Google has been able to achieve to acquire a huge market share with their Android OS powered smart phones. With an over 80% share of the quickly growing smart phone market, it is sitting pretty with Apple a distant second and Microsoft hardly there in the fray. However, the journey over the last 4 years when Google update its OS a number of times have not been without its own set of issues. One of them has been the prevalence of bloatware and the other has been fragmentation. Open Source…
The latest reassurance provided by the lead engineer for security in Google should be great news for Android users. He believes, users need not be tech savvy to be able to keep their smart phone secure and Google has built in sufficient protection on their Android Lollipop OS to ensure total security. Adrian Ludwig Does Not Like The Lock On His Front Door The reference is to Adrian Ludwig, the lead security engineer at Google who despite living in San Francisco in the heart of the city does…
Google with its launch of the Google Fit has sought to match the Apple app on health and fitness, which makes use of the HealthKit platform. The name Google Fit is the same as the name for its health platform and provides APIs for developers as well as manufacturers to come up with apps and other devices which can fully leverage upon the data collected on board the device. Compatible With Most Android Devices One great advantage of this app is its compatibility. It can be installed on any…
It is not for nothing that the Google bosses are beaming with pride and twirling their mustaches when questioned about the potential of the all new Android L. The biggest update from them has raised hopes and there has been a lot of hype surrounding it till its release. Now that it is out in the market through Nexus 6, people are anxiously waiting for reviews and also eagerly anticipating quicker upgrades to the Android L. Android L Boasts Of New Initiatives And Features Much has been written…
Do you have trouble waking up in the morning? If so, then you’ve probably looked at a few different Android alarm clocks. Some alarm clocks make you solve a math problem before you wake up. Others make you scan a barcode of some product you have in your bathroom – like your toothpaste, forcing you to get up and move around. But today, I’m here to tell you about an alarm clock that’s way more unique than any of those. It’s called Wakie, and it forces you to talk to a real…
Ready to see what a hivemind of Redditors thinks are the best apps in the world? You’re in luck! r/AskReddit recently launched a thread asking: “Reddit, what are some MUST have apps on your cellphone nowadays?” First of all, who calls it a cellphone in 2014? Second of all, here are the top 10 answers from that thread, based on upvotes: 1) Wakie The “social alarm clock” sounds like an interesting concept that could be amazingly awesome or horribly awful. With Wakie, you get…
When Microsoft acquired the handset business of Nokia, there was a lot of flutter in the mobile market place. People wondered why a giant like Nokia was exiting a business it had been a leader of for many years and why would Microsoft want to buy it. But Microsoft obviously saw the business merit of this acquisition and may have hoped it can gain market share quickly in an environment dominated by Google and Apple. Dropping Sales In Europe However, sadly, its plans have not fructified. The…
The launch of the iPhones with its extensions and compatibility with third party keyboards has certainly pleased die hard Apple fans and have even encouraged some of the Android loyalists to consider buying one. However, with the introduction of the Android L and its Material Design, Google is playing catch up. Moreover, the open ecosystem of the Android has always provided more options for the user and here’s looking at 5 of them that give Android the edge over the iOS. a) Home screen…
With close to 30% of the Android smart phones all over the world now running on Kit Kat 4.4.4, Google has managed to take care of some of the fragmentation issues. However, it would want the remaining 70% as well as those on Android KitKat to migrate to its latest showpiece, the Android Lollipop. So why should those already using KitKat 4.4.4 migrate to the Android L, when many of them have just migrated to Kit Kat and are still figuring out its advantages over the previous OS…
