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MightyText: Text anyone, anywhere, from whatever device

VentureBeat :: iMessage is coming for Mac users in July. But Android smartphone owners can get something better, for free, right now. It’s called MightyText, and it’s launching from public beta today. MightyText is a very simple product with a killer value prop: text anyone, anywhere, from whatever device you happen to be using. And yes, that very specifically means both your computer and tablet.

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Continue to read John Koetsier, venturebeat.com

Knight Foundation bets mobile sensor startup, Behav.io, is the future of journalism

TechCrunch :: “Our social networks are not Facebook,” says Nadav Aharony, an Android project manager and one of the six winners of the Knight Foundation’s $1.3 million in grants for media innovation. Instead of intentional online connections, his startup, Behav.io, looks at how peoples’ location, network of phone contacts, physical proximity, and movement throughout the day can help us predict range of behaviors — anything from fitness to app downloads to mass protests.

The six Knight Foundation winners - Continue to read Gregory Ferenstein, techcrunch.com

HTTP status code 451: Censored page or site

ZDNet :: Tim Bray, a leading Google Android developer and co-creator of one of the first Web search engines, Open Text and XML, has proposed to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) that code 451 be used for, “when resource access is denied for legal reasons. This allows server operators to operate with greater transparency..."

Continue to read Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, www.zdnet.com

'Stop & Frisk Watch': Mobile app lets you document and report NYPD stop-and-frisk abuse

Mashable :: The New York Civil Liberties Union is arming city residents and visitors with an app called Stop and Frisk Watch that records video, audio and GPS data. The civil rights defender group urges citizens to chronicle illegal stops, racial profiling and inappropriate searches by police officers.

'Stop & Risk Watch' on Google Play

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Continue to read Joann Pan, mashable.com

Carat: Which apps should you 'kill' to save battery life?

It is a bad thing if you're inmidst of covering a major event and you recognize the power of your smartphone is low. This app might help you to make sure, that it is not any of the apps you won't use during your reporting, which causes your work to stop immediately.

TechCrunch :: “Kill Pandora – Expected Battery Life Improvement: 1 hour 50 minutes” This is what you’ll learn from Carat, an incredibly useful free new iOS and Android app that’s the first to give you personalized mobile battery life-saving recommendations. Carat quietly takes measurements from you device, does some math, combines it with other people’s anonymized data, and sends back tips.

Continue to read Josh Constine, techcrunch.com

iOS v Android: why Schmidt was wrong and developers still start on Apple

Guardian :: Google's chairman predicted six months ago that app developers would start on Android first rather than Apple's iOS - but they haven't. Why not? And why do iPhone users update so quickly?

Continue to read Charles Arthur | Stuart Dredge, www.guardian.co.uk

June 11-15, 2012 (San Francisco): Apple's WWDC 2012 - live coverage here macstories.net

June 27-29, 2012 (Moscone Center, San Francisco): Google's I/O 2012 - here developers.google.com

Android updates embarrassing, but do users notice?

CNET :: It was big news this week that most Android phones haven't yet been upgraded to the latest Android operating system. Developers also seem to still prefer writing apps for Apple devices, despite Google's predictions. That's sure embarrassing for Google. But does it make that much of a difference to the Android user? I'll offer myself up as a reality check.

Continue to read Danny Sullivan, news.cnet.com

Foursquare's major redesign is live: Here's everything that has changed

Business Insider :: Foursquare has spent the past six months quietly working on a major redesign. This morning it launched in all its glory with a new look, more interactive tools, and a bunch of new features. The iPhone and Android apps have been updated; a new Blackberry release will roll out in a few weeks.

Continue to read Alyson Shontell, www.businessinsider.com

Instapaper for Android launches

The Verge :: "Android is not in my world. It's not in my attention span most days. Thinking about the iOS app is a full-time job, and staying competitive on iOS is a full-time job." This quote comes from Instapaper creator Marco Arment not even three weeks ago in an interview with Joshua Topolsky on On The Verge. Evidently, Arment was keeping a pretty big secret. Instapaper for Android launches today for $2.99 on smartphones and tablets.

Continue to read Ellis Hamburger, www.theverge.com

Download here Instapaper, play.google.com

Google Play (Android): VoiceSee™ totally hands-free, eyes-free newspaper app

VoiceSee™ | Google Play app description :: The 'World's First Totally Handsfree & Eyesfree Web Navigation PlatformVoiceSee™ News Pal' is the first totally hands-free and eyes-free newspaper application for your Android mobile smartphone.

The app on Google Play here VoiceSee™, app description, play.google.com