Up until recently the Google Play Store would show you a list of apps installed on your phone or tablet and a list of apps you’ve purchased, but which are not currently installed. Now it shows you all the apps you’ve ever installed. Which is great if you’re very careful with the free apps you’ve installed on […]
Utilities
SwiftKey 3 beta Android keyboard adds better auto-correction
SwiftKey is an alternative to the on-screen keyboard for Android devices, with a heavy emphasis on auto-correction. Today the developers have released the first beta of SwiftKey VIP, and it offers even better text prediction and auto-correction. The new version of SwiftKey has a new theme that batter matches the black and blue color scheme […]
Air Display uses iPad Retina display as a second screen for your PC
Air Display is an iOS app that lets you use an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad as a secondary display for a Mac. This week the developer added support for the new iPad’s Retina display, which means that you can use Apple’s new tablet as a 2048 x 1536 pixel Mac screen. You’ll need OS […]
SoftMaker Office beta now available for Android
SoftMaker has been making office software for mobile devices since PDAs were cool. For years, the company’s text, spreadsheet, and presentation apps for Windows Mobile offered better support for desktop office documents and more features than pretty much anybody else’s software. Now SoftMaker has released public beta versions of its first office apps for Android. […]
Opera Mini 7 web browser for Android: better graphics, bookmarks
Opera has released an updated version of the Opera Mini web browser for Android. Opera Mini 7 offers a better Speed Dial bookmarking feature, support for NFC (Near Field Communication), and OpenGLES hardware graphics acceleration. The Opera Mini web browser is available as a free download from the Google Play Store. Opera actually offers two […]