10 Great Apps for the London 2012 Olympics to Make You Bask in the Glory of Summer Olympics

The London 2012 Summer Olympic Games has been lasting for 3 days. Athletes from different NOCs have devoted their excellent performance in the Games. Many people may feel somewhat disappointed as they couldn’t attend the scene, but have to watch the London 2012 Olympic Games through TV or the internet. In fact, you can still fully enjoy the London 2012 Olympics even though you couldn’t be in London or in front of the TV. Starting on July 27, just keep a phone or tablet near you, by making use of some wonderful apps designed for this Olympic Games live show, you can freely take your focus on the Games, follow your favorite athlete, get quick results, socially network about the Olympics, play games, or even look up rules for obscure sports. That is the topic of this post - apps which are designed for both iOS and Android to help you enjoy London 2012 Olympic Games freely.

NBC Olympics Live Extra: The NBC Olympics Live Extra app will be the best and only way besides TV coverage to watch every London Olympics event live and for free. You’ll be able to watch simulcasts of all the Olympics programming on NBC’s cable channels.

London 2012 Join In: The official Join In app for the Olympic Games is useful whether you have tickets to any of the events or are watching from home. This mobile guide app has complete list about the Games arrangement, with maps and directions for all venues. It also provides live updates including news photos, and a My Games option lets you create a personal schedule.

IntoNow: IntoNow is a free app that tells you exactly what TV show or movie you’re watching by listening in for a few seconds. You’ll be able to see a programming schedule for upcoming Olympics broadcasts, as well as medal counts, images, athlete bios, and more.

NBC Olympics: NBC Olympics helps you to check news, videos, and photo highlights from the games for every sport, as well as all the athletes from Team USA or other teams after setting the location.

London 2012 Official Mobile Game: This app is a mobile game from London 2012 official site. It provides nine Olympic sports, including hurdles, swimming, jumping, and archery. Some authentic 2012 Olympic venues are recreated in this official game, which has three modes: training, Olympic, and challenge. Although it's easy to play, the game can be tricky to get right.

BBC Olympics: This app allows you to follow all the action from the games, complete with commentaries, news updates, and medal ceremonies. The BBC has the rights to stream content only in the United Kingdom (NBC has the rights to all Olympics coverage in the United States), so only UK users will be able to stream video with this app. It also has an international version, which features clips from the events and uses your location (your country) to personalize content to enhance your support of that team.

London 2012 Results: The official Results app for the London games does not have live streaming video, but live results and updates, as well as medal tables and athlete profiles.

2012 Team USA Road to London: You can use this app to support USA team at the Olympic Games. It provides daily updates of who is making the team, and all athlete bios. You can explore photos and videos of the athletes, and cheer them on via Facebook and Twitter. Other nations with free team apps for both Android and iOS include Austria, Ireland, South Korea, Netherlands, and Slovenia.

Reuters Olympics London 2012: The Reuters Olympics London 2012 app is terrific if you’re looking for great Olympics photography. Featuring a steady stream of high-resolution images from London, the app also will offer access to Reuters editorial content, medal tables, event schedules, game results, and social media. This app is only available for iOS.

Ban.jo: Ban.jo will let you hear from fans from London. You can either navigate to London in the app or use Ban.jo’s new “trending places” feature to peruse tweets, status updates, photos, and any other social media from users who are inside the games’ venues.

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NBC Won’t Live Stream the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of London 2012 Summer Olympic Games – How to Watch London 2012 Olympic Games Videos

According to the news, NBC (the National Broadcasting Company) has been partnering with Twitter and Facebook to live stream of every Olympic competition, which counts to be more than 3.500 hours of live video. This has been quite amazing news for all people to freely watch the live show of London 2012 Summer Olympic Games. But there’s fatal disappointing news from NBC that it won’t live stream the opening and closing ceremonies of this summer Olympic Games. “It was never our intent to live stream the Opening Ceremony or Closing Ceremony,” said Gary Zenkel, president of NBC Olympics in a statement announcing the decision. “They are complex entertainment spectacles that do not translate well online because they require context, which our award-winning production team will provide for the large primetime audiences that gather together to watch them.”

