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StubHub app updated, gets mobile ticketing

William — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:27:18 +0000

The free StubHub app for iPhone and Android was updated this week to include the ability to download tickets directly to your device. This feature, known as mobile ticketing, takes StubHub from just a service for buying and selling tickets and transforms it into a tool you can show at the gate instead of a paper ticket. With the update, you can find tickets for sporting... Read more »

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Ikea Catalogue comes to Android (might not fit on your phone)

Brad Linder — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:47:06 +0000

Swedish superstore Ikea has released a digital version of its popular catalog for Android devices. That's the good news. I know people who treat the catalog like a magazine and flip through it for fun even when they're not shopping. The bad news is that the app can't be installed to an SD card, so if you try to install it on an Android smartphone... Read more »

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PayPal demonstrates NFC app for transfering money between two phones

Brad Linder — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:39:51 +0000

Google isn't the only company building support for NFC (Near Field Communications) technology into its mobile payment apps. PayPal showed off a new app today that will allow you to transfer money simply by tapping two phones together. You just fire up the PayPal app on your phone and set it up to send money or receive money. Once the phones come into contact you'll... Read more »

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Google Shopper update for Android plays up “offers”

Brad Linder — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:05:39 +0000

Google Shopper is an Android app that began its life as a sort of mobile price comparison tool. See an item in a store, but not sure if it's being sold at the best price? Just whip out your Android smartphone, scan the barcode with your camera and Google Shopper will let you know if it's cheaper online -- or even at another nearby store.... Read more »

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eBay adds barcode scanning, seller tools to Android app

Brad Linder — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:29:18 +0000

Online auction site eBay has released a major update to its Android app, adding a whole slew of seller tools. The eBay app for Android which was released last year only included tools for searching and tracking auctions and making purchases. Version 1.5 now allows users in the US and UK to list items, upload photos from ta phone, and use a barcode scanner to... Read more »

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Google Shopper for Android adds nearby coupons

Brad Linder — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 13:48:24 +0000

Google has rolled out an updated version of its mobile shopping app for Android which adds support for nearby offers and coupons. You can still use Google Shopper 1.5 to search for products using online and local stores. But you can also now click the "nearby Offers tab from the home screen to see if any nearby businesses are offering deals. The offers are divided... Read more »

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Google introduces platform to turn your phone into a wallet

Brad Linder — Thu, 26 May 2011 16:30:36 +0000

The Google Nexus S phone which launched earlier this year is one of the first US smartphones to include NFC, or Near Field Communications technology which is used overseas to allow people to make purchases from retail stores using a phone instead of a credit card. But hardware only gets you so far. You also need the software to back it up, and while the inclusion of... Read more »

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Mobile App News Roundup

Brad Linder — Wed, 04 May 2011 20:36:29 +0000

Social reading site Goodreads has finally launched an Android app, and so has online apparel store Zappos. Music store 7digital now lets you purchase and download music on an Android device, and xBackup lets users with jailbroken iOS devices backup and restore all of their jailbroken apps for easy re-installation. Here's a roundup of some mobile app stories on our radar from around the web:... Read more »

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Google Shopper 1.4 for Android overhauled, now with Magazine ad scanning

Brad Linder — Tue, 03 May 2011 11:10:04 +0000

Google Shopper is a mobile app for that lets you search for for the best deals from your phone, either by entering text or scanning a barcode or cover art with your phone's camera. It comes in handy when you find something in a store that seems a bit overpriced and you want to check and see if you can find a cheaper price online... Read more »

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Google adds carrier billing from Sprint to the Android Market,

Brad Linder — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:48:00 +0000

Google has added Sprint to the growing list of wireless providers that support carrier billing for the Android Market. That means Sprint can purchase apps from the android Market and select the "Bill my Sprint account" option to have the charges show up on their monthly phone bill instead of charging a credit card. Carrier billing options are also available from T-Mobile and AT&T in... Read more »

