LinkedIn was an app I hesitated to install initially because of the long list of permissions it requires. The December 19th update also added one more:
Category Archives: Android
LinkedIn Android “bug fix” update includes invasive permissions change
Posted by Alex
on December 22, 2011
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Viber battery life – an update
Posted by Alex
on November 29, 2011
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My impromptu post about Viber gained a little more attention than I thought it would, prompting a discussion about battery usage and even attracting a response from the Viber development team.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, it was never a proper review, just a highly subjective and unscientific personal impression of the app! My main complaint was and remains that it looks like an iPhone app (I probably should have complained about the purple colour while I was at it).
They did ask that I test the new version (2.1.2), released on October 12, 2011, so naturally I feel as though I should test it in the same fashion as before. That is to say, open Android’s battery life screen after Viber has run for a while and take a screenshot. 
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Viber – a nice VoIP app that I don’t really like
Posted by Alex
on September 6, 2011
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Viber (the kiwi/brit in me really wants to spell it “Vibre”), is a VoIP app for cell phones that uses a data connection to make free calls, much like Skype and other VoIP systems. The idea is great in principle, but in practice it doesn’t quite gel with how I use my phone.
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