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11 of the best Android apps from March

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by on April 2, 2015 at 4:59 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Roundups

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With voice calling on WhatsApp, the first sighting of Meerkat on Android and a number of other notable names hitting the virtual shelves, March was a busy month in the the Google Play store. Here, we’ve got the best new and updated apps from last month in one place for your easy perusal. We’ve split this story over two pages to make it easier for you, but if you’d rather read it all as one, just click here. Caviar Square’s food delivery app for people living in certain US cities has been available on iOS for a while now, but it was only last month…

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19 of the best iPhone and iPad apps from March

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by on April 2, 2015 at 4:37 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Roundups

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With a wealth of new photo and video-related apps, and a number of new live-streaming entrants onto the market, March was a busy month in the the App Store. Here, we’ve got the best new and updated apps from last month in one place for your easy perusal. We’ve split this story over several pages to make it easier, but if you’d rather read it all as one, just click here. OneShot OneShot is an app that lets you post ‘screenshorts’ – a screengrab of an article designed to get around Twitter’s 140-character limit – directly to the social network with the utmost…

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Google must fight a lawsuit claiming Google Wallet breached user privacy

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by on April 2, 2015 at 4:14 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Google Wallet, lawsuit

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Google has failed to get a lawsuit dismissed which accuses it of invading the privacy of Google Wallet users, reports Reuters. US District Judge Beth Labson Freeman has ruled the the company must face claims that it breached users’ contracts, violated the federal Stored Communications Act, which limits disclosure of electronic records, and violated Californian consumer protection law. Freeman said the Google Wallet users behind the suit can attempt to argue in court that the company “frustrated” its own privacy policy by allowing “blanket universal disclosure” of personal information to developers of apps on sale in the Google Play Store.…

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Microsoft’s Lens app that converts paper files into editable documents comes to iOS and Android

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by on April 2, 2015 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Sure, we all use email and the cloud to store and send each other files nowadays, but what do you do when you have a ton of documents stored on something called “paper” lying around your desk? If you’re an an iPhone or Android user, Microsoft’s new Office Lens app will have you covered. If you’re not familiar with the Windows Phone version released almost a year ago, Office Lens basically turns your phone into a scanner. It’s not just simple JPEGs though; Lens uses optical character recognition (OCR) to convert a document’s text into full-fledged Word, PowerPoint and PDF…

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How Codie’s robotic toy teaches kids the principles of coding

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by on April 2, 2015 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Launches

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Hungarian startup Codie has launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for its robotic toy, which teaches kids the principles of coding. With more than one third of its funding goal committed in only two days, chances are it will reach its $70,000 target earlier than expected. The star of Codie’s campaign is its cute wood-covered robot, which kids can guide through a companion coding app. The iOS version is already in beta, with Android to follow soon. The robot also doubles as a regular toy, and can even be used as an alarm clock thanks to its brightness sensors. While ‘early bird’ perks are already sold…

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