Check out EA Daily Deals for free games.

It's the holiday season and Electronic Arts has some daily deals for you and your iPad, iPhone and Android in the form of free and discounted games for your beloved devices. Most of these games are normally priced at approximately $6+. The nice thing with the daily deals is that there's always a free game available, so check it out athttp://kilrush.mobi/mcs/publish/3161/45711. I advise to sign up to get more deals by email. Currently, EA is giving away Road Trippin' for the iPad and Surviving High School for Android. 


Posted on the go on my iPad tethered to my Nexus One.

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.

Google to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion; Increases patent portfolio.

I'm posting verbatim Larry Page's post on the Google Blog.


Since its launch in November 2007, Android has not only dramatically increased consumer choice but also improved the entire mobile experience for users. Today, more than 150 million Android devices have been activated worldwide—with over 550,000 devices now lit up every day—through a network of about 39 manufacturers and 231 carriers in 123 countries. Given Android’s phenomenal success, we are always looking for new ways to supercharge the Android ecosystem. That is why I am so excited today to announce that we have agreed toacquire Motorola.

Motorola has a history of over 80 years of innovation in communications technology and products, and in the development of intellectual property, which have helped drive the remarkable revolution in mobile computing we are all enjoying today. Its many industry milestones include the introduction of the world’s first portable cell phone nearly 30 years ago, and the StarTAC—the smallest and lightest phone on earth at time of launch. In 2007, Motorola was a founding member of the Open Handset Alliance that worked to make Android the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices. I have loved my Motorola phones from the StarTAC era up to the current DROIDs.

In 2008, Motorola bet big on Android as the sole operating system across all of its smartphone devices. It was a smart bet and we’re thrilled at the success they’ve achieved so far. We believe that their mobile business is on an upward trajectory and poised for explosive growth.

Motorola is also a market leader in the home devices and video solutions business. With the transition to Internet Protocol, we are excited to work together with Motorola and the industry to support our partners and cooperate with them to accelerate innovation in this space.

Motorola’s total commitment to Android in mobile devices is one of many reasons that there is a natural fit between our two companies. Together, we will create amazing user experiences that supercharge the entire Android ecosystem for the benefit of consumers, partners and developers everywhere.

This acquisition will not change our commitment to run Android as an open platform. Motorola will remain a licensee of Android and Android will remain open. We will run Motorola as a separate business. Many hardware partners have contributed to Android’s success and we look forward to continuing to work with all of them to deliver outstanding user experiences.

We recently explained how companies including Microsoft and Apple are banding together in anti-competitive patent attacks on Android. The U.S. Department of Justice had to intervene in the results of one recent patent auction to “protect competition and innovation in the open source software community” and it is currently looking into the results of the Nortel auction. Our acquisition of Motorola will increase competition by strengthening Google’s patent portfolio, which will enable us to better protect Android from anti-competitive threats from Microsoft, Apple and other companies.

The combination of Google and Motorola will not only supercharge Android, but will also enhance competition and offer consumers accelerating innovation, greater choice, and wonderful user experiences. I am confident that these great experiences will create huge value for shareholders.

I look forward to welcoming Motorolans to our family of Googlers.


Source: Google Blog

Twitter and Facebook apps receive updates.

Twitter's updates are most newsworthy since they bring push notification and multiple account support to Android. User with multiple Twitter accounts will be able to easily switch between their accounts. Other changes include an updated home screen widget and other improvements and bug fixes.


The updated Facebook app for Android adds Pages support improvement that lets you view the full list of pages you like as well as Pages you administer. You can also post as a Page you administer.


If you haven't updated yet, check out your My Apps in Market or your phone notification bar.

Evernote for Android updated; redesigned for Android Tablets.

Evernote, the multi-platform note-taking app, just got an update on the Android. Besides a complete redesign for Android tablets, it is now possible to create notes with rich text (bold, italic, underline), bullets, numbered list, and check boxes. There is also new large widgets for quick access to your most recent notes and core features. Of course, there is the usual numerous bug fixes, performance improvements and interface enhancements.


Download: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.evernote

Addictive SPB Brain Evolution comes to Android.

