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App review: Action Launcher Pro for Android

Action Launcher Pro for Android is a clean and simple launcher with a few unique features

Jawbone Up wristband review

An excellent motivational tool let down by a lack of wireless syncronising

App review: Beat the Q

Use this little app to order your coffee or food without having to wait in line

App review: Avocado

An online communications tool designed for private conversations and content sharing between two people

App review: Temple Run 2

Temple Run 2 is a running game that has you swiping to keep away from a killer monkey while avoiding obstacles

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In pictures: 8 essential Android security apps

A DIY guide to securing Android-based devices

10 free sports apps for Android and iPhone

Calling all sports fans: Check out these 10 great apps for Google Android and Apple iPhone that will keep you up to date on your favorite sport or team while on the go. And save your spending money for the ballpark.

Android apps: 9 best, free social networking choices

Share, save and savor all things social with these nine free Google Android apps, hand-picked by CIO.com's mobile maestro, Al Sacco.

The best GPS-based apps for Android

GPS was once merely a means to help navigate people through difficult terrain, erratic bushland and dodgy suburbs. However, the rise of smartphones has led to all sorts of novel applications for GPS technology. We take a look at the 10 best GPS-based apps for Android smartphones.

News about android apps

Some Pokémon Go maps in jeopardy as Niantic admits to blocking 'scrapers'

Niantic, the developer of Pokémon Go, has said that it has blocked "scraper" Pokémon Go maps from accessing its APIs and determining the location of Pokémon outside of the real world.

News Aug 06
8 insider tips to help you become a Pokémon master

Grab Pikachu as your first Pokémon, choose your ‘eeveelution,’ and reclaim your phone’s battery life with these tips.

News Jul 20
The beginner’s guide to Pokémon Go: An FAQ on how to catch 'em all

Not sure which team to join? Don't know the difference between a regular Poké Ball and a Great Ball? And where do these Pokémon hang out? This guide is here to help.

News Jul 13
Sphero’s BB-8 can be your screening buddy for Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Sphero BB-8 gets a “Watch With Me” mode to react in sync with the film.

News Apr 06
ABC iView finally comes to Android

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has finally made its catch up TV service, iView, available on Android smartphones and tablets, but the service is currently only compatible with selected devices.

News Dec 18

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Features about android apps

What is Android?

We explain Google's Android smartphone operating system.

Features Dec 14
11 must-have Android apps for business

Now that business users have begun clamoring for Android phones in earnest, it's a better time than ever to take a fresh look at the Android apps now available for enterprises.

Features Sep 02
The best GPS-based apps for Android

GPS was once merely a means to help navigate people through difficult terrain, erratic bushland and dodgy suburbs. However, the rise of smartphones has led to all sorts of novel applications for GPS technology. We take a look at the 10 best GPS-based...

Features Aug 13
Android and Apps

The more I use the HTC Incredible, the more I like it. And the thing that really makes the Incredible, er, incredible is its operating system, Android<.

Features Jul 26
10 must-have free Android apps

Google's Android operating system, native to T-Mobile's G1 and myTouch smartphones and due out soon in a number of new phones and even netbooks, is an impressively open and versatile platform. As with rival smartphone platforms -- Apple's iPhone OS, ...

Features Oct 03