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App Hunter helps you track Android app price drops, sales

Brad Linder — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:11:13 +0000

Mobile apps have a well-deserved reputation for being cheap, with $0.99 to $1.99 being a pretty common price for software that would easily set you back far more on a desktop computer. But if a buck is still to much to pay, you might want to check out App Hunter. It's a free app that finds popular free apps in the Android Market, and also... Read more »

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Bing brings local deals to iOS, Android search pages

Brad Linder — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 12:20:44 +0000

Microsoft has launched a new deals feature, which offers more than 200,000 offers from businesses in 13,000 cities throughout the US. The service is available from the Bing.com web site or from the mobile site (m.bing.com). The bargains come from The Dealmap, which gathers its data from Groupon, LivingSocial, Restaurant.com and other services. If you're wondering why you should use Bing instead of the Dealmap... Read more »

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Google Shopper now available for iOS

Brad Linder — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 14:53:20 +0000

Google Shopper is a mobile app that's been available for Android phones for a while, making it easy to scan an item at the store and see if you can order it cheaper online. Now Google Shopper is also available for the iPhone and iPod touch. You can use Google Shopper with your device's camera to scan a barcode or cover art for books, CDs,... Read more »

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MasterCard launches ATM Hunter for Android, forgets Android isn’t iOS

Brad Linder — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:49:31 +0000

MasterCard's ATM Hunter app is a pretty nifty tool that lets you find the closest cash machine based on your location. You can click on any listing for detailed information about the ATM in question including its distance, position on a map, and feature (although there's no key or legend letting you know what those features are). The app showed up in the Android Market... Read more »

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Google Shopper for Android lets you filter by free shipping

Brad Linder — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:28:16 +0000

Google has pushed out a new version of Shopper, its mobile shopping app. Like earlier versions the new Google Shopper app lets you scan barcodes or cover art to check online prices for an item at a number of stores -- possibly saving you from overpaying at the book store or supermarket. You can also search by entering text or do a voice search. The... Read more »

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ScanLife scans barcodes to compare prices, find coupons, reviews

Brad Linder — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:45:36 +0000

The Google Shopper app for Android does a pretty good job of letting you stroll through the aisles of a store, scan the barcode on a box of cereal and find out if it's cheaper at another store. But ScanLife is a new app that goes a bit further. You can use ScanLife's Android app to scan virtually any barcode or QR code to get... Read more »

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Yelp adds support for check-in offers

Brad Linder — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:22:01 +0000

Restaurant and business rating/locating service Yelp rolled out the ability for mobile users to "check in" to locations recently. Now there's a good reason to actually do that: Yelp has added support for check-in offers. This lets businesses offer discounts, coupons, and other promotions to visitors who check in at their shops. An updated version of the Yelp app for Android hit the Market yesterday... Read more »

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Two mobile apps to help you find Black Friday deals

Brad Linder — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:23:42 +0000

Planning on doing some bargain hunting tomorrow? Here are two mobile apps that can help. Each is available for both Google Android and iOS. Dealnews Black Friday App This app comes from the folks at Dealnews, a bargain-hunting site which also happens to power many of the daily deals on computers and electronics that I post at Liliputing. When you first fire up the app... Read more »

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Google Maps 4.7 for Android adds personalized place recommendations

Brad Linder — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:39:01 +0000

Google has launched an updated version of Google Maps for Android. The key new feature is a recommendation engine based on Google's new Hotpot service. Here's how it works. As you use Google Maps to find places (such as restaurants, coffee shops, stores, hotels, and so on), you can now rate places using a new home screen widget. As you rate places, Google will get... Read more »

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Milo Android app shows if items are in stock at nearby stores

Brad Linder — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:15:40 +0000

While shopping for a new vacuum cleaner this weekend, my wife had a few items that she wanted to look at which had received high marks from Consumer Reports. Unfortunately, the first store we went to didn't have any of those items in stock, so I whipped out my Nexus One, fired up the Google Shopper App, and used the local search results to see... Read more »

