Amazon has pushed out an updated version of its Kindle app for iOS, and it adds features that had previously only been available on the Kindle Fire tablet and Kindle E Ink devices. Kindle 2.9 for iOS  lets iPad users can now read magazines from the Kindle Store as well as digital reproductions of textbooks. But iPhone and iPod touch…

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Myriad Group has unveiled new software that allows Android apps to run on non-Android devices… including the Apple iPad and other iOS devices. Myriad has been showing off its Alien Dalvik software since early this year, but version 2.0 adds support for a wide range of tablets, eBook readers, televisions, and other devices including Apple products running iOS. The software…

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Apple kicked off its annual developer conference today by introducing the next versions of OS X and iOS as well as a new cloud-based service for backing up and synchronizing your data. Here’s a quick run-down of the iOS and iCloud news from today’s event: iCloud lets you backup and sync your data without a PC Apple’s much-anticipated iCloud service…

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Shortly before releasing Ubuntu 11.04, the folks at Canonical released an updated version of their Ubuntu One Music app for Android. This week HBO also launched mobile apps for iOS and Android, Motorola promised future devices would have unlockable bootladers, and we found a nifty app for automatically uploading files from your Android phone to Dropbox. Here’s a roundup of…

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You can always find the latest news and reviews on mobile apps by visiting Mobiputing.com in a desktop browser or mobile browser. Now after spending a year covering mobile apps, Mobiputing finally has one of its own. You can download out first Android app from the Android Market. An iPhone version is coming soon. And don’t worry, a Liliputing mobile…

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Apple released a minor iOS update this week, and within hours hackers figured out how to jailbreak it. A pre-release version of the firmware for a new phone with HTC Sense 3.0 software hit the web, and hackers have already figured out how to run the software on other phones. You’ve got to love hackers. But even if you’ve never…

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You can use a Google account to login to Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, and dozens of other Google services — but you can also use it to login to third party apps such as online office suites, news readers, and more. That means if someone manages to obtain your Google account info, not only can they access your email,…

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Read this how you will, but during a conference call today Apple CEO basically said tablets with 7 inch displays are a bad idea. He’s indicating that Apple has no plans to launch a 7 inch model, while at the same time taking aim at an army of existing and upcoming 7 inch Android tablets from Samsung, Dell, and others….

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Apple seems to be making a decent amount of cash by selling smartphones and tablets with multitouch capabilities. So it’s probably not that surprising that rumors are making the rounds that the company plans to add multitouch capabilities to its iMac line of all-in-one desktop PCs. What is a little surprising is that the latest rumor says the machine would…

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