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The Phone Stacking Game: Let’s Make This A Thing

By MobileCrunch, on February 5th, 2012%

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So it’s Saturday night and you’re out with friend. . . . → Read More: The Phone Stacking Game: Let’s Make This A Thing

I’m A New York Times Subscriber, So Where’s My Tote Bag?

By MobileCrunch, on February 5th, 2012%

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The New York Times released its latest earnings report earlier this week, spurring another round of discussion about the newspaper’s paywall, which was launched near the beginning of last year . The consensus: Early signs are positive, but it’s not doing well enough to offset plummeting print ad revenue. What’s the solution? . . . → Read More: I’m A New York Times Subscriber, So Where’s My Tote Bag?

U.S. Government & Military To Get Secret-Worthy Android Phones

By MobileCrunch, on February 3rd, 2012%

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The amount of stuff we trust to fly in and out of our smartphones is astounding . Just look at what happened when a couple of reporters got access to an unwitting (and rather unlucky) Apple employee’s iMessages alone — within days, they learned more about him than most people know about their closest friends. Now, imagine all the stuff that could fly in and out of a government official’s phone, or that of a highly-ranked member of the military . . . → Read More: U.S. Government & Military To Get Secret-Worthy Android Phones

Apple Kicks Chart Topping Fakes Out Of App Store

By MobileCrunch, on February 3rd, 2012%

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Temple Jump, Tiny Birds, Numbers With Friends. These are not the apps you love . . . → Read More: Apple Kicks Chart Topping Fakes Out Of App Store

Ansca Mobile Accuses Partner PapayaMobile Of Copying Its Code

By MobileCrunch, on February 3rd, 2012%

Ansca Mobile , the Palo Alto-based mobile development company and makers of the popular Corona SDK , is accusing its partner PapayaMobile of ripping off parts of its SDK for use in PapayaMobile’s Social Game Engine . According to Ansca Mobile COO David Rangel, his company recently discovered that Papaya’s engine is what he calls a “blatant copy” of some aspects of the Corona SDK. In addition, says Rangel, some of PapayaMobile’s syntax and sample code is identical to Ansca’s, and the company is using graphic assets it took from the code on the PapayaMobile website . . . → Read More: Ansca Mobile Accuses Partner PapayaMobile Of Copying Its Code

Some Refurbished Xooms Could Put Personal Data In The Wrong Hands

By MobileCrunch, on February 3rd, 2012%

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Maybe it was too thick, maybe it was too heavy, maybe you just didn’t like Honeycomb. Regardless of your reasoning, you may want to keep your eyes peeled on your credit score if you bought and returned a Motorola Xoom between March and October 2011, because your personal information may be in someone else’s hands . . . → Read More: Some Refurbished Xooms Could Put Personal Data In The Wrong Hands

Making Learning Fun For Kids, Everything Butt Art Launches Its First iPad App

By MobileCrunch, on February 3rd, 2012%

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You know what’s funny? If you Google “how do you get kids to learn” (sans quotes, even), the first result goes to this TechCrunch blog post about an app that lets kids draw butts on the iPad. . . . → Read More: Making Learning Fun For Kids, Everything Butt Art Launches Its First iPad App

Dear Nokia, This Pink Lumia 800 Commercial Discouraged Me. -Boys Everywhere

By MobileCrunch, on February 3rd, 2012%

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Nokia’s UK YouTube account has posted a video (below) promoting the pink Lumia 800, and shockingly enough it seems pretty targeted toward women. . . . → Read More: Dear Nokia, This Pink Lumia 800 Commercial Discouraged Me. -Boys Everywhere

Test Dropbox’s New Android App And Snag Some Extra Storage Space

By MobileCrunch, on February 3rd, 2012%

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Dropbox has no shortage of fans or users these days — their stellar wins at the Crunchies are proof of that — and now the cloud storage service is leaning on them to test an experimental new build of the Dropbox Android app. While the thrill of being on the bleeding edge is probably enough for some people to take the plunge, the real meat of the experimental build comes in the form of the new auto upload feature for photos and videos. It’s pretty much exactly what the name implies: as soon as you snap a photo or take a video with your Android device, it automatically gets uploaded to your account . . . → Read More: Test Dropbox’s New Android App And Snag Some Extra Storage Space