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CBS launches new Android app

CBS Interactive released their official CBS News application for Android today. This app is coming after CBS Sports Pro Football, ZDNet France, and the very useful CNET Scan and Shop. CBSNews offers the latest news stories, video from all of the CBS News shows, and ways that you can share stories and video with Twitter, Email, [...]

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Application Where gets relevant with its own local ad network

Mobile advertisements can seem odd and out of context on most ad supported applications. That is why being able to target advertisements to customers when and where they need them is so important. uLocate, the comapany that created Where a location-based search and recommendation app, announced that they are starting their own “hyper-local” advertising network called Where [...]

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[UPDATE] Shuffle is a free productivity app with GTD geeks in mind

If you are stressing out about work or school deadlines, can’t find time to finish things at home, and just feel like an overall, unproductive mess than you may be in need of some type of productivity system. Shuffle is a free productivity application that uses the “Getting Things Done” system made famous by David [...]

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AppManager: simple Android app backup and restoration

So, we went on the lookout for an app backup solution in the Market and came across AppManager. AppManager is free and allows the user to backup a single app or all apps installed at one time to SD. It also allows you the options to launch, uninstall, or search the market for the application again.

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App Referrer allows others to be directed to Android apps

App referer is a free app that tries to solve this problem by allowing the user to pick any of the apps they have installed on their Android device, create a QR code for the app in the app store, and then allow the code to be scanned by another Android phone.

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ScanLife mobile app brings more QR code scanning to Android

Today Scanbuy announced their newest ScanLife mobile application for Android, Blackberry, and iPhone operating systems. According to their press release Scanbuy is the "global leader in mobile barcode solutions" and is offering "one of the first applications that can read all barcode formats."

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Dex One Corp. Introduces New Android App for Local Business Search

Dex One Corporation is a marketing services company that helps "local businesses reach, win, and keep ready-to-buy customers" by connecting them. Dex One launched a new Android app that allows Android users to easily find and locate local businesses that are within their database.

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5 Android Apps for the 2010 Winter Olympics experience

My knowledge of the Winter Olympics is limited to the Miracle on Ice, scenes from Cool Runnings, and a limited number of major news stories from the 2006 games. As the 2010 Winter Olympic Games begin today in Vancouver, I’m going to make an effort to keep up with the latest news and events. If you’re [...]

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Intuitive launches Android interface that predicts user actions

UPDATE: Intuitive’s announcement said that this app was available now but they have not released it to end users. It’s available only to OEM’s, meaning you cannot download it. There’s a new app for the Android home screen that aims to make finding apps and contacts an automatic, easy-to-use process. Intuitiver User Interfaces has introduced One [...]

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Wordpress releases native, open-source Android app

Androinica.com is powered by Wordpress, as is almost every other blog on the Internet. So it brings me great pleasure to say that there’s now an official Wordpress application available from Automattic. The new application is designed to put “the Power of WordPress in Your Pocket” and is available for free. Wordpress for Android is an [...]

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