Turn your Galaxy Nexus into a pocket console with Ice Cream Sandwich
Ice Cream Sandwich is cool, but with this tweet from Romain Guy, it gets even cooler. It turns out your Galaxy Nexus can be turned into a pocket video gaming console with support for full-fledged game controllers. Honeycomb already had this feature, but it’s nice to see …
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Android Joins Twitter, Gives us an Ice Cream Sandwich Wave
For all you Android fans out there constantly checking your Twitter feeds for updated news and information about Ice Cream Sandwich, I have some good news for you. You can now get updated Android information straight from the source. That’s right — Android has joined …
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Verizon Says Droid Bionic Twitter Account Isn’t Official
Earlier today we learned that the Droid Bionic would be dropping on September 8th, as seen in a tweet from @DroidBionic. As it turns out, this Twitter account is not affiliated with either Verizon or Motorola. What exactly does that mean? Basically, the September 8th date …
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Twitter for Android Updated, Now Includes Multiple Account Support
Ladies and gentlemen, multiple account support, push notifications, and updated widgets are finally available on the official Twitter for Android app! Twitter announced on their blog that version 2.1 of the app brings these features and “a bunch of other improvements and bug fixes”.
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What is the Nexus Surprise from Google?
Today, the official Twitter account for the Google Nexus Phones has just tweeted out a rather vague post. We have a surprise for you today. Stay tuned! All we want to know is what could this mean? We already have a release date for the …
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(UPDATE) Help T-Mobile Reach 100,000 Twitter Followers by Taking the Kmobs Challenge!
One of our friends from the CyanogenMod team, KMobs, has taken on a unique challenge in hopes of winning a T-Mobile G-Slate for his birthday. The challenge? Help T-Mobile get to 100,000 Twitter followers in week’s time. KMobs made the challenge to T-Mo over twitter as a joke, but was pleasantly surprise when which Magenta accepted! It’s a pretty cool move on their part, especially when the couch it in the fact that T-Mo wants to support the dev community when they can. When asked for a quote, KMobs had this to say:
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Seesmic 1.7 Released with A Host of Shortcuts and Customization Options
Popular Twitter and Facebook client Seesmic released an update into the Android Market yesterday, adding a variety of new options for users. Centered around giving you what you need in as little time as possible, these new features include shortcuts for composing tweets/updates, saved Twitter …
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Twidroyd Reinstated, New Version Available
If you’ve been jonesing for some Twidroyd since Twitter suspended it on Friday, your wait is over. Earlier today, Twitter announced that the popular Android app has had its API access restored, now that parent company UberMedia has taken steps “to remedy the violations.” Shortly …
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Twitter Suspends UberTwitter and twidroyd for Policy Violations, Now What?
Twitter has handed down a few suspensions today for some Android twitter clients. Thanks to violations of policies, users are being forced to look elsewhere.
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The End Of The Road For Google Buzz?
Since its highly controversial release back in February of 2010, Google Buzz has failed to attract a fair share of positive spotlight. In fact, besides Buzz’s deep Gmail and Maps integration, the service doesn’t really bring anything truly unique to the table. For the social …
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Tweetcaster Lets You Tell Tweeters to Zip It
With Tivo, I almost never watch live TV, delaying even big games and season finales so that I can skip the ads. But since I always have one eye on Twitter, occasionally a surprise is spoiled when I see someone tweet who’s watching in real time. Handmark’s Twitter client Tweetcaster has added a feature that will help solve that problem.
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Watch What You Say: YouMail Adds “Social Voicemail”
Think twice before you leave a message with that fascinating story about what’s happening to the toenail on your pinky toe: it may end up on Facebook. YouMail (and competitor PhoneFusion) has been providing visual voicemail for Android since long before a Google Voice app existed, …
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Dan Morill: No Minimum Requirements for Honeycomb
Rejoice, folks. This tweet from Dan Morrill, Android Open Source & Compatibility Tech lead, means more than meets the eye. This officially opens up all possibilities for custom ROM makers, as there aren’t any minimum processor requirements for Honeycomb. Before you worry that this will …
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LevelUp Changes ‘Touiteur’ to ‘Plume’ After Twitter Request
Remember the e-mail Twitter sent to the Touiteur developers, about the name of their application? In case you don’t, it briefly contained this message: “Change the name of your app or we will start prosecution.”
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Android Trended Higher Than Justin Bieber in 2010
Twitter has put together a list of the top trending topics over the last year, complete with a breakdown of they were calculated. We knew Android was growing in popularity, but we didn’t realize it had reached Justin Bieber proportions. Yeah, that’s right – our beloved green robot was hotter than The Biebs.
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