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this episode of the Android apps weekly show is brought to you by tiddalick hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe Hindy the android authority app guy and welcome back to another episode of android apps weekly let's jump right into some headlines first up this week Microsoft has officially purchased sunrise calendar for 100 million dollars we're not sure what they'll do with it yet but don't be surprised to see some sunrise calendar features arrive and outlook eventually Jack Underwood developer of today calendar has had enough of pirates now when you powered his application it'll automatically schedule special events just for you pirates out there and it's hilarious to celebrate safer internet day Google Drive is giving away 2 gigabytes of free storage just for checking your security settings in Google Microsoft is also giving away a hundred gigabytes of free storage on onedrive for two years if you sign up for bing rewards Joe Danger the challenging side scroller daredevil game on iOS is finally making its way to Android sometime in 2015 it'll feature 80 levels 29 characters and daily challenges xposed framework is apparently coming to lollipop devices soon the developer was seen stating that it's coming along well and even mostly works no release date has been given yet but it is getting close root users rejoice for even more headlines and up-to-date news don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter I put it together myself and I promise I will only send you the latest and greatest in android apps and games news we'll have a link to it in the video description below and all you need is an email to sign up before we get into the Android applications this week let's take a quick look at our sponsor tiddalick this game has you feeding a hungry frog with quick reflexes it's fast-paced and addicting and the premise is great for both kids and adults it's also free with no in-app purchases so there's literally no harm in trying it out plus there's Google Play game support the link is in the video description below if you're interested okay folks let's talk about the apps that made a big splash this week as usual if you want to check any of these applications out you can find the links in the video description below this Skype received a big update this last week that allows you to send photos to offline contacts that will be received upon getting online again along with the photo sharing there were also some bug fixes and performance improvements but otherwise it's the same old video and chat platform we all know dealer nokia alternative to google maps received an update this last week for both Android and Windows Phone the update includes significant improvements to a whole bunch of places around the world including support for new countries but our graphics for rivers and lakes and updates to other countries the dish turned some heads this last week when they released sling TV this gives you 20 television stations for twenty dollars a month including ESPN TBS TNT Cartoon Network and a bunch of others you can also get some additional sports and kids channels and five dollar per month packages sadly no major hockey channels but the service looks good anyway limbo is a new 2d horror game where you must solve puzzles dodge obstacles and search for your lost sister the graphics are minimal black and white but the design plays a huge part in the atmosphere of the game it's four dollars and ninety-nine cents but currently rocks an astounding 4.9 rating in the Google Play Store screen pop lock screen messenger as an application does pretty much what the name says it does it's a photo based messaging service where the messages are delivered directly to your lock screen it's an interesting concept that looks really fun but do keep in mind that there's almost no security so don't answer your phone with a bunch of people around however messages disappear as soon as you unlock the device or reply once again I'm Joe Hindy the android authority app guy why you're here why not subscribe to the android authority youtube channel if you're hanging out for a minute we have a couple of awesome videos for you to watch right over there and they're also linked in the video description below for you folks on mobile finally don't forget to check out the written companion which is in the video description below and hey don't forget to subscribe to the newsletter as always thanks for watching everybody and have a wonderful day