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Mashable’s new Android app offers a helping hand through the daunting mass of viral content that is dumped onto social media everyday. That’s right – it’s an app that allows only the best infographics and most hilarious keyboard-playing cats to slip through the net.

Doo, the document management app for Android and desktop platforms that integrates multiple services like Dropbox, Google Drive and SkyDrive, has launched a brand new version of its app for iOS devices today, as well as updating its apps for OS X and Android.

In addition to connecting up cloud services, Doo also provides access to locally stored files to show users information about all of them by combining OCR with its auto-tagging system for easier storage and the smart tagging system makes for easier retrieval later.

SwiftKey 3 understands how words work together, giving much more accurate corrections and predictions than other keyboards. Very sloppy typing will magically make sense, even if you miss spaces, and SwiftKey 3 also predicts your next words.

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A Smash Hit with over 5 Million Downloads across all platforms.  New upgrades and updates now available for your entertainment.

Based on the Dreamworks movie, starring Hugh Jackman, Real Steel is an underworld fighting game set in the near-future, where 2,000 pound robots fight in a no-holds barred battles to the death.
Experience the fights with the following Robots from the movie: – Atom ‘The People’s Champion’; Zeus ‘King of the Robots’; Twin Cities ‘Two Headed Tower of Power; Ambush ‘The Comic Book Crusher’, Noisy Boy ‘The Manga Mangler’; Midas ‘The Gold-Blooded Killer’; Metro ‘Frankenstein’s Monster of the Ring’; Gridlock ‘The Bronzed Body Builder Bot'; Blacktop ‘The Bot Out of Hell’; Six Shooter ‘The Sheriff of RoboTown’; BlacJac ‘ The Casino Bot with an Amazing Hand’; Blue Bot ‘The Electric Blue Brawler’; Aqua Bot ‘The Diver Bot from the Deep’.

Price: $0.99 |  Required Android: 2.1 and up |  Google Play Rating: 4.5
Pool Break is a suite of games featuring several variations of Pool, Snooker, and the popular Crokinole and Carrom board games!!

Asphalt 8 - Airborne v1.0.0 apk
Price: $0.99 |  Required Android: Varies with device |  Google Play Rating: 4.4
LEAVE GRAVITY IN THE DUST!!!!

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The best Android arcade racing game series reaches a new turning point! Perform dynamic, high-speed aerial stunts in an intense driving experience powered by a brand-new physics engine!

Price: $1.07 |  Required Android: 2.3 and up |  Google Play Rating: 4.5
Play as He-Man, the man so manly they had to name him twice! !!

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Defend the secrets of Castle Grayskull against the evil forces of Skeletor! Featuring epic battles, awesome attacks, and all your favorite heroic Masters of the Universe, He-Man: The Most Powerful Game in the Universe™ brings He-Man, the Most Powerful Man in the Universe from planet Eternia to Android. Finally, By the Power of Grayskull, I have the Power!

At long last, Digg has finally released its application for Android users today. The new app, which is pretty slick, comes with Digg Reader integration, allowing you to take the news that’s important to you on the go or save it for later.

Here’s a quick look at some of the features for the new Digg Reader app from the Digg Blog:

Popular messaging app, WhatsApp has a new update ready for its Android version that fixes a bug that caused some minor localization issues and adds video editing capabilities.

The latest version of WhatsApp includes basic video editing within the app itself. You can cut your clips on the fly while you’re on the go! It’s hardly Final Cut Pro, but the addition of editing tools adds a lot to the video sharing built into WhatsApp.
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Critical Missions: SPACE delivers the nostalgic fast paced FPS gaming experience on your Android devices. Enjoy the smooth and customizable touch controls and play the cross-platform first-person shooter!
Critical Missions: SPACE is is a cross-platform First-Person shooter online multiplayer game where players are able to compete against each other on web and mobile platforms.

Pressy is a new gadget looking for funding on Kickstarter which claims to bring simplicity back to your Android phone, performing basic tasks with a button that plugs directly into your headphones socket.

