Tag Archives: Android

After coming up with NPR News, National Public Radio has launched another way of listening to their feed. NPR One is designed to adapt programmes to suit the listener. While listening, you can mark a story as “interesting”. The more you do this, NPR One will get a better understanding of your preferences and adapt future streams to your profile. ...

After Windows Phone 8.1 was released last month, Microsoft rushed to include its first update. As the Windows Phone has been behind iOS and Android in terms of common features since… forever, the updated finally tries to catch up and provide a smoother user experience. The most highlighted of all features is the now common action of merging apps into folders. Dragging ...

Google purchased a new messaging application called Emu, a former IM Client that stood out in the market due to its smart features. Emu was released as a beta earlier this year and was often compared to Siri, the virtual assistant that automates tasks based on conversations. The similarities between these two go even further, considering you can schedule meetings, ...

It’s been awhile since we’ve heard anything solid about the posterchild of wrist-based wearable devices, the Moto 360. Motorola’s highly anticipated smartwatch definitely seems to be a step ahead of the competition in more than one regard. We’ve known for awhile that the Moto 360 will come with wireless charging and will sport a more than acceptable battery life, but ...

Let’s face it – the mobile world isn’t limited to smartphones and tablets anymore. A lot of companies are investing heavily into bringing mobile technologies to various environments and parts of your body. We’ve seen a new trend with smartwatches, and Google started a frenzy with Google Glass. But what about our cars? Well, meet Navdy, a nifty new gadget ...

We’re back for another round-up of Android games that are worth picking up. There’s a huge diversity of various games out there, so it’s obviously easy to get lost. If you don’t want to spend hours installing and uninstalling apps from your phone or tablet, you can take a look at our recommendations for the latest free Android games. Quality ...

One thing that people particularly love about Google’s Nexus line-up is the ASOP build that comes with it. Besides being affordable and fast, the main advantage of the current Nexus flagship, the Nexus 5, is the fact that it comes with a raw Android version that is exactly how Google intended it to be. Phone manufacturers always use the core ...

The iOS vs Android battle is currently just as fierce as the Xbox vs PlayStation or Coke vs Pepsi battles. Obviously, battles like these are waged between consumers and not the products themselves. In this particular case we wont try to speculate on which one is better and instead we’ll look at some solid figures provided by Net Applications (via Forbes) regarding ...

Most devices running on the Android operating system have already upgraded to Android 4.4.3 KitKat or even Android 4.4.4 by now, but there are a few that are still lagging behind. Verizon’s LG G Pad 8.3 LTE is one such example. The device is only now getting Android 4.4.2, but I guess it’s better late than never. The update is ...

The Samsung Galaxy Alpha is the company’s first Android handset to feature a metallic chassis, or so the story goes. Rumors about the device haven’t been circulating for that long, but lately they have become a lot more frequent. The reason for this is that a recent leak was claiming the Samsung Galaxy Alpha will be officially announced on August ...