Google Chrome remote desktop app

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMm8PVVKmh4R7Hw9hDZNCDjEms8_l05hMovsG6_YlhB42YgQWAYxGQW99VimI-fn-7-5Zr1GcK0MZCN3drj8vL_aoCMEOWOo4whDY0FmmdE6ngozT_ktTg34SP_h5t8F-cVYl1pqoGqM/s1600/google_chrome_header_contentfullwidth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMm8PVVKmh4R7Hw9hDZNCDjEms8_l05hMovsG6_YlhB42YgQWAYxGQW99VimI-fn-7-5Zr1GcK0MZCN3drj8vL_aoCMEOWOo4whDY0FmmdE6ngozT_ktTg34SP_h5t8F-cVYl1pqoGqM/s1600/google_chrome_header_contentfullwidth.jpg" /></span></a></div> <div style="border: 0px; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Google added a remote desktop extension to its Chrome web store a while back, but its getting more useful with the release of Chrome Remote Desktop for Android. This app works like any number of other remote access solutions, except with much less setup and a fairly basic feature set.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To enable remote access through Chrome, you need to add the extension on a computer and enable remote access. You don't have to actually keep a browser window open, but a process will run in the background. A PIN code is used to secure your computer, but you also need to be logged into the correct Google account in the Android app.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The cursor is controlled by dragging anywhere on the screen. If you're zoomed in, the view slides with the cursor when it nears the edge of the screen. The zoom level can also be changed with the usual multitouch gestures. There's no direct tapping interaction with Chrome Remote Desktop—you're always relying on the cursor. As such, Windows 8 moders apps can be a bit tedious.</span></div> <span style="border: 0px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br />Read more: http://www.itproportal.com/2014/04/17/google-chrome-remote-desktop-app-lets-you-control-your-pc-with-your-smartphone/#ixzz2z8Ub9YMg</span></span>

Google Chrome remote desktop app

Google added a remote desktop extension to its Chrome web store a while back, but its getting more useful with the release of Chrome Remo...

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Facebook Look Back videos can now be edited

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLwDmwp9JaFrsSjZzmY8NRC8DkzJFtSyU7bU3NjKC_h3IQ9WSR-IsApMT1Fx2TGafBIowHUgX-h-awrwUmGNHWSnxx97TDaePQaC6A1gzoSRSPRpEmn8oPn2WwsK7GNunycLhUL6Tzw4/s1600/facebook_look_back_edit_option_ndtv.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLwDmwp9JaFrsSjZzmY8NRC8DkzJFtSyU7bU3NjKC_h3IQ9WSR-IsApMT1Fx2TGafBIowHUgX-h-awrwUmGNHWSnxx97TDaePQaC6A1gzoSRSPRpEmn8oPn2WwsK7GNunycLhUL6Tzw4/s1600/facebook_look_back_edit_option_ndtv.jpg" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Facebook Look Back videos</span></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 20px; outline: none;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Facebook, after rolling-out the Look Back feature to mark the 10-year anniversary of the social network, has now released tools that will allow users to edit their Look Back videos in case they are dissatisfied with them.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 20px; outline: none;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The editing tool for Look Back allows users to choose alternative photos and clips to put in the video, eliminating those unwanted posts that Facebook's algorithm chose for them.</span></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 20px;">The Look Back video editing feature seems to have rolled out to most users, with the 'Edit' option clearly visible to us (see above), right next to the 'Share Your Movie' button.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 20px; outline: none;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 20px; outline: none;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 20px;">News of the edit option being in the offing had been reported on Wednesday by Techcrunch, and </span><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/05/dont-like-your-facebook-look-back-youll-be-able-to-edit-it-soon/" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; outline: none;" target="_blank">Facebook had confirmed</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 20px;"> the feature will soon arrive for the users, failing to give any particular time-slot. "We will be launching an Edit feature soon that will allow people to change moments in their movies or update the ones they shared. I don't have exact timing at the moment, but this will enable people to remove a post from the movie that was pre-selected and change it to a different one."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 20px; outline: none;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 20px; outline: none;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 20px;">The Look Back video initiative is very much like the </span>Year in Review compilations<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 20px;"> Facebook has offered at the end of the year, but this time, it's in video form, and </span>highlights the biggest events from the user's entire time on the social network<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 20px;">.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 20px; outline: none;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 20px; outline: none;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 20px;">The social networking giant says "this is a small gesture to thank the over one billion people who are on Facebook by providing a unique way to look back at some of their biggest moments."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 20px; outline: none;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 20px; outline: none;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 20px;">You can access the experience by going to </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lookback" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; outline: none;" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/lookback</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 20px;"> while being logged into your Facebook account. //<a href="http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-look-back-videos-can-soon-be-edited-by-users-480447"> </a></span><i style="background-color: white; outline: none;"><a href="http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-look-back-videos-can-soon-be-edited-by-users-480447">NDTV Gadgets</a></i></span>

Facebook Look Back videos can now be edited

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What Happens After Apple Features

