Jan 24, 2014
A relatively unknown feature that Google has introduced in Android 4.4 KitKat and Nexus 5 is an in-built pedometer. Like the iPhone 5s, the Nexus 5 has a dedicated motion co-processor that
Jan 22, 2014
I was never really into playing games on my Android devices until I got the Nexus 7 late last year. The 7-inch form factor combined with an excellent display and all that horsepower under
Apple launched something called iBeacon last summer that allows store owners, museums, anyone really, to interact with iPhones via Bluetooth low energy. So say you have an iPhone in your pocket and you're in
Pretend you're an iPhone user for a second. You want to switch to Android for one of a multitude reasons, so you've started doing some research, finding replacements for your most used apps,
Jan 21, 2014
With Android 4.3 and Android 4.4, Google made it tough for root access to work properly, thanks to some major underlying security changes and SELinux. It looks like the next version of Android
Jan 20, 2014
Xposed framework and its modules have been among the greatest innovation of the Android community in recent times. The framework when coupled with modules can bring nearly all the features that we see in a
Jan 17, 2014
Remember OUYA and how there was a time when some people seriously believed that cheap Android powered consoles would take over gaming and disrupt the incumbents, Sony and Microsoft? Yeah, those were the days. According
Jan 16, 2014
Competition in the streaming music scene is heating up. Spotify has been making its service more affordable and soon we will have a heavyweight like Beats music kicking off its own service in the next
It's Thursday afternoon, you're driving home from work, and you get a text message. For some strange reason, you think that said text message is more important than controlling a two thousand kilogram
Pandora is known for its ability to take your favorite artists and build a station that is suited to your personal taste in music. Now, a new feature expands upon these recommendations by offering you
Jan 15, 2014
Google may compete with Apple in the mobile marketplace, but that hasn't stopped the company from peppering the iOS platform with a handful of apps. The Android maker has introduced apps for Google Earth,
Google may have made Hangouts the default SMS/MMS app in Android, but the integration is half-baked at best. Using Hangouts to send a SMS feels more like a chore than a simple task.
Jan 14, 2014
Late last year, when the CyanogenMod team announced that it had received another $23 million in funding, it also hinted at a new Gallery app for its ROM. Today, the team has released the first
Jan 13, 2014
Twitter announced today that it is updating its website with a new look that borrows heavily from the social network's mobile apps. The change is a design change only. Unfortunately, there were no new
Once upon a time, a famous 90s rap artist named Dr. Dre decided to enter the headphone business because he discovered how lucrative it would be to sell $99 headphones for $249 to people who
Jan 12, 2014
Greenify is one of the most popular apps for rooted devices on the Play Store. The application automatically hibernates apps from running in the background thus saving precious resources and improving battery life. In combination
Jan 10, 2014
Icon packs are a great way of customizing the looks of your Android device. While the stock launcher does not support icon packs, nearly all the popular third party launchers on Android do, which makes
Jan 9, 2014
Fitbit confirmed today to SlashGear that the highly anticipated caller ID function is coming to iOS owners next month. It's coming to Android, too, but Fitbit didn't say when. SlashGear got a look