While nearly all modern smartphones rely on touchscreen technology for navigation, Pressy takes a small step back – allowing you to access a flashlight, take a photo or send your location at just the press(y) of a button.

The Kickstarter page for the product explains: “Pressy lets you perform any action on your smartphone by using the most intuitive input – clicking a button – saving you time and effort!”

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As evidenced by our roundup earlier this year, there are a lot of apps and desktop software out there that allow the pairing of an Android smartphone to a Windows or a Mac computer. Most manufacturers (such as Samsung and HTC) even offer their own software, which ships with many of their devices or is downloadable from their website. But most of these are a bloated attempt at an all-in-one solution to syncing.

Certainly, none offer the finesse and reliability afforded by Chrome 28, Google’s newest version of the browser, along with a neat third-party App. Krome, developed by Damien Piwowarski allows all notifications to appear as a ‘rich notification’ in Chrome. But that’s not all. This beautiful app has a few more tricks up its sleeve.

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Better video quality with less bandwidth and no third-party code

Some of us may have noticed an increase in Google+ Hangouts quality in recent weeks, but the bump to 720p HD video is more than a simple settings change — it's the move to a brand new video codec called VP8. Prior to this transition, Google was using the more widely-known H.264 to handle video in Hangouts but has run into issues handling multiple video streams at high quality with the codec.

VP8 is a royalty-free and open codec that brings several improvements for the end user, including higher video quality — which is rolling out to everyone now — and group video calling in the browser without any additional plugins. The overall reduced bandwidth required for VP8 video also means that Google can now serve up higher quality streams with even less data.

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When it comes to Android, customization is the key but when it comes to optimization, unfortunately the stock tools / options are not sufficient enough. So, to address this, here comes and all new android app which is dubbed as “Super Optimize”. This is of great help as we have tested this in the Nexus 4 smartphone which is currently encountering huge issues with the battery drain after it received the Jellybean 4.3 Android OS update as OTA. So, let’s check out on what are the features of this app.

Repix has launched an Android version of its photo editing app after the iOS equivalent was downloaded four million times in just five months.

The app – by Finnish developer Sumoing – is not just a quick and simple port, but a brand new version optimised for Android devices with additional support for the Samsung S-Pen stylus.

As with any mobile OS, there are a lot of ingredients that go into Android’s mix, and though many of us share likes and dislikes, each of us has a set of favourite features. In my case, Android’s tight integration with the Google Apps services I use on a daily basis makes life a great deal easier, and it was one of the primary reasons I chose to switch to a phone powered by the little green robot.

Auto-Awesome is a really, well, awesome feature for Google+ Photos that was revealed at the I/O that makes animated, filmstrip, or panoramic versions of your photos automatically once they’ve been uploaded. Today’s update to the Android, iOS and desktop Google+ app enables notifications for whenever your photos are auto-awesome-ified.

Since Need for Speed: Underground revolutionized racing games a decade ago, many copycats have come into the market. I’m a big fan of the genre and have dozens of racing games on my tablet, however, to my detriment, it’s very easy to develop and publish on Android, so many of the games that I find are barely playable and most seem to sing from the same hymn sheet — zero innovation.But now that devices are getting more powerful and the OS can handle more complex graphics and processes, things are certainly getting interesting. Games that would have been impossible just a couple of years ago are easily developed and supported on Android. CSR Racing is such a game. Judging by its appearance, this drag racer has very little to offer. But looks can be deceiving; let’s check it out.

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Protect China from barbarians by building The Great Wall of China in the time management game, Building the China Wall. You’ll need to gather resources such as lumber, food, iron, and mine stone to complete the epic structure.

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School is upon us and as much as we’d hate to admit that summer is almost over, it’s time to start the preparations. Whether you’re headed to school or college, you’re probably looking for the most efficient ways to get ready for your new schedules and courses.If you have an Android tablet, be it a new Nexus 7, an old Nexus 7, or any tablet from Samsung, Asus, or other companies, you already own one of the best tools for managing your school life. In this roundup, I will look at some of the best free apps for students — and teachers — to help you make the most of your Android tablet.

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