rather focused one: the 'search' experience has been substantially revamped. Now, instead of merely getting people and tweets results tabs, you get a mixed feed of results that can be refreshed by pulling down.

The results, as far as I can tell, are organized in three ways: tweets, people, and top tweets. If there are any Top Tweets for a particular search term, you'll see those tweets on top of the general tweet results. Above those will be the people results. Pulling down from the top of the results page will give you the newest tweets matching your search, up to about the last 15 seconds.

Feb

Channel 4's 4oD Comes To Android In The UK, Provides You With Your Inbetweeners Fix On The Go

Posted by John Thompson in Applications, News

If, like many people in the UK, you like to sit down to a bit of The Inbetweeners or The IT Crowd in the evening, or maybe you just like your news delivered by Jon Snow, you're going to like what we're about to tell you: Channel 4 has finally made its 4oD app available on Android.

Using the app, you'll be able to watch content from Channel 4, E4 and More4 without paying a penny, although like most other catch-up TV services, the content will be ad-supported before you begin to watch your show. Like the web version of 4oD, you can access shows for 30 days after they air, and go through the archives to pick out memorable episodes from the past 30 years.

Feb

Winamp Updated To Version 1.4.6 With Notification Player Controls

Posted by Liam Spradlin in Applications, News

Popular (and well-established) music manager/player Winamp got an update today, bringing the app to version 1.4.6 and introducing (among other things) long-awaited notification player controls. The controls match the look and feel of the app they belong to, using a design language that (unfortunately) doesn't look like it's been revisited in a while. That said, they work like a charm, and add much-needed functionality.

Besides that, users will enjoy several bug fixes (primarily involving SHOUTcast and AAC playback), and some streamlined code on the Now Playing screen. In other words, behind-the-scenes stuff.

If you're already loving Winamp and want to get the notification player controls the app has so long been wanting, hit the widget to grab the update.

Feb

Carbon For Twitter Review: You Forgot The Beta Tag

Posted by Ryan Whitwam in App Reviews, Applications, Apps/Games, Reviews

Carbon has had a long and tumultuous journey on its way to the Google Play Store. It was a headlining app on the now-defunct webOS. After that it enjoyed a brief stint on Windows Phone before the developers rage-quit the Microsoft ecosystem. So here we are many months later and Carbon is finally tweeting from an Android phone near you. Was it worth the wait? Can it unseat the reigning champions of Twitter? Let's find out.

Features

Twitter apps on Android have gotten very mature in the last few years. You can't just throw out any old thing and expect people to use it – you've got to have the big features.

Feb

Your Lunch Goes Viral: Full Instagram Feeds Are Now In The Web Browser

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Applications, News

Since the dawn of time, people have been using the internet to share images of cats and food (and maybe some other stuff). Then something called Instagram came along that changed the way people share said images. As a social network based on pictures, everything from your bff's lunch to what your Aunt Cindy is making for dinner was only a tap, flick, and touch away. There was only one problem: Instagram was only available in the mobile space.

The Instagram team knew that people wanted pictures of food on places aside from their mobile, so they introduced the ability to see profiles from Instagram.com.

Feb

MoviePass Releases Its Android App, Allows Theater Addicts To Track Movies, Perks And More

Posted by Eric Ravenscraft in Applications, News

MoviePass sounds like a pretty fantastic service for movie buffs. Pay a set fee every month, and you can go to the theater as much as you would like (with a fairly lengthy list of caveats). It's Netflix, but for all the movies that are out now. While it wouldn't be of much interest to the casual viewer who might only see one or two flicks a year, the avid viewer could save tons of money. What's a sweet subscription without an Android app to go along with it, though?

Most of the functions of this app can probably already be performed by your theater app of choice, however being able to look up listings that only include participating locations is a handy filter to have.

Feb

37 Best (And 1 WTF) New Android Apps And Live Wallpapers From The Last 2 Weeks (1/21/13 - 2/4/13)

Posted by Jeremiah Rice in Applications, Best Apps/Games/LWPs Of The Week, News, Roundups

Last Updated: May 13th, 2013

Welcome to the roundup of the best new Android applications, games, and live wallpapers that went live in the Play Store or were spotted by us in the previous 2 weeks or so.

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