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SlingPlayer App For Android Coming, Will Stream Over Wi-Fi And 3G

10:54AM Rosa Golijan | Android users will finally have an app to stream media from their SlingBoxes to their smartphones around mid-year. The app will allow for streaming over both Wi-Fi and 3G. There’s no pricing information yet. More »
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I Might Actually Use Google Buzz With This Android Widget

10:51AM Matt Buchanan | Part of the problem with web apps is that they’re not as immediately accessible as something that’s right there on your phone, and with a service like Buzz, if you can’t update your status nearly instantly, it’s not gonna happen. Hence, Google’s new Buzz widget for Android (1.6 and above) makes a hell of a lot of sense, and might actually get me back to using Buzz, at least on mobile. Uploading in the background, also smart. [Google Mobile]
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ZumoDrive Apps Stream Media On Your Phone

3:00AM Rosa Golijan | Whether you’re carrying an iPhone, Android or Palm Pre device, there’s an app available to access ZumoDrive’s cloud service. This means that you can stream nearly all your media and view most documents over Wi-Fi, 3G, and Edge. More »
Entertainment

Rhapsody IPhone App Allows Downloading Songs, For Listening Offline

8:12AM Dan Nosowitz | Rhapsody just released a little teaser video for the next version of its iPhone app (to be followed closely by its new Android app) that marks a major change for the service: You can now download songs instead of streaming. More »
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AT&T: No Non-Market Apps On Android-Based Motorola Backflip

7:44AM Rosa Golijan | Apparently AT&T is struggling a bit with the whole idea of Android, a somewhat open mobile OS. Instead of embracing it and giving users a full experience, they’ve decided to cripple it and not allow the installation of non-market apps. More »
Games

Android Game Vacuum Pays Out In Cold, Hard Cash

12:01AM Kat Hannaford | Ask any gambler, and they’ll say there’s no point in playing unless there’s money to be made. Winning points – it’s fun, but child’s play. Vacuum is billing itself as being the first Android game to offer cash prizes. More »
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Microsoft Gives Android The Free Barcode-Reading Tag App

7:55PM Kat Hannaford | Now that the Apple vs Google war has eclipsed the Microsoft vs Google war, Microsoft has felt it safe to quietly slip the Android platform a freebie. Tag is a high-capacity, colour barcode reader also available for iPhone. More »
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Use Written Gestures To Search Your Android Phone

12:34PM Rosa Golijan | Forget typing out searches or searching by voice. Devices running Android 2.0 can now use Google Gesture Search to find contacts, music and more. All you have to do is “draw” letters on the screen. More »
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Car Locator Android App Makes $US13,000 A Month

11:27PM Kat Hannaford | It may not be the $US1 million that Tapulous brings in each month for its Tap Tap Revenge series of iPhone apps, but independent developer Edward Kim is understandably pleased with his $US13,000/month from the Car Locator Android app. More »
Games

Quake III Runs Fragtastically On A Droid

1:11AM Mark Wilson | Ten years ago, Quake III required a PC tower with some gaming cred. Today, all you need is a smartphone running Android 1.6 or later. And it’s even a free download. More »