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmye8kB-kIz6Hnfa3Odd4wS7mU6ULTSjByNNlUW___n7SqCecAmtYVIzrk76JROvvUSWFHip-EqqEj3T3n7xqiBu176gNSELo4I-H8Tkn1XuAzcHI4ZQI6_llCgf7uPdoZbNlTsp9KEwM/s1600/Apps.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmye8kB-kIz6Hnfa3Odd4wS7mU6ULTSjByNNlUW___n7SqCecAmtYVIzrk76JROvvUSWFHip-EqqEj3T3n7xqiBu176gNSELo4I-H8Tkn1XuAzcHI4ZQI6_llCgf7uPdoZbNlTsp9KEwM/s640/Apps.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h1 class="title" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/03/apple-app-store-features/" style="clear: left; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; text-align: start; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> <i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">App Store</span></i></h1> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">A few days later, Apple named von Ahn's app </span><a href="http://www.duolingo.com/" style="line-height: 22px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Duolingo</a><span style="line-height: 22px;"> as the best iPhone app of 2013. Duolingo, a free app for learning languages, launched on iOS in late 2012 and had been featured in various sections of the App Store before, but little compares to being called out as the top app of the year. Duolingo's total app downloads across platforms spiked from an average of about 80,000 per day before the announcement to "hundreds of thousands" during the days after, von Ahn told </span><em style="line-height: 22px;">Mashable</em><span style="line-height: 22px;">.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">Some of this increase, von Ahn believes, may have happened either way as people make New Year's resolutions to learn new languages and also </span>rush to download apps<span style="line-height: 22px;"> at the end of the year. Still, he estimates that this Apple mention likely brought in "half a million" new users since Dec. </span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="microcontent" data-description="Thanks to this year-end surge in downloads, von Ahn said Duolingo recently hit 20 million registered users" data-fragment="thanks-to-this-yearend" data-micro="1">Thanks to this year-end surge in downloads, von Ahn said Duolingo recently hit 20 million registered users</span>, up from 15 million in late November.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"We are usually not really aware what's going to happen. They just take whatever they want," von Ahn said of his previous experiences with Apple featuring Duolingo. "So we knew this one was going to be a little more prominent."</span></div> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Duolingo's experience is similar to that of other startups we spoke with. Each Thursday afternoon, a small editorial team at Apple selects apps to highlight for the following week in the App Store. Like the rest of Apple, this team operates secretively and rarely reaches out to notify the developers, except to occasionally ask for artwork or, for very high-profile selections like the end-of-year picks, to give a heads up so the companies can make sure they're ready for a significant increase in activity.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK4TVBYGzfPjjdBPmr4D-YpPpXyn0icvTJ4Y0svQnR0vVKslsECNmZrhg4Bed1axA6PCjS4HrAJ-J2gSp0ZsALO1TbFL_uVRwGUTxhyfSFs7TVibCEwOswlOzfT_Sfhv_MXf-ufoCknGk/s1600/appannie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK4TVBYGzfPjjdBPmr4D-YpPpXyn0icvTJ4Y0svQnR0vVKslsECNmZrhg4Bed1axA6PCjS4HrAJ-J2gSp0ZsALO1TbFL_uVRwGUTxhyfSFs7TVibCEwOswlOzfT_Sfhv_MXf-ufoCknGk/s640/appannie.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With more than <a data-crackerjax="#post-slider" href="http://mashable.com/2013/10/22/apple-app-store-1-million/" style="text-decoration: none;">one million apps</a> in Apple's App Store, any extra spotlight from Apple is welcome, but some feature slots are much more effective than others. // <a href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/03/apple-app-store-features/">Mashable</a></span></div>

What Happens After Apple Features

App Store A few days later, Apple named von Ahn's app  Duolingo  as the best iPhone app of 2013. Duolingo, a free app for learning...

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Beware snoopy apps that ask more than they need to know

<div class="imageContainer580xX" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: auto; line-height: 19px; margin: auto; width: 580px;"> <br /> <figure class="oneUp" id="page-lede" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 35px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 580px;"><img class="largeImage imgId100023974 " itemprop="image" src="http://zapt0.staticworld.net/images/article/2013/02/mobile-privacy-100016521-large-100023974-large.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: middle; width: 580px;" /></figure></div> <br /> <article style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; margin: 0px 15px; position: relative; z-index: 20;"><div class="department" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; overflow: hidden;"> <a class="icn-link icn-print ir" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2604700694927760696" style="background-image: url(http://csmb.staticworld.net/images/furniture/techhive/icn-mono-16x16_sprite.png); background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #25a7d7; direction: ltr; display: inline !important; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.45em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-indent: -999em; width: 16px;"><br /></a></div> <span itemprop="articleBody description text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><section class="page" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> The president of the United States says he’s not “allowed” to own an iPhone, which is why he’s sticking with his BlackBerry, according to The Wall Street Journal.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> It’s a politically sensitive subject because the <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9108338/Continuing_coverage_Apple_s_iPhone" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #25a7d7; text-decoration: none;">iPhone</a> is the big American brand, and the president is a self-proclaimed fan of the late <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137163/Apple_Update" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #25a7d7; text-decoration: none;">Apple</a> founder and CEO Steve Jobs. He’d love to pander to buy-America voters. (Obama is also probably not “allowed” to have an Android phone.)</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> Of course, neither the president nor the Secret Service is willing to say exactly how security could be compromised with an iPhone. But onesecurity risk is the unpredictable nature of both iPhone and Android apps.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> Sure, there’s a lot of flat-out malware flying around online, most of which looks like regular, legitimate apps but in fact are either malware or they compromise privacy or security in some way.</div> <h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: facitweb, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-top: 1em;"> Is that app selling you out?</h2> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> There are certain types of apps that users are wary about and may take precautions about downloading. But others don’t seem to have anything to do with user data, so they seem safe.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> The Federal Trade Commission <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9244612/Flashlight_app_vendor_settles_with_FTC_over_privacy_violations" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #25a7d7; text-decoration: none;">announced</a> this week that it reached a settlement with Goldenshores Technologies, which makes a free Android app called “Brightest Flashlight.” The FTC said the app harvested data on users’ locations and device IDs and sold it to advertisers without telling the users, and even when users rejected the app’s terms of service. The settlement forced the company to improve its privacy policy, user communication and data handling.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> The FTC said the app had been installed on “tens of millions” of phones.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> The whole “Brightest Flashlight” fiasco shines light on an uncomfortable set of facts about<a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/topic/75/Smartphones" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #25a7d7; text-decoration: none;">smartphone</a> apps. For starters, some apps that have no apparent need to harvest personal data or compromise privacy or security go ahead and do so anyway.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> But even those that don’t move user data can leave users vulnerable through sheer incompetence.</div> <h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-top: 1em;"> <span style="font-family: facitweb, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 23px;">V</span></span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7em;">ia:<a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2070626/beware-snoopy-apps-that-ask-more-than-they-need-to-know.html"> PCWorld</a></i></h2> </section></span></article>

Beware snoopy apps that ask more than they need to know

The president of the United States says he’s not “allowed” to own an iPhone, which is why he’s sticking with his BlackBerry, accordin...

