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News360 for Phones

| FREE | News360 LLC

All the news that is fit for your smartphone or tablet - iPhone app article - Brad Spirrison | Appolicious ™ iPhone and iPad App Directory - iPhone Apps: Find, share and track | Appolicious ™ iPhone App Directory

News media consumption patters are evolving, and the most discriminating information junkies expect to dial into their favorite stories from any place, at any time, on any device. Increasingly, daily newspapers are releasing official apps for Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android devices. Many papers are also creating mobile versions of their websites that suit smaller screens on virtually any mobile platform. So, beyond mobile offerings from your favorite publications, what are the best apps to find and curate the news that matters most to you? Try downloading these first. Out of the hundreds of viable apps that aggregate news feeds from around the world, News360 deserves front page placement. The app pulls stories from more than 5,000 participating publications, and allows users to personalize the information that eventually reaches them on their devices (or via the web at news360.com). The state-of-the-art semantic analysis technology found within News360 enables users to delve deeper within stories and access background information about the people, organizations and issues that comprise the news. Users can also choose news suited to their own geographic or ideological vantage points. Looking for the serendipity found in picking up a broadsheet paper and stumbling upon a story that didn’t meet your specified interests? Fear not. The app’s “360 view” feature helps you uncover articles off-the-beaten-path. The customization for News360 is on the inside and out. Separate versions of the app and service are available for iPhones/iPod Touches, iPads, Android smartphones, Android tablets, Windows Phone 7 devices and the BlackBerry Playbook tablet in addition to the web. See a news story on the web at the office that you would like to read while on your bus or train commute home? Virtually clip it and save the story to read later with Instapaper. Instapaper makes it extremely easy to save stories Read More

Walmart

| FREE | Walmart

Find the best holiday deals with these mobile shopping applications - iPhone app article - Brad Spirrison | Appolicious ™ iPhone and iPad App Directory - iPhone Apps: Find, share and track | Appolicious ™ iPhone App Directory

Just as the Internet and e-commerce forever changed the retail industry more than a decade ago, smartphone and tablet applications are having a dramatic impact on how consumers shop and locate the best deals near them. By some estimates, more than 75 percent of smartphone owners use their devices to influence purchasing decisions. So what are the best shopping apps to snap up and use throughout this holiday season? You’ll find good deals downloading any of these five applications. Spreading out newspaper coupon circulars all over the breakfast table on Black Friday morning for many of us remains an annual tradition. But if you are looking for a new method to identify the best deals near you, Catalogue by TheFind beautifully condenses these promotions all in one place. The free iPad app (also available for many Android tablet devices) showcases catalogues from the likes of more than 70 retailers including Nordstrom, LEGO and J.Crew. Stay tuned for an update that will bring an augmented reality element into the app. This breakthrough technology will enable users to do things like visualize how a prospective couch they might purchase from Crate & Barrel would look like in their dens. Pretty cool. For more than a decade, the popular website BradsDeals.com has helped bargain-hunters scout out great sales. A new iPhone app specific to Black Friday 2011 was just released that allows consumers to carry around coupons from more than 100 retailers in their pockets. Dial-up redeemable coupons from the likes of Best Buy, Sears and Toys R Us while you’re in the store, or purchase discounted products from participating retailers right from your device. Virtually every major retailer now offers one or a series of several mobile applications designed to attract new consumers and better engage existing ones. Rather than copying and pasting Read More

YP Local Search & Gas Prices

| FREE | Yellowpages.com LLC

Dial up Yellow Pages’ local apps for iOS or Android - iPhone app article - Brad Spirrison | Appolicious ™ iPhone and iPad App Directory - iPhone Apps: Find, share and track | Appolicious ™ iPhone App Directory

