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Star syncing comes to Google Maps for Android

What’s new in Google Maps for Android? Star ‘power.’ Google It’s standard fare for Google to incubate a mobile app feature on one platform before rolling it out to the others. That’s why an update on Tuesday to Android’s Google Maps app will please Android users, who will see an uptick in productivity on the Maps, but will excite few …

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Broken Sword for iPhone: Graphic adventures reborn?

Vive la graphic adventure! Broken Sword makes a dazzling iPhone debut. Revolution Software I’m old enough to remember the heyday of graphic adventures. Space Quest, The Secret of Monkey Island, Full Throttle–these were the inventive, engaging point-and-click pastimes of my youth. Alas, the genre died out years ago, but every now and then we see a flicker of resurgence–like when …

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