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10 Billion Promo Day 5

By Robbiemoirob. Sunday, December 11, 2011 12:08:46 PM

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You have about 5 hours left of day 5.

Pano
Well jel of ICS panorama camera? Well get fixed with Pano.

Apparatus
Can you build stuff out of other stuff? Show your skills in this stuff building stuff game.

SlideIT Keyboard
It's a keyboard. What do you mean you didn't get Swift X!? This may be a substitute, but I doubt it.

The Sims™ 3
The Sims. If you don't have a life then get this a pretend to have one. And for 10p it is much cheaper than a real life.

Age of Zombies
Ggggrrrrggghhhhh. Rrrraaarrggghhhhh. Brrraaaiiinnnnnnsssss.

Kids Connect the Dots
Designing your own connect dots pictures can take forever. Ask this guy http://vimeo.com/33091687 But some dude has already drawn pictures for you to connect. Jobs a goodun.

Drop7 by Zynga
When I first played this game there was no instruction prompt at the beginning. My thought process went like this; "Wwwhahahahtttttt is this gaaaammmmeeee eeaaarrgghhhhhh?" Then I read the instructions and got hooked. Check out our review here.

Season Zen HD
Calm. Relaxing. Gentle Waterfall. Whale sounds.....WHALES!!!!! HOW DID WHALES GET IN MY GARDEN??? Stay calmer with this live wallpaper.

Asphalt 6: Adrenaline HD
If you don't know what Asphalt is by now then you haven't seen the over 5. (I think it is racing.)

Snowfall Live Wallpaper
What do we want in Winter? SNOW! When do we want it? NOW!

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10 Billion Promo Day 1...sorry day 4

By Robbiemoirob. Saturday, December 10, 2011 11:28:49 AM

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There is still time to get your hands on day fours 10p apps. But what can you find in todays sale?

Shazam Encore
Can't tell the name of a song and missed out on Sound Hound from day one? Want to check that Sound Hound is correct? Then get Shazam Encore. If I was to test this right now it would tell you that I am playing "No Song" and it would be right.

Sentinel 3: Homeworld
Just one of the many many many tower defence games out on the market. How is this one different? ... I'm asking you, how is this one different? Buy and tell me.

Baseball Superstars® 2011
The second rounders game in as many days.

Spirit HD
Run circles around spaceships with a ghost. Literally. As easy as that. Sounds legit.

Jelly Defense
Completed Sentinel 3 already? Check out our review here.

Paper Camera
Your second chance to buy this app. Buy it. I've told you this 3 times now.

My Beach HD
Right now it is 0°c in my town. I wish I was on a beach. This live wallpaper is the best I'm going to get. Where did I put my blanket?

Farm Frenzy
Old McDonald had a farm. E, i, e, i, o. And the farm only cost 10p. On Android Market today.

Toddler Spanish: 100 words
Now that your child has been able to learn to read, increase their skills so they can read to small Spanish humans. Vamanos!

NEED FOR SPEED™ Shift
There have been so many Need for Speed games, scientists have ran out of numbers and instructed EA to use words after the titles to show a new NFS game. By buying this game you will help scientists make up new numbers.

Game Dev Story
Making and selling a game so it is popular isn't easy. Go play Vagrant Story on PlayStation1 to see how despite being a great game, your game just may not be popular. But think you can do better? Think you can do better and sell our game for 10p like Game Dev Story?
*Vagrant Story is available on PSNetwork. It's brilliant. Go buy it, I highly recommend it.

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10 Billion Promo Day 3

By Robbiemoirob. Thursday, December 8, 2011 10:01:40 PM

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Day 3. That's right I can count. So can Google. Just look at all of these various numbers they have counted to.

Norway is app crazier the the Brits. Flott!

So what does day 3 bring with it in the big crazy 10 Billion Promo SALE?

Blue Skies Donation Wallpaper
Do you live somewhere rainy, like Norway or Scotland? Want to see what gorgeous sky looks like? Get this live wallpaper on your phone and you can see blue skies all the time.

Homerun Battle 3D
Play the poor mans rounders. World Series? "America, invite other countries!"

Reckless Getaway
You bought Reckless Racing yesterday and couldn't play it due to the sheer pressure pushed on the devs servers. Well don't let them lay easy tonight, buy the follow up, Reckless Getaway and let the devs have another restless nights sleep. It'll only cost 10p. Check out our review here.

Talking Tom Cat 2
This app....This app....repeats all....repeats all....that you say....that you say....

Kids Learn to Read (Preschool)
You got the kids to sleep last night. But what if you have trouble sleeping? Well pay 10p to teach your kids to read so they can read you to sleep.

ADWLauncher EX
Buy it. It's 10p. It has some sweet features. My favourite is ICS like folder behaviour.

Space Physics
If you saw a Space Physics game on the floor you'd totally pick it up. If you saw 10p on the floor you'd leave it. Therefore buy this game for 10p

Toki Tori
What can I say about this game? What can't I say about this game? It's not a racer. It's not a tower defence game. It's not a flick game. That could class it as original content on the Android Market. That itself needs rewarding.