That’s really a disappointment to all, even though NBC promised it will make clips and highlights of both ceremonies available online after airing. Fans could then watch clips and highlights of the two ceremonies online, not live stream. Still, NBC tells fans who need to stay up-to-date with live coverage of the ceremonies and competitions that they can look to Twitter, which will provide an Olympics events page with tweets from althletes, families and fans updating in real-time.

But only Twitter is far from enough for people to watch London 2012 Olympic Games live shows and videos. Are there other ways to realize this besides TV live streaming? Of course there’re. I would like to share some ways with you all to enjoy London 2012 Summer Olympic Games live shows and videos:

1. To watch London 2012 Olympic live streams online via the following sites

Watch London Olympics 2012 Live Stream Online on YouTube

Watch London Olympics 2012 Live Stream Online on Facebook

Watch London Olympics 2012 Live Stream Online on NBC

Watch London Olympics 2012 Live Stream Online on CTV Olympics YouTube Channel

Watch London Olympics 2012 live Stream Online on DD Sports

Watch London Olympics 2012 live Stream Online on DD India

2. Download 2012 London Olympic Games Videos

We couldn’t plan our time exactly to all Games competitions, so in such case to download London 2012 Olympic Games videos would be a good idea, as after downloading these videos, you can not only watch the Olympic videos when you’re free, but also, you can add these videos to your video collection for future review. A Free Video Downloader could be your great helper.

3. Watch 2012 London Olympic Games on iPad/iPhone/Tablet/Mobile Phone, etc.

Watching 2012 London Olympic Games on mobile devices is also available with NBC’s apps. With these applications, you can watch the Games wherever you’re and whenever it is. There’re also other tools for you to watch London 2012 Summer Olympic Games videos on mobile devices like iPad, iPhone, tablets, mobile phones, etc. You can use a Video Converter to convert downloaded Olympic Games videos to your mobile devices and then transfer the converted Olympic videos to your devices for unlimited playback. For your convenience, you can check this guide to freely watch London 2012 Summer Olympic Games videos on mobile devices: how to download and convert Olympic videos to mobile devices.

The methods mentioned above would surely help you fully enjoy the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games. Of course, there’re still many other ways. More things referring to London 2012 would be shared here, so stay tuned.

5 Apps to Fully Enjoy London 2012 Olympic Games with Your Mobile Phones

Only two days left for the opening ceremony of 2012 Summer Olympic Games, informally known as London 2012, from 27 July until 12 August 2012. Over 10,000 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are expected to participate in this great sports event. People could watch the live show of London 2012 Olympics games with TV or online. People who have got the tickets could enjoy the Games and know the results in real-time. But for mobile phone users who would like to know the latest news about the Games and the Games arrangement, and watch London 2012 Olympic Games videos, some mobile phone apps or computer software would be of great help. Today I would like to share some apps with mobile phone users to fully enjoy 2012 Summer Olympic Games on mobile phones.

Official London 2012 Join In App

The Official London 2012 Join In app is a mobile guide for you to get to know the detailed Games arrangement. According to the Games arrangement, you can plan your time to watch the live show with your TV or online, enjoy and share your Games experience with your friends.    It’s an important tool to fully enjoy the Games, no matter you have got a ticket or not. This app includes the 2012 Summer Olympic Games events from the start of the Olympic Torch Relay to the Olympics and Paralympics, the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, plus all the cultural, city and community celebrations happening across the UK. It is available to download now on Android, iOS and Blackberry. You can free download Official London 2012 Join In App.

Official London 2012 Results App

The Official London 2012 Results app provides mobile phone users with all the latest news, schedules and results. Users could keep up-to-date with the latest action live across all Olympic sports and Paralympic sports. It includes the Games results, live updates, calendar schedule, details of sports, medal tables and athlete profiles. Users can also follow specific countries, receiving official news and updates tailored to them all in one app. Now available to download on Android, iOS and Windows Phone 7.

Official London 2012 mobile game

The Official London 2012 mobile game app features nine different Olympic games for users to play, including Archery, Double Trap Shooting, 110m Hurdles and Swimming, in authentic London 2012 venues. Users can design, train and improve their athlete just the way they want. There are three different modes: training mode, Olympic mode and Challenge mode. Users could free download Official London 2012 mobile game app for enjoying.

