Google Catalogs: The almost awesome shopping app |
- Google Catalogs: The almost awesome shopping app
- Cut the Rope: Holiday Gift 2011 is here
- UNO goes free in the Android Market
- Microsoft rolls out public beta for latest Security Essentials
- HP's WebOS decision expected within the next two weeks
Google Catalogs: The almost awesome shopping app Posted: 30 Nov 2011 05:34 PM PST For Android Honeycomb users, Google Catalogs could've served as an incredibly useful mobile shopping tool this holiday season. It aggregates catalogs from over a hundred popular retailers, lets you search through and mark favorite products, and gives you links to make purchases directly from retailers' sites. It even lets you create and share visually stunning collages with friends. Unfortunately (for us and for Google), the app appears to be marred by a few performance issues that can't be overlooked. (Credit: Google)The app's interface is beautiful, with high-resolution graphics and simple navigation. You can flip through pages with a quick swipe, and view prices, pictures, and other product details with a single tap. The app also makes it easy to add items to a Favorites list or share products, pages, or entire catalogs with friends. Where Google Catalogs shines brightest, though, is its Collages feature, which lets you create, save, and share collages featuring any item from your Favorites list. With the beautifully simple collage editor, you can drag images around, change backgrounds, crop, layer, even add borders and text boxes to your creations with ease. These collages are perfect for keeping track of collections of items you plan to purchase as well as images or pages you might find inspiring. (Credit: Google)Unfortunately, as great as the Google Cata... [Read more] |
Cut the Rope: Holiday Gift 2011 is here Posted: 30 Nov 2011 12:17 PM PST Cut the Rope, one of the hottest smartphone games, just got a free standalone version for both the iPhone and iPad (universal) featuring new challenges and holiday-themed levels. (Credit: Screenshot by Jason Parker/CNET)Certain apps have staying power on the top-10 list at the iTunes App Store and Cut The Rope offers just the right mix of challenging physics-based gameplay, family-friendly graphics, and tons of levels to explore to keep it near the top. Just like last year's Cut the Rope: Holiday Gift, the 2011 version helps you get into the holiday spirit. Developed by ZeptoLab, the game comes with 25 new levels, holiday-themed obstacles, and a new Rocket level at the end to add to the fun. There's also a bonus feature that lets you make greeting cards by adding the game's mascot, Om Nom, to images from your iPhone image library. Cut the Rope: Holiday Gift (free) comes with 25 holiday-themed levels to explore. Each level features holiday themed backgrounds with Christmas trees, and even the ropes themselves have been made to look like strings of lights. In later levels, new holiday stockings let you drop candy into one stocking, then watch it shoot out of the another to add to th... [Read more] |
UNO goes free in the Android Market Posted: 30 Nov 2011 11:09 AM PST UNO, one of the most popular paid card game apps for Android, is now available for free download. Previously only available in its $2.99 paid download form, the new ad-supported UNO Free still offers the same nostalgia-inducing gaming experience. (Credit: Gameloft)For those who have never played UNO (or have never experienced childhood), it's a classic color and number-matching card game for up to four players. And with its Android incarnation it can be played via Wi-Fi with friends, or against computerized opponents. The app also has a Tournament Mode that increases in difficulty and includes a bunch of unlockable achievements, just to keep things interesting. UNO Free is available now for download in the Android Market. Meanwhile, for an ad-free experience, you can still get the original UNO for Android for $2.99. [Read more] |
Microsoft rolls out public beta for latest Security Essentials Posted: 30 Nov 2011 09:08 AM PST (Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) Microsoft has launched a public beta for the new version of its Security Essentials software for anyone to download and test drive. The software is available free through a "download now" link for the beta on the Security Essentials Web site. But getting to the file itself requires a bit of a trek. Clicking on the link brings you to a Microsoft Connect page where you need to log in with a Windows Live ID and password. You'll then see a page describing the features in the new beta along with the system requirements and installation instructions. Clicking on the link to the download page (listed in Step 2 of the instructions) displays the title of the file--MSE Public Beta. And then clicking on that title finally takes you to the page where you can actually download the software. Microsoft is offering two editions of the Security Essentials beta--a 64-bit version called mseinstall-amd64fre-en-us.exe and a 32-bit version called mseinstall-x86fre-en-us.exe. You can download both versions in one shot or separately depending on whether you're running a 32-bit or 64-bit ve... [Read more] |
HP's WebOS decision expected within the next two weeks Posted: 30 Nov 2011 05:12 AM PST The fate of WebOS will be decided in the next couple weeks. "We should announce our decision in the next two weeks," HP CEO Meg Whitman told French newspaper Le Figaro in an interview (translation) published today. "This is not an easy decision, because we have a team of 600 people which is in limbo." Although Whitman didn't indicate whether she's leaning either way in her decision, she did say that HP needs "to have another operating system," seemingly indicating that WebOS could stage a comeback. HP announced in August that it was making sweeping changes to its business, including considering spinning off its PC business and discontinuing its mobile hardware, like its TouchPad tablet. The move effectively put WebOS in a holding pattern until its fate could be determined. However, those decisions were made under former HP CEO Leo Apotheker. In September, he was replaced with Whitman. And since ... [Read more] |
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