Tuesday, September 25, 2012

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Google Play Books adds dictionary, places, translation, and highlights

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 04:24 PM PDT

Google has added several new features to make reading Google Play Books on Android a more informative experience. Google Play Books now offers several new features, including the ability to explore places and definitions mentioned in text.
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Verizon iPhone 5 will remain unlocked for use with other carriers, including AT&T

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 11:31 AM PDT

Verizon has no plans to keep customers from using a competing network with an Apple iPhone 5 it sells. That means a Verizon iPhone 5 will be usable with a nano-SIM from another company, including AT&T.
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Groupon acquires dining discount app Savored

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 10:47 AM PDT

Groupon has announced its purchase of Savored, the company that delivers reservations and discounts at local restaurants. Will that affect the way that Savored connects open tables with hungry customers?
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Sparrow will update to support iPhone 5 soon

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 10:16 AM PDT

Sparrow, the popular Mac and iOS email client acquired by Google in July, will issue an update to make the app more compatible with the Apple iPhone 5. Though the app is currently usable under Apple's letterbox-style treatment of apps that don't fit the new resolution of the iPhone 5, Sparrow co-founder Dominique Leca says the app will soon update to more naturally display on the full-screen of the device. The Sparrow members joined the Gmail product team when Google acquired the company, so the upcoming update is likely to be a rare occurrence of a non-bug-fix update to the app.
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Amazon Appstore adds Device Targeting for phones and Kindle Fire

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 07:51 AM PDT

Amazon has announced a new Device Targeting feature that will allow developers to make specific versions of their apps for phones and tablet models, but distribute them under a single listing in the Appstore.
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Sprint launches 4G LTE in parts of Kansas, Illinois, and Massachusetts

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 07:39 AM PDT

Sprint has officially launched its 4G LTE network in five new cities today. Sprint subscribers should begin seeing LTE service in Lawrence, Kan.; Topeka, Kan.; Wichita, Kan.; Waukegan-Lake County, Ill.; and Barnstable-Hyannis/Mid-Cape, Mass. The recently launched markets increase Sprint's total number of LTE cities to 24. Sprint has said that it hopes to be in more than 100 cities by the end of 2013, so this puts the carrier at a quarter of the way through that long process. The company trails AT&T and Verizon, which serves nearly 3 and 20 times as many markets respectively, but it's farther along than T-Mobile, which has yet to launch its LTE network.
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Netflix adds new user experience for Android 2.3 - for real this time

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 07:31 AM PDT

Netflix temporarily updated its user interface last week, but a new update to the Android app has finally made those changes permanent. As I noted last week when the changes first appeared on my Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the new Netflix has a design that more closely resembles the interface on tablet and television apps. It has a new home screen with search, genre browsing, recently viewed movies and TV episodes, and several recommendations. Tapping on a clip brings up information about the film or show, and double-tapping immediately begins playback. Android 2.3 or later is required to see the new interface. Download Netflix for Android
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Samsung begins Galaxy S III Android 4.1 update in Europe, names more devices slated for Jelly Bean

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 07:15 AM PDT

In addition to confirming that it has started pushing Android 4.1 updates to Galaxy S III devices in Poland today, Samsung also confirmed which devices are expected to be updated to Jelly Bean in the coming weeks.
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Apple sells 5 million iPhone 5's on opening weekend, updates 100 million devices to iOS 6

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 06:14 AM PDT

Apple announced today that it has sold more than 5 million units of its iPhone 5 since September 21, making the iPhone 5 Apple's most successful phone launch to date.
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Apple hiring Google Maps engineers to improve iOS Maps

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 05:20 AM PDT

Apple released its iPhone 5 and iOS 6 software updates to millions of users last week, but widespread reports of inaccurate Maps data put a small damper on the launch of both the device and software update. Apple is reportedly going to rectify that problem by hiring former Google Maps engineers.
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