The Price Of Free Android Apps – Increased Battery Consumption By 75%, And Data Charges

We all love Android (err, well, okay. Many of us do). I like it. I also like the number of stuff I get for free. Having to spend bucks on an app I’d be trying for a bit is absolutely the kind of stuff I don’t like. Sometimes, if I find the app…

Developers, You Can Port Your Android Apps To The Awesome N9 With Alien Dalvik

There’s this thing about Open Source. It is free, and it is awesome. Just like the Nokia N9. Running on a variant (or mish mash) of MeeGo and Maemo, and called by Nokia as MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan, this is currently Nokia’s best. And yes, it is a show off…

Starbucks Launches It’s Android App, Lets You Pay With Your non-NFC Android

Pretty long title that. But well, it just happens to be that Starbucks, the world’s largest coffeehouse has launched it’s own Android app, realising the rise and rise of Android and the super-phones running it. Amazing.

What can it do? Well, pay for the over-priced coffee and stuff. You can login or create an account, load a card,…

Google Removes Another 10 Malware Apps From The Market

Google seems to be on a cleaning spree. Of late, it has started to sweep out the Android Market clean from Malware apps. All these 10 apps have one thing in common – Angry Birds. These apps were found to be malware-infected by a professor from North Carolina, Xuxian Jiang.

These apps were developed by 3 different devs, all of…

SPB Wallet Debuts On Android, Launch Price $3.50

SPB Wallet, the one thing I personally use on my Symbian (yeah, I still use it) and trust more than any other app, has now debuted on Android. So yeah, now you need not force yourself to remember all the codes, passwords and what not. Just feed them into the app, set a master password, and…

Apply For The SwiftKey VIP Program To Get Access To The Latest Beta

Testing out the latest Betas of exciting apps is really what geeks look out all the time for. So yeah, here’s your chance to get an oppurtunity to get access to the latest Beta of SwiftKey. Just head over to this page and start off by registering. Remember to enter the Invitation code, #swiftkeyFRIDAY at the time of…

AT&T To Start Allowing Installation Of Non-Market Apps

AT&T, the US carrier, seems to be all set to lift the restrictions on the sources of apps. Up until now, users could install on Android Market apps, from within the Android Market. That means you can’t install any .apk file from anywhere else, also called as side-loading. Here’s an excerpt of the statement from an AT&T spokesperson -

In March,…

The First Twitter App For Honeycomb Arrives – Tweetcomb

It’s been a long time coming, but now, there’s a dedicated Twitter app for Honeycomb users, finally. It’s from the very same developer who brought the Newsr app to Honeycomb. It tries to take advantage of ‘fragments design’ aspect of Honeycomb. By the looks of it, it seems quite good. Infact, very good for an Initial Release.

You get to…

AutoCAD WS For Android Coming April 20

Autodesk, the makers of AutoCAD, have announced that the Android version of their popular iOS app, Autocad WS, will arrive this April 20! Not only that, the app will be free and will come with all the bells and whistles of the iOS version.

Wait,…

Nightshade Labs announces Smart Lock 2.0, now with advanced features!

Nightshade Labs today announced the Smart Lock 2.0 with some security improvisations for Android phones.

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