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Beejive IM for Android available now

By administrator$$ September 29, 2010 - 12:18pm EST Comments

The ever popular multi-platform instant messaging client Beejive has been brought out of beta today, and into the Android Market for $10. Beejive is very polished, user friendly, and capable of handling messages from AIM, iChat, MobileMe, MSN, Windows Live, Yahoo!, Facebook, MySpace, GoogleTalk, ICQ, and Jabber. While I have yet to use Beejive (I believe that for... Read more »

Twicca Update (Widget)

By Carlos Graves March 5, 2010 - 9:14pm EST Comments

In this video, Carlos Graves reviews the new update for Twicca, which adds a full featured widget to its arsenal. Download this application free from the Android... Read more »

HootSuite hits the Android Market

By administrator$$ March 4, 2010 - 6:05pm EST Comments

Twitter junkies now have yet another way to get their fix with the announcement that HootSuite, dubbed the "The Professional Twitter client," is now available from the Android Market. Said to be built with the Android environment in mind, HootSuite takes advantage of the open web nature of the Android platform.... Read more »

Google acquires Aardvark, drops it in the lab

By John Walton February 12, 2010 - 8:04pm EST Comments

Aardvark facilitates a method of searching for answers amongst a userbase of people who have associated themselves with tags that reference certain topics of expertise. Let's say you ask, "How do I set up push email in Android?" It will be sent to someone who has indicated that they want to answer Android questions. What sets this system apart from something like,... Read more »

Google’s Buzz brings social networking to Gmail, Android

By John Walton February 9, 2010 - 12:25pm EST Comments

If Orkut doesn't cut it for you, and you've found Wave to be overly difficult to manage, Buzz might be the Google social solution for you. Google announced the new product, which integrates with preexisting Google apps that you know and love, this morning. I can't offer any sort of personal testimony about the features or behavior of Buzz here because, as of the time... Read more »