Microsoft recently introduced support for a new type of app: Universal Windows Apps which can run on pretty much any modern Windows device including phones, tablets, and desktop or notebook computers. Developers can distribute Universal Windows Apps through the Windows Store, and when customers buy an app they get a license to run it on […]
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Microsoft OneNote is now free for everyone (including Mac users)
Microsoft OneNote is a cross-platform app for taking notes, saving “clips,” and synchronizing your content across devices. The app was already available for Windows, Windows Phone, iOS, Android, and the web. Now it’s also available for Mac users. Oh yeah… and OneNote is also now available for free on every supported platform. OneNote has been […]
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Google wants to let Android, iOS gamers play against each other
Google Play Games is a service that developers can use to let gamers play against one another over the internet, save game data to the cloud, and track achievements. Up until now, you’d needed an Android device to take advantage of all the features of Google Play Games. Now Google wants developers to integrate the […]
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BlackBerry bringing BBM to Android, iOS this summer
BlackBerry Messenger has long been one of the killer features of the BlackBerry platform. But soon you won’t need a BlackBerry smartphone to use it. The company announced today that it’ll launch BBM for iOS and Android this summer. BBM will be available as a free app for iOS and later or Android 4.0 and […]
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Nokia Maps becomes HERE, goes cross-platform (iOS, Firefox OS, Android)
Nokia Maps already powers the maps and navigation features for Windows Phone. But soon Nokia plans to bring its mapping service to other platforms including iOS, Android, and the upcoming Firefox OS. In fact, if you take a pre-release build of Firefox OS for a spin in a web browser, you’ll notice that Nokia Maps […]
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Areca Backup is a cross-platform backup utility for Windows, Linux
File backup utilities are a dime a dozen, but Areca Backup is a free app with a few standout features. First, it’s a cross-platform app that’s available for Windows or Linux computers. Second, it allows you to compress your backups as a ZIP file and encrypt that file for security. You can configure Areca Backup […]
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Jolicloud 2 headed to Android, iOS tablets
Jolicloud founder Tariq Krim has shared the first photo of the company’s new apps for the iPad and Android tablets. Jolicloud started out as a Linux-based operating system designed for netbooks with a heavy reliance on web apps and online profile syncing. But recently the company rebranded the operating system as Joli OS and started […]
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BlackBerry PlayBook will be able to run Android apps
Surprising no one, Research in Motion has announced that the BlackBerry PlayBook will be able to run Google Android apps as well as native apps written for the tablet’s QNX-based operating system. The tablet will also be able to run BlackBerry Java apps. The PlayBook will support what RIM calls “app players,” allowing Java and […]