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Google Music Manager update brings full library and puchased music downloads

By Cory Gunther
on 26 Jan, 2012

Yes! Finally Google has updated their new Music Manager for Google Music to allow users to download right from their cloud. Originally you could upload all your music but that was it. Now instead of downloading them one at a time we can retrieve the entire library right out of the air and download it to your device or computer -- including purchased tracks from the Android Market.

SwitchMe brings multiple user profiles to (rooted) Android phones and tablets

By Michael Crider
on 26 Jan, 2012

There's one thing that I've heard requested more than anything when it comes to Android tablets: support fur desktop-style user profiles. It's rare that more than one person uses a smartphone, but tablets were practically made for sharing, especially in the communal area of the family coffee table. While Google graciously allows you to connect more than one Gmail account to a single device, true separation (as in apps, passwords, and settings) is impossible. Enter SwitchMe, the first enabler of a truly multi-user device. The app is free in the Android Market, but requires a $1.98 license key for more than two profiles.

Official Steam app in closed beta, available now

By Michael Crider
on 26 Jan, 2012

While we saw at least one impressive attempt at an unofficial Steam app, big daddy Valve has now stepped up and offered an official Steam client for Android. The ubiquitous PC game store-cloud client is incredibly popular among gamers, who have had to settle for access to the desktop web version before now. The Steam app is in beta and available as a free download on the Android Market, but unfortunately, your Steam account needs to be part of the batch of beta users in order to log in.

Star Command: Trekkie RPG with Game Dev Story style

By Michael Crider
on 26 Jan, 2012

Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of War Balloon Games, a tiny indie game developer with a love of all things Star Trek. Their continuing mission: to develop and Android game that combines the classic spacegoing stories of TV's greatest scifi series with 16-bit RPG gameplay. To boldly go where, um, many, many people have gone before, actually. But in an awesome way.

BBC News app updated for Android tablets

By Michael Crider
on 26 Jan, 2012

Anglophiles have been able to get their British Broadcasting Company News fix on Android for a while now, but if you prefer a larger screen, you were stuck with an upscaled interface on tablets. Until now, that is: the BBC just announced an updated News app that plays nice with Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich tablets. At the moment the app is only available to UK users, but according to the news service the international version will soon be updated as well.

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I available now, doesn’t play nice with Galaxy Nexus

By Michael Crider
on 25 Jan, 2012

After the news that Sega was planning on bringing its 2D platforming revival Sonic the Hedgehog 4, Episode II to Android, we were happier than a hedgehog in a hot dog stand - then a little miffed that the company had apparently completely passed over Android for part I, despite releasing it for every other platform including iOS. That small oversight has been corrected today, as Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 1 has been released in the Android Market. You can pick it up now for $3.99.

Tapjoy invests in 130 different Android games

By Michael Crider
on 25 Jan, 2012

Android gaming is growing by leaps and bounds, due in no small part to the prevalent use of free games supplemented with advertising. Mobile application/advertising platform Tapjoy knows this: that's why they set up a fund for aspiring developers, helping them publish their apps to both Tapjoy's directory and the Android Market. The company announced that to date, they've helped publish a whopping 130 Android games. To be fair, the hits are few and far between, but that's par for the course with indie developers.

CyanogenModApps.com is not endorsed by CyanogenMod

By Sam Koutroulakis
on 24 Jan, 2012

The CyanogenMod team is planning to create an 'Android Market'-like application to easily find root applications for your devices. This is a great idea, and even indexing root applications by device compatibility would be a great help to anyone willing to load them to their device. Well, it turns out the website www.cyanogenmodapps.com is in no way connected to the CyanogenMod team.

Snake ’97 emulates your old Nokia brick, buttons and all

By Michael Crider
on 24 Jan, 2012

ShadowGun. Temple Run. Sonic 4. Do all of these dazzling 3D masterpieces leave you longing for a simpler era in mobile gaming? Do you get a warm, fuzzy feeling every time you see a movie where the hero's "top of the line" cell phone uses a black and white screen? Then you're the perfect audience for Snake '97. Forget all these fancy sprites and polygons, toss the touchscreen controls, and bask in the timeless story of dots and a line that loves to eat them. It's a free download in the Android Market.

Darth Maul Me app prepares you to disembowel Jedis

By Michael Crider
on 24 Jan, 2012

Star Wars is coming to the theaters! Again! In 3D! And it's starting from the beginning, the classic 1976 adventure that millions fell in love with... wait, what? It's starting with Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, the lackluster beginning of the downfall of America's greatest sci-fi series? Oh, well - at least we get to see the pod racing and lightsaber duel (you know, the 11 minutes of Episode 1 that are admittedly pretty awesome). To celebrate, Lucasfilm has released the Darth Maul Me app on the Android Market, allowing you to mimic everyone's favorite double-lightsaber murder master.