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Boomerang is a service that works with your Gmail to send e-mail later, give you follow-up reminders, and notify you if you don't hear back within a specific time. To use the service in the past, you had to install an extension for Chrome or Firefox.

Now there's Boomerang for Gmail on Android, an app that allows you to use all of the same features you expect from the Web versions on your smartphone or tablet.

One big reason for using the app alongside the desktop version is that you don't have to wait until you're at your desk to schedule an e-mail or a reminder about an e-mail.

Ready to test it out? You'll need to install a copy of Boomerang: Email App for Gmail on your Android device.

When you open the app, you'll be greeted with the option to sign in using a Google account. After signing in, a slideshow tutorial will load highlighting t... [Read more]

Attention "American Idol" superfans: if you've been in major withdrawal since Candice Glover won Season 12 of Fox's blockbuster talent competition last May, you'll get your fix soon enough. On July 19, the American Idol Live! tour--a 30-stop national extravaganza, featuring the top 11 contestants--makes its way across the U.S. to a city near you. Expect to see Amber Holcomb, Angie Miller, Burnell Taylor, Candice Glover, Curtis Finch Jr, Devin Velez, Janelle Arthur, Kree Harrison, Lazaro Arbos, Paul Jolley, and fan-saved Aubrey Cleland re-creating your favorite performances from this past season and surprising you with never-before-seen numbers.

Download.com caught up with the top three--winner Candice Glover, first runner-up Kree Harrison, and second runner-up Angie Miller--as they prepared to embark on their first-ever tour, to uncover which iOS apps they've packed to amuse themselves, write music, and stay connected with family, friends, and fans, while out on the road.

The Final 11

Winner: Candice Glover

Candice Glover

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Rivals chipped away at the market lead of Apple's Safari in mobile browsing during June 2013.

Safari, the top browser in terms of mobile usage, lost a little share to three rivals in June.

The Apple browser dropped from 60.0 percent of usage in May to 58.0 percent in June, still well ahead of competing browsers, according to statistics released by tracking firm Net Applications on Monday. Google's unbranded Android browser, in second place, also dipped, from 20.7 percent to 20.6 percent.

Picking up the slack were Opera Mini, which rose from 10.5 percent to 11.2 percent; Google's Chrome, which rose from 3.2 percent to 3.8 percent; and IE, which rose from 2.0 percent to 2.4 percent, Net Applications said.

Mobile browsing is a more volatile market than browsing on the PC, where trends are slower to shift. In the mobile world, where browsing often is sluggish, a lot of software development activity concentrates on writing native apps rather than on Web apps.

Microsoft's Internet Explorer leads the PC browsing market, while in June Google's Chrome stole share from Mozilla's Firefox.

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