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How to assign applications to desktops in OS X

<div class="cnet-image-div image-SMALL float-left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: left; float: left; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.984375px; margin: 20px 20px 20px 2px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 90px;"> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a class="lightboxIt" href="http://i.i.cbsi.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim2/2013/12/27/DesktopAssignmentMenu.png" style="border: 0px; color: #2964bf; cursor: pointer; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Dock contextual menu in OS X" class="cnet-image" height="173" src="http://asset0.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim2/2013/12/27/DesktopAssignmentMenu_270x173.png" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="270" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How to assign applications to desktops in OS X</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.984375px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://asset0.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/02/22/FinderIconX_90x90.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" class="cnet-image" height="90" src="http://asset0.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/02/22/FinderIconX_90x90.png" style="border: 0px; cursor: move; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-top: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="90" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Applications in OS X are by default assigned to the current desktop, so if you open a program and then switch to a different desktop, the program's windows will stay on the current desktop. However, there are a couple of ways to change this, so specific programs open on a different desktop, or so they remain present on all desktops.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.984375px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first option is to assign a program to all desktops, which is the most straightforward option. To do this, simply add the program to the OS X Dock, then right-click it. In the contextual menu that appears, choose "All Desktops" in the "Assign To" section of the Options submenu. From now on when you open this program, its windows should always be on your screen, regardless of which desktop you switch to. This option may be useful for monitoring utilities such as Activity Monitor or the Finder.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.984375px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Finally, to undo these options for any program, you can right-click it and choose "All" in the "Assign to" contextual menu section. This will again have it be assigned to the active space only for its current session.The second option is to assign a program to a specific desktop, or "space." To do this, first invoke Mission Control (this can be done with the preassigned F-key configured on most <a href="http://www.cnet.com/apple-mac.html" section="luke_topic" style="border: 0px; color: #2964bf; cursor: pointer; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mac</a>keyboards), then go to the desktop of choice. Then right-click the application in the Dock and choose "This desktop" from the same contextual menu. Now, regardless of the desktop you are on, if you open or switch to this application, you will be switched to its assigned desktop, unless a its window has been manually moved to the current desktop. This can be useful for keeping programs grouped by type or by function, such as word processing and spreadsheet programs so your office work can be kept sequestered.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.984375px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Via: <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57616308-263/how-to-assign-applications-to-desktops-in-os-x/">CNET</a></span></i></div>

How to assign applications to desktops in OS X

How to assign applications to desktops in OS X Applications in OS X are by default assigned to the current desktop, so if you open a ...

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Nokia removes HERE Maps from Apple App Store

<figure class="alignRight" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #252525; float: right; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 0px 20px; max-width: 220px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;"></figure><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cdn-static.zdnet.com/i/r/story/70/00/024655/heremapsicon-200x198.png?hash=AQMuZQAuMw&upscale=1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Nokia removes HERE Maps from Apple App Store" border="0" height="198" src="http://cdn-static.zdnet.com/i/r/story/70/00/024655/heremapsicon-200x198.png?hash=AQMuZQAuMw&upscale=1" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: auto;" title="Nokia removes HERE Maps from Apple App Store" width="200" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apple App StoreNokia</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #252525; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last year when Apple released Maps for iOS 6 there was quite a <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/for-apple-the-ios-6-map-flap-is-just-a-mere-speed-bump-7000005582/" style="border: 0px; color: #005399; cursor: pointer; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">controversy online</a> about the poor performance. Map service providers quickly jumped in and offered <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/a-closer-look-at-apple-ios-6-maps-and-eight-alternatives-comparison-review-7000005820/" style="border: 0px; color: #005399; cursor: pointer; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">solid alternatives</a>.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #252525; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of these providers was Nokia with their <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/find-your-way-to-grandmas-house-with-nokias-here-maps-and-telenav-scout-for-ios-7000007681/" style="border: 0px; color: #005399; cursor: pointer; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">HERE Maps</a>. This morning Engadget reported that Nokia pulled HERE Maps from the Apple App Store because "iOS 7 harms the user experience."</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #252525; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While I use HERE Maps on my Lumia Windows Phone devices, I don't have it installed on my iOS devices and thus am not sure what the experience was like with it on iOS 7. One benefit of using HERE Maps on iOS was the ability to download maps for offline usage.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #252525; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nokia stated you can still go to m.here.com and use their mobile web version. If the experience with iOS 7 is broken then you would think Nokia would update their HERE Maps software and optimize it for iOS 7. Then again, if no one is using HERE Maps on their iPhone then it doesn't make sense for Nokia to waste any more resources developing for the iOS platform.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #252525; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Via: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/nokia-removes-here-maps-from-apple-app-store-7000024655/"> ZDNet</a></span></div>

Nokia removes HERE Maps from Apple App Store

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Best 25 apps to install on your Windows tablet

