May 29, 2013
Verizon Galaxy S3 owners, here is some news to brighten up your day. The big red carrier will soon start pushing a major update for your handset that will enable multi-window mode, and bring
May 27, 2013
In Android 4.2, Google updated the AOSP keyboard to include gesture typing. Gesture typing is similar to Swype or Swiftkey's Flow that allows you to glide your fingers over characters to create words,
May 26, 2013
Samsung might not be a developer community favorite, but gaining root access on its devices has been particularly easy. However, with the Galaxy S4 things are a bit different this time. Gaining root access on
May 25, 2013
It was widely expected that Google would be releasing Android 4.3 and re-designed Gmail app for Android at the recently concluded I/O. After all, for how long will Google let iOS users
May 24, 2013
An XDA member has managed to get his hands on a Nexus 4 running a development build of Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. chaleen managed to get his hands on the black Nexus 4 running
I'm going to get a lot of hell for saying this, but screw it: I think the last cool thing Google did was to integrate their translation service into Chrome. That was in early
May 23, 2013
Over the last couple of weeks, all the popular browsers for Android - Chrome, Firefox and Opera - received major updates. The Opera web browser based on the Webkit engine finally came out of beta earlier this
May 21, 2013
Opera made a lot of people angry earlier this year when they said they were going to stop working on their own web rendering engine and instead switch to WebKit. Personally, I didn't see
May 20, 2013
The folks over at SamMobile are known for bringing the latest information about upcoming Samsung devices, and for leaking upcoming firmware updates for existing Samsung devices. Today, the team has leaked an Android 4.2.
May 16, 2013
Last night, Google finally unveiled its much awaited unified messaging system for iOS, Android and Chrome - Hangouts. While many people had hoped that Hangouts will completely replace Whatsapp, Google Talk and the traditional SMS for
May 15, 2013
The 3-hours plus I/O keynote from Google just ended, and it has been nothing short of exhilarating. Google made tons of new announcements, including Google Play Services, an AOSP running Galaxy S4, Android
People get angry when I tell them that Android gaming pales in comparison to iOS gaming. Many of those people never even owned iPhone, so I don't know where they find the courage to
May 14, 2013
Kaspersky Lab, makers of antivirus software for the PC and Mac, has just announced that they'ved signed a deal with Qualcomm whereby any hardware maker building an Android device using a Qualcomm chip will
May 9, 2013
Some people can't stand the software customizations that handset makers put on their smartphones. You know what I'm talking about, Samsung's TouchWiz, HTC's Sense, Sony's TimeScape, and the list just
Google Translate, an app that I use on a near daily basis since I live in a foreign country with a notoriously difficult language to learn, has just added 16 languages to the "translate by
May 8, 2013
Microsoft, the leader in office productivity software, probably laughed at Google when they released Google Docs. Google's office productivity "solution" lacked a ton of features, it only worked when connected to the internet, and
May 6, 2013
Late last month, when the embargo lifted on Samsung Galaxy S4 reviews, I found myself scratching my head when numerous publications said that the gallery application was prone to crashing. Some people even said that
May 3, 2013
Back in February of this year, at Mobile World Congress in Spain, Samsung announced a new suite of software called "Knox". It's made for people who want to protect the data on their smartphone,
