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Can your cell bring you closer to God?

Oklahoma based LifeChurch.tv thinks so. Tuesday the church announced more than ten million smartphone users worldwide have downloaded its free Bible application. LifeChurch hopes by having a copy handy, people will be more likely to read scripture.

The app, which is based on the church-funded website, YouVersion.com, launched in July of 2008. Since then, users have spent 3.5 billion minutes trolling through Bible passages. Yes- that was billion.

During a webcast on YouVersion.com, pastor Bobby Gruenewald announced what he called a “revolution” taking place.

“Could this be the generation that’s more engaged with God than any other generation in history?” he asked.

YouVersion’s mission is to make God’s word more accessible and they seem to have done just that with their pocket-sized psalms.

Tuesday, Gruenewald declared a challenge. He wants his app’s users to generate one billion minutes of Bible reading during January.

“We really believe if God’s words can be part of our everyday life… that in itself will transform lives.”

Enhancements are expected to roll out over the next few months on the mobile app. Users will soon be able to keep journals, highlight passages, and take part in reading programs broken down by topics of interest. The LifeChurch app is available on Apple, Android, BlackBerry and Palm platforms.

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LOS ANGELES — “Cover Your Tracks”, that’s the motto of a new service and app available for the iPhone and iPod Touch, which can automatically delete sent and received text messages.

 
The service is called “Tiger Text”, and according to its developers, the service does not refer to the most famous athlete in the world, Tiger Woods, but rather to actual tigers because they are hard to track.

The application allows users to set a time limit on how long a text message will remain on a users phone before being erased.

The app is free for the first 100 messages during a 15 days trial period, after that it’s $1.49 per 250 messages sent each month.

An application for Blackberry and Android platforms will soon be available.

What Do You Think Detroit?

Would you let your man have the “Tiger Text” app if you knew he could cover up his dirty deeds? Leave your comments below!