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcqFIr7DznNMX7iQ2JtoS2CfTHiWmIGHqTqDdpcwfxLfwpSc7ausf3HK_0shBVo0RQOpSQj5z-TczIA1L7EFGmPJoO6fg2IBr01oCb6dUFUSL0GMcXyciKCagwX-TRoeLA-Dp_QNqWEVk/s1600/tablet_app.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-top: 1em; text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><i style="font-weight: normal;">Embracing touch</i></span></h2> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcqFIr7DznNMX7iQ2JtoS2CfTHiWmIGHqTqDdpcwfxLfwpSc7ausf3HK_0shBVo0RQOpSQj5z-TczIA1L7EFGmPJoO6fg2IBr01oCb6dUFUSL0GMcXyciKCagwX-TRoeLA-Dp_QNqWEVk/s1600/tablet_app.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span></a></div> <h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-top: 1em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Embracing touch</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Let’s start with apps that highlight the strengths of Windows 8 and Microsoft’s quest to deliver a singular, unified experience across a multitude of devices. Surprise! They all come straight from Microsoft.</span></div> <figure class="large " style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23.33333396911621px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="fresh paint" height="326" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/12/fresh-paint-100160791-large.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" width="580" /></span><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Microsoft’s Fresh Paint app offers a rich selection of artistic tools. </span></div> </figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/fresh-paint/1926e0a0-5e41-48e1-ba68-be35f2266a03" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Fresh Paint</a></strong> was a star at Windows 8’s 2012 launch, and it still shines brightly a year later. The free app comes chock-full of watercolors, oils, and pencil tools that will keep you doodling for hours in full multitouch glory. If that gets boring, try something else: Fresh Paint also allows you to paint over pictures stored on your PC, or to pull in “inspiration” from photos on Bing. You can purchase optional “packs” (read: coloring books) for your kids, including some starring Disney characters such as Mickey and Nemo. As simple as it sounds, Fresh Paint is a blast.</span></div> <figure class="large " style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23.33333396911621px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="xbox one smartglass" height="362" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/12/xbox-one-smartglass-100160799-large.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" width="580" /></span><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Xbox One Smartglass in action. </i></span></div> </figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Don’t feel like finger painting? <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://www.xbox.com/en-US/smartglass" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Xbox Smartglass</a></strong> lets you navigate and control your Xbox 360 or Xbox One console with your slate, and much more. Games with Smartglass support (such as <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Halo 4, Ryse: Son of Rome,</em> and <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dead Rising 3</em>) offer unique gameplay capabilities in-app, and a number of movies provide supplemental content through Smartglass. You can also use Xbox Smartglass to buy videos from Xbox Video and shift them from your tablet to your TV and back again.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you’d rather game on your tablet, check out <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/skulls-of-the-shogun/c919c1a7-ad5d-4423-9a30-32cf731c04d7" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Skulls of the Shogun</a></strong></em> or <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/halo-spartan-assault/8fe2d694-baa2-4011-99c0-3a22216223bb" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Halo: Spartan Assault</a></strong></em>. <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Skulls of the Shogun</em> syncs your progress between the Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows Phone, and Xbox Live Arcade versions of the game (assuming you’ve bought more than one), and allows players on one platform to go head-to-head with users of other devices. “<a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2044126/one-microsoft-all-the-time-what-ballmers-newly-unified-vision-could-mean-to-you.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">One Microsoft</a>” indeed.</span></div> <figure class="large " style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23.33333396911621px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="skulls of the shogun" height="326" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/12/skulls-of-the-shogun-100160797-large.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" width="580" /></span><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Find strategic gameplay in ‘Skulls of the Shogun.’ (Click to enlarge.)</span></div> </figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Halo: Spartan Assault</em> is, well, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Halo</em>, even if it can’t cross platform borders as <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Skulls of the Shogun</em> can. And hey—if those don’t scratch your gaming itch, you can pick up fun, touch-optimized versions of <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/1a36fd17-5161-4651-ae2d-13384e427ea8" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Solitaire</a></strong></em> and <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/microsoft-minesweeper/45ac18d7-e742-494f-a1b1-009aa412a179" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Minesweeper</a></strong></em>.</span></div> <h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-top: 1em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Getting social</span></h2> <figure class="large " style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23.33333396911621px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="twitter windows 8" height="326" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/12/twitter-windows-8-100160798-large.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" width="580" /></span><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Tweeting my peeps. </i></span></div> </figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">No Windows tablet is an island, given Windows 8’s cloud-centric nature. The Windows Store lacks apps for many social networks, but the big two—<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/facebook/add3d66a-358d-4fe2-be68-8a3f934e9ea1" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Facebook</a></strong>and <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/twitter/8289549f-9bae-4d44-9a5c-63d9c3a79f35" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Twitter</a></strong>—are available, along with a surprisingly awesome <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/3b4b8be2-f224-4827-9449-019739d9c4c8" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Foursquare</a></strong> app.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The two big-name apps each have some quirks: Twitter lacks in-stream retweet/favorite options, and you can’t share content to Facebook via the Share charm. Overall, however, the two apps are rock-solid. They deliver systemwide notifications, as well, and you can “snap” them to a portion of the screen for handy multitasking, just as you can any other proper Windows app—two highly useful additions.</span></div> <figure class="large " style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23.33333396911621px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="foursquare" height="327" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/12/foursquare-100160793-large.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" width="580" /></span><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The Windows 8 Foursquare app is purdy, and it can point you toward local businesses and restaurants.</i> </span></div> </figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Beyond social networks, you’ll want to download <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/im-instant-messenger/99c049c4-5ef8-4b17-802e-4cf5463d4ef3/m/ROW" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">IM+</a></strong> if you use instant messaging services. The Messages app in Windows 8 offers bare-bones IM support, and the Skype app that replaced it in Windows 8.1 doesn’t even have Messages’ Facebook chat support. IM+, in contrast, plays nice with Facebook, AIM, ICQ, Yahoo Messenger, and plenty of other IM services—including Skype.</span></div> <h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-top: 1em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">A portable boob tube</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fortunately, the Windows Store has a solid lineup of entertainment apps just waiting to please your peepers, and video and audio apps are an especially good fit for the modern UI.</span></div> <figure class="large " style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23.33333396911621px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="hyper for youtube" height="326" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/12/hyper-for-youtube-100160796-large.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" width="580" /></span><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hyper for YouTube offers an elegant video-viewing interface. </span></div> </figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/d8d75bb2-c5cd-44f2-8c26-c1d1ae5b13fa" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Netflix</a></strong> and <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/ad77e4ed-0398-4f5b-a41e-88973007dca1" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Hulu Plus</a></strong> subscribers will want to check out those respective apps post-haste. YouTube, unfortunately, isn’t available as an app, but you won’t mourn its loss if you check out <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/hyper-for-youtube/aa71044c-c4b9-4a9c-96fa-2ab6f9d716c8" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Hyper for YouTube</a></strong>, a slick YouTube viewer that includes video-quality options and full YouTube account support. (Most of the YouTube-related offerings in the Windows Store don’t.) Or, if you’re just into YouTube for the free tunes, check out the free <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/60041c70-3a67-4917-b120-eef7180a16c9" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Vevo</a></strong> app.</span></div> <figure class="large " style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23.33333396911621px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="slacker radio windows 8" height="326" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/12/slacker-radio-windows-8-100160800-large.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" width="580" /></span><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Slacker Radio app contains a wealth of artist and album info, beyond its killer station selection. </span></div> </figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you’re looking to soothe your savage breast, install <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/bd964815-8620-4a05-abf9-ad1f87f68027" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Slacker Radio</a></strong>. Sure, Windows 8 bakes in the Xbox Music service by default, but Xbox Music restricts your free listening after six months and has limited device support outside of Microsoft’s ecosystem. Slacker Radio offers free, unlimited listening to the service’s superb<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</em> 300-plus, DJ-curated radio stations, while subscribing for $10 per month unlocks on-demand music and playlist support.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But what if you’re already a Spotify subscriber? The fan-made <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/cbbddd16-5d65-453b-b556-de3e7b3afa15" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Spotlite</a></strong> app lets premium Spotify subscribers jam to the service’s tunes, and it sports a sleek, Xbox Music–esque interface.</span></div> <figure class="large " style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23.33333396911621px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="plex windows 8" height="326" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/12/plex-windows-8-100160795-large.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" width="580" /></span></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Finally, if you have a large music and movie library of your own, grab <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/plex/647bfcf7-7f87-4a72-ad86-2e6274f969e3" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Plex</a></strong>. </span></div> <h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-top: 1em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Go read a book</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Display resolutions are only climbing higher, and with a flood of easily graspable 8-inch tablets such as the <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2068828/dell-venue-8-pro-review-windows-8-1-in-a-pint-sized-package.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Dell Venue 8 Pro</a>, <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2054399/lenovo-shows-off-an-8-inch-bay-trail-t-tablet-the-miix2.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Lenovo Miix2</a>, and <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2055580/acer-joins-the-8-inch-windows-tablet-fray-with-the-atom-powered-iconia-w4.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Acer Iconia W4</a>hitting the shelves, Windows tablets can be a great way to catch up on your reading.</span></div> <figure class="large " style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23.33333396911621px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="nook windows 8" height="327" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/12/nook-windows-8-100160807-large.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" width="580" /></span></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Windows Store features both <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/kindle/1d7e4396-0143-4aed-8892-84eb75e799f3" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Kindle</a></strong> and <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/05dbbb07-cd42-4a5f-9cd3-a329d52bd372" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Nook</a></strong> apps. Each serves as a gateway to the bounty of ebooks and magazines available in their respective digital bookstores.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If your tastes skew toward shorter forms, try the stellar <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/e62e393a-acc9-40d9-a34a-13a41f2eeef0" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Flipboard</a></strong> app, which finallytouched down in the Windows Store this fall. It compiles stories from around the Web into a beautiful magazine-style format. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/comics/39c58b6e-8b89-4127-a7a3-914cc7918b98" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Comixology</a></strong>, meanwhile, has more than 40,000 digital comics available for purchase from top-name publishers such as Marvel, DC, and Image. Some people have run into minor bugs with the app, but nothing crippling, and its deep troves are a wonderful way to spend any day.</span></div> <figure class="large " style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23.33333396911621px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="comixology windows 8" height="343" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/12/comixology-windows-8-100160794-large.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" width="580" /></span><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Comixology is a comic lover’s dream app. </i></span></div> </figcaption></figure><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-top: 1em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Cool extras</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 0.7em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some of Windows 8’s best apps don’t fit into the neat boxes we’ve talked about. If you’re not overwhelmed with all the choices yet, check out the following.</span></div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 23.33333396911621px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.45em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/bing-maps-preview/75ce2a6a-8a25-4916-83d0-19b8e7b60787" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Bing Maps Preview</a></strong> is a version of Bing Maps that supports <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2068830/bing-maps-preview-is-microsofts-answer-to-google-earth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Google Earth–like 3D maps</a>. It’s a big improvement over the basic Bing Maps, and with Google largely sitting on the Windows Store sidelines, it’s the marquee maps option available for Windows tablets.</span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.45em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you go cuckoo for Coco Crisp or any other athlete or sports team, you’ve got to grab the <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/3c3536bd-f432-468c-a6e4-fa1ecd49e5fc" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">ESPN</a></strong> Windows 8 app, which dishes out up-to-the-minute scores, analysis, and videos from the Worldwide Leader in Sports. Plus, you can pin live tiles for your favorite teams to the Windows 8 Start screen.</span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.45em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/5980cefa-aafa-47e4-8ef1-8d72fc208dc0" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Music Maker Jam</a></strong> lets you make your own jams, man, complete with an orchestra’s worth of premade loops and a multitude of effects. It’s a blast.</span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.45em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you’re over 21, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/88e08b7c-10d0-45b8-9280-946bd889e243" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Cocktail Flow</a></strong> is the personal bartender you’ve always wanted. The app packs alcoholic-drink recipes and recommendations by type, by spirit, by whatever you have in your liquor cabinet, or heck, even by color. Grab the <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/41465f3f-1ecd-4e43-814d-a77b12ff2fbd" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Allrecipes</a></strong> food app to go with it, and you’ll never have to think about dinner again.</span></li> </ul> <div> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.546875px;"><i>Source  : <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2080811/25-excellent-apps-to-install-on-your-new-windows-tablet.html">PCWorld</a></i></span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.546875px;"><i>Image : TechHive</i></span></span></div>

