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Facebook For Android, Now With Timeline

Facebook rolled out its new Timeline feature yesterday, and if you’ve enabled the cool new interface, you can update the Android app to get it on your phone as well.


December 10, 2011
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Turn Your iPhone Or iPad Into A Number Pad

If you’re using Apple’s Bluetooth keyboard or a laptop, you might find yourself occasionally in need of a number pad. NumPad Remote is a download for iOS and Mac OS X that turns your iOS device into a portable number pad.


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Control Your Personal Information On Android

PDroid is a free Android utility that allows you to see and block access by apps on your rooted Android phone to your personal data and individually identifying information. The tool shows you which apps have access to information like your phone number, your Device ID (IMEI/MEID/ESN), SIM serial number and lets you disable access without breaking the apps in question.


October 30, 2011
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ACCC Launches iPhone App For Product Recalls

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I was under the impression that product recalls were a rare thing. Turns out this isn’t the case — all you have to do is peruse the ACCC Recalls Australia iPhone app, launched recently by everyone’s favourite consumer watchdog, to see there’s quite a number of recalls in the wild.


October 29, 2011
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Orchestra Is An Awesome Collaborative To-Do Manager

Orchestra is a really fantastic to-do app for your iPhone that lets you collaborate with others even if they don’t have a copy of the (free) app themselves. You can share anything you’re working on, others can send you tasks requiring your help, and it’s all remarkably simple to do.


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Banjo Alerts You When Friends Are Nearby

Banjo is either an amazing app or a really creepy one, depending on how you look at it. The app finds your Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and Gowalla contacts, puts them on a map and pings you when they’re nearby.


October 9, 2011
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Paragon Net Burner Lets You Burn Discs Anywhere On Your Network

If you have a laptop or netbook without an optical drive or if you run a business with a lot of cheap terminals without optical drives, such as an internet cafe, you can use the free utility Net Burner from Paragon to burn CDs/DVDs/BDs using the optical drive of another computer on your network.


October 8, 2011
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Google Music 4 For Android Leaks With A New, Better-Looking Interface

If you’re using the Google Music Beta to stream music to your phone, you can now check out a leak of the Ice Cream Sandwich version of the app, which features a better-looking, easier to use interface.


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YT Background Search For Chrome Explores YouTube Without Leaving The Current Video

Watching YouTube videos almost always generates ideas for more videos to watch, but initiating a new search means closing the current video. With YT Background Search, you can look up what you’ll queue next without closing the currently playing video.


July 20, 2011
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Get Mac OS X Lion Without Exceeding Your Download Cap

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Mac OS X Lion has officially gone on sale, but it’s a 3.6GB download that’s only available through the Mac App Store. Here are some simple suggestions to avoid chewing through all your monthly allowance while getting the latest Mac goodness.