The Yellow Pages contact directory is traditionally one of the easiest ways to find businesses, addresses, and phone numbers. Taking efforts to stay ahead of the curve, the product has evolved to bypass the print era into its current web-based form and mobile presence. For example, the YP Yellow Pages & Gas Prices app’s mid-September update emphasizes local to the max, giving consumers the ability to find the best gas prices and share local deals on goods. Despite YP’s shift into mobile apps, you can still let your fingers do the walking. In this edition of Meet the Makers Rohan Chandran, AT&T’s Executive Director of Mobile Product Management, discusses the evolution of YP apps, the company’s three P’s of app development, the differences found in developing an app for iOS versus Android, and much more. Appolicious: The YP iPhone app just released a substantial update. Explain how the app has evolved since launching more than three years ago in concert with the App Store. Rohan Chandran: Our goal has been and continues to be connecting consumers and businesses in a manner that benefits both parties. How we address that goal will continue to evolve. Those in the local search market know there's a café around the corner that serves coffee. That's the easy part, and if it isn't completely commoditized today, it will be soon. The challenge for developers is to use that and other information to bring real value to the consumer and help drive their decision-making, on the go. The original YP app for iPhone users, which was one of the first “local” apps in the App Store, brought the business search experience into the user’s palm– connecting them with nearby merchants. Several other useful features, like event search, were also available. Over the past year, we've begun to transform Read More

Ninja Splat

| $0.99 | Ruma Apps

USC’s Visability and Ninja Splat among today’s fresh Android apps - iPhone app article - Kristen Nicole | Appolicious ™ iPad and iPhone App Directory - iPhone Apps: Find, share and track | Appolicious ™ iPhone App Directory

There are some noteworthy apps that have launched today, including the University of Southern California’s Visibility app.  Free, this Android app determines the air visibility, measured in miles, by utilizing images directly from the sky.  Taking a crowd-sourced approach, participants submit their sky images via the app, and USC analyzes the data to determine air quality in a particular region.  On a large scale, an app like Visibility can help individuals make a real difference. A new game to check out is Ninja Splat, by Ruma Apps.  Ninja Splat pits you against evil ninjas that are invading your territory.  Using your paintball gun, take out the evil ninjas to protect your land and your ladies.  Shake your phone to reload your gun, and gain power-ups, bonuses and more.  The full version of Ninja Splat costs 99 cents. Read More

Cliqset

| FREE | Cliqset

Cliqset, Tumblr and other top Android Apps of the Week - iPhone app article - Kristen Nicole | Appolicious ™ iPhone & iPad App Directory - iPhone Apps: Find, share and track | Appolicious ™ iPhone App Directory

This week saw a lot of entertainment and retail app releases in the Android market, as more high-end Android devices make their way to consumers. The growing diversity among these apps is telling of the Android’s influence, as it holds steady against Apple’s iOS domination. Here are the top Android apps of the week. Cliqset’s social updater has gone mobile, with an Android, iPhone and iPad release this week. The free app lets you post and syndicate content to Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz and other accounts, like Foursquare and Evernote. Filter and organize content being shared by friends, and create a unique social stream. Mobile blogging just got simpler with the launch of Tumblr on Android. The blogging tool lets you share photos, videos, audio files, links, chats and text, with posts appearing on your Tumblr site. Free, the new app appears as an option under the “Share” menu from other Android apps, as well. Fourcash’s new Android app combines check-ins with expense reports, keeping tabs on your spending as you visit your favorite venues. Free, Fourcash lets you check into Foursquare, and has space for you to note which friends tagged along, or how much cash you spent. Take a photo of your receipts for records, and log into your account for later access. Who doesn’t love a good highlights reel? ESPN’s upcoming Goals app will bring the best of the UK Premier League’s scores and news clips, live to your Android phone. Free, this second app release from ESPN is the first of its kind, delivering content exclusively before it hits TV screens. The full-service app will cost you about $6 per month. Grooveshark has updated its free Android app this week, optimizing it for the 2.2 (Froyo) OS version. This includes the option to save the app to Read More

Maps

| FREE | Google Inc.

