“Daily Arm Workout,” “Daily Ab Workout” and “Daily Leg Workout” give you five to ten minute work-out sessions. The instructor doesn’t see what you’re doing, but you see her and that’s enough. Joy likes them and is still trying to talk Bob into them.
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Joy lost her Samsung “Galaxy Relay” smart phone. She chose it initially because it has a tiny slide-out keyboard. But that proved awkward to use, so last night we faced the loss of the old phone and went out and bought a new Samsung Galaxy S3. Very nice.
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We found a bug in our Android Ice Cream Sandwich. All we wanted to do was transfer photos from our camera to the web. But since we didn’t have Jelly Bean, the latest Android system, things didn’t go sweetly.
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We’ve tried many different wireless speakers for our iPad and the Android phone, but the first one we really liked is “Edge Sound” from CubEdge. It’s a black box shorter than a human hand and weighing just 9 ounces.
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“Advanced Mobile Care” from iObit is a free app to prevent problems on your Android smartphone. It blocks malware, helps games run smoothly, locks private photos and videos, kills memory-hogging apps and extends battery life. It also helps you uninstall apps and sort them by name, size or frequency of use.
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“Politicash” for Android and Apple tablets and phones tracks campaign contributions to presidential nominees. We saw that President Obama’s contributors mainly work in government or universities, while Mitt Romney’s top donors often work for brokerages and banks. The app also tracks “Super Pacs,” Here Romney’s top three donors are a builder, a doctor and a hotel owner. Obama’s top Super Pac donors are from DreamWorks Animation movie company, a law firm and a technology firm. Individual donors are listed by name, right down to contributions of $250 or less.
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America’s Economy is a free Android app from the U.S. Census Bureau, and gives statistics on home sales, construction spending, international trade, business investments and 12 other indicators. We learned that exports increased by almost 11 percent in June over the previous month. Figures are updated monthly.
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Shake2MuteCall lets you shake your Android phone to stop its ringing. Could be useful in an embarrassing situation.
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“2Cloud” lets you go from a link on your phone to a website without having to copy and paste it or email it to yourself.
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