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Facebook adds a tray for your favorite apps in Home update

By Adi Robertson on June 6, 2013 03:03 pm + 16 comments

Facebook has updated its Home launcher with its first new major feature: a favorites tray that lets Continue reading…
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Panic debuts Status Board app, a widget hub for iPad

By Jacob Kastrenakes on April 10, 2013 12:00 am + 47 comments

The app developer Panic has released only a small number of apps in the more than a decade that it's Continue reading…
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Google Keep: a basic note-taking app, or the start of something big?

By David Pierce on March 20, 2013 06:56 pm + 403 comments

When a note-taking app called Google Keep surfaced briefly the other day, it did so to considerable Continue reading…
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Chumby lives on as an alarm clock, new owner hopes widget service can be restored

By Aaron Souppouris on February 22, 2013 06:47 am + 12 comments

Chumby Industries may have folded back in April 2012, but the community has been keeping the widget Continue reading…
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Google Search for Android updated with Google Now widget, Fandango movie passes, and more

By Bryan Bishop on February 13, 2013 02:59 pm + 94 comments

The existence of a Google Now widget was leaked on the official Nexus support pages just days ago, Continue reading…
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Google Now widget revealed in official Nexus support documentation

By Bryan Bishop on February 11, 2013 11:32 pm + 85 comments

Google showed off Android's Google Now system in a commercial last night, and the company may have Continue reading…
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Twitter's new HTML widget lets you put a fully interactive timeline on your website

By Nathan Ingraham on September 5, 2012 01:07 pm + 19 comments

Widgets showing off a Twitter user's latest tweets are hardly a new concept, but Twitter just gave Continue reading…
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Verizon restores data usage widget in My Verizon Android app

By Louis Goddard on July 11, 2012 07:06 am + 11 comments

Verizon Wireless has re-implemented a widget for monitoring data usage in its My Verizon Android Continue reading…
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Samsung Galaxy S III update adds brightness slider to notifications menu

By Kimber Streams on July 6, 2012 09:48 pm + 26 comments

Samsung has released an over-the-air update for international Galaxy S III phones that promises Continue reading…
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Verizon temporarily killing data-monitoring widget in advance of 'Share Everything' plans

By Andrew Webster on June 27, 2012 09:11 am + 4 comments

Verizon has announced that it's retiring its data-monitoring widget for Android and BlackBerry Continue reading…