Already available on Windows Phone, Symbian, iPhone and Maemo, SPB Evolution is now available for the Android platform for $2.99. Brain Evolution is a set of intellectual games that helps train the brain and improves memory, logic, arithmetic and puzzling-solving skills. ATTENTION: This game can be very addictive.


The application main features:
12 exercises (including Sudoku)
addictive sequential game play
Brain marking and training modes
Scoring and progress tracking systems
Multiple user profiles
Cool facts Knowledgebase


Read full press release here: http://spb.com/press/pressreleases/2011/jul12.html


Learn more about SPB Brain Evolution: http://spb.com/android-software/brainevolution

Official Scrabble game for Android released.

Electronic Arts has finally published the official Scrabble game to Android Market for free.  The game is feature pack and allows you to play not only with friends who owns Androids, also with friends running the same EA game on the iPad or on Facebook.

CONNECT WITH FRIENDS IN MULTIPLE WAYS
It’s easy to find friends playing SCRABBLE. Connect and play via a username, email address, or send an invitation using your Android smartphone contact list. Post invitations to play via Facebook and email, too!

PLAY FRIENDS ACROSS PLATFORMS
With real Cross-Platform Play, you can challenge fellow word warriors on other Android devices, iPhones/iPod touches, and even Facebook*. Play SCRABBLE anytime, anywhere – and with virtually anyone.

PLAY UP TO 50 GAMES AT ONCE
Also play against random opponents online and enjoy 2-player Pass ‘N Play (and see your highest scoring choices with the Best Word feature). When you add it all up, you can play up to 50 GAMES at once!

TALK A GOOD GAME
Socialize and stay in the game! During gameplay, the chat icon will blink when you have a message. And when you’re not playing, you can get notified when it’s your turn, when a game is created, or when a game ends. (Notification features require OS 2.2 and above. Please upgrade to the latest Android OS for full functionality.)

LEARN AS YOU GO WITH THE TEACHER FEATURE
See the best word choice from your previous move with this fan favorite feature. The more you play, the better you get!

TRACK YOUR STATS AND SEE HOW YOU DID
At end of the game, check out the highest-scoring word and more. See how your play improves as you become a real SCRABBLE master.

Download: https://market.android.com/details?id=ca.jamdat.flight.scrabblefree

EA's scrabble game is not available in Mauritius yet.

Press release: Watch the 2011 Copa America Matches on your Android with Official App from SPB Software

SPB Software, a leading mobile software developer, collaborates with mTraffic, a transmission rights holder of the Latin America championship, to provide live broadcasting of the 2011 Copa America matches on Android, iPhone and iPad devices for a series of countries. 

SPB Software has developed a TV client which allows users to be on top of all Copa America events in real time. The application also offers a Video-on-Demand channel that includes game plays, goal scoring, and exciting historical moments. The viewer can re-watch all the highlights after the game. Copa America Official App provides transmission of the match in English and Spanish. 

SPB Software is known for SPB TV - the best in class solution for watching live mobile TV and video on demand that covers 100% of existing mobile devices with 3G and desktop platforms on the market. SPB TV is extremely popular among users and counts more than 7 million subscribers worldwide.

The Copa America Official App was created as a white label solution for content providers based on SPB TV. 

 *** Pricing and Availability ***  

 Official 2011 Copa America application for Android, iPhone and iPad devices is available in the series of countries* from the Apple AppStore and Anroid Market for $2.99 

 *** Further information and Downloads *** 

 Download Official 2011 Copa America application from Android Market:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.spb.tv.mtraffic 

SPB TV product page
http://www.spb.com/products/tv  

SPB TV for Phone Makers, Wireless Carriers and Content Owners:
http://www.spb.com/oems/mobile-tv.html 

Google Maps with Navigation Beta.

What's new:

1. Get GPS stop-by-stop public transit directions in Navigation (Beta)
2. Get directions in less clicks with the updated directions experience
3. Receive search suggestions based on previous direction destinations and visited Place pages
4. Improved battery power management for Navigation (Beta)

Download: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.maps&feature=search_result

Today's Apps update: WhatsApp Messenger, Google Maps & Flash Player.

