Angry Birds Seasons: Wreck the Halls available for Android.

Christmas is 23 days away and the folks over at Rovio Mobile have released a free update for Angry Birds Seasons. The new episode called Wreck the Halls contains 25 levels "featuring gingerbread cookies, bells, twinkling lights, and candy canes. On the last day you’ll meet the big pig himself".


This free seasons release is an opportunity for the Rovio team to thank their 10 million Facebook fans and also be thankful for the mere 500 million downloads. 


Thanks to Rovio for developing this riveting and funniest game ever. I used to hate games.


Angry Birds Seasons: Wreck the Hall is free for download on Android Market. Check for new updates in your notification bar.


Download here.

FedEx releases mobile app.

FedEx has published their mobile app to Android as a free download. Besides the obvious ability to track shipments, the mobile app also lets you:


- Create a shipping label while you are on-site helping a client
- Access your fedex.com Address Book
- Get a rate quote easily and quickly
- Sign up for shipment notifications
- Find the nearest FedEx location - Provide mobile feedback to FedEx 


Download FedEx Mobile here.

Youtube for Android updated; not downloadable via Market on Phone.

The good news is that the Youtube app for Android new features include a +1 button, "watch later" queue and the ability to edit video info while uploading. Now that said, I did get the notification about the update on My "old" Nexus One running Android 2.3.6. But, Android Market listed the item as not available in my country. Youtube, unless I'm wrong, is an open source app that is pre-installed on all Android devices. So why would an update be unavailable in my region? I decided to check on the web version of Android Market on my PC. Sure enough the latest version of the app was listed there as available for download; clicking install and the app was pushed to my device. 


Come on Google, get your act together.


The update can be downloaded here.

Angry Birds Seasons celebrates Halloween with new bird.

It's that time of the year where humans around the world celebrates Halloween. You may not know, but yes, we're celebrating Halloween next week with costumes, tricks and treats etc. a fun and scary night. Do you have your costumes ready? Most important for me are the treats. 

Besides humans, the always Angry Birds will also be part of the festivities with an upgrade to Seasons named Ham'o'ween. The update includes 45 levels "filled with pumpkin patches, exploding jack-o-lanterns, and creepy skeletons, lit by a full moon and eerie lantern light". But there is more. 

Ham'o'ween adds a new orange small bird to the game. He's small, but... I'll let you find out. Of course the update is free for you to download on the App Store and Android Market if you haven't already been notified about it.

Enjoy the game and wish you all a creepy Halloween.

Ham'o'ween update for Seasons Keep an eye out for Ham'o'ween, the newest update to Angry Birds Seasons!  It was a dark and stormy night... but that won't stop the Angry Birds! Pursue the pigs through 45 levels filled with pumpkin patches, exploding jack-o-lanterns, and creepy skeletons, lit by a full moon and eerie lantern light. You'll get some unexpected help from a BRAND NEW BIRD -- he starts out small, but don't let his looks fool you! Complete all the levels to find some special tricks and treats!  Brand new Halloween video We've created a spooky Halloween tale just for our fans - go take a look! Everyone's favorite birds are out on the scariest night of the year when they run into a big surprise...   Watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8f4EnDrNwU

Facebook Messenger updated.

Facebook Messenger is a standalone app developed by Facebook to send messages to your friends around the world. The update brings the app to version 1.5 and lets you see who's online and who's mobile and see when the other person is typing. Other features include:

- A faster way to compose new messages to the people you message most.
- Various performance improvements.
- Support for 12 additional languages.
- Support for iOS 5.

Facebook Messenger 1.5 is available on iPhone, Android and Blackberry.

I wonder why Facebook made the Messenger a standalone app?

Angry Birds Rio thrilling final conclusion available for download.

The last update to Rio has just appeared on Android Market as a free download. Version 1.3.2 brings the Rio adventure to a thrilling end that includes 15 new levels. Click here to download. 


"The Angry Birds' exciting journey through Brazil has led them to the airport, where they need your help to free their friends from the dastardly smugglers!"

New Features include:

1. EXCITING CONCLUSION TO THE AIRPORT CHASE EPISODE!
2. 15 THRILLING NEW LEVELS!
3. NAIL-BITING BOSS FIGHT!

Facebook for Android updated. Finally includes photo swiping.

A couple of improvements have been made to Facebook app for Android through an update that just showed up on Android Market this morning. Check the list below for details about the changes.


What has changed:
- Made it easier to share with who you want.
- Improved the sharing tool to add privacy controls on posts and match your settings on the web site.
- Added the ability to tag friends and places in posts.
- Added new design for the Profile and Groups Walls.


Fixes and tweaks:
- Improved photo browsing with swiping. (FINALLY)
- Added the ability to tag your friends in photos.
- Improved Messages and Notifications.
- Fixed a number of crashes and performance issues.

RWC 2011: The free official Rugby World Cup app.

Unless you've been on vacation on a distant planet, you probably know that the Rugby World Cup kicks off today in New Zealand. While you may not be able to go there to attend all the games or watch them on TV, the free RWC 2011 app will prove very useful. 

With it you will be able to get the latest news, get live match coverage  including stats and video highlights wherever you are. For those who are lucky enough to be there, the app will provide you information about nearby events, stadium locations, seating plans and facilities.

Whether you're in New Zealand or elsewhere and you're a rugby fan, this app is definitely a must have.

Download link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rugbyworldcup.AndroidClient

Evernote now supports sketching and annotation.

An update to the popular note taking app was pushed out to Android phones today. And it supports some cool features like the ability to draw and annotate. But the latter features will work only if you have Skitch installed ion your phone. Skitch was recently acquired by Evernote. Simply put, both apps kind of have a link built-in to each other; Not what I would call the best example of integration. Hopefully Evernote will work this out so we don't need to have two apps installed on our phones and bring a better experience to users.

Skitch is an app that lets you draw sketches and annotate images and send them into Evernote. As shown in the picture, both apps have an icon that links to each other. Evernote now has new icon in the form of a square and heart logo that takes you to Skitch. Once in Skitch you can draw or write your note using your own handwriting. When done, tap the now famous elephant icon to save your note into Evernote.

Among other features is the ability to make searches offline; support for slideshow view; shared notebook improvements that let you view the shared notebook right on your phone; ability to save files to the SD card etc.

Check Android market on your phone to download the free update. Also note that you will need to download Skitch to be able to benefit from the additional functionalities. Skitch is also available free on Market.

Angry birds Seasons updated, celebrates Moon Festival.

For 3000 years, the Chinese have celebrated the moon cake festival in September. It's one of their most important holidays and now Rovio is also celebrating by adding 30 new levels to Angry Birds Seasons for iOS and Android. "help the Angry Birds as they chase the pigs through 30 brand new levels filled with pagodas, rabbits, and red lanterns, lit by a dazzling harvest moon".
Of course the upgrades are free for you to download on Android Market and the App Store.
Enjoy and happy Moon Festival.