A new Android Market for phones, with books and movies

Recently, we’ve been hard at work improving Android Market to give you new ways to find great applications and games, purchase books, and rent movies. Today, we’re releasing a new version of Android Market which makes all of these available on phones (Android 2.2 and higher).

In the U.S., you’ll be able to rent thousands of movies, starting at $1.99, right from Android Market on your phone. With the Videos app, available in Android Market, there’s no more waiting for downloads, syncing, or worrying about storage space. Simply sign into Android Market with your Google account, and you can rent movies from anywhere – the web, or your Android phone or tablet – and start watching instantly. You can also download movies to your device so they’re available for viewing when you don’t have an internet connection.

Also in the U.S., you can now purchase books from Android Market on your phone. Like movie rentals, books are linked to your Google account, so they’re instantly available across all of your devices – computer, phone, or tablet – without the need for wires or downloads.

You’ll be delighted to find we’ve overhauled Android Market to make it faster, easier, and more fun to discover great apps, movies, and books. We’ve created more space to feature some of the most interesting content of the week on the home page. We’ve added more top charts, with newer, more relevant items, and we’ve made it easy to swipe through these charts as you browse the store. We’ve also introduced new collections of great content, like staff picks and Editors’ Choice apps.

 

The new Android Market will be rolling out in the coming weeks to Android 2.2 and higher phones around the world. You don’t need to do anything - the update is automatic on supported phones. If you’re in the U.S., you’ll also be able to download the Videos app, rent movies, and buy books once you receive the new Android Market.

Your phone is about to get a lot more interesting! Enjoy the new Android Market.

How to Play Angry Birds

Is this your first time playing Angry Birds? Are you confused on what to do and its mechanics? Here is an easy procedure on how to play this mind-boggling yet enjoying game by Rovio. The plot and everything that a newbie must know are listed on this tutorial.

Most Important Mechanics of the Game

The essential thing that you must know about this game is that all you have to do is to smash all the enemies (evil pigs, and marmosets) by slinging thoseAngry Birds. It depends on you on how you are going to shatter those ugly pigs either you hit them directly or make their hiding places fall into them.

In every level you are given a limited number of birds to shoot into the enemy territory. By limiting the numbers of Angry Birds that you used, you will gain more additional points. So creativity and innovativeness in shooting will get you something and makes you move forward to the game.

Stars and Points

In each level, killing and smashing pigs plus their territory (made of materials like woods, boulders, ice, and many more) will score points.

Finishing a level with a low score will gain a star, 2 stars requires you to effort by scoring little high while 3 stars needs you some tricks to accomplish. Here are examples how to gain three stars. You may follow the link for more info.

http://angrybirdsaddiction.com/angry-birds-walkthrough/

Angry Birds and Evil Pigs

The story started because those evil pigs wanted to eat the eggs of those Birds. They snatched those pitiful eggs and after that evil pigs and Angry Birds are on war.

There are many types of Angry Birds and Evil Pigs. For more info on those Angry Birds you may follow the link here. http://angrybirdsaddiction.com/news/angry-birds-characters-guide/

Evil pigs also wear something to make them hard to crack like metal helmets, crowns, and many more. They usually hide inside a base which makes them hard to hunt. What you must do is to find logical ways to smash those barriers together with them inside.

Achievements and Accomplishments

In games there are so many tasks that must be finished and by making it done comes with prizes and awards. Angry Birds won’t bore you because it has so many things to accomplish and special awards to attain. You can find the awards and achievements inAngry Birds here. http://angrybirdsaddiction.com/category/achievements/

Angry Birds Games

Here is a list of Angry Birds Games.

1. Angry Birds – Currently playable on 11 platforms like iPhone and Android Phones. 
2. Angry Birds Rio – The setting is in Rio and already has 2 updates Beach Volley and Carnival Upheaval. Two more updates are planned to release in October and November. 
3. Angry Birds Seasons – Already has 5 seasons to offer namely Easter Eggs, St. Patrick’s Day entitled “Go Green, Get Lucky”, Valentines Day named “Hogs and Kisses”, Trick or Treat, and Season’s Greedings. 
4. Angry Birds Chrome – This one is playable if you are using the Browser Google Chrome.

Are you enthusiastic now to start and play the game? You may want to watch first the traileras an appetizer before you start your adventure to the world of Angry Birds. Enjoy!

What to do, if you dont have photoshop or any other great program? Web-based Sumo Paint is fat on features!

(Credit: Sumo Paint)

There have been Web-based photo editors in the past that let you do basic things like scribble on your images or crop a certain section. Photoshop Express, Adobe's online editing solution, lets you do quite a bit more, but today, I found out about Sumo Paint which surpasses even Adobe's online application when it comes to features.

This Finland-based Web app lets you open images from your computer, a URL or its own servers if you sign up for a free Sumo account. This means you are not forced to sign up with the company to make use of its app. Once you've opened the file, you can edit it just like how it's done on a desktop application, except this is on a browser. We were pretty impressed with the options available, including layers, clone and blur effects and also basic photo-editing adjustments such as contrast, saturation and color balance, to name a few.

The breadth of features rivals that of Adobe's Photoshop Elements. It may not be as fast, but the speed was acceptable when we edited smaller files. Uploading a large 2MB photo took about 3 minutes but smaller ones already online loaded without much of a wait. After messing with the image, you can choose to save the end product on Sumo's servers if you have an account or simply download it onto your computer.

If you ask us, this is by far the most feature-packed Web-based photo manipulation service we've seen so far. It requires you to have Flash installed, but otherwise worked well on both Firefox and Chrome for us. We recommend giving it a go if you ever find yourself in a situation where you have to edit a photo using someone else's computer and don't have the right application on hand. All you need is a proper browser and Internet connection to do so.

SUMO Paint video

Just go to www.sumopaint.com and start using it!

Via Red Ferret Journal