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CUSTOM ROMS

Mar 10, 2014

Custom ROMs 101: What are they and how are they useful?

If you have ever owned an Android device, you must have come across the word "Custom ROMs". They bring various usability features and tweaks, the latest version of Android, performance improvements and more. So, what

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Mar 10, 2014

NFC 101: Everything you need to know about using NFC on Android

Over the last week, we explained to our readers the different facets of NFC -- a relatively unknown feature in today's Android devices that can come in extremely handy in day-to-day use. Below

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Mar 5, 2014

How to access the US Google Play from any country, no proxies or VPN necessary

So you live outside of the United States and Google Play is limited to just the Play Store for apps and games to you? Would you like to access Play Movies, Music, Books, and so

ANDROID PHONES

Mar 5, 2014

LG G Flex Review

LG and Samsung have been showing off curved AMOLED displays in prototype form for the last couple of years. However, it is only now that the technology has matured enough for it to make into

EDITORIAL

Mar 4, 2014

3 Concerns I have about Android and iOS coming to our cars

We have known for a while that Apple and Google are both working on bringing their platforms to in-car solutions, but matters have gotten slightly clearer over the past couple of days. Apple unveiled

EDITORIAL

Mar 3, 2014

6 Trends and lessons from Mobile World Congress 2014

Mobile World Congress came by and went away last week, and we finally have some time to sit down and look at it in hindsight without the rush of all the announcements and hands-on

ANDROID PHONES

Feb 28, 2014

Get these 5 Galaxy S5 features on any Android phone today

The Samsung Galaxy S5 comes with dozens of new features but while there's little we can do to get the hardware improvements onto your current Android smartphone, there are many solutions on the app

ANDROID PHONES

Feb 25, 2014

Hands-on impressions of the Samsung Galaxy S5 fingerprint scanner, heart rate monitor and more

While the Samsung Galaxy S5 announcement was feature packed, the Korean manufacturer couldn't share details on all aspects of the smartphone. So, following our first round-up of hands-on videos of the Galaxy

ANDROID PHONES

Feb 25, 2014

Samsung Galaxy S5 vs Galaxy S4 – Specs, photos, videos, features

Samsung has already unveiled the Galaxy S5 along with a trio of Gear watches. Even though the S5 has a typical Galaxy branded design, consumers are mainly interested in knowing how the phone stacks up

ANDROID PHONES

Feb 25, 2014

The Nokia X series leaves us perplexed, here are 20 questions that remain unanswered

By now, you all know that Nokia did the unthinkable yesterday and announced an Android line-up of devices at Mobile World Congress, after criticizing the platform for years and pushing Windows Phone with their

ANDROID PHONES

Feb 24, 2014

Top features of the Samsung Galaxy S5

Samsung has just taken the wraps off the Galaxy S5 flagship with a bundle of features, although not a lot was different compared to last year's S4 in terms of core hardware. Here are

ANDROID PHONES

Feb 24, 2014

Samsung announces the Galaxy S5 with a heart-rate monitor, fingerprint sensor and 5.1-inch Super AMOLED display

It's time for the Galaxy S5 rumor mill to die. The Korean giant has finally unveiled the Galaxy S5 here at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The handset comes with quite a few new

ANDROID PHONES

Feb 24, 2014

Nokia X series hands-on reveal Nokia’s weird mix of Android and Tiles UI, no wallpapers, sideloading apps and more

Nokia announced their trio of X series handsets earlier this morning, targeting the lower-end of the smartphone market with their own fork of the Android platform. During the keynote, Stephen Elop made sure to

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Feb 22, 2014

Android Rooting 101: The best apps that require root access

Over the last one week, we have explained to our readers via the Rooting 101 series what is rooting, shared a glossary of terms they need to be familiar with, things to know and do

APPS

Feb 20, 2014

2 Popular and 2 Secure Alternatives to WhatsApp on Android

Facebook shelled out $19B dollars yesterday to buy WhatsApp. While some are applauding the move and some are outraged by the worth of a "mere" messaging company, many users are worried about WhatsApp's future

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Feb 19, 2014

Is Google’s dominance over Android starting to push everyone away?

Google's control over Android is often cited, criticized yet barely ever challenged. For a long time, every major player in the mobile industry except Nokia and Apple was flocking toward Google and willing to

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Feb 19, 2014

Top 5 Xposed framework modules

Xposed framework and its modules are the next big thing in the Android development community. Using the combination of the two, users can get nearly all the features on their rooted Android device that are

APPS

Feb 18, 2014

4 Apps to send your local photos, videos and music directly to the Chromecast

Ever since the Chromecast was announced, I have been waiting for it to support more apps so I can use it to smarten up my TV. I don't live in the USA where most