Category: Tools
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Android App Roundup! Touiteur (Twitter) and ROM Manager (for rooted phones)
The wait is over, everybody: Kevin and I are back for another exciting installment of our Android App Roundup series. This week, I’ll be covering Touiteur, a great Twitter client, and Kevin will tell you about ROM Manager, the easiest way to install custom ROMs on your rooted phone. As always, if you have any…
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New Evernote Feature: The Evernote Trunk
The popular note taking software Evernote has announced a new feature called The Evernote Trunk. The Evernote Trunk is a collection of Evernote integrated applications that make use of the Evernote Developer API. The Evernote Trunk makes these 3rd party applications easily available to you in the Evernote interface on your desktop, web, and soon…
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Android App Roundup: SystemPanel (Task Manager/System Monitor) and Ringdroid (Ringtone Creator)
Welcome to another edition of Android App Roundup! This week I’ll be taking a look at SystemPanel, an awesome task manager/system monitor application, while Evan tells you about Ringdroid, an app that lets you easily create your own custom ringtones. As before, if you have a suggestion for an app that we should talk about…
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How to Let Your WordPress Blog Visitors Upload Files To Your Dropbox
Dropbox is one of our favorite pieces of software here at Techerator. Every day, people are coming up with new ways to use the free online file backup and syncing service. When used with other software, Dropbox can be utilized for just about anything. The Dropbox Upload Form plugin for WordPress is a small plugin…
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Google Re-Invents Android Development with App Inventor
The Android Marketplace may be getting a little bit more crowded soon. This week, Google Labs revealed to the world App Inventor, a creative programming tool that allows just about anyone to figure out how to design and create Android applications… and there was much rejoicing. Thanks to the open architecture of the Android OS, App Inventor allows for tweaking…
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Android App Roundup: ‘NewsRob’ (RSS Reader) and ‘4 teh birds’ (Game)
Dearest Android readers: Thanks to a fantastic suggestion, Kevin and I are starting a weekly feature about some of our favorite Android apps. We’ll be covering apps we love, apps that improve our phones, games, and newly-released apps that are worth checking out. If you have any suggestions, hit either of us on Twitter, send…
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Enter Social Networking Nirvana with Flotzam (Facebook, Twitter, Digg, and more)
Look, we all knew it was just a matter of time until some bold developer crammed Facebook, Twitter, Digg, YouTube, Flickr, and blogs together into a single application. Surprisingly, the universe didn’t collapse under the weight of this tremendous concept, and what came out of the reaction was a pretty cool application called Flotzam. Flotzam is a…
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Timerrific for Android: A Great Way to Forget Your Phone’s Settings
Let’s face it, the Locale app for Android was awesome. Being a product of MIT graduates, Locale is a simple and easy way to manage your Android phone’s settings through profiles triggered via either a GPS location or a specific time frame. And let me tell you, it was slick. When I was close to…
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YouTube Launches Online Video Editor, Lets You Quickly Edit Videos Without Installing Software
In the last several years we’ve seen a tremendous move in software development away from the desktop computer and into the internet’s “cloud”. Standard desktop applications like email and word processors have effortlessly made the jump to your browser instead of your desktop, freeing you from installing software and many of them are often available…