Productivity

Microsoft OneNote makes its way to Android, first 500 notes free

onenote Microsoft has decided that Windows Phone may not be quite ready to compete against the likes of Android yet, and has instead brought the OneNote note-taking app to the Android Market. All that is required is Android 2.3 and above, with 500 free notes included. After that it'll cost $4.99 a month, but is reasonable for what it does. The app includes many advanced... Read more »

Card.io processes credit cards with no peripherals

card-io If you're a fan of all types of tech, chances are, you've heard of Square. If you haven't, Square is a company that released an iPhone peripheral that allows people to scan credit cards and process payments. Now, that's all fine and dandy, but do we really need additional hardware to do that? Apparently Card.io doesn't think so. Card.io has released an Android... Read more »

BlueStacks App Player now compatible with Windows 8

01-BlueStacks Future Windows 8 tablet owners rejoice! Looks like Android and newest flavor of Windows are going to be playing nice for the forseeable future. BlueStacks, the company responsible for App Player, has announced that their Android environment emulator has official compatibility for Windows 8. That means that now, you'll be able to run most Android applications from the... Read more »

Nuance launches Dragon Go! on Android Market, Siri cringes

dragon2 Earlier today, Nuance launched Dragon Go! on the Android Market. Yes, it is delicious so Siri eat your heart out. The app works pretty much like all Q/A apps (Google Voice Search included). You press a button, you ask a question, press the stop button, and voila! The app pulls answers from a variety of websites like Wolfram Alpha, Yelp, Youtube, OpenTable,... Read more »

Sprint Galaxy Nexus plays nice with Google Wallet

SprintGNex_face_1_610x460 There is stuff that Verizon does right and then there's the other stuff. Lately, the "other stuff" category seems to be getting a lot of new additions. Today, we're going to add one more item to that list and hope that Verizon takes some notes. Earlier today, we reported on the Sprint Galaxy Nexus. Well, we got some more information and it now looks like the new... Read more »

Ford to launch MyFord Mobile app with their Focus Electric

myfordmobilepostdantetktk All you people out there that have preordered the electric Ford Focus, it looks like Ford is sweetening your order a bit. They have developed a smartphone app called MyFord Mobile which will be officially demoed at CES. What does the app do? A lot. It calculates what the range left on your battery charge is and that's tailored to your driving style. It also helps you... Read more »

Swype to get ICS compatibility at the end of January

swypebrochureimage One of the main interface options for the Android OS is the soft keyboard.  One of the community’s favorite soft keyboards is Swype. For those that don’t know, they revolutionized touchscreen typing by allowing individuals to trace their “path” along a set of keys to form words. This, as demoed in videos, was a quick and efficient process. Well, today, Swype... Read more »

SugarSync gets updated with wireless video syncing

sugarsync-103 The apps keep getting better and better. Sometimes, it makes us wonder what our little apps will be able to do next year. For now, let's talk SugarSync. For those that don't know, SugarSync is like a lot of other cloud-based storage services these days. The platform is accessible via apps across a wide variety of platforms. Today, the Android app gets an update that... Read more »

Iris to ally with ChaCha to present a united front against Apple’s Siri

iris One of Apple's biggest stories this year was of course Siri. With the lackluster release of the iPhone 4S and Android coming up in a big way this year, Siri has been the icing on the cake that iOS fanboys (and girls) love so much. It almost made up for the disappointment the Apple world felt over the decision to delay releasing iPhone 5, which the world was expecting... Read more »

Swype teams up with Dragon to bring speech recognition for 50+ languages

swype-dragon-540x295 Swype, a community favorite, has launched a new update for their ever-popular keyboard app. So for all of you that are participating in the Swype beta, go ahead and update your device in the Swype Connect section of Swype Settings. Well, if you want to take advantage of the plethora of features that have been released with the update. The biggest addition of... Read more »