Aug 23, 2013
Nokia sent me Lumia 925 to test out for a few weeks yesterday afternoon, so I decided to use it this morning to record a demo of the latest beta version of Chrome for Android.
If English is not your first language, or if you're a native English speaker who is constantly trying to improve your vocabulary, chances are you use a dictionary and/or thesaurus on a daily
Aug 22, 2013
A little less than a year ago, Google released an Android app called "Field Trip". Put simply, the app would run constantly in the background, and whenever you'd pass an important landmark, it would
Google has just announced improvements and additions to seven Google Now cards that make the service even more powerful than it already is. There's a new car rentals card, so you'll get glanceable
Aug 21, 2013
Google has started rolling out a minor software update for the Nexus device. The update bumps the Android build version to JWR66Y from JWR66V, and does not bring any new features or enhancements. Since there
Google has just released a new stable version of Chrome, version 29. For some strange reason, neither my Mac nor my Android phone seem to be aware of the update, but I have a feeling
Back in June, on the 11th to be precise, Google announced that they bought Waze. A little more than two months later, the company is now saying that users of Google Maps for Android and
Google Hangouts is arguably the only most useful feature of Google+. The search giant will essentially let you and nine other people have a video chat. Sounds great, right? Now what if you take that
Aug 20, 2013
When people talk about the mobile industry, the implied ownership model is one person equals one device. In the PC space it's a bit different, with an entire family sharing a machine that's
The Motorola Moto X is a phone that will likely never be sold outside the United States, Canada, and a few countries in South America. Us Europeans (and you Asian readers) will eventually get some
Aug 19, 2013
While most technology journalists point their noses up at cases, I'm the exact opposite. More often than not, I'll buy a case for my new toys before getting the toys themselves. Why? Because
Aug 17, 2013
If there’s one issue that affects all Android Jelly Bean users, more or less equally, it’s battery life. Specifically, how to extend it, without having to resort to spare batteries (if applicable) or
Aug 16, 2013
When Google announced the new Nexus 7, they unveiled three product SKUs. The 16 GB WiFi model, the 32 GB WiFi model, and the 32 GB 4G LTE model. That last one is the one
The analysts at Canalys have done a bit of research into the state of Android tablet applications, and they’ve discovered something many in the Android community already know. Namely, if you look at
When you live in Finland, you take connectivity for granted. My unlimited 4G LTE connection costs 20 Euros ($27) a month and consistently gives me 35 megabits per second down. My girlfriend's father has
Google Translate is one of the coolest things Google has ever released. In my honest opinion, it's even better than Android. Today the company is making Translate even better by adding Thai and Hindi
Aug 15, 2013
The accessories you buy for your device can sometimes be as important as the device itself. Case in point: My Galaxy Note II, I bought an orange flip cover the same time I bought the
