Earlier today, Koushik Dutta’s latest app, Vysor was leaked by someone on Reddit. Koush is being a good sport about this and providing insight via Google+. Nonetheless, I feel it is important to say a word or two about what it means to be a tester. When someone asks you to test their product, […]
Mobile advertising is a double-edged sword. Developers need to make money. Many end users outright refuse to purchase apps. This is why mobile advertising exists. When it comes to me, I buy as many apps that I feel are worthwhile or innovative as I can. Devs need to eat so they don’t starve to death. If […]
Forecast.io has quickly become my go to weather source. Ever since a friend pointed me to the site I refuse to use any other source for the latest outlook. While it’s very iOS-esque and only has an official app for Apple products, the simple clean look works quite well. The interface is not the most […]
After only three days of exposure, Amazon has had Primecast blocked from use. From what I understand it was restricted via Amazon’s backend. That means there was no legal action taken against the Primecast developers or threats of action. The developers have taken the app down of their own volition. Contrary to what was written […]
Welcome to the very first edition of Saturday Sound Off, a weekly post where I will give my opinions on all the big happenings of the last week, and interact with our readers. Android 5.0 Lollipop was released with the Nexus 9 on Monday, November 3rd and the source code followed very quickly after. The […]
The HTC Desire Eye and Re both have active product pages on att.com at the time of this writing. Both devices were slated to go live on November 11th. It seems AT&T have either published the pages early or made a mistake. The Desire Eye is listed at $149.99 with a two year contract or […]
LG’s G Watch R will be available in Sprint stores and on sprint.com on November 14th. Sprint customers looking for a more stylish smart watch than has been available through the carrier now have an option. The Android Wear device will be available for $299.99 or 12 monthly payments of $25 on Sprint Easy Pay. […]
The Android Lollipop easter egg is one of the best ones yet and now everyone can play it regardless of what version of Android you are running. JRummy Apps Inc. the guy popular for Root Browser has released the easter egg game in an app which is compatible with all Android versions. If you haven’t […]
Earlier this week we reported that Google Play Services were updated to Android 6.1.88 and the APK was out for download now we have a new version that popped up but this one ends in the 3 digit code 738 which means it’s for lollipop devices that have 480 DPI & armeabi-v7a CPU. The version was […]
The Lollipop GAPPS for CyanogeMod 12 has been released and are available for you downloading pleasure. Digging through the .zip file it seems like the package is very barebones and just contains the minimum that it would take to make everything function properly. The package is 116.96MB in size. You can download them here and […]
The Nexus 9 has taken Android Open Source to a new level making things even easier for developers. Normally when releasing a custom ROM for Android you would need the device proprietary binaries packaged in but the Nexus 9 has changed that it seems: No proprietary binaries are needed for Volantis. The proprietary vendor binaries […]
Google made quite a big point out of Project Volta which was supposed to add 90 minutes of battery life but Shen Ye begs to differ. That doesn’t look like successful use of project Volta to me. That’s some of the worst battery drain I’ve seen on a phone, 100% to 3% in just over […]
Sony had made it clear that all the Z devices will be getting Android Lollipop sometime in the beginning of next year and it seems they have already been starting. Sony and Three Sweden have partnered to give a few lucky customers owning a Z3 and Z3 compact to run Lollipop and report all the […]
Chainfire sure doesn’t mess around when it comes to Android development and that’s one of the things we really love about Android. He has gotten his hands on a Nexus 9 and has rooted it already. He tweeted this: There’s more information on his Google+ page including: While there have been 64-bit builds of the […]
Nvidia is being quite brave and optimistic claiming they will be bringing the newest android os to their tablet before the end of this month. The source just dropped today so that gives them exactly 3 weeks to make a stable build of a brand new OS with the most changes ever compared to the […]
Paul O’ Brien received an email from Mobiles.co.uk that the Nexus 6 is indeed coming to the UK and pre-orders are just two weeks away with the actual release coming the 1st of December just in time for the holiday season. Hopefully the pre-orders go a little better than they did the first time […]
Google play services has been updated to version 6.1.88 and the APK has been leaked. No info yet on what the update brings but some users have reported less battery drain so that’s a positive! To figure out the right version of Google Play Services for your Android device, go to Settings -> […]
One of my favorite features of the Nexus Player was that gaming remote, it’s unique for these set-top boxes and it’s a welcome site. It seems Google is wasting no time making that gaming remote useful. It was announced that Gameloft and Google have been working closely and will be launching 10 games on the […]
The month distribution chart was released and it bodes well for the future. Lollipop is here now but we won’t start seeing those numbers show up until next month but for now we have this: Good job Android world almost everyone is on one of the more modern versions of Android. 30% on KitKat […]
Play Music which started out in the US only is growing more and more. Google introduced play music to 14 more countries today. The expansion brings Play Music to: Belarus Bosnia-Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Estonia Iceland Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Malta Romania Serbia Slovenia If you are in any of these countries head over to the […]
Google has released a small update to Android Studio which seems to fix some “critical bugs”. The bugs were discovered in the previous version which was last Friday. No new features or improvements to note in this update besides the bug fixes. Installation seems easy for the newer version just have to restart or check […]
Verizon pulled off a huge exclusive with the new Droid Turbo by Motorola. Some of the best specs out there with a 3900mAh battery and insane turbo charging, but it may not be that exclusive overall. Pictures of a device leaked on Google+ earlier but have since been taken down. Fortunately we snagged the pictures […]
Rejoice with me Android world, times of breaking of F5 keys are no longer. Google has pushed the source to AOSP and the fun begins now. Source code is currently being pushed by Google, remember it is a years worth or work so it can take a while, you will be able to find it […]
The Nexus 9 launch day is tomorrow and that means devices should be shipped. The Google Play Store was updated this morning to state that the Nexus 9 was back in stock in all variants except the tan model and the LTE variants which is coming soon and that it will leave the warehouse in […]
Google Calender is joining the material design family and it reminds me a lot of Inbox. Here take a look: No APK yet but we will certainly let you know when it is so keep checking back. Google+
The title may be confusing but it certainly suits this device. I’m mindblown by this device and in such a good way. While it seems a tad on the ridiculous and over-the-top side it’s also quite genius at the same time. Let’s take a look at some pictures to try and clear up some of […]
Still need to pre-order that Nexus 9? Check out Amazon.fr then because you can get a free Chromecast with your pre-order. All you have to do is add both into the cart at once and the price of the Chromecast will be subtracted, that’s quite a good deal if you ask me. The deal is […]