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Apps can monitor smartphone

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4D2qL-wGkfqdaQns8NYDlGYHDqujTahRmpkUT8bj5k52YuPOPKImUm32Xyme1im0rFiGP1uVLSmNcISttWMhn1QUYXxHQSdHf1jhN5beX4Zmk2E3pYlb7h5KuzEEVCbLz_0lFmqG1xhk/s1600/apple-ios-7-iphone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4D2qL-wGkfqdaQns8NYDlGYHDqujTahRmpkUT8bj5k52YuPOPKImUm32Xyme1im0rFiGP1uVLSmNcISttWMhn1QUYXxHQSdHf1jhN5beX4Zmk2E3pYlb7h5KuzEEVCbLz_0lFmqG1xhk/s320/apple-ios-7-iphone.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">smartphone</span></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">For iOS users, the simplest and clearest app is </span><b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">DataMan Next </b><span style="line-height: 22px;">by Johnny Ixe. It features clear, large text that allows the app to tell you much of the information you seek in one glance.</span></span><br /> <span style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 1.25em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Once it is set up, the app runs in the background, gathering information on how much data you are using over a mobile data connection such as 4G or over Wi-Fi. Opening the app brings up the home page, which has a big percentage number in the middle, a counter to when the billing cycle ends and simple displays of how much you have already used on cellular or Wi-Fi. It also looks at your use patterns and predicts whether you are "safe" for the month's limit. The home page color changes from green to red as you approach the limit.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 1.25em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The app can also send alerts as you hit different percentages of your data allowance. The app costs $2.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 1.25em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My Data Manager</b> is an alternative, available on both iOS and Android. It is a bit more fussy. It is free, though, and provides a more thorough measure of data habits. It has a quick-glance home page to report the data used in a month and how much was mobile versus Wi-Fi. It even has a section to monitor data use when you are roaming overseas.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 1.25em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you tap on the small graph icon on the bottom of the screen, the app will display a bar chart of your data use on a daily basis. You can also see a map showing where you downloaded data the most. The idea is to give you insight into your data habits so that you can modify them sensibly.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 1.25em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Another good option is <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Onavo Count</b>, free on Android and iOS. The Android version looks well designed, with a minimalist interface and intuitive graphs. Its home screen tells you how much of your monthly or weekly data you have consumed with a display of shading on a colored ring.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 1.25em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On the home page, it shows how your data use breaks down into categories such as video-viewing, use of social media and so on. It can also show how your use of particular apps compares with that of the average user.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 1.25em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Other possibilities are the free <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Data Monitor</b> by Nutec Apps on iOS and <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3G Defender</b> on Android. They work similarly, but look more cluttered and feel different from the other apps mentioned here. It is also worth noting that in iOS 7 and Android 4.x, Apple and Google have included systems to see how much mobile data is being used. But you have to dig into the settings to find them, and the information is not necessarily as complete as that offered by the apps mentioned here. // <a href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/personalfinance/apps-can-monitor-smartphone-data-usage/2158820">Tampa Bay Times</a></span></div>

