A few days ago, we told you about Google Chromecast, a $35 ‘dongle’ that turns just about any TV into a Smart TV running Chrome OS. By default, Chromecast allowed users to access popular apps like Netflix and YouTube. However, it looks like Chromecast users will be able to enjoy a lot more than the standard apps because Chromecast has officially been rooted. Credit for this root goes to the folks at GTVHacker, which has released mods and roots for a number of popular devices. How does…
Details about the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 were recently leaked a few weeks ahead of schedule. That leak revealed specific technical details for the upcoming device as well as a firm release date. The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 will be released on September 4, 2013. Most people had predicted that release date in advance, so it’s the technical specifications that really make this news significant. The Note 3 will have the following specs: -5.7 inch SuperAMOLED display (larger than the Galaxy Note…
Google recently announced its Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update. At that same event, Google also announced something that overshadowed the hype for Android 4.3: a cool new dongle that turns your TV into a smart TV. That device is called Chromecast and it’s available for just $35. What exactly can you do with Chromecast? Expect to enjoy all of the following features: -Chromecast runs a simplified version of ChromeOS, which isn’t exactly the same as Android but is very similar (Chrome OS…
For those who had issues with giving up an addiction to their smart phone, here’s a reason not to. Don’t worry we’re not selling you an early copy of Temple Run 3 or the next iteration of Angry Birds to get you hopelessly hooked onto it again. What we have for you is a one-of-a-kind educational tool that will help you make the most out of your Android smartphone love. Instead of limiting students to their heavy and extensive GMAT prep books, the Android app world has come up with a…
Notes; we all take them down and they’re all extremely important to us. However, the modern system of communication and working dictates that all you need is to simply pull out your Android device and click a picture of whatever you need to study later. Students today are heavily involved in making maximum use of this feature and the practice of writing down notes and bookmarking important articles has become a thing of the past. Something that hasn’t quite been abolished yet is another way…
With a great Android phone comes a great number of apps, and with that comes a heavy toll on your RAM. It’s not something the smartphone and app developers advertise too merrily while marketing their cool services, but we all face this issue at some point or the other. Haven’t we all been tormented by a variety of monstrous apps that eat up your RAM, choke up your device cache and hamper processing speeds, especially if your Android device utilizes low powered processors. The only way…
With a number of collaborations and a multitude of integrative features offered by Android devices due to the vast resource pool of apps, the Android community has prospered significantly. Many apps have also capitalized on the opportunity to turn around the experience of a quintessential phone call. Phone calls and messages have been optimized and designed in extremely fancy and creative ways to make it easier for a user to experience. Many developers and phone producers have internally made…
Images aren’t really alive unless you have Cinemagram. Don’t know what we’re talking about, do you? Well, let us take you a bit further back to put things in perspective. For every casual or professional photographer, the core objective for images is to provide you with the best still images that remind you of memories from the past. But what when you can get the images to move? And better still what when you can get only get small chosen group of images to move? No, it doesn’t end…
After much anticipation, Google finally got around to announcing Android 4.3 at its latest developers’ conference earlier today. At the same time Android 4.3 was announced, the update started rolling out for the Nexus 4, Nexus 7, and Nexus 10, which means if you use one of those phones/tablets, you should be getting the latest version of Android very shortly. Android 4.3 will once again go by the nickname Jelly Bean, which tells you that this is an incremental upgrade. Since the previous…
There are a variety of interesting apps available on the Android platform that enable you to keep a tab on your device and widgets alike to track the memory of your device and notification apps for the battery. However, there are only a handful of them that provide and simple and all-encompassing smartphone battery monitoring app that will not just keep you informed, but always alert and aware about the battery condition of your Android device. A universal problem with many of these…