Well, the above 3 official apps are released by the official website of the London 2012 Olympic Committee to help mobile phones users know everything about the London 2012 games. For more fun and enjoyment, I would like to recommend two media tools bellow, which could help Olympic Games fans to enjoy more Olympic Games videos.

Free Online Video Downloader

Why recommending this tool? There would be a lot of excellent moments during the Games. Many wonderful video clips would be uploaded to the internet for sharing and enjoying. A Free Online Video Downloader could help you easily download the videos and matches you like to your own computer or mobile phone for unlimited and convenient future review. Also, when you’re using a mobile phone to watch the Games, it would cost your flows greatly. A free video downloading tool would help you save money.  

Video Converter

After we download the excellent video clips of the Games to our computer, a video converter could help us easily convert the downloaded Olympic Games videos to our mobile phones and other portable media players. Thus, we could watch the videos everywhere we like.

Well, I have to say, with these above 5 tools, you can make a better enjoyment of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. They would bring you more fun than the Games itself. But these tools of course are still far from enough for a complete and perfect enjoyment of London 2012 Olympic Games. I would provide more useful tools here for you to enjoy more.

Freely enjoy and download Settle Down by Gwen Stefani and her No Doubt band mates

Great news for all music fans: the No Doubt band members have got reunited and premiered their declaring brand-new music video for the latest pop-ska single Settle Down. The reunion is particularly memorable, as Stefani, Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal and Adrian Young -- together with their touring trumpeter Stephen Bradley and trombonist Gabrial McNair -- are happily reunited. It's a heartwarming moment that will make even the toughest rockers get a little verklempt. In this new music video, the band members are driving their trucks for the dancehall trucker party, which is much more symbolic than it looks. "They're driving to meet after having had their separate lives over the last 10 years," director Sophie Muller said. And after watching the music video, we have to admit that the frontwoman of the band Gwen Stefani hasn't aged in over a decade, still energetic and passionate. Settle Down has a slight reggae feel, which harks back to the band's SoCal roots, but there's also a radio-friendly hook, penned by frontwoman Gwen Stefani, "I'm a ruff and tuff / And nothin's gonna knock this girl down," as she repeats on the bridge. Watch the music video beneath.

Now, this music video is available on iTunes. You can freely download Settle Down by No Doubt from iTunes and enjoy it on your Apple devices like iPhone, iPod or iPad. If you want to watch and enjoy this music video on other devices like Samsung Galaxy S III, Galaxy Nexus, HTC One X, etc. you can try to download Settle Down music video with Free Music Video Downloader.

No Doubt – Settle Down lyrics

Get get get in line, and settle down

Get in line, and settle down

What's your twenty? (Do you copy?)

Where's your brain? (Do you copy?)

Checking in to check you out

Concerned about your whereabouts

Copy that, you're acting strange

So tell me what is going on

So heavy I bet

I'm fine (and nothing's gonna knock this girl down)

I'm hella positive for real

I'm all good

No I'm fine (and nothing's gonna knock this girl down)

It's kind of complicated that's for sure

But you can see it my eyes, you can read on my lips

I'm trying to get a hold on this

And I really mean it this time

And you know it's such a trip

Don't get me started

I'm trying to get a hold on this

Get get get in line, and settle down

Get in line, and settle down

No big deal (I can handle it)

It'll bounce off me (I can handle it)

Been around the block before

Doesn't matter anymore

Here we go again (Are you kidding me?)

Are you insane? (Are you kidding me?)

Underneath the avalanche

So heavy again

I'm fine (and nothing's gonna knock this girl down)

I'm hella positive for real

I'm all good

No I'm fine (and nothing's gonna knock this girl down)

It's kind of complicated that's for sure

But you can see it my eyes, you can read on my lips

I'm trying to get a hold on this

And I really mean it this time

And you know it's such a trip

Don't get me started

I'm trying to get a hold on this

Get get get in line, and settle down

Get in line, and settle down

I'm a rough and tough

I'm a rough and tough

And nothing's gonna knock this girl down

I'm a rough and tough

I'm a rough and tough

And nothing's gonna knock this girl down

I'm a rough and tough

I'm a rough and tough

And nothing's gonna knock this girl down

I'm a rough and tough

I'm a rough and tough

But you can see it my eyes, you can read on my lips

I'm trying to get a hold on this

And I really mean it this time

And you know it's such a trip

Don't get me started

I'm trying to get a hold on this

Gotta get a hold on this

Trying to get a hold on this

Don't get me started

Gotta get a hold on this

Get get get in line, and settle down

Get in line, and settle down

Get get get in line, and settle down

Get in line, and settle down

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Lil Wayne and Big Sean announced the explicit music video of their My Homies Still single