Google Maps adds "Places" and other top Android Apps of the Week - iPhone app article - Kristen Nicole | Appolicious ™ iPhone App Directory - iPhone Apps: Find, share and track | Appolicious ™ iPhone App Directory

It was a pretty good week for the Android Market, with several big brands unveiling their shiny new Android apps. Even Google got in on the fun, updating its Maps app with a dedicated “Places” icon. Barnes & Noble also took the plunge, launching Nook for Android, with Time.com and Gilt not far behind. The Google Maps update includes a “Places” icon for specialized information. For example, you can  filter local venues by category (gas stations, attractions). Venue details include menu links, photos and reviews, incorporating more of Google’s search data into Maps. It’s quite elegant to use, with voice search and custom categories. AOL has recreated its web portal on your Android phone, with its new app aggregating news, mail, Mapquest and search.  Much of the content in the free app is from AOL’s own network, including blogs like Engadget. A second AOL app focusing on financal news is available as well. Clicker Mobile’s free app has brought its Web TV guide to Android phones. Check in while viewing your favorite programs, see what your friends are watching and get custom playlist recommendations. See shows available on-demand, and stream them right from your phone. ShareMyApps has gotten a handy update this week, enabling you to share apps via SMS text messaging. The update makes sharing that much easier amongst Android users, as the free app already supports sharing through email and QR code.  Send your friends direct web and Market links for the apps you recommend to them from your own app installs. Barnes & Noble has finally launched its anticipated Nook eReader. Already available on the iPhone and iPad, Nook arrived to the Android Market shortly after Amazon and Borders. The free app lets you search, purchase and download ebooks. A lending feature lets you loan and borrow ebooks Read More

Yelp

| FREE | Yelp

Yelp for Android, and other location-based newcomers - iPhone app article - Kristen Nicole | Appolicious ™ iPhone App Directory - iPhone Apps: Find, share and track | Appolicious ™ iPhone App Directory

Yelp’s local search and reviews service has finally landed in the Android Market, with a few cool features rarely seen in first-release apps.  With location-based tools becoming more practical and popular on smartphones, here are a few other apps that will help you get familiar with your surroundings. Yelp has made its way to Android, bringing customer reviews to local venues.  Search for nearby businesses and get their contact details with navigation options.  Leave your own reviews and mark your favorites. The monocle tool adds augmented reality layers to your surroundings, giving you this necessary information overlaid through your phone camera. Google Maps has added an update to support Google Latitude, the tool that brings your friends (Google contacts) into your map. See who’s nearby and send them a message, see reviews of local venues and socially orient yourself whenever you’d like. Need something to do around town? Pull up Goby in the Android Market. The free app combines a local search with an events search to help you find something to get into.  Goby has more than 300 categories in its database, from galleries to caving.  Get contact details for search results, save your favorites and share them with friends on Facebook and Twitter. Vlingo’s voice-activated Android app has been updated with a SuperDialer, letting you connect directly to local venues.  For $4.99, you can tell your phone to call a pizza parlor, and Vlingo will search for local pizza places and call them directly.  Easy as (pizza) pie. Juanio is a free augmented reality app for Android with a few custom features.  Using image and object recognition, the app lets you add your own views for augmenting your surroundings (via the phone camera). View others’ channels for travel, localized games and anything else you can dream up. Go800 is Read More

Official eBay Android App

| FREE | eBay Mobile

Moodagent and other top Android Apps of the Week - iPhone app article - Kristen Nicole | Appolicious ™ iPhone App Directory - iPhone Apps: Find, share and track | Appolicious ™ iPhone App Directory

The summer heat is no competition for the red-hot Android Market, with Google announcing its App Inventor DIY kit, enabling anyone to easily make a mobile app.  Moodagent also made its Android debut, while eBay expanded its mobile app reach to the UK, Australia and Canada. Here are the week’s top apps for Android. Google launched its App Inventor in closed beta this week, creating a lot of excitement around the new DIY tool for making Android apps.  The idea is to make programming and development an easy task, so you can focus on the features, distribution and monetization of your mobile presence.  Get ready for the Android Market to get flooded. eBay’s Android app also made its way around the world, launching Australian, British and Canadian apps.  Debuting at the same time as eBay’s iPhone app dedicated to mobile sellers, the virtual action house is pouring a lot of resources into a widespread mobile front. Price Grabber is also making a big splash with the launch of its Android app.  You can scan barcodes to search its network, aggregating products from thousands of retailers. From the free app, you can also read reviews, calculate total costs, save favorites and purchase items via direct links to merchant sites. SalesTrackr has seen significant growth since switching from premium to “freemium,” which is encouraging for the business app market targeted toward Android users.  Create invoices and send them out, manage your virtual warehouse and save files to your SD card. SalesTrackr has several key options for business users for factoring in things like tax exempt hours and more. Trillian is on its way to the Android Market, with an upcoming app bringing all of your chat clients together. Use AIM, Google Talk, Facebook and others, all at once. You’ll get notifications for new Read More