Apps can monitor smartphone

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Top 5 Android Apps for Outdoor Adventures

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.technewsworld.com/images/article_images/79670_300x506.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Google Maps" border="0" height="506" src="http://www.technewsworld.com/images/article_images/79670_300x506.jpg" style="border: none; margin-top: 2px;" width="300" /></span></a></div> <div class="story-body" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Accelerometers, GPS receivers and other sensors in your smartphone let you track your outdoor activities in ways that go beyond just the common map.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this week's All Things Appy, we take a look at the top five free apps for exploring, including options for fine-tuning your GPS, measuring headings and bearings, logging your tracks and reckoning distance.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>About the Platform:</strong> Android apps are found in Google's Play Store. Touch the Play Store icon -- it's in the mobile device's app drawer. Then search for the app.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No. 1: Maps</span></strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <img align="left" alt="" border="0" height="50" hspace="2" src="http://www.technewsworld.com/images/article_images/79670_50x50-googlemaps.jpg" vspace="2" width="50" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Google's Maps claims 500,000,000 to 1,000,000,000 installs and has an average Google Play Store rating of 4.3 stars out of a possible 5 from 2,859,491 reviewers.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Google's in-built free Android mapping app is the granddaddy of mobile mapping. There are paid topographic mapping apps out there that are more elaborate and more fun to use, but this one, Google's fallback, simply tells you your location and gets you to your destination -- without fail.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> </div> <div class="story-thumbnail" style="background-color: white; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12px; margin: 10px auto; width: 300px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A relatively new feature is the ability to make map segments available offline -- superb for remote travel. Just download the zones before you head out.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No. 2: GPS Status & Toolbox</span></strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <img align="left" alt="" border="0" height="50" hspace="2" src="http://www.technewsworld.com/images/article_images/79670_50x50-gpsstatus.jpg" vspace="2" width="50" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GPS Status & Toolbox claims 5,000,000 to 10,000,000 installs and has an average Google Play Store rating of 4.6 stars out of a possible 5 from 60,209 reviewers.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you've ever wondered if your smartphone satellite positioning services are acting up, this app will clarify matters. GPS Status & Toolbox lets you stay on top of your GPS sensor data, including providing the birds' positions and strengths.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An A-GPS download function lets you reset your GPS satellite receiver, too, which speeds up location. Plus, a dashboard-like display provides altitude, lat-long and a graphical representation of the GPS constellation.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No. 3: Smart Compass</span></strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <img align="left" alt="" border="0" height="50" hspace="2" src="http://www.technewsworld.com/images/article_images/79670_50x50-smartcompass.jpg" vspace="2" width="50" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Smart Compass claims 5,000,000 to 10,000,000 installs and has an average Google Play Store rating of 4.3 stars out of a possible 5 from 29,425 reviewers.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Smart Tools' Smart Compass provides directional references along with an augmented reality view taken from the phone's camera.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A super-useful feature in this compass app is metal detection using the smartphone's magnetic sensor. If there's metal in the vicinity of your phone, your compass can be adversely affected. This feature lets you know if results might be skewed, so you can move away from the object.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No. 4: My Tracks</span></strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My Tracks claims 10,000,000 to 50,000,000 installs and has an average Google Play Store rating of 4.4 stars out of a possible 5 from 82,999 reviewers.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Google's My Tracks analyzes GPS data from your smartphone to provide mapped recordings of your location, track, distance, speed, time and elevation as you hike or run.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recorded tracks can then be exported to Maps to provide a historical log of all of your outdoor activity. You can then share those tracks -- useful if you want to communicate trail routes with buddies, say.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No. 5: Smart Distance</span></strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Smart Distance claims 1,000,000 to 5,000,000 installs and has an average Google Play Store rating of 4 stars out of a possible 5 from 3,432 reviewers.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Via:<a href="http://www.technewsworld.com/story/All-Things-Appy-Top-5-Android-Apps-for-Outdoor-Adventures-79670.html">TechNewsWorld</a></span></i></div>

Top 5 Android Apps for Outdoor Adventures

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5 Best Apps to Make the Most of Apple Sensors

