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Mar 20, 2015

11 Really Stupid Things You Do with Your Smartphone

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We all do stupid things once in a while. Maybe we Snapchat a suggestive photo to our significant other or use our phone in the bathroom without cleaning it. I’m not here to hate

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Mar 20, 2015

How a TAG Heuer smartwatch could deliver the best Android ar experience yet

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most exactly one year ago, TAG Heuer CEO Stephane nder spent an hour on the phone with me, dissing smartwatches. He was dismissive. He sounded bothered. He said the smartwatches available at the time looked

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Mar 19, 2015

Microsoft Xiaomi aren’t partners, they’re strategic acquaintances

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The news of Microsoft developing software that converts Android phones to ndows phones has been greatly exaggerated. I know—it’s been a fantasy of yours you practically dream about it every other night, but

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Mar 19, 2015

How to Use the Wi-Fi Bluetooth Quick Settings in Android 5.1

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Android 5.1 is out for Nexus devices and on the way for other phones. It features two helpful tweaks to connecting to Wi-Fi networks and Bluetooth devices. When you swipe down with two

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Mar 19, 2015

Amazon gives you 34 paid Android apps games, all free, in birthday blowout

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Amazon is at it again, this time gifting you $105 worth of free Android apps games. The fire sale is to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the Amazon Appstore, it’s rival to ay. ile

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Mar 19, 2015

Android Device Manager, ay Music, Maps, QuickOffice receive minor updates

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It’s been a busy stream of updates for some of ’s Android apps. Several of them were updated densday to provide minor interface tweaks or simple new features. The most interesting is an update

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Mar 19, 2015

releases Android Auto app, now all you need is a compatible car or stereo

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Android Auto is finally here. On Thursday morning announced the Android Auto app’s availability in the ay store for devices running Android llipop. ’ve been waiting eagerly ever since we tried Android Auto at

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Mar 19, 2015

Turn Your Phone into a Wii Style Remote with Motion Tennis Cast

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Your Android phone transforms into a Wii-style controller in a Chromecast-friendly tennis game. With Motion Tennis Cast, you can pair your phone and Chromecast-connected TV; it also works with smart TVs with

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Mar 19, 2015

Android Influencer: Glynn-Finnegan on redesigning Evernote for Material Design

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It’s true that we can’t stop talking about Material Design, but frankly that’s because the Android operating system is absolutely better for it. Not only does it look better than any of

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Mar 18, 2015

How to set up commute sharing in Now

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The app has come a long way since the days when it was just a search widget for the home screen. Now it contains Now, voice search, location services, even manages the home screen if

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Mar 18, 2015

Outlook for Android adds contact sync, calendar tweaks, speed

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Outlook for Android is getting more people-friendly with some tweaks to the contacts section in a version 1.1 update. The email app (finally) syncs up with your phone's address book displays additional

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Mar 18, 2015

rried about breaking your new HTC One M9? HTC will replace it for free!

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Bad things always seem to happen to good phones, which is why HTC has announced Uh Oh otection. The new program covers anyone who purchases the upcoming HTC One M9 happens to be particularly accident

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Mar 18, 2015

The 11 best Android apps for training your brain learning languages

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Give your mind a daily workoutImage by The number of apps claiming to sharpen your mind through daily mental calisthenics has exploded. Many of them are excellent at making brain training language learning fun, offering

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Mar 17, 2015

HTC launches three new apps in ay Store to prep for One M9 launch

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HTC is prepping for the arrival of the One M9 in stores by adding three of its apps to ay. HTC BoomSound Connect is one of two streaming apps added to the ay Store. It

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Mar 17, 2015

ay Store now reviewing all new apps, updates, requires age rating

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Android apps are now being reviewed by humans before going live in the ay Store, a reversal of a previously laissez-faire approach that contrasted sharply with Apple. says on its Android Developers Blog it’

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Mar 17, 2015

Moto E 2015 Review: An Adorable Low-End Phone with an Absolutely Abysmal Camera

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They say good things come in small packages. In the case of the second-generation Moto E, and that's mostly true. At $150, Motorola's cute-as-a-button, low-end device packs all

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Mar 16, 2015

HTC new Fun Fit app pits you against Facebook friends

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The latest tool in HTC’s quest to pump you up is Fun Fit, a fitness tracking app that turns you your Facebook friends into zany animal avatars. It stores all the usual exercise

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Mar 16, 2015

Memory leak complaints still abound after Android 5.1 update

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Android 5.1 fixed a lot of issues, but apparently a persistent memory leak was not one of them. A rather lengthy issue tracker on the Android Open Source oject indicates that many Nexus 5