Two well-known and loved apps both received updates this morning. If you have root, then you know Titanium Backup. This morning, Pro users can now backup applications from ADB backup files as well as use an improved Market Doctor which repairs broken Google Play links from backups. For Poweramp users, there is a new Jelly Bean notification look along with some improved file type support such as .wav and .wma. 

We have always praised PowerAmp and its ability to turn our smartdevices into true music machines. It’s one of those apps that has been around for a long time and has a very strong following. The app gives a huge advantage to people for choosing EQ’s, designating file locations, and applying plenty of different sexy themes. The pro license costs $5 in the Google Play Store, but the developers have reached out and want to give away fifteen licenses to DL readers. To win, simply follow the instructions below and you’re entered. Good luck.

One of the biggest irritations when it comes to Google Music has been the fact that the service has not been opened up so that other music players can take advantage of it. Whether you are streaming content or holding it offline for connection-less consumption, you are forced to use the Google Music player. It’s probably a DRM or security thing, but we really wish there could be a way to at least stream your music through another music app.

With that said, an app called Cloud Music Sniper is bit of a step in that direction. Cloud Music Sniper allows you to grab all of your offline cached Google Music and convert it over so that other music apps can access it. From what we understand though, this will essentially create two identical music folders (one cached folder and one sniped folder), so you will want to remove your offline cached copy through Google Music once you have sniped to free up space.

So it doesn’t address streaming into other apps, but it does give you somewhat of an option if you are on the go and need to have your music collection available.

Market Link ($1.99)

Via:  RootzWiki

Cheers Jason!

The well-known music player alternative, Poweramp, has received its big update to version 2.0. Included in the update are a few goodies for Ice Cream Sandwich users such as lockscreen controls and even pulldown notification bar controls. Poweramp has always provided a more in-depth music experience for Android users allowing you to pick through each of your phone’s files to find all your downloaded music without an issue. With fabulous built-in equalizers fit for any musical ear, give it a go and let us know what you think.

And for those that might ask, no, it does not support Google Music.

Market Link

We know there are tons of PowerAMP lovers here, so you will all get a great kick out of this. A new beta for version 2.0 of PowerAMP has just hit the web, and you can test it and report back to the developers to make it an even better application. PowerAMP has been one of, if not the most popular 3rd party music players available for Android so let’s go and help continue its excellence.

PowerAMP Beta V2.0.apk

You can sign up here at the PowerAMP forums and discuss any bugs you find. Have fun.

Via: PowerAMP Forums

If you have PowerAMP installed on your phone from the market, then you likely have an update waiting for your approval.  After updating to this new version, you will start a trial that can go full by purchasing a $4.99 unlocker.  It’s not clear how long the trial will last, but if you love some PowerAMP awesomeness, then I suggest you support another great developer and unlock the beast.  

PowerAMP, the new music player that over 10,000 of you downloaded from us over the weekend, has landed on the Android market.  The app is apparently still semi-beta, but a lot of the major bugs you were dealing with have been ironed out.  What’s even better, is that you can get updates now without having to bug us.  (Kidding!)