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Vimeo App Hits Android Market

David Wasserman — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:01:20 +0000

Vimeo App Hits Android Market is a post from: Android Phone Geek

Vimeo, the popular video sharing site, has launched an Android application.

Features:

Watch and manage all your existing Vimeo videos and download them to your camera roll
Quickly search for videos on vimeo.com
Easily upload your raw footage in HD
Pause and resume uploads
Replace existing videos
Edit title, description, tags, privacy and credits
Share with Facebook, Twitter, Email or SMS
Add your clips to your Groups, Channels and Albums
Stats on daily plays, likes and comments

The official Vimeo app requires Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and is also compatible with tablets. Use the link below to grab your copy.

Android Market Link

TiVo App For Android Released

David Wasserman — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:51:19 +0000

TiVo App For Android Released is a post from: Android Phone Geek

If you have been waiting for an Android App to go with your TiVo, today is your lucky day. The TiVo app has been released for Android.

Features of TiVo for Android include:

Schedule – Schedule one-time recordings and Season Pass® recordings from the device at home or on-the-go.
Get more from your shows and movies – Explore cast and crew and other recommendations of your favorite shows without interrupting the big screen.
Search – Search for TV shows, movies, actors or directors across both broadcast and broadband from providers such as Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Instant Video and more.
Share comments with your friends – From within the TiVo App, comment and share your thoughts on your favorite programming on social networks such as Facebook or Twitter.
Gesture-based controls – Now you can take complete control of all recordings, even move forward and backward though a show with a simple tap or swipe.
Program Guide – Browse your full-screen TV program guide without interrupting TV viewing.
Guest Mode – If you don’t already have a TiVo DVR, you can still get the TiVo experience. Users can browse, search and scroll through program and channel guides and experience the simplicity of the TiVo interface.

Android Market Link

Google + Android App Updated

David Wasserman — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:00:58 +0000

Google + Android App Updated is a post from: Android Phone Geek

The Google+ app for Android has been updated bringing some improvements in functionality. With this latest update, Google has giving users the ability to hide 1:1 Huddles and has improved the reliability of notifications. To hide a 1:1 Huddle, go into your conversation hit Menu and then Hide.

Here is the full changelog:

Improved notifications reliability
“_add to circle” notifications shown in bulk
Share stream posts to individual people
Clicking a +mention takes you to the person’s profile
+mentions now autofill from your Circles
Stream no longer resets to top when screen is rotated
Nearby accuracy
Start a 1:1 huddle from a person’s profile or a group huddle from a circle profile
Hide 1:1 huddles
Clickable links in huddles
Improved autocomplete when adding a person to a huddle

To download the update head on over to Android Market or use the links below.

Android Market Link

Skype Updated Fro Two-Way Video Calling, Only For Select Devices

David Wasserman — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:26:23 +0000

Skype Updated Fro Two-Way Video Calling, Only For Select Devices is a post from: Android Phone Geek

Skype has updated their Android App and it allows for two-way video calling from your Android Phone.

You can find the update in the market and here’s the catch. The update is only enabled for selected handsets:

Nexus S
HTC Desire S
Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo
Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro

So if you have one of the mentioned devices, you can grab the app update from Android Market.

Active.com Launches Android App

David Wasserman — Wed, 11 May 2011 21:07:17 +0000

Active.com Launches Android App is a post from: Android Phone Geek

Active.com has launched an Android app that enables users to sign-up for over 100,000 events and actives from their Android device. Users can also access articles, race course maps, save favorite activities, rate and review races and share information via social networks.

Some key features include:

Finding activities near you
Registering for activities on the go
Searching for and saving activities and articles for later viewing
Reading reviews
Sharing via email, Facebook and Twitter
Getting map locations and driving directions to activities

To get started with the Active.com app for Android, use the links below.

Android Market Link

http://www.active.com/mobile

Google Docs Android App Now Available

David Wasserman — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:59:35 +0000

Google Docs Android App Now Available is a post from: Android Phone Geek

Better late then never! Google has released their official Google Docs Android application. You can access all your Google Docs, in any of your Google accounts. Tons of features including filter, search, star, rename, edit, read, upload new content from your phone, open docs directly in gmail, the whole nine yards!

