May 18, 2012


Burn It All Is A Great Game For Puzzle Solvers, Aspiring Pyromaniacs Alike

AndroiDear

Do you like playing games? Do you like solving puzzles? Do you like to set things on fire while you play games that make you solve puzzles? If you answered yes to the last question, men in white coats will by shortly to escort you to a facility where you will be weaned off this destructive behavior. Firstly, by substituting actual arson with Burn It All. This game gives you mazes of rope puzzles to solve by leading the flame from that Animaniacs skit around obstacles to burn sweet, flammable … [Read more...]



NVIDIA puts the power in your hands with the first annual TegraZone Player’s Choice Awards, vote and win an ASUS Transformer Pad prize pack

AndroiDear

If you’ve used a Tegra-based device in the past year you are likely no stranger to TegraZone, NVIDIA’s game and app showcase highlighting the best of the best for Android devices. Celebrating its first year as a source of high-quality software for some of the world’s most powerful smartphones and tablets, NVIDIA is turning to gamers to decide which games take top honors in the first annual TegraZone Player Choice Award’s. Not only will you be deciding the winners in thee categories … [Read more...]



Savored Launches Official App For Android, Offers Free Reservations, Discounted Dining Up To 40% Off In Select US Cities

AndroiDear_9aa4b__upload_thumb

Savored, an app exclusively partnered with OpenTable to bring users an excellent reservation system and great savings, launched officially on Android today, bringing users in select cities across the country the ability to book reservations at quality dining establishments and save a ton of cash at the same time.   Savored's arrival on Android coincides with the end of its $ 10 booking fee, meaning reservations (along with membership) are totally free. Better still, the incredible discounts … [Read more...]



Google Maps Updated With Easy To Find, Easy To Save Google Offers and Indoor Walking Directions

AndroiDear_53e61__2012-05-09-10.31.52-550x309

  Today, Maps was updated to version 6.7 in the Play Store and integrates Google Offers inside the Maps app. adds the new features to see available Google Offers in your area, straight from within the Maps app. Clicking on Maps dropdown menu inside the app pulls up a list of all nearby available Offers in your area, and you can even switch to map view and see exactly where each of them are located. See something you like? You can either redeem the Offer and that time, or save for later … [Read more...]



Blingboard Brings your Social Media into One Convenient Widget

AndroiDear_44b8d__unnamed

This post is definitely for my die hard WIDGETHEADS out there. It has been a little while since I have introduced a new widget to my homescreens, and it seemed like there was not going to be one that measured up. I even went is far as cleaning up the clutter of widgets I had when I got my HTC One S. It was hard but I did it, and my main home screen only had toggles and the weather on it. But now I have a brand new widget smack dab in the middle of the screen, and I must say, it is a beautiful … [Read more...]



Stick It! Sorry Samsung, your Pop-up Play is not ground breaking we are already doing it

AndroiDear_ebcee__stickit2

Wah Wah Wah... Samsung your already un-impressive performance at the "Next Galaxy" event earlier this month has been proved even less impressive. If you are unsure of what i'm referring to, last week Samsung introduced their latest super phone the Galaxy SIII and showcased many of it's "ground breaking" new features. Well these new features, in my opinion, were less than ground breaking software addons. One of these was the "pop-up play" which allowed the user to take  a youtube video and … [Read more...]



Box updates, now localized in 14 languages, UI adjustments and More

androidear_671ff__Bix

Anyone remember Box? I would hope so. They started an entire 50GB for life campaign for a while that I know a lot of you surely took part in. I know I did. In a nut shell, Box is like GDrive and Dropbox. It is another cloud storage service that lets you sync your files to and from your Android device. While it has limitations, like a 25MB file size limit,  no streaming and no PC client, we still use it quite a bit for various things. Today, Box released an update to the Android application … [Read more...]



WordPress For Android Updated To 2.1, Brings Autosave, Comment Editing, UI Changes, And More

androidear_wordpress

  WordPress's official Android app has been updated with a bunch o' new features, as well as numerous performance and UI enhancements. The popular blogging platform's (hey, we use it) app has been on a bit of a bumpy road since its initial release, but has consistently been improving over the last year. Hopefully this release will stomp some of the issues that have made it a bit frustrating to use at times. Here's the changelog: What's new in version 2.1: Autosave timer while … [Read more...]



Instagram Update Adds Much Requested “Tilt-Shift” Feature – Brings Depth of Field To Your ‘Grams

th_f0428__instagram_android_alternative_androidguys

    The always popular Instagram was updated for Android devices today and includes the oft requested “tilt-shift” feature from the iPhone version. Now you can give your ‘grams that realistic depth of field look on either a horizontal/vertical plane (great for highlighting text from screenshots), or in a circular fashion (as highlighted in the image above) by clicking the new droplet icon. From there you can drag, rotate and pinch to zoom to get the desired effect. Although … [Read more...]



Restaurant.com Launches Official Android App – Would You Like Fries With That?

restaurant

Do you like food? Of course you do! I haven't met anyone who doesn't like food. Maybe not all varieties of food, but I think that the blanket term food brings a generally pleasing thought to the mind of most humans. Given our natural love for food and comradery, the majority of us also appreciate the restaurant experience. But finding the right place to dine can be a task, especially if you're trying to eat on a budget. Thankfully, Restaurant.com just released its official Android app into … [Read more...]


Android is a trademark of Google Inc. Androidear is not affiliated with Google .