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Excellent! Sent to you by tony via Google Reader: Amazon Android Appstore is live, offering free Angry Birds Rio via Joystiq by Griffin McElroy on 3/22/11 Amazon's officially dipped its toes into the cool, clear waters of Android software market, launching its own App Store earlier today. Folks can search for apps using the online retailer's familiar database, and can even find a sweet little early adopter bonus today: Rovio Mobile's (Amazon-exclusive) Angry Birds Rio , marked down from $0.99 to the considerably lower $0.00. You might want to considering bookmarking that particular site for your future perusal -- according to a banner at the top of the page, Amazon's Android store will offer one paid app for free every day. [Thanks, Justin !] Amazon Android Appstore is live, offering free Angry Birds Rio originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments Thi...

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I don't know if this is cool or scary! Sent to you by tony via Google Reader: Now You Can Make Free Phone Calls Directly From Gmail via Geekosystem by Robert Quigley on 8/25/10 Google was coy about reports earlier today that users were discovering a "call phone" button in their Gmail accounts, but the company has just confirmed that over the next few days, they will be rolling the ability to call people directly on their phones is coming to Gmail, and that until at least the end of this year, the service will be free for calls to the U.S. and Canada. Calls to other countries will be priced in accordance with this rate table . If you don't currently have money in a Google account, you'll need to add it by clicking on your credit balance and adding credit using Google Checkout. If you're interested in trying out the service, you'll first need to install Google's 22 MB voice and video package (available at the link if you don't alrea...

Okay, it's going to be VERY hard for me to be productive today! Sent to you by tony via Google Reader: Google Debuts First Playable Doodle via G4 TV - TheFeed on 5/21/10 The arcade version of Pac-Man first launched in Tokyo, Japan on May 22, 1980. which makes today the 30th anniversary of the seminal video game! To celebrate, search engine Google has unveiled its first playable doodle. That's it above. But it's more than just a doodle. You can actually play Pac-Man on Google's page. Check out the video under the "Read More" tag. Watch Larger Version | Watch HD Version Google's Pac-Man is equipped with many unique characteristics from the original game. From preserving the distinct personalities of the ghosts Inky (blue: fickle), Blinky (red: chaser), Pinky (pink: ambusher) and Clyde (orange: slow) to re-creating programming bugs from the original game like a "kill screen" on level 256, Sr. User Experience designer at Goog...