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Snapchat celebrates 420 with a controversial Bob Marley filter
Snapchat decided to celebrate 4/20 (April 20th, aka the unofficial Marijuana Day) with a new filter. The filter allows you to fixate Bob Marley's face over your own to celebrate the man's music and life. Despite good intentions, the company is coming under fire for the filter being taken as an...- Android News
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Official Giphy app comes to Android
Giphy has released an official Android app. Giphy is a search engine that lets you find animated GIFs. It's usually integrated with social apps, but a dedicated app makes it easier to find GIFs and share them with people no matter what app you use.- Android News
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Microsoft Translator update lets you translate text from images
Microsoft Translator is getting a lot more useful today. The app can now translate text from images so you don't have to input the characters yourself. You can choose to have the images automatically translated or select a specific language from a list of 21. The update also brings the ability...- Android News
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Google Analytics 3.0 update delivery a complete app overhaul
Website owners will be pleased to hear that the Google Analytics Android app has been completely redesigned. Version 3.0 uses Google's own Material Design standard and cleaned up its menu system by exposing a lot of the reports and details within the main UI.- Android News
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Shazam now lets you sync matched tracks across devices
Shazam strangely never backed your matched tracks up to your account, so using the app on a new device meant you didn't have a history of all the tracks you've identified. That changes in the latest update. You can see all the tracks you've identified on any device, so long as you keep the sync...- Android News
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OneDrive beta adds PDF annotation and notifications
OneDrive -- Microsoft's online storage service -- has had its Android app updated. The update allows you to annotate PDF files with things like underlines or highlights. The app is also gaining notifications so you'll know when a shared document is created or updated by someone else.- Android News
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LinkedIn releases LinekedIn Students app to get students started on the right path, early
LinkedIn Students isn't quite the same trophy wall-slash-job hunting tool that LinkedIn proper has become, if only because the process is so different for graduates and near-graduates. The app will also show students profiles of recent grads, see which companies have a preference for hiring new...- Android News
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Outlook 2.1 adds Android Wear support
Outlook 2.1 has brought a great new feature: Android Wear support! You can reply to emails with either pre-made templates or by voice dictation.- Android News
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Reminder: you can now install HTC's Boost+ app on many other phones
HTC 10 features Boost+, an app that helps you keep your phone performing smoothly by helping you clear cache and junk, as well as alerting you to misbehaving apps. As HTC mentioned earlier this week, Boost+ can be downloaded on any Android device running Lollipop or higher.- Android News
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Google Play Books update brings new icon
Google Play Books is getting upgraded today. It's version 3.8.11, and the only new change is the new icon Google revealed last week. You can download the APK if the update hasn't hit your device- Android News
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Waze adds Shaquille O'Neal as a navigation voice option
Waze today announced a cool little promotion they're doing to celebrate the NBA Playoffs -- you can get Shaquille O'Neal as your voice navigator. The big man will use phrases like “Don’t cause a Shaqcident” and “Police reported ahead. Don’t be Shaqtin a fool!” Unfortunately Shaq's voice is only...- Android News
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Snapchat update allows stickers to move in videos
A new Snapchat update is incoming. The update will enhance stickers: they can now move around in your videos. It's a small change, but one that's sure to make the service even more personal than it already is. The feature will roll out first to Android.- Android News
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Creator of Fenix introduces Quote, an RSS reader
The creator of Fenix -- one of the best Twitter apps for Android -- has launched a new wonder. It's called Quote, and it's an RSS reading app that places emphasis on ease of use, beautiful design, customization and clutter-free news reading. You can get a free ad-supported version, but an in-app...- Android News
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Sygic brings dashcam and heads-up display add-ons to premium users for free
Sygic, makers of a an advanced navigation app, has issued an update to bring paid add-on features to premium users for free. Those features are the dashcam and heads-up display for those who need that added functionality in their cars. They're also bringing the speed camera feature to basic users.- Android News
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Google Play Movies and TV update reveals more details about family sharing
Family sharing for Google Play Movies and TV is on the way, and a teardown of the latest update -- which simply changes the app's icon" reveals some additional details about how it'll work. It's now known that individual videos cannot be played back simultaneously, so the ability for multiple...- Android News
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Niantic Labs' Pokemon Go field test now available in Australia and New Zealand
Niantic Labs is expanding the area where Pokemon Go is being field tested. The app has gone live in Australia and New Zealand. Those who want to participate can sign up at the Pokemon Go website.- Android News
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Chrome Dev redesigns bookmarks widget
Chrome Dev -- the bleeding edge version for developers to check out early -- has gotten updated, with the big change this time being a redesigned bookmarks widget. The bookmarks appeared as a collection of tabs before, but now they're in list form with a bit of Material Design flair.- Android News
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Facebook Messenger gets custom URLs, usernames and messenger codes to make it easier to add people
Facebook Messenger is getting some nice new ways to connect with people today. Instead of a friend having to look you up on Facebook using your name or email address, you can give them a custom link, a custom username and even a messenger code that they can snap a photo of to be taken straight...- Android News
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SwiftKey's latest keyboard helps you learn how to speak like Shakespeare
SwiftKey is celebrating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's with none other than a Shakespeare keyboard. The keyboard can suggest ways to change your sentence to be more like what the revered writer would do. SwiftKey also gives some good starting points on how to construct a sentence like...- Android News
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Official Reddit for Android app shows up at Google Play
Yesterday Reddit started teasing the arrival of Reddit for Android after beta testing started back in December. Now, the app is available for anyone to download at Google Play. If you participate in the official app launch early you can get a free month of Reddit Gold.- Android News
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Google removes Taliban propaganda app from Google Play
As Google often does with hate speech apps, the company has removed an app made by the Taliban from Google Play. The app was used by the Afghanistan-based group to spread propaganda about their controversial views.- Android News
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You can now download Nintendo's Miitomo app from Google Play
As Nintendo promised, you can now download Miitomo from the Google Play Store. Miitomo is their first Android app. It's a social chat app that uses a Q&A system to help friends converse in fun ways.- Android News
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Google updates calculator app with Android Wear support and puts it in Google Play
Another Google app has launched in Google Play. The company has released its calendar app for folks to download for easier access and updates. Beyond that, we also get support for Android Wear with this release.- Android News
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Twitter update makes it easier for the visually impaired to enjoy images
Twitter is bringing a nice quality of life update to their mobile apps. You can now add a description to photos you post, up to 420 characters. This allows the visually impaired to have a description of the photo read back to them in case they can't see.- Android News
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Snapchat completely revamps feature set with "Chat 2.0"
Snapchat has revealed Chat 2.0, the latest big update to their platform to make it a full-blown messaging app. The biggest change includes the ability to start a video or audio chat from your friends list without first starting a text chat. It's now a lot more seamless to switch between...- Android News
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