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GrubHub launches Android app for menus, food delivery

Brad Linder — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 21:12:37 +0000

GrubHub is a web-based service that lets users find restaurants that deliver food. The company also offers an iPhone app that lets you search for restaurants by name or cuisine style near your location and either browse menus for online ordering or place a phone call to make an order. Today GrubHub added an Android app to its lineup. The service currently has listings for... Read more »

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Out of Milk for Android makes shopping, to-do lists easy

Brad Linder — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:03:00 +0000

Out of Milk is a free app for Google Android 1.5 and up that lets you create three different types of lists: Shopping, To Do, and Spice Rack. The To Do list is probably the simplest of the bunch, letting you create multiple lists with as many items as you like. When you're done with an item on your list, just tap on it and... Read more »

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Google Shopper for Android gets related products, YouTube videos

Brad Linder — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:39:19 +0000

At its most basic level, Google Shopper is a price comparison tool for Google Android phones. You can search for products by text, voice, or by scanning a barcode and Shopper will let you know where you can buy the item online or in a local store and how much it will cost you. But that's just the tip of the iceberg, because Shopper also... Read more »

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Poynt brings local search to Android

Brad Linder — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:05:47 +0000

Poynt is a mobile application that lets you search for people, movies, and businesses including restaurants and gas stations. The app is location-aware, and makes it easy to search for listings close to your current location. Poynt originally launched as a BlackBerry app, but it's now available for Android as well, as a free download from the Android Market. You can either search for a... Read more »

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Google Maps 4.4 for Android includes a major Places upgrade

Brad Linder — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:10:17 +0000

Google has pushed out an updated version of Google Maps for Android. As the company points out, this is the sixth update in the last six months. The biggest change in the new version is a new Places feature. You can add a dedicated Places button to your home screen. Tapping on the icon will open the new Places tab in Google Maps, which lets... Read more »

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Goby helps you find stuff to do in your neighborhood

Brad Linder — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:00:36 +0000

Trying to find something to do this weekend? How about tonight? Goby can help. The app offers up information about all sorts of activities from dining to attending live music concerts to visiting museums or hiking trails. And thanks to the magic of geolocation, Goby will automatically find stuff near you -- wherever you are. Goby covers every city, town, and region in the US,... Read more »

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eBay launches Android, iPad apps internationally

Brad Linder — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:30:31 +0000

A few months ago eBay launched an Android app for tracking auctions, making bids, and doing most of the things you'd expect to do with a mobile eBay application. The only problem is that it was limited to US residents. This week eBay took its Android app international, making it available in Australia, Canada, and the UK. All available versions of the app support making... Read more »

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PricerGrabber launches Android app for comparison shopping

Brad Linder — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:05:01 +0000

The PriceGrabber web site lets you search for the best prices on all sorts of items ranging from gadgets to furniture. Now you can do the same thing on an Android phone with the new PriceGrabber App. PriceGrabber indexes thousands of online retailers, so when you enter a search term the app can show you prices at a number of stores -- allowing you to... Read more »

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Yelp 2.0 for Android adds augmented reality, check-ins

Brad Linder — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:33:24 +0000

Yelp has released a major update to its mobile restaurant search and review app for Google Android. Like the original Yelp app, Yelp 2.0 for Android lets you search for businesses based on your location, read reviews, bookmarks sites, and do pretty much everything you can do on the Yelp web site except for writing reviews (because Yelp doesn't want short messages filled with typos).... Read more »

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Google Shopper for Android adds local store search, UK merchants

Brad Linder — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:01:55 +0000

Google's on a roll. Hot on the heels of a Google Maps for Android update, the Google Mobile folks have rolled out a new version of Google Shopper. The app was already one of the best comparison shopping tools around, letting you search for product prices online by snapping a photo of a barcode or cover art or by entering a search term or using... Read more »

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