TweetDeck v0.9.10 Released - Bug Fixes, Better RAM Usage, Landscape Spport

TweetDeck has just dropped another build of their popular Android social aggregation client, now up to v0.9.10.  Included in this new release are a number of bug fixes and much better memory utilization.  In fact, the download has gone from just over 1MB in size, down to 635KB.  Here's the official change log:

• Crash fixes
• Fixes for missing Facebook updates
• General performance improvements
• Fix for issues with widgets
• Fix for polling stoppages
• Memory optimisations
• Landscape column view
• Photo upload fixes

It's also nice to see that landscape mode is now supported for column views within the app.

Here's the link to download it:

TweetDeck v0.9.10

Motorola Gets Neighborly, Acquires Location Info Service Aloqa

Location, location, location.  It's all the big rage right now.  Facebook coming out with their Places module, sites like Gowalla and Foursquare growing, Google getting sued by Skyhook, and so on.  Now Motorola wants to further expand the location services in their MOTOBLUR UI through the purchase and integration of social-local (I'm coining that if no one else has) service Aloqa.

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LauncherPro Updated With New Facebook Widget

LauncherPro just happens to be our favorite home screen app for Android.  This morning, a new release was posted to the market that includes a really nice new Facebook widget for Plus users.  If you haven't updated your version in a while, there's also a new Twitter widget that was released a couple of weeks ago.

The new widgets are for Plus users only, however, to upgrade to the Pro version is less than the cost of Venti Latte at your favorite over-priced specialty chain coffee place.  What's more is that helps support the developer's efforts to bring us new and better features with each and every release.  More details and screenshots after the jump.

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Cool Uses for Google Voice Actions

Google Voice Actions is a pretty cool feature on Android phones.  If you haven't used it much, you should give it a try.  You may have to get over that nervous, awkward feeling of talking to your phone when there's no one actually on the line, but that passes quickly as you use it more.

Google Voice Actions has a lot of great built in functionality with it's base commands.  However, with these cool tips, courtesy lifehacker.com, you can do even more with the speech recognition engine.

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TweetDeck v0.9.8 for Android Released - Get Widgety With It

TweetDeck dropped a new release of of their immensely popular social network client today, and it finally includes the feature everyone has been asking for: Widgets!

Also included in this release is a redesigned user interface for adding columns, as well as some bug fixes and performance improvements.

Screenshots and download information included after the break.

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