Android Market now includes movies for rent. You can watch them on the web (Youtube) or stream them to your phone.
Look for Google to release a movies app to stream these movies or download them for offline viewing.
Once you rent a movie, its available for 30 days. You have to complete watching it in 24 hours after you start though.
Groupon launches Groupon Now! Find great deals when you are out and about.
Restaurants and business can setup deals when business is slow and take them down when busy.
They launched in Chicago today, but check this page for other locations as they are available.
Alchemy is a game that starts with Fire, Water, Earth and Air. You have to combine them to create more than 360 elements including an Ashtray, Avian Flu, Wheel, Bicycle and even Life.
Its more fun than you think.
A few tips before you start:
Google Docs is finally available on you Android. You can Create, edit, upload and share your documents directly from your phone.
You can also view the PDFs and images you uploaded to your docs account. I have all my PDF books in there for easy access.
Bonus tip: Take a picture of any document and Google will try to convert it to text.
Y5 is a battery saver app that automatically connects to known WIFI locations. If there are no known spots, it turns off your WIFI and saves battery.
With congested mobile internet connections, most providers are throttling your speed when you go over. Connecting over WIFI is the only way to speed-up your browsing.
Y5 also makes sure you don’t connect to unauthorized WIFI connections. Thats how Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook account was was hacked … read tip.
Venmo makes it dead simple to pay your friends back. You don’t even have to link a credit card or a bank account to get started.
Restaurants, bar tabs, lunch, grocery bills, utilities, cable bills, rent, cab rides, tickets, movies, are now more fun. No worries about splitting bills.
One more thing, it’s FREE, and there are no transaction fees. Amazing business model!
Click here to join and receive a sign-up bonus.
Google Finance released a new app search that redefines HTML5 mobile app user interfaces.
It’s swipe all the way, even for search results.
Amazon launched Cloud Drive today!
Cloud Drive is free up to 5GB. 20GB costs $1.75/month and hosting for music bought on amazon is free.
Nice business model!
Join.me removes the pain from screen sharing. Even your grandma should be able to share her screen with you. (Not that you would want her to.)
Here’s what you do:
NPR, a popular audio news app (and station), relaunched with a pretty design.
Here’s how you should put it to use:
Don’t have Bluetooth in your car? Get the Motorola Bluetooth Car Speaker. Well worth the money.
Don’t forget to tune into Car Talk while you are at it.