Borders eBooks

| FREE | BordersOnline

Borders on Android and other top Android Apps of the Week - iPhone app article - Kristen Nicole | Appolicious ™ iPhone App Directory - iPhone Apps: Find, share and track | Appolicious ™ iPhone App Directory

Things are really heating up with ebook readers for Android; a release from Borders makes this the third week in a row we’ve seen a major ebook reader launch a product in the Android Market. In addition to the bookworm booty, a number of other utility and informational apps received updates this week, including WordPress and Sprite Backup. Borders has made a splash into Android with the free eBooks app.  Powered by Kobo, which also launched recently on Android, the Borders app lets you access your account, download digital books and customize your reading experience, including font sizes and bookmarks. WordPress’ free Android blogging app got a major update this week, adding more management tools on the go.  View stats, moderate multiple comments at once, stylize text with the visual editor and enjoy the redesigned writing screen.  The new options make mobile blogging considerably easier, especially for professionals. Sprite Backup updated its Android app this week, with new scheduling options and migration support for Android ROM upgrades.  For $4.95, the app is reasonably priced for the service provided, which includes backup capabilities for text messages, call logs, contacts, photos, settings, and Box.net integration. PhoneWeaver has launched a controls app that lets you create profiles for auto-managing your phone.  Set your ringer based on calendar meeting start- and end-times, or turn on your GPS when you plug it into the car. At nearly $7, the PhoneWeaver aims to make your apps work together in order to smartly manage your phone actions. Yelp has gone the way of Foursquare, with check-ins for its free Android app.  Yelp also added an augmented reality feature, called Monocle, which allows you to use your camera to see a radar screen, thus offering a different way to visualize your surroundings. Find local businesses and see an overlay Read More

Pet Android Widget

| FREE | Eyes-Free Project

Android apps that speak to you - iPhone app article - Kristen Nicole | Appolicious ™ iPhone App Directory - iPhone Apps: Find, share and track | Appolicious ™ iPhone App Directory

The ability of smartphones to truly become our personal assistants is becoming more of a reality, thanks to their ability to talk to us.  From tweets to flash cards, Android apps are finding countless ways to integrate text-to-speech, making us more productive and able to learn. Here are some Android apps that really talk to you. Google’s Eyes-Free Project has a range of free Android apps that support speech recognition. The apps, which include a comic viewer, are free, and work with native and third-party apps on your phone. Pet Android, for instance, responds to your voice commands to carry out various device actions, while Talkback reads aloud almost any text. Google Maps, the free tool that is a default app on most Android devices, added voice navigation not too long ago.  Now, you can have turn-by-turn directions spoken to you as you drive.  There are no fancy voice effects, but the app works smoothly and gets the job done quite well. A fun learning tool for the little ones is Preschooler.  The $2.37 Android app features flashcards to teach children the alphabet, with an engaging game-like format.  There are five levels to work through, along with your choice of a male or female voice to help your child along. The Voice is an ambitious app that combines sonar with the live camera, speaking to the vision-impaired so they know what’s in their immediate environment.  The free app creates an augmented reality, reading aloud signs, describing certain objects (including color), and even integrating a live chat feature. For 99 cents, you can have your tweets read to you with TweetsAloud.  Hear the latest from your stream, and hear what your friends are talking about.  The app will keep quiet if your phone is on silent or vibrate, so you don’t have Read More