One really cool feature is you can take a photo of a physical document with your phone’s camera, and it scans it into the proper Google Doc.

Features:

Designed for Android to save you time finding your docs
Edits to your documents appear to collaborators in seconds
Make quick changes to spreadsheets
View your documents, PDFs, images and more.
Upload and convert files to the Google Docs format
Take a photo of printed text and convert it to a Google document
Share docs with your phone’s contacts

Get your copy with the links below! [Google Mobile Blog]

Android Market Link

Skype Updated, 3G Calling Now Included

David Wasserman — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:07:41 +0000

Skype Updated, 3G Calling Now Included is a post from: Android Phone Geek

Skype has updated their Android app for your downloading pleasure. The update mainly addresses a security hole in which your data including contacts was stored insecurely. The other main facet of the update is you can now make calls worldwide over your 3G network.

So, if you are willing to make nice with Skype over the security misstep, you can grab the update from Android Market or by using the links below.

Android Market Link

LinkedIn For Android Now Available

David Wasserman — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 01:01:18 +0000

LinkedIn For Android Now Available is a post from: Android Phone Geek

LinkedIn for Android is now available after being Beta only for the last several months. It’s compatible with Android 2.1 and higher.

I’ve been using the beta for quite some time and it’s a well built app. Now that the general public can give it a try, they’ll be future updates for sure but if you have a LinkedIn account it’s a nice compliment on you mobile device.

You can use the download links below to grab your copy.

Android Market Link

4shared Now Available For Android

David Wasserman — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:25:27 +0000

4shared Now Available For Android is a post from: Android Phone Geek

4shared has released their Android application so users can access their account via an Android mobile device. 4shared is a popular file sharing site and it’s great to see they came to Android.

You can manage or create a 4shared account which will allow you to upload and download files, search for files and copy hosted files to your account. Also included in the application itself is a picture viewer and video player. 4shared is free for devices running Android 2.1 or higher.

Check out the video, press release and grab your download below.

Android Market Link

Click here to view the embedded video.

Press Release:

The 4shared Mobile for Android, an application developed by 4shared.com, a file sharing service, has been accepted for display on Android Market recently.

4shared Mobile for Android gives the direct access to users 4shared web account. With 4shared Mobile users can create, rename, group and delete folders, download files from their web account directly through their phones.

Other 4shared Mobile features include:

1. Multiple files upload and download
2. Advanced search and storing searches data
3. Cut/copy/paste multiple files
4. sharing your favorite files with your friends;
5. adding files to your list of favorites for a quick access;

4shared’s head of marketing Andrew Liulko says:

“The 4shared Mobile application for Android based phones was launched at the end of 2010. Seeing our application listed on Android Market is surely good news to us and hopefully for our costumers too”.

4shared Mobile for Android is available at Android Market via this link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.forshared&feature=search_result

To find out more about other benefits 4shared provides visit the official website of the service http://4shared.com/

About 4shared:

Founded in 2005 4shared.com keeps on growing and gives an opportunity to store, manage and share data on the web for free. 4shared is much used worldwide, but most actively in the USA, Brazil, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

4shared provides users with 15 GB of free storage space and let’s upload an unlimited number of files up to 2 GB in size. 4shared is the service to back up, store and share your files online for free.

SwiftKey Keyboard Free Today In Amazon Appstore

David Wasserman — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:15:35 +0000

SwiftKey Keyboard Free Today In Amazon Appstore is a post from: Android Phone Geek

Don’t worry, we’re not going to mention every free app that shows up in the Amazon Appstore. Today’s app is a little different because it’s one of my favorite keyboard apps. Today only, the SwiftKey Keyboard is free in the store as part of Amazon’s free app of the day offer.

SwiftKey predicts your most likely next word based on what you’ve already written. It learns as you use it and from your message archive to make predictions amazingly accurate over time.

Features:

Predicts your next word with great accuracy
Auto-learns & corrects as you type
New HD skin
Multiple-option voice to text
Multi-touch
Predicts in two languages

Swiftkey Keyboard is usually $1.99 so head over today to the Amazon Appstore to grab your FREE copy!

SwiftKey Keyboard at Amazon App Store