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Google to open retail stores in the US by end of year

By Cory Gunther
on 15 Feb, 2013

Here's a juicy new rumor floating around this fine Friday afternoon. According to an "extremely reliable source" from the people over at 9to5Google it looks like the Mountain View company will be opening a few of their very own retail stores in the United States. Yup, like an actual store you can walk into and be greeted by fellow Googlers. Read on for more details.

App Updates: Facebook, Google+, Temple Run 2 and more

By Cory Gunther
on 14 Feb, 2013

While there's no telling what apps the millions and millions of Android users have installed, especially considering there is more than 700,000 apps in the Play Store. However, today there was a pretty big list of apps getting updated that most users usually have on their phones. So instead of wasting time, here's a list of some popular apps all receiving updates today.

Taylor Swift Greeting Cards app released just in time for Valentine’s Day

By Cory Gunther
on 14 Feb, 2013

Trying to get all in the spirit of Valentine's Day, we decided to share with you this new app that was recently released to help you with all your greeting card needs. I'm not sure how much I'm going to enjoy writing about Taylor Swift, but she has an all-new greeting cards app for Android. Read on below considering today is Valentine's Day, and surely a few of you procrastinated just as I did.

Tamagotchi virtual pets come to Android

By Cory Gunther
on 14 Feb, 2013

This week has been full of nostalgia. First with Pokemon blasting onto the Android scene, and now we have Tamagotchi. Yup, the little virtual pet keychains that were ridiculously popular in the 90s are back to grace our Android smartphones and tablets. To celebrate 16 years in business the Tamagotchi is now available for Android, and your pet will even be in color this time.

Get a taste of Ubuntu Phone OS early with Ubuntu Phone Experience

By Cory Gunther
on 13 Feb, 2013

The developers from Ubuntu have been busy lately building an all new Ubuntu Phone OS that aims to take Android and other smartphones to a new level. Their entire UI is completely different full of gesture-based on screen actions. We've covered it plenty in the past and even got some hands-on time with their new OS. For those that don't want to wait, read on for more details on this new 3rd party app mimicking the OS.

Activision releases ‘Wipeout’ the game for Android

By Cory Gunther
on 11 Feb, 2013

The popular game publisher Activision who is responsible for many of the Call of Duty games have just released a neat new game on the Google Play Store. Everything you love about the fun and goofy hit TV show Wipeout is now available for our Android smartphones and tablets. Yup, Activision Publishing Co has just released the game this afternoon. Read on to find out all the details.

NBA All-Star 2013 app slam dunks into the Google Play Store

By Cory Gunther
on 11 Feb, 2013

Next week down in Houston the NBA will be holding their annual NBA All-Star game where the biggest and best from all sides come for the ultimate game. While we won't discuss whether the All-Star game should stay or go, for those looking for more details they've released the official app to the Play Store. This comes direct from the NBA and is actually pretty impressive.

Pinterest gets more social in new update, improves group boards

By Cory Gunther
on 10 Feb, 2013

The fun and engaging app Pinterest has just been updated by their developers with many new improvements. A large part of the changes were to make the app easier to use, more social, and improve the groups and group management of Pinterest. The new update was detailed this week on their blog and today is available in the Play Store as version 1.3.2 as we speak. Read on for more details.

AMP+ update brings themes and more to your Android music player

By Cory Gunther
on 9 Feb, 2013

Today we have an awesome, lightweight, and intuitive music player for Android called Amp and a donate version Amp+. This week the developers of this impressive 3rd party app have issued a nice update adding tons of new features and fixing a few bugs for their already feature-packed app. If you've been looking for a lightweight music player check this out.

Vector brings Parkour side-scrolling action to Android [Hands-on]

By Cory Gunther
on 8 Feb, 2013

There's certainly no shortage of what we call 2D side-scroller platform games on Android. They're simple, easy to play, and usually a good bit of fun. Meet a new game called Vector that was just released and spotted by Android Police. The same free running side-scroller action we know and love has been mixed into an arcade style Parkour game. It's fun yet challenging so read on for more details and our hands-on video.