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Some Mobile Devices Track and Log Your Every Location

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In the wake of the current news about Apple’s iPhones, iPads, and Android phones being able to track and time stamp your locations, I could see this causing somewhat of a commotion.  Not necessarily because they track you, but because it seems to be a “secret” and you can’t disable this without . . .

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It’s Now Okay To Snooze On Public Transit With The TravAlert App

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For those of you who sleep, listen to music, or read a book while using public transportation, one of your biggest annoyances is missing your stop.  Well, that’ll be no more with this handy mobile application called TravAlert.  Available for iOS, Android, and BlackBerry, this neat little app gives you the freedom . . .

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Who Needs A Wallet When I Have My Smartphone

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Wow, talk about the digital age.  It’s amazing to think how we are able to record television shows right from our smartphones, but nowadays if you own a smartphone, you don’t even need to carry your wallet, either.

Turns out, there is a very cool application out . . .

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BlackBerry Messenger Coming To Android And iOS

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News just came out saying that Research In Motion will start making their infamous BlackBerry Messenger service available to iOS and Android users.  What does this mean?  It means more people with smartphones can talk to each other without having to text message.  BBM has some cool simple features like knowing when . . .

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Need To Tweet Over 140 Characters?

One particular Twitter mobile application that I am familiar with is ÜberTwitter for BlackBerry which is also available for the iPhone.  One of the features I like about it is that if I need to send a Tweet that’s over 140 characters, it allows me to do so.  And if the person . . .

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Even The IRS Has A Mobile App

This past week the Internal Revenue Service released a new mobile application for the iPhone and Android.  It’s called IRS2Go and you can get your tax refund status and additional tax information all from your mobile device.

The IRS said in a press release that it is "modernizing the agency and . . .

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