When Big Companies Do Small Things
Androidify, a new app you can download from the Android market, is a very simple application. You use it to create a simple, cartoonish avatar of people you know using a few simple props and features. In terms of clothing choices and raw variation, the application can’t even muster the amount of control you get from a Wii Mii. And yet, I found myself wasting copious amounts of time on this app this week.
Naturally, I asked myself why.
Google Disappoints, Still No Music Streaming
Oh sure, you could say that Google's new Honeycomb OS for tablets is outrageously cool, dangerously slick, and unbelievably desirable, and you could also say that the online version of their Android Market is exactly what the otherwise horrible marketplace needed to finally catch up to Apple's App Store, and of course, you could even say that having Cee-Lo Green video-call in and be smooth as butter for two minutes was pretty fantastic. . . but nothing changes the fact that Google completely failed to show their new music streaming service during their live video broadcast yesterday afternoon. That's alright though; services still exist to fill this hole in the Android product, just waiting to get AppBrain'ed.
What are these mystery services? Just how smooth was Cee-Lo? What is AppBrain'ing? Read on to find out!