Apple isn’t going away anytime soon. They’re a massive company with a history of innovation. But if recent market share charts are to be believed, Apple could soon be talked about using words like ‘embattled’ and ‘sinking’ – especially outside of North America. According to the latest usage data out of major worldwide marketplaces (i.e. not the United States), Android continues to dominate Apple while iPhone usage is shrinking lower. IDC recently released a report which…
The DSLR is the most celebrated physical camera owned by mankind and is the harbinger of super high-definition pictures in great resolution in the mainstream market. Android applications too have replicated the same in its variety of camera apps adapting the many awesome features of the DSLR for smartphone cameras and bringing top-notch photography tools to everyone. Let us take a look at a few camera tools that enhance the power of your Android camera lens and help you capture objects and…
Here’s one of the best file manager clients to efficiently organize all the numerous and randomly placed files on your Android device. We’re talking about ES File Explorer – the Android app that gives you all the organizing tools you’ll ever need to never face the headache of going into the ‘needle in a haystack’ search mode while looking for a file among the countless ones stored in your device. ES File Explorer manages all there is on your device and gives you the…
Widgets form an extremely imperative part of our Android devices and give true meaning to the term “smart” in smartphones. And let’s face it, the more creative and visually stimulating the widget is, the more the likelihood is for you to get enchanted by it and add it to your Android device. Though a volley of popular standalone Android Widgets already exist in Google Play Store, only a few can deliver an all-round performance for all the basic informative widget needs. So let us take a…
It’s the time of the season again where the center court in London city will shine and the masters of Tennis will benevolently battle to hold up the shield of ultimate Tennis glory. June 2013 marked the beginning of the chase for grass court supremacy for Tennis stars across the world in the most prestigious tournament of all – Wimbledon. The world of Android being the renowned popularity wave-rider it is has seized this opportunity to create the official Wimbledon app for this season of…
Google continues to tweak its Gmail app. And the latest update introduced colorful icons beside each message in your inbox. These colors correspond to specific letters of the alphabet, and I totally didn’t realize what those letters meant until I looked a little more closely at my Gmail screen (the letters in the colored box correspond to the first letter of the contact name). I’m not a Gmail power user, but I’ve discovered some Gmail tips and tricks for Android that will help you…
If you didn’t use One Click Root to root your Android, then you may have spent hours trying to figure out scripts and troubleshooting the rooting process. People spend hours of their lives trying to root their Android phones and tablets, and that’s why I think a new Android tablet called the Root 101 is going to sell well. The Root 101 is an open source Android tablet that comes pre-loaded with a rooted stock version of Android. Better yet, users get the latest version of Android – 4.2…
With over 7 million users and growing, CyanogenMod is clearly the most popular custom ROM available to Android users today. What’s even more remarkable is that CyanogenMod has achieved that title strictly through word of mouth. Well, today, the Android community was reminded why CyanogenMod continues to stay at the top of the pack in terms of Android custom ROMs. At CyanogenMod’s Google+ page, one member of the development team (Koushik Dutta) shared plans for an exciting new feature in…
The team behind the world’s most popular custom ROM for rooted Android recently announced the latest update to the platform. The CyanogenMod team recently posted this update on their official website announcing the release of CyanogenMod 10.1.0 Most existing CyanogenMod 10 users will be able to download the upgrade. If there is an existing RC (Release Candidate) for your device, then you can expect to install CM 10.1.0 The only devices excluded from this update are Tegra 2-powered…
The Age of Empires series is one of the main reasons I know so much useless history trivia. Hundreds of hours of my childhood were spent in that game, and it looks like I could be devoting a few hours of my adult life to the game as well thanks to an upcoming mobile release of Age of Empires on Android. We first heard rumblings of Age of Empires on Android back in January, when Microsoft’s gaming department conveniently leaked that it was looking for developers experienced with iOS and…