Can Knockdown 2
For 10p yes you can.

TETRIS®
You think you're hipster enough that you've never heard of Tetris?

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10 Billion Promo Day 2

By Robbiemoirob. Wednesday, December 7, 2011 6:28:04 PM

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You've bought your apps from day one. You've read what some developers have planned for the next 10 days. But what is in store for Day 2 of Androids big 10 Billion Promo.

Fruit Ninja
Having your five a day has never been so cheap with Fruit Ninja. And you can slice stuff.

BB - Bedtime Battle
How do you get little humans to sleep after they've made your phone sticky? Get your phone to read them a book. That is how.

AirSync by doubleTwist
Wires cost about 50p. This app costs 10p. Getting songs on your phone just got cheaper.

Flick Golf!
Do you often flick stuff across your desk? Could you make that in to a sport*? Then download this app!
*I've taken some artistic licence in calling golf a sport

Star Chart
What do you mean you didn't download Google Night Sky because you were waiting for something else? Well here is your something else. Don't wait too long though.

Reckless Racing
Insurance costs LOADS! And trying to crash cars isn't fun, just ask me, someone tried to run in to me earlier today. Buying this game and crashing in to awesome graphical cars is only 10p. I know what I would rather do.

Christmas HD
You can't wait until Christmas? Well bring Christmas to your phone early AND in high definition.

NFL Rivals
Pay 10p to follow your favourite NFL team. Not in the US and can't name one NFL team? Then pick a random one and follow them.

Beautiful Widgets
Love widgets? Love beautiful things? Beautiful Widgets.

Read It Later Pro
Are you busy? Far too busy to read stuff? Don't trust your mind to remember it all? Well get this app to remind you all the time to read things.

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Doing the Google 2-Step

By seaempty. Monday, July 25, 2011 5:55:24 AM

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Due to the amount of Google products that I use, my Google sign-in details are almost as sacred as my banking details. In the wake of the recent hacking incidents (the PSN attack in particular), I had serious concerns about security.

Although I use a different password for each website/online service that I use, I adopted a “you can never be too careful” attitude, and started using Google 2-Step verification. It’s a system that works very well with your Android phone. After a relatively simple set-up process, you download the Google Authenticator app to your phone. Now whenever I sign into my Google account, it asks me to input a six-digit code generated by the app. It’s a bit like an RSA token, and adds a very welcome level of security.

Here’s a video that explains the system in a bit more detail:

The authentication can be set to last for 30 days, so you don’t have to input the code everytime you log in, which is useful when using computers that you trust. There are procedures in place, should you lose your phone, including nominating another mobile number to text the code to, or a set of codes to be printed out and kept safe.

I’ve been using 2-Step verification for just over month now, and I would recommend anyone that relies on Google products to give it a go. The only real problem I have faced so far is the app-specific password.

Google 2-Step verification doesn’t work for all Google products, and there are some things that need an app-specific password. These are long 16-digit passwords, generated by Google that you have to enter for products like the Picasa Desktop application, or (more importantly) your Android device.

Google state that you only have to type these in once, which is generally true, but every time you log out of these applications, you need to generate and enter a new password. My Desire HD received a firmware update the other day, for example, and in doing so it logged me out of my Android account. To regain access I had to go to a PC, log onto Google (luckily I didn’t need to use the Authenticator app), revoke the old password, and generate a new one.

It was a bit fiddly, but only took a couple of minutes. Am I prepared to do that for the knowledge that my accounts details are that much more secure? The answer is always going to be yes.

Have any of you tried Google 2-Step verification? If so, what are your thoughts?

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APP REVIEW: MAGIC HOUR

By seaempty. Thursday, July 21, 2011 10:09:51 AM

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What is it?

Magic Hour is a camera app that enables you to take photos, and apply a plethora of filters to make them really stand out. Here are a couple of examples:

Overjoid – What we like

  • A huge amount of amazing filters to apply to your photos.
  • It’s quick and easy to create your own filters, or customise existing ones.
  • Users can upload their own filters, which can then be downloaded by others for free. This creates a near infinite amount of filters to choose from.
  • The UI is great; clean, crisp, and user friendly.
  • Being able to quickly compare the original photo and altered one.
  • It’s quick and easy to share your photos with a variety of social networks.
  • Auto Focus is quick, as is the shutter speed. There was hardly any blur with the photos we took, even when the subject was moving.

Annoid – What we don’t like

  • The altered photos are only available in a square aspect (see examples above).
  • There are only a limited number of resolutions available.
  • It takes an age to save the photo once it’s been taken – this is even before a filter has been applied.

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APP REVIEW: GOOGLE+

By seaempty. Tuesday, July 19, 2011 6:17:21 PM

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Google+, Google's most recent attempt to conquer the social web, was launched a couple of weeks ago. After the initial excitement, Overjoid has spent some quality time with the site, and, more importantly, the Android app. Read on to see our thoughts on how the app performs.

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