Tag Archives: Android

The first order of business today at Google’s I/O conference was to show what everyone came to see: A new version of Android. Google showed off a major redesign of the mobile OS with the Android L Developer Preview, the biggest change being purely an aesthetic one with the new Material Design. But don’t worry, the Google Now inspired interface ...

As a company, Google has always made strides to try and change the way we do things. Now, the company is looking to change one more thing: driving. The company announced at their developer conference a version of the Android OS designed to plug into our cars and help us use our phones in the car called Android Auto. The ...

Soundhawk, a start-up company from Calif, has announced a brand new hearing device that aims to allow users to selectively hear whatever they want. The $299 device connects with your smartphone via Bluetooth and lets you choose what you want to listen to in any setting. It works through a combination of reducing noises that you don’t want to hear ...

A new report from App Annie has revealed that almost all the revenue from Google Play comes from Freemium apps. The site also stated that the vast majority of apps bought from the store are games, at 40%, and that the platform has seen huge growth in the last 6 months in the number of downloads made. While it is ...

Google has given us one more thing to be excited for at  tomorrow’s Google I/O conference: a new version of Android. According to a Bloomberg Businessweek interview with the new Android chief, Sundar Pichai, Google and Pichai “Want the world to understand what we are doing sooner,” and will reportedly unveil the next version of Android’s OS. He said that ...

The rumors that have gone on for months can finally stop: the Nokia X2 is here. The teaser and countdown that appeared on the Nokia Conversations site Friday finally yielded results early this morning, as the next iteration of the Nokia X-Series of phones was announced on their official site shortly after. On  par with the rumors, the phone has a 4.3-inch ClearBlack ...

Google came out shortly before their annual I/O developers conference and launched a video in which they showcase some of the features that we might be able to expect from Android Wear. The video is mostly geared towards developers and is being presented by Timothy Jordan, a Google dev who’s part of the Android Wear team. Even though it’s not ...

Nokia rolled out a home screen replacement app for Android phones called Z Launcher and reviewers are already praising it to the heavens. It looks similar to the Aviate Launcher, which was recently acquired by Yahoo and what it does is it learns about what kinds of apps you want to launch depending on where you are and what the ...

The Samsung Galaxy S5 has been launched, and the device is benefiting from aggressive marketing campaigns from Samsung. This however does not ensure a smartphone’s popularity, and based on all accounts, Samsung hasn’t struck gold with the S5. Granted, it’s a good phone, but it’s also a boring concept that we’ve seen before and that brings nothing new apart from ...

Starting this Fall, BlackBerry users will have access to a slew of apps from the Amazon AppStore when they upgrade to 10.3. These include Candy Crush, Netflix, and Pinterest among others. “Making the Amazon Appstore available on BlackBerry 10 devices will help BlackBerry continue to meet two essential needs: greater app availability for our smartphone users and enhanced productivity solutions for ...