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There Can Only Be One: Part Duex

8:40AM John Herrman | App developers have it hard enough on the iPhone; on Android, they’ve got to keep prices just as low, and sell to a much smaller audience. So how are some of them coping? By packing up and leaving, like Gameloft. More »
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Vimeo Videos Get Friendly With The iPhone And Android

10:34PM Danny Allen | I love Vimeo’s video quality, but unlike YouTube, it doesn’t make my uploads iPhone friendly. But that may change: they’ve already converted all “Staff Picks” and HD video showcases into iPhone and Android-friendly formats, and say there’s more to come. More »
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Droid Does Higher Res Video Streaming With New Qik App

2:46AM Matt Buchanan | Droid records video at an impressive 720×480 resolution — it’s certainly more impressive than its photo prowess anyway — and streaming service Qik’s the first to take advantage of that higher resolution, allowing full res streams later tonight with a beta release. [MobileCrunch]
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Free Adobe Photoshop For Android

3:46AM Matt Buchanan | Photoshop! On Android! Adobe’s free Photoshop app for Android is surprisingly just as slick as the iPhone’s though it’s missing all of the special effects, focusing on basics like saturation, exposure and cropping. More »
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Slacker Radio App Comes To Android Market

5:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Slacker finally brings its excellent streaming music app to the Android Market, adding optimised support for current Android hotshots the Droid and Droid Eris. It’s available now, in either a free “lite” or a paid premium version. [Slacker]
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Google Maps Navigation: A Free, Butt-Kicking, Turn-By-Turn App

1:00AM Brian Lam | Google’s free turn-by-turn navigation for Maps is the news this morning and even in Beta, they got a lot right. It has Google Maps tech, like street and satellite view and search-driven voice controls. Here’s what you need to know. More »
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Augmented Reality App Tracks Where US Gov. Bailout Dollars Went

1:20PM Dan Nosowitz | Layar has a new augmented reality app function for iPhone and Android that’s depressingly topical: It’ll let you see exactly where US bailout money went, via recovery.gov, which is pretty sweet since you sort of own all that stuff! More »
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Android Gets Drafted

5:35AM Chris Jacob | After two years of dignified service on consumer handsets, the United States Military is now looking to send the plucky mobile OS into battle packing a new app from Raytheon. Updated. More »
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LaLa iPhone App And Its 10-Cent Songs Might Be Reality By Year End

10:44AM Rosa Golijan | We heard of LaLa’s iPhone app a year ago, but now, along with their connection to Google’s music service, we’re hearing that the app is going through the approval process with hopes of availability by year end. More »
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Put Your Android Lock Screen To Work With FlyScreen

12:00PM Chris Jacob | There’s a ton of unused space on the Android lock screen. Sure, there’s a nice big clock and notifications appear as needed, but couldn’t it be doing something more useful? It can, with FlyScreen. More »