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img align="left" alt="All Things Appy: 5 Best Apps to Make the Most of Apple Sensors" class="story-image" height="124" src="http://www.technewsworld.com/images/rw379177/ios-app.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="172" /></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 Best Apps to Make the Most of Apple </span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="story-byline" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11px;"> <span style="color: #555555; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sensors are a big part of what makes smartphones smart, and Apple mobile devices are packed with them. Most of us use at least some of them every day -- even if we don't realize it -- but there are also apps out there that let you take them even further for a variety of fun and useful purposes. Read on for a look at the five best contenders for iPhone and iPad.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No. 1: Commander Compass Lite</span></strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <img align="left" alt="" border="0" height="50" hspace="2" src="http://www.technewsworld.com/images/article_images/79694_50x50-commandercompass.jpg" vspace="2" width="50" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Commander Compass Lite is rated 4 1/2 stars out of a possible 5 for all versions based on 4,429 ratings, and 4 1/2 stars out of 5 for the current version based on 895 ratings in the iTunes App Store.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This compass app takes advantage of the magnetic compass magnetometer that's included in recent iPhones and iPads to display directional navigation data -- just like a handheld compass. Position, bearings and speed are tracked.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> </div> <div class="story-thumbnail" style="background-color: white; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12px; margin: 10px auto; width: 300px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Commander Compass Lite" border="0" height="500" src="http://www.technewsworld.com/images/article_images/79694_300x500.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 2px;" width="300" /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heavily magnetic fields can interfere with magnetometer readings, so this app starts using a gyroscopic rotational sensor to compensate for that, as well.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No. 2: Planets</span></strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <img align="left" alt="" border="0" height="50" hspace="2" src="http://www.technewsworld.com/images/article_images/79694_50x50-planets.jpg" vspace="2" width="50" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q Continuum's Planets is rated 3 1/2 stars out of a possible 5 for all versions based on 53,222 ratings, and 4 1/2 stars out of 5 for the current version based on 223 ratings in the iTunes App Store.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's an app that takes advantage of the gyroscope sensor. Gyroscopes track localized movement of a device.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Planets is a 3D planetarium-style guide to the solar system. Once the device locks onto a location using GPS or cellular towers, movement of the device maps the planets and stars on the screen with the gyroscope in real time.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No. 3: AccelMeter - 3D Vector Accelerometer</span></strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <img align="left" alt="" border="0" height="50" hspace="2" src="http://www.technewsworld.com/images/article_images/79694_50x50-accelmeter.jpg" vspace="2" width="50" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AccelMeter is rated 3 stars out of a possible 5 for all versions based on 269 ratings, and 3 1/2 stars out of 5 for the current version based on 16 ratings in the iTunes App Store.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whether you knew it or not, the accelerometer is the sensor that orients the phone screen between landscape and portrait -- you've likely been using your device's accelerometer daily when Web browsing, looking at photos and controlling any games.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peter Breitling's AccelMeter is the best app for visualizing and measuring actual acceleration. It includes all of the three axes -- often labeled x, y and z -- plus reverse acceleration and g-force calculations.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No. 4: Dimmer</span></strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dimmer is rated 3 stars out of a possible 5 for all versions based on 272 ratings, and 3 stars out of 5 for the current version based on 155 ratings in the iTunes App Store.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The light sensor on your iPad or iPhone automatically adjusts screen-brightness levels based on what the Apple programmers think should be optimum brightness -- based on ambient light. Well, that may not be what you think, and this app lets you adjust sensors manually.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Be aware that a dim screen will save power, while a brighter screen makes small screens more readable.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sleep therapists reckon a burst of light at night fools the brain into thinking it's waking-up time, so use a super-dim screen if you're an insomniac workaholic.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No. 5: Sensor Monitor</span></strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sensor Monitor is rated 4 1/2 stars out of a possible 5 for all versions based on 24 ratings, and 4 1/2 stars out of 5 for the current version based on 11 ratings in the iTunes App Store.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's an app that lets you display and log raw sensor values for the accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, GPS, battery, microphone, touch and proximity sensors.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The proximity sensor is the sensor that deactivates the display when the phone is in a call so you ears don't dial phone numbers.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Via: <a href="http://www.technewsworld.com/story/All-Things-Appy-5-Best-Apps-to-Make-the-Most-of-Apple-Sensors-79694.html">TechNewsWorld</a></span></i></div>

5 Best Apps to Make the Most of Apple Sensors

5 Best Apps to Make the Most of Apple  Sensors are a big part of what makes smartphones smart, and Apple mobile devices are packed with...

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Nokia purges Here Maps from App Store over iOS 7 issues

<div class="cnet-image-div image-LARGE2 float-none" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; float: none; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.984375px; margin: 10px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 610px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" class="cnet-image" height="312" src="http://asset2.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim2/2013/12/27/nokiaheremaps_610x312.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="610" /><span class="image-credit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.133em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.984375px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">iPhone and iPad users searching for Nokia's Here Maps app in the App Store will come up empty.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.984375px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nokia removed its maps app from Apple's store earlier this week seemingly over problems related to <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/apple-ios-7/" section="luke_topic" style="border: 0px; color: #2964bf; cursor: pointer; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">iOS 7</a>. Trying to access the app through the App Store now returns an error that it's no longer available. Nokia didn't reveal the specific causes for the app's ouster but did send the following statement to media outlets:</span></div> <div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.984375px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Via: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57616301-94/nokia-purges-here-maps-from-app-store-over-ios-7-issues/">CNET</a></span></i></div>

Nokia purges Here Maps from App Store over iOS 7 issues

(Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney iPhone and iPad users searching for Nokia's Here Maps app in the App Store will come up empty. ...

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Evasi0n Jailbreak Group Drops Pirate App Store TaiG

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><i><img alt="Evasi0n Jailbreak Group Drops Pirate App Store TaiG" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOv7hignoE3c1Tnyti8tXbRAbmTFYkkZGU67SbfyG-cZgELCeIAwAO1WSN998sb7ZRby2UfHsuPguWsWxDEAiYLwTAQb0eu8jV7sXTJtKvJFZUqtMgeIRcuUYN9r0j2tekSebWNHcJqm8/s1600/jailbreaker.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" /></i></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Evasi0n Jailbreak Group Drops Pirate App Store TaiG</i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOv7hignoE3c1Tnyti8tXbRAbmTFYkkZGU67SbfyG-cZgELCeIAwAO1WSN998sb7ZRby2UfHsuPguWsWxDEAiYLwTAQb0eu8jV7sXTJtKvJFZUqtMgeIRcuUYN9r0j2tekSebWNHcJqm8/s1600/jailbreaker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span></a></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In a short letter to the jailbreak community, the <a href="http://evasi0n.com/l2.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Evasi0n group has announced</a> they are refusing to distribute TaiG, a Chinese app store released alongside an iOS 7.x jailbreak.Users found that the app store contained hundreds of pirated apps.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Evasi0n said they “dropped the ball” and that the TaiG partnership was a mistake.</span></div> <div style="border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We terminated our relationship with them. We are very disappointed that they have decided to put up a cracked version of the jailbreak on their site that installs Taig. We did not give them any permission or source code.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They also reverse-engineered the software to assess how TaiG handled user privacy, finding that the software sent no private data and that the software sent unique identifiers in encrypted form. Noted <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/22/partnership-with-chinese-app-store-shines-a-light-on-the-hidden-world-of-jailbreak-groups/" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;">home-brew app developer Jay Freeman</a> confirmed that Evasi0n was to receive at least $1 million from TaiG, although the actual sum was not disclosed.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The group has also announced that they are not accepting cash from TaiG:</span></div> <div style="border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There have been a lot of rumors listing various amounts we’ve been paid. We have received no monies from any group, including Taig. We will not be accepting any money. Our donations are being given to Public Knowledge, Electronic Frontier Foundation and Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure to help protect jailbreaking as your legal right.</span></div> <div style="border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Via : <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/25/evasi0n-jailbreak-group-drops-pirate-app-store-taig/">TechCrunch</a></span></div>

Evasi0n Jailbreak Group Drops Pirate App Store TaiG

Evasi0n Jailbreak Group Drops Pirate App Store TaiG In a short letter to the jailbreak community, the  Evasi0n group has announced  t...

