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Jul 5, 2016

Major S Health Update Introduces Together, Quick Measure, & More

Samsung has started rolling out a major new update for its S Health app that adds a bunch of features to the app. The updated app aims to help in making it easier for you

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Jun 30, 2016

HTC’s Sense 8 Launcher for non-HTC Devices Enters Preview Stage

HTC has started the beta testing of its Sense 8 Home app on non-HTC devices. The app is available for all Android 4.4 and higher devices, though you have to be a member

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Jun 28, 2016

Google Fit v1.57 Introduces an Overhauled UI and New Features

Google has started rolling out an update to the Google Fit app (v1.57) that brings about a huge visual overhaul. The update makes the whole UI more colorful and displays more information right upfront,

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Jun 24, 2016

Uber to Replace Surge Pricing with Upfront Fares

While running late to work, you call an Uber and not only are you juggling packing-up and getting ready, but now you have to deal with calculating surge costs based on your recollection of

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Jun 24, 2016

YouTube Launches Live Mobile Streaming; Will Be Rolling It out More Widely Soon

YouTube -- the advertisement riddled, troll filled and copyright infringing application we all love for the free music it brings us. Today, YouTube went a step ahead, and put the power of citizen journalism back into

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Jun 22, 2016

VLC 2.0 for Android Brings a Bunch of Improvements and Enhancements

VLC Player is easily one app that you should have irrespective of which device you are using. While VLC is known for constantly updating their app, the Android version of the open source media player

Huawei Honor 7 camera and fingerprint sensor

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Jun 13, 2016

How to Lock Apps Using Fingerprint Scanner on Your Android Device

Over the last couple of years, fingerprint sensors have become a commonplace in Android devices -- even on those that cost less than $199. And with Google adding native support for fingerprint scanners in Marshmallow, the

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Jun 5, 2016

5 Best Apps for LG G5

With the LG G5, the Korean company gave its G series one of its biggest refresh ever. Gone is the plastic in favor of a unibody metal design, and impressively, LG has still managed to

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Jun 2, 2016

Hangouts v10 Introduces Direct Share, Group Invitation Links, and More

With the announcement of Allo and Duo at Google I/O last month, many -- including me -- thought that Google is done with Hangouts. Even though the company suggested otherwise, Google has always treated Hangouts like

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Jun 2, 2016

The Best Android Apps for The Great Singapore Sale

Singapore -- a great island gateway and with The Great Singapore Sale (GSS) going on, we decided to list out some apps you might want to download on your Android device before you took a plunge

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Jun 2, 2016

Google Keep Gains Support for Link Previews, Duplicate Prevention, and Grocery Autocomplete

Google is making Keep, its note taking service even better today, by introducing some minor new features to it. Firstly, now when you paste a link in Keep, you will get a small preview of

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May 26, 2016

Deal: Get YouTube Red with Google Play Music for 99¢ for 3 Months

For those who have yet to do away with the advertising on YouTube, may do so by switching over to YouTube Red now as Google offers the service for 99 cents for a three month

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May 25, 2016

Poll: Gboard – Do You Look Forward to It and If So, Why?

Google's new keyboard -- Gboard, was launched 2 weeks ago for iOS devices. This brought a laundry list of added functionality to what has essentially been one of the least revolutionised feature of smartphones -- the

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May 19, 2016

Android Apps Could Soon Open Automatically Based on Contextual Data

There are some Android devices out there that when you plug in your headphones, the phone will pop up some suggestions for what you might want to open, app wise. In most cases that means

Samsung Galaxy S7 edge - always-on AMOLED display

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May 17, 2016

Galaxy S7’s Always On Display Updated with Time Range feature; Support for Third-Party Messaging Apps Possibly Incoming

Samsung has updated its Always On Display app through the Galaxy Apps store for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge to add new functionality to them. Among other changes, the update introduces the ability to

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May 16, 2016

WhatsApp Beta for Android Hints at Upcoming Roll Out of Video Calling Feature

WhatsApp has been recently aggressively rolling out new features to its messaging service. This includes support for document sharing, end-to-end encryption, desktop clients for Windows and Mac, and more. Now, the team behind

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May 14, 2016

Google Dialer Now Works on Galaxy S7, LG G5, and Other Non-Nexus Phones

Google’s Dialer app, which made its debut on the Google Play Store earlier this year, is now compatible with a whole bunch of non-Nexus devices. When it initially launched, the app was only

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May 13, 2016

Google Search for Mobile Now Shows a Dedicated Apps Tab

Google search for mobile platforms now has a new tab option -- Apps. Expanding on their strong search result platform, Google Search now gives the ability to identify apps that are relevant to the search term