Three apps have been updated on Android Market. The most significant update of the three is Flash Player which addresses compatibility issues with some content using cross-domain policy files.


WhatsApp update fixes an issue with Dutch localization of "Message from" in notification to include contact name.


Finally Google Maps update fixes some bugs.


If you have any of these apps installed on your Android, download them from Marketplace.

Updated Facebook app includes video uploading.

The notification bar on my Nexus One showed a manual update for the Facebook app for Android. This new version includes an interesting feature which lets you upload videos directly from your phone. An addition that will certainly prove popular among Facebook fans. Other features include Pages and several improvements to the news feed.


If you haven't got the update notification yet, follow the link to download the app to your phone:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.facebook.katana


Note that the Facebook app for Android content is rated "Medium Maturity". 

Angry Birds Seasons: Summer Pignic available

http://market.android.com/details?id=com.rovio.angrybirdsseasons

Posted on the go.

Today's app updates on my Nexus One: Angry Birds and FriendCaller.

Two updates have been pushed to my Nexus One this morning. There is an update for Angry Birds that brings a new episode  called Mine and Dine. In this episode the pigs have gone underground to hide the eggs they stole. Use the landscape to your advantage to chase them out and recover the eggs. Collect some gems while you're at it. Note that Angry Birds is rated "Low Maturity" on Android Market (That made me laugh).


Download link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rovio.angrybirds

The second free update applies to FriendCaller, a free VoIP app that lets you make free phone calls using your phone data connection. Calls to landline and mobile phones are not free though, but are cheap. FriendCaller has been working good for me.


What's new in this update:

• Echo cancellation and other audio filters to enhance the voice quality for Android 2.3+ and especially tablets.
• Several layout improvements.
• Bug fixes.

FriendCaller is also rated "Low Maturity".

Download Link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.c2call.app.android.friendcaller

Official eBay app for Android updated.

An update for the official eBay app on Android Market brings some nice features. Sellers will like them. Checkout the log below.

What’s new in v1.5:

• Selling on eBay is now supported (available in US and UK with support for more countries coming soon!)
o Quickly list an item from start to finish on your phone and include up to 8 photos
o Use the integrated barcode scanner from RedLaser to prefill item details when listing an item
o Revise an item from your Active Selling list
o Relist an item from your Unsold list
o Sell one like this feature available when viewing a similar item on eBay
o Schedule an auction to start immediately or choose a later date
o End an active auction
o Mark an item as shipped
o Contact the buyer
• Updated home screen
• View your own feedback ratings and recent comments from eBay members
• More options for refining your search results: condition, free shipping, location, completed listings and sold items only
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Adobe releases fix for Flash Player memory corruption vulnerability.

"A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Flash Player 10.3.181.23 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris, and Adobe Flash Player 10.3.185.23 and earlier versions for Android. This memory corruption vulnerability (CVE-2011-2110) could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. There are reports that this vulnerability is being exploited in the wild in targeted attacks via malicious Web pages.

Adobe recommends users of Adobe Flash Player 10.3.181.23 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris update to Adobe Flash Player 10.3.181.26. Adobe recommends users of Adobe Flash Player 10.3.185.23 and earlier versions for Android update to Adobe Flash Player 10.3.185.24.

Note: This issue does not affect the Authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat X (10.0.3) and earlier 10.x and 9.x versions for Windows and Macintosh operating systems."

Read bulletin here.

Angry Birds - Mine and Dine coming soon.

How soon is soon?

The next episode of Angry Bird is coming soon and this time will take us underground. There is no info about the release date. In the mean time, here's a short trailer for you to watch:

SPB announces SPB Time with Bio and Paranoid alarms.

SPB Time is another software from SPB that jades it's debut on Windows Mobile and is now ported to Android. The application is probably the only skin able clock for Android. Users who purchase SPB Time will have free access to a skin gallery.

