Even though all of us have smartphones today and all of us cannot live without our android devices, it is not necessary that all of us are as enthusiastically immersed in technology as the tech geeks. We love it, no doubt, but we cannot constantly keep talking, researching or reading about it. For some of us, it is just an aid and not a passion. For those people, today’s article is going to be amazing because even though we are not that much into the workings of our devices, knowing some…
We probably don’t look at anything as much as we look at our phone screens everyday. We probably don’t touch anything as much as we touch our phone screens everyday. This is because we run so very many programs on our android devices that we don’t even have a count of what all we opened and all the programs that ran. This leads to the accumulation of a lot of temporary files on our android devices which not only take up a lot of space in the long run but also make the processor work…
While the internet has mostly proved to be a boon for the humankind, yet, the deep dark corners of the internet do exist. In those corners lie the prying eyes of the internet thanks to which privacy has become a thing of the past. If you are using the internet, nothing is private in your life anymore. You might think that there are certain things that are just to yourself but that is what you are made to believe by those prying eyes. They pry and pretend that they do not exist. Retailers,…
Before you get into the interesting and rewarding process of rooting, it is essential you know about the various terms used. That is because you would have to do some amount of reading on forums and from other sources on the internet that would use these terms frequently. Unless you know the jargon you would not be able to make full sense of the process that is involved. So here goes: a) Root – this means getting access to privileges for your device that are enjoyed only by…
When it comes to something new like rooting, it is understandable people have many questions to ask. This post tries to answer some of the more common ones for your benefit: a) How is rooting, flashing ROM and unlocking different from each other? Very often though people may understand the broad meanings of terms, they want to know specifics as some practices like the ones mentioned above may seem similar and being performed simultaneously. The unlocking process is usually the first step…
I do not need to tell you the amazing user flexibility that a rooted Android device delivers by now. I am sure you have read enough articles about the multi-fold awesomeness of rooting. It makes your device yours in the RAWEST sense. You get to build its software from scratch. But just like a house needs a builder to follow your commands and build the house of your dreams, you device needs a builder as well, so that you do not have to do all the dirty work by yourself. You need an…
A little bit of fun is important in everyone’s life because all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy (I know you just told me that you are not Jack in your head, really now?) and most of the fun that I can think of involves music because whether you are a music lover or not, you most definitely like some kind of music. So this article is specifically for those who own a Sonos sound system or are planning to buy one. This article is also for those who have no idea what I’m talking…
The Thanksgiving holiday spending this past year was at an all time high as far as mobile shopping went. A report from Digital Analytics Benchmark says that iOS smart phone shoppers spent more than Android smart phone shoppers by a whopping 25%. The average spend of the Android shopper was $97 per order while the iOS shopper spent $118 per order. It is pertinent to note here that this was the average spend on a per user basis and not the total spending within the US or globally for each of…
The latter half of this year and possibly the whole of 2015 may be Android Lollipop-centric but it is time we appreciate the strides this OS has taken ever since it was launched. Indeed, the ecosystem of smart phones across the world has changed a lot in the last 2 years especially with Android holding sway over 80% of them. To achieve such a staggering market share in a relatively short time and leave behind majors like Apple and Microsoft is no ordinary feat. Fragmentation Remains An…
The psychology of some of the users behind receiving Android updates is a strange one. While some are happy they are getting them and feel they are in sync with the latest developments, others feel irritated and wonder if their device is getting obsolete. They also begin to think that these updates from the manufacturer are evidence of the forgetfulness of the manufacturer in not getting it right the first time they made the device. So Why Should There Be Updates Google is always…
