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this episode of the Android apps weekly show is brought to you by rocket VPN little begin ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe Hindy the android authority app guy and welcome back to android apps weekly let's get right into those headlines first up this week it's been announced that mojang the company behind minecraft will be killing off support for another one of their games called Scrolls reports are that you can still play the game through June of 2016 but that's one less game in the mojang library cyanogenmod has been teasing a new browser called jello this is based on chromium like many others but this one includes some fun customization features like site-by-site privacy settings there is no ETA for release yet but this looks like it could be pretty good recently an application was taken down and the developer was sued by the FTC the reason was because the application was designed to mine dogecoins when not use this not only makes the device slow with terrible battery life but it's also illegal in the United States they settled for just shy of 50 thousand dollars Google photos saw some controversy this week after the appt mistakenly tagged black people as guerrillas as you can imagine this is not good news and people are understandably pissed off the developers have issued apologies and have removed gorillas from the database entirely until a permanent fix can be worked out select theaters will be having way more fun with the upcoming terminated release than many others it's been announced that some theaters will let people play a terminator genisys game on the theater screen before the movie shows this is really cool and it should definitely happen more often there are even more android apps and games news don't forget to check out this week's newsletter there will have a complete list of headlines updates and new releases that we didn't have time for today if you're so inclined you can subscribe with your email address and have this info sent directly to your inbox every single Friday okay folks we'll take a look at the apps and games that made a big splash this week normally we don't include application updates here but pushbullet had one so big that we want to talk about it a recent update not only cleaned up the user interface a whole bunch but it also added a full messaging platform other improvements include better pushing between devices and your regular bug fixes and performance improvements if you want a one-stop shop for connecting your computer to your Android device pushbullet seems to be the way to go yeah who's a v8 launcher is another application that got a huge update this last week that's worth talking about the application now includes a new feature called smart stream is kind of like a competitor to Google now it keeps an eye on the stuff you do on your device and then tries to compile a feed of stuff that you might be interested in this also includes weather data directions and it'll even pull up your music application to the front if you plug your headphones in the geometry wars 3 was released to the Google Play Store this last week to positive reviews the game includes a glorious display of colors and fast-paced gameplay it includes over 50 levels including classic arcade levels 10 battle modes and multiple control setups it's currently 499 but there are no in-app purchases and the game currently has over 500 positive reviews verses 16 negative reviews this one's a no-brainer for those looking for a time killer the vainglory is a hotly anticipated MOBA that was released on android just yesterday it features a league of legends style plays scheme where you can play as much as you want for free but some of this more specialized items and characters may cost a couple of bucks it features long game matches customizable hero builds and all of the awesome stuff that you'd expect in a MOBA do be warned this game packs a serious punch so low-end devices may not handle it very well half-life 2 episode 2 is released on android but there is some bad news it's only available for the Nvidia shield tablet and Nvidia shield android TV device if you've never played the half-life series before you'll probably need to play at least half life two and half life 2 episode 1 to know what's going on this however is a console quality game with great graphics a good story and plenty of things for you to shoot it's seven dollars and ninety-nine cents with no in-app purchases thanks again for watching everybody but let's get down to some serious business this week's Android apps weekly is sponsored by rocket VPN this VPN service is simple enough for anyone to understand but powerful enough for most VPN users it's also been recently updated to include material design you can choose from servers all around the world to securely connect to the internet and protect yourself from the unknown you can get a seven day free trial and you'll be given access to 500 megabytes free each month or you can pay to get 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