Of course SPB Time also includes the alarm feature with over 20 tunes built-in. But alarms can be annoying. SPB did a great job by adding two types of alarms for different category of users. There are users who prefer a gentle wake up; birds chirping for example. Then, there are those who need a rude wake up. Those will choose the paranoid. "Those who prefer the gentle and natural way of waking up can choose the friendly Bio alarm to start the day with slight ticks, lights and calm sound of birds or water before the actual alarm time. It helps to wake up without any stress on the correct stage of sleep. There's also another type of sleepers. They need a cold water tub to be poured on the face or the brass band playing into the ears to wake them up.  Loud Paranoid alarm is for them: it suggests solving the puzzle and won't stop until it's done correctly. Those who still lack some extra minutes to sleep can snooze the alarm by shaking the phone".

Read the full press release

SPB realeases SPB Wallet 2.0.

SPB Wallet is a must have application on your Android to secure your passwords, credit card numbers etc. SPB Wallet uses 256 bit AES encryption and automatically locks up if the app is kept open on the phone.

*** Main Features ***

- Strong security with 256-bit AES encryption
- Automatic wallet lockup
- Real card data representation
- Customizable cards and templates
- Online templates gallery with 25,000+ most popular cards, and option to order customized cards for FREE
- Smart card fields to call/SMS/email/etc
- Password generator for random passwords that are highly secure
- Quick card search
- Cloud sync with Gmail account

Read the press release after the break.

SPB Shell 3D, Tallying More Than $500,000 in Three Weeks on Android Market, Gets an Update

March 30th, 2011 - SPB Software, a leading mobile software developer, has released 1.1 update for SPB Shell 3D - 3D user interface for end users with the best-in-class user experience.

SPB Shell 3D was released a month ago and immediately became one of the best sold Android products world-wide, surpassing the $500K revenue milestone on Android Market in less than 3 weeks.

The success SPB Shell 3D earned on the Android Market displays the potential of the Android ecosystem for ISVs to build highly profitable business models.


Today SPB Software updates SPB Shell 3D to version 1.1; bundling some of the most requested features, such as free widget placement, live wallpaper support and 3D birthday widget. Having gathered valuable user feedback, SPB Software worked on features and quality - improving the overall memory consumption, performance and stability - to let Android users net the most out of the software platform and hardware.


SPB Shell 3D currently supports Android 2.1 and higher. Available for Smartphones with an OpenGL ES 2.0 compatible graphic controller.
SPB Shell 3D is available for 14.95 USD at Android Market.

*** Further information ***

Purchase SPB Shell 3D at Android Market                             
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.spb.shell3d

SPB Shell 3D product page
http://spb.com/android-software/shell/

SPB Shell 3D, Tallying More Than $500,000 in Three Weeks on Android Market, Gets an Update

March 30th, 2011 - SPB Software, a leading mobile software developer, has released 1.1 update for SPB Shell 3D - 3D user interface for end users with the best-in-class user experience.

SPB Shell 3D was released a month ago and immediately became one of the best sold Android products world-wide, surpassing the $500K revenue milestone on Android Market in less than 3 weeks.

The success SPB Shell 3D earned on the Android Market displays the potential of the Android ecosystem for ISVs to build highly profitable business models.


Today SPB Software updates SPB Shell 3D to version 1.1; bundling some of the most requested features, such as free widget placement, live wallpaper support and 3D birthday widget. Having gathered valuable user feedback, SPB Software worked on features and quality - improving the overall memory consumption, performance and stability - to let Android users net the most out of the software platform and hardware.


SPB Shell 3D currently supports Android 2.1 and higher. Available for Smartphones with an OpenGL ES 2.0 compatible graphic controller.
SPB Shell 3D is available for 14.95 USD at Android Market.

*** Further information ***

Purchase SPB Shell 3D at Android Market                             
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.spb.shell3d

SPB Shell 3D product page
http://spb.com/android-software/shell/

Google Goggles 1.4 lets you share and personalize your experience.

Google Goggles is a nice application that lets you search the web for objects that you've captured using your device camera. Say you want to compare the price online for a beautiful mug you spotted at a nearby store, pull out your Android 1.6+ phone, start Google Goggles and snap a picture of the mug and you'll see the results of the availability of the mug through various online store.

With version 1.4, Google makes some nice additions to the application. It now includes the ability to search History. It is also possible to share results with your friends. Other features includes better results suggestion, improved business card recognition.

Download Google Goggles 1.4 by visiting Android Market.

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