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If Android is transforming the smartphone market then Paypal has revolutionised the world of online payments. Now Android users can send money to each other simply by bumping their phones together thanks to a new PayPal app. This is done by using some very nifty new technology known as bump technology. This feature has been on the iPhone for a while now so you can also settle your scores across the two different platforms. However, I am much more excited by PayPal’s second feature entitled...

Another iPhone app of note was ported to Android during the last week. Joining the recently released Android Kindle app is Barnes & Noble’s NOOK app. B&N noted that NOOK for Android is the first eReader software to feature “Barnes & Noble’s new NOOK-centric branding.” The company added that updated NOOK software for iPhone and iPad will be released in the coming months. From B&N’s press release, the list of features will be very familiar to those...

With complaints flooding in about the new iPhone 4G, from dropped calls on the AT&T network to the unavailability of apps, it seems a good time to question the future of the platform. Especially now that its main competitor Android is building up momentum. Without question one of the most appealing factors about smartphones is the applications which can be added to them, whether they are for playful or practical purposes. In the past the Android OS has not attracted the same number of app developers,...

Apps may make life easier but they are also a good way of parting a fool and his money. While we can greet the new eBay app for the Android with all the excitment implied in an online auction, it also means that we can have even more ways to buy stuff at times when we could be relaxing – on the train, in the doctors waiting hall etc. The app is now available in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada on versions 1.6 of the Android or above. That means residents of those countries can follow...