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Best apps for your new tablet or smartphone

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg24Cc5EBAoCGrwEuVps_ynwbfZ0AR2BwsMG4e-_XqZQAbbiRJKmXVuUlDY9ZxQqGxlo7H1gtYTK4QOHQJP7Ll5hengvo-YzGHfEVDlA-jZ-PWj405LSLBZy4KJMt0ZaiJ35oBy2FRQfRs/s1600/729Sky-620x349.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg24Cc5EBAoCGrwEuVps_ynwbfZ0AR2BwsMG4e-_XqZQAbbiRJKmXVuUlDY9ZxQqGxlo7H1gtYTK4QOHQJP7Ll5hengvo-YzGHfEVDlA-jZ-PWj405LSLBZy4KJMt0ZaiJ35oBy2FRQfRs/s1600/729Sky-620x349.jpg" /></span></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">Cold War</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;"> has amazing graphics.</span></span></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="border: 0px; line-height: 17px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Let's start with some games. <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sky Gamblers: Cold War</span> from Atypical Games has 3D graphics so impressive that it is almost as if you had a game console in a device you can put in your pocket. This $5 iPhone or iPad game puts you in the cockpit of aircraft from the Cold War era. You steer by turning your device in the air, and control various systems and weapons by tapping on icons or swiping on the screen. The game has dramatic missions and is great fun. It's also an ideal app to show off the power of your new device to a friend.</span></div> <div class="cT-imageLandscape" style="border: 0px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="Layar gives you information on where you are." itemprop="image" src="http://images.theage.com.au/2013/12/26/5035831/729Layar-620x349.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" /></span><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: left; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0.7em 0px 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Layar gives you information on where you are.</span></div> </div> <div style="border: 0px; line-height: 17px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Android a similar game is <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sky Gamblers: Air Supremacy</span>, from the makers Namco-Bandai. It also has good graphics and the same sort of complex gameplay. It's free, although it costs up to $3 to unlock missions and aircraft. There is also <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Air Supremacy</span> on iOS for $1, but I feel the <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cold War</span> version is better.</span></div> <div class="hidden" id="adspot-300x250-pos-3" style="border: 0px; left: -9000px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 90px;"> <small style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Advertisement</span></small></div> <div style="border: 0px; line-height: 17px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For an alternative to a war-themed game, try <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Infinity Blade 3</span> on iOS and <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dragonslayer</span> on Android. These are fantasy games with amazing 3D graphics that place you on an adventure in a mystical land with just your wits and sword skills to save you. <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Infinity Blade 3</span>, which is also perhaps the most graphically wonderful game you'll see on an iOS device, costs $3.<span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dragonslayer</span> is free on Android.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; line-height: 17px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You probably have heard of <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Angry Birds</span>, a wonderfully odd puzzle game where you catapult moody avians to destroy buildings made by evil pigs. The latest, <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Angry Birds Star Wars 2</span>, is free on iOS and Android and is hilarious to play. Its puzzles and hidden levels have kept me amused for too many hours to count. There is a Windows 8 version too that will cost you a dollar.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; line-height: 17px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For a different puzzler, check out <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Candy Crush Saga</span>, which has been downloaded half a billion times. It's a bit like the classic <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tetris</span>, with cute graphics and simple but addictive gameplay. It's free for iOS and Android.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; line-height: 17px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With social networking apps you can experience the thrill of sharing news or photos or even video about what you're up to with the world in real time. Twitter (free on iOS, Android, Windows Phone), Facebook (free on iOS, Android and Windows) and Instagram (free on iOS, Android, Windows Phone 8) are all worth checking out. Again, these apps come with a warning - you may use them much more than you expected.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; line-height: 17px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But don't forget that smartphones and tablets have more uses than merely to gossip or play games. How about using them to get you from A to B? Waze is a powerful GPS app to try. It replaces that old device that you used to suction onto your car's windshield with a modern mapping system that is constantly improved by its community of users.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; line-height: 17px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As well as the usual tricks of showing a map and speaking turn-by-turn directions, Waze offers real-time traffic data and alerts for incidents such as traffic jams or accidents. The app has some quirks, like requiring a network connection for live data, thus eating up your mobile data allowance, and its cutesy graphics may not tickle your fancy. But it is free, and available on iOS, Android and Windows Phone.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; line-height: 17px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For more real-time data for the world around you, download Layar or Junaio to tap into some of the same "augmented reality" vibe that Google's Glass headset is championing. These apps turn your device into a digital window.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; line-height: 17px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You hold your device up and the screen will show a view through the camera's lens. Superimposed on top of this view is all sorts of additional data you select from a library of different "layers," including information like the identity of boats you can see on the ocean, or photos that Twitter users nearby have shared.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; line-height: 17px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Layar (iOS, Android) and Junaio (iOS, Android) are free and may amaze you with the amount of information you can find within moments. But this technology is quite new, so be prepared for a bit of a learning curve with the apps and occasionally unreliable performance.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; line-height: 17px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Finally, check out the amazing power of Shazam. This app listens to music you hear in public, as you sit in a coffee shop, for example, and automatically identifies the tune for you. It's magical to see in action, and it even offers links to buy the music if you really like it. Shazam is free on iOS, Android and Windows Phone.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; line-height: 17px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">These, of course, are just the beginning. There are many thousands more out there - many free. Do some of your own exploring, and you'll find apps for everything. Just be careful about spending surprising amounts of money on in-app purchases, particularly in games.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; line-height: 17px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">// The New York Times</span></b></span></div> <br />

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