On July 17, the American rapper Lil Wayne released the explicit official music video for the song My Homies Still, which is featured with Big Sean, on his YouTube VEVO channel. The music video is directly by Parris, in which the song is interpreted in a crazy and wacky way. In just less than a week, the music video has got nearly 3 million clicks on YouTube. The video begins with Lil Wayne emerging from a typical suburban house, but the front lawn is anything but ordinary. On the lawn there is an elephant, naked mannequins, man dressed in a panda suit, and furniture. Big Sean is first shown sitting in a lawn chair next to a skeleton who is smoking. You can watch this new official music video bellow. In need, you can free download My Homies Still music video by Lil Wayne and Big Sean to your own players for unlimited enjoyment.

My Homies Still is the lead single from Lil Wayne’s forthcoming tenth studio album, "I Am Not a Human Being 2", which is set to be released this fall.

Lil Wayne ft. Big Sean - My Homies Still lyrics

[Lil Wayne]

Man move scout with the sickest, sickest

Semi automatic no click click, we don't feel you

Like an elephant, getting with a tick tick

Little little with a thick bit, and before I fork this

I gotta put that patch over my third eye, slick rick

Trukfit, t-shirt, talk second, skeet first

Buy your girl a jump off, I hope she land feet first

She give me brain, research, and I prefer reefer

But if you want some, that's cool, cause my homies still

Yeah my homies still

Ha ha my homies still

Yeah my homies still

Don't make my goons go stupid, go stupid, go stupid

Don't make my goons go stupid, go stupid, go stupid

[Big Sean]

OK, my girls and cars both skirt off

I like the n-pples so wet that I can surf off

In a hot spot cause we never chilling

I do it for my n-ggas, I just do it these b-tches

Boy, I overgrind, overshine, ain't another n-gga over Sean

I'm getting paid, it's Oprah time, i'm rolling pine

I'm so divine, i'm west side, west side, dark glasses on

Like i'm going blind, looking like Eazy E, it's just me

And lil weezy wee, get off mine

Yeah my homies still

Ha ha my homies still

Yeah my homies still

Don't make my goons go stupid, go stupid, go stupid

Don't make my goons go stupid, go stupid, go stupid

[Lil Wayne]

Look, i'm east side, them haters 90 going west

This pumping so much bass, mother... going deaf

Weezy F, I'm east side, them haters 90 going west

Bump with so much bass, tuchi, tuchi, tuchi I don't let them

Got so much, you gon need another nose man

I just played my hand, but I am not the dealer

You see I got them teardrops, I cry, I cry a river

I got that trufkit t-shirt, listening to rebirth

I skate until my feet hurt, hot boy, free turk

Put on desert, put your hands beneath earth

And I don't sell drugs, but if you need work, my homies still

Yeah my homies still

Ha ha my homies still

Yeah my homies still

Don't make my goons go stupid, go stupid, go stupid

Don't make my goons go stupid, go stupid, go stupid

[Big Sean]

Wow, ok, boy this is what I do do

Got your sister dancing, no the kind that's in a tutu

Got me in control, no strings attached, that's that vodoo

She say can't nobody do it better, I tell her true true, yeah true true

My my bro bro say these b-tches ain't sh-t

I got the girl you came with, and the girl she came with

She leaking and dripping, woah there

I might just come slip in and have your misses wanna go missing

If she addicted to my what d-ck did, boy I get it

Yeah my homies still

Ha ha my homies still

Yeah my homies still

Don't make my goons go stupid, go stupid, go stupid

Don't make my goons go stupid, go stupid, go stupid

[Lil Wayne]

Look, i'm east side, them haters 90 going west

This pumping so much bass, mother... going deaf

Weezy F, I'm east side, them haters 90 going west

Freely watch and download Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 official movie trailer

After the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 released on November 18, 2011, fans have been waiting for the Part 2. Part 1 was released on DVD on Saturday, February 11, 2012 in the United States on a special midnight release event, which came with a sneak peek of Part 2, at participating Target stores. But now, the official movie trailer of Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn part 2 has been dropped online for fans to take a peak on the Part 2. Watch the official movie trailer of Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 below freely. If you like, you can free download Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 official movie trailer to your computer or portable media players for unlimited enjoying on the move. Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 will be released on November 16, 2012.

Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 plot

After the birth of Renesmee Cullen, Bella, now a vampire, finds herself enjoying her new life and abilities. However, the vampire Irina misidentifies Renesmee as an "immortal child", a child who has been turned into a vampire, and because immortal children are uncontrollable, creating them has been outlawed by the Volturi. After Irina presents her allegation to the Volturi, they plan to destroy Renesmee and the Cullens. In an attempt to survive, the Cullens gather other vampire clans from around the world to stand as witnesses and prove to the Volturi that Renesmee is not an immortal child.

Dreamworks released Rise of the Guardians official trailer 2 for free enjoy and download

Dreamworks has released the second official movie trailer of Rise of the Guardians, which is formerly titled The Guardians of Childhood and previously titled The Guardians. This upcoming 3D computer-animated action-adventure comedy film is based on William Joyce's The Guardians of Childhood book series. It will be produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures, and is set for release on November 21, 2012. The film stars Chris Pine, Isla Fisher, Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law and Dakota Goyo. It is being directed by Peter Ramsey and co-directed by Joyce, the creator of Rolie Polie Olie, PBS Kids's George Shrinks, Fox's 2005 film Robots, and Disney's 2007 film Meet the Robinsons. The film revolves around a group of guardians - Santa Claus (Alec Baldwin), Easter Bunny (Hugh Jackman), The Sandman, and Tooth Fairy (Isla Fisher) - joining forces along with Jack Frost (Chris Pine) when The Bogeyman (Jude Law) enacts a plan to bring "total darkness" into the world by destroying the hopes and dreams of children everywhere. Freely watch Rise of the Guardians movie trailer below:

Rise of the Guardians official trailer 2

Rise of the Guardians official trailer 1

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How to convert MKV to Nexus 7, AVI to Nexus 7, FLV to Nexus 7

In the past years, Google has released a number of Nexus branded "hero" smartphones, but no tablet yet. However, this fact has been history since the emergence of Google Nexus 7, the first ever tablet to bear the Google Nexus name. Also, the Nexus 7 is the first device to run Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" operating system. With 1.3GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor and a 1280 x 800 pixel 7-inch display, Nexus 7 produces excellent video experience for users to watch videos on Nexus 7. The Nexus 7 supports videos in MPEG4, H.263, and H.264, which means that if you want to watch videos in MKV, FLV, AVI, or other video formats, you have to convert your videos to Nexus 7 videos firstly. Well, that’s right what I’m going to share today.

A professional video converter could help you easily realize this, which should have the ability to convert videos between various formats, like MP4, AVI, 3GP, FLV, MKV, VOB, etc. Generally speaking, the conversion is quite simple and easy. The program used here could help you easily convert MKV to Nexus 7, AVI to Nexus 7, FLV to Nexus 7, RMVB to Nexus 7, etc. The following steps would show you how to convert video to Nexus 7 tablet freely.

Firstly, download Nexus 7 video converter and install it for using. It’s totally free and clean for downloading and installing.

After that, start the program and add source video files (in MKV, AVI, 3GP, FLV, etc.) to this program by clicking Add Video button.

Then, go to the Profile frame and open it to choose output format for your Nexus 7, like MP4 or H.264. 

To make the output files suit your Nexus 7 tablet more, you can click settings button next to the Profile frame to change parameters, including: video codec, audio codec, bit rate, aspect ratio, frame rate, video size (select from the provided options, or manually input according to your needs ), channel, etc.

Now, you can click the convert button on the bottom-right to start converting video to Nexus 7 videos. After the conversion, you can transfer the converted video files to your Nexus 7 tablet and then enjoy various videos on Nexus 7 tablet without limitations.

Note: If you’re using a Mac computer, you can try Mac Nexus 7 Video Converter.