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Android News of The Week (March 12, 2010)

In an attempt to make you aware of some stories you may have missed during the week, Androinica.com will post a weekly wrap-up of interesting Android news and items that didn’t make it onto our site as full posts. Here’s the first edition of what’s going on in the Android World. Click on the source [...]

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Rumor: Google set to open an Android Market for business? Probably not.

A few people have sent in tips about Google releasing an Android Market geared towards business users. The rumor suggests that the new Market would be a way for Google to highlight Android’s enterprise capabilities, drawing attention away from an app store full of games, soundboards, and “sexy lady” apps. A new market sounds good in [...]

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Android Apps Alert 16: Game, get out of debt, and gain control of your phone

The Android Market is starting to get a nice influx of new apps. Keeping up with those apps is becoming harder with each passing day, which is why Androinica.com highlights the latest apps shooting up the Android Market and a few apps that you may have missed each week. Want to recommend an [...]

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Review: Door 6’s “Vacuum: The Global Competition”

Door 6, developers of “The Training Mission,” an Android game that finished in the TOP 20 games in ADC2, will soon have something new for Android gamers to try out. “Vacuum: The Global Competition” is scheduled for release on March 20, and offers more incentives for winning than your typical high score entry. Apparently, Door [...]

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Gowalla releases official Android app for #SXSW smackdown with Foursquare

Gowalla Android users can rejoice in the fact that Gowalla 1.0 is now available in the Android Market. Though a beta .apk has been circulating over the past few weeks, Gowalla released the official Android app for their check-in service just in time to duke it out with Foursquare at South by Southwest. Both Gowalla and [...]

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MLB.com releases lesser version of At Bat app for Android

MLB.com has released the Android version of its popular baseball app, though it’s lacking the headline feature of live video footage. While the iPhone version of the app features live footage of games, the Android version of At Bat has only live audio streams. Hardcore baseball fans will still get a kick out of MLB.com At [...]

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Slacker Radio 2.0 caches stations for offline playback

Slacker Radio has made good on its promise to deliver cached stations to Android phones. Anyone with a Slacker Radio plus membership will now be able to listen to their favorite stations even if they lose their connection while riding the subway or going into remote areas with weak data connections. A “Cache Station” will include [...]

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Google delivers Android app for Google Earth (Nexus One only)

Google Earth is now available for Android handsets. Android devices can already tap into the World Wide Web through the browser and the stars through Sky, and they can now dot across the globe with 3D imagery from Google Earth. UPDATE: The only people able to download the app are Nexus One owners. This app will [...]

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Android Apps Alert 15: Shop, Surf, and soothe your baby

The Android Market is starting to get a nice influx of new apps. Keeping up with those apps is becoming harder with each passing day. That’s why Androinica.com highlights the latest apps shooting up the Android Market and a few apps that you may have missed each week. Want to recommend an app for an [...]

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Review: Mobile Stream’s EasyTether for non-rooted phones

Good news for owners of non-rooted phones: Mobile Stream’s EasyTether app, already available for Palm, Blackberry, and WinMo users, is now available on the Android Market as a free beta. EasyTether allows you to use your phone’s data connection to provide internet connectivity for your laptop or other device via a USB cable. Because the app [...]

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