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Don't expect all your Android apps to have real functionality. Here are seven applications for your Android phone that are merely cool and interesting:

Google has unveiled a prototype of a real-time optical character recognition system at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that complements the Goggles Android application capable of copying business cards directly into the address book and provide augmented reality overlays for restaurants.

Though Apple Inc. itself did not show up at this week's Macworld, archenemy Microsoft was in abundant evidence. The Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit was showing off the next version of its productivity suite for the rival platform, Office for Mac 2011.

Google may open as early as March an online store to sell third-party software that complements its Google Apps collaboration and communication hosted suite, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

A ban on Microsoft selling certain versions of its flagship products Word and Office has begun.