I am yet to meet someone who completely dismisses music. I have never ever encountered anybody telling me how much they hate music, all music. I have come across people who might not like a certain kind of music or certain artists (*cough* Nicki Minaj *cough*). In fact, music is one of the rare universal joys in life that can transcend all petty differences and appeal to people. Music has proven to be an essential part of everyone’s life. It even defines us to a great extent. Music has the…
Apple Pay and Google Wallet are currently fighting to become mainstream. While most consumers agree that the NFC tap-to-pay technologies are pretty cool, retailers aren’t jumping on board as fast as the tech world has hoped. A big reason for that is the Merchant Consumer Exchange (MCX). The MCX is a consortium of some of America’s largest retailers. In 2012, MCX got together and decided that they were going to create something called CurrentC. CurrentC is a mobile payment platform…
A few weeks ago, most have us never heard about CurrentC. This week, it’s been nothing but bad news for CurrentC, as it has faced boycotts and negative publicity from all angles. Well, the negative publicity just got a lot worse: earlier today, CurrentC was hacked. The Merchant Consumer Exchange – which is currently developing CurrentC – confirmed the news and sent out an email to all affected members. CurrentC isn’t going to be released until 2015. But the affected members were…
Though Google has not shown keenness in developing apps for the Windows phones, Microsoft has not reciprocated in similar fashion. In fact it has decided to expand on its Garage Project by making an app available to users of Google Android smart phones for better usage of the lock screen facility. This will enable users to optimize usage and conserve battery power and also bring about efficiency. Microsoft Garage – A Big Initiative The concept of employees being motivated to develop useful…
Google is aware that its users wish for some consistency and commonality between operating systems. The Android smart phone user may also be using the PC or laptop at home and may be principally using Google Chrome for his internet activities. Google is therefore looking at ways to tighten the links between its operating systems and while a total merger may not happen quickly, it is intent on making the Android OS and Chrome OS work together more than they are currently. Android – The Future…
After the official unveiling of the Android L OS in the month of June, speculations about its launch, its name and the schedule of updates to the various phones started getting hotter and hotter as every month passed by. Those who had an opportunity to preview the OS thought it to be the biggest update ever from Google. Now that the Android Lollipop, as it has been named has finally been launched, existing users of various phones are wondering when they would be getting the update to this…
Your Android device is a miniature computer. But most people don’t treat their smartphones and tablets like they treat computers. You may have a system monitor app like CCleaner on your computer. But do you have anything similar on your Android device? Probably not. Today, I’m going to help you change your ways. Here are the top 5 best system monitor apps you can use to identify, diagnose, and solve performance problems on your Android device: 5) System Monitor System Monitor costs…
The day has finally come: Google has released Google Fit onto the Play Store. Google Fit is designed for Android Wear devices but it can also be used with any normal Android device. With Google Fit, you can monitor a number of health-related metrics. The app fully incorporates Google’s new Material Design UI aesthetics. It actually ends up looking a bit like the iPhone’s new HealthKit/Health app. In terms of features, HealthKit and Google Fit are virtually identical. Here’s what…
In September, Apple unveiled Apple Pay, an NFC payment system that lets you “tap to pay” at certain checkout counters. Android has had the same feature for over a year and has long supported NFC chips. Since the world’s two largest mobile operating systems both support NFC mobile payments, you’d think America’s biggest banks and retailers would jump on board, right? Wrong! Apple Pay debuted earlier this week, but select retailers have already started banning NFC payment…
In August, Nokia took a major decision to sell its once thriving handset business. It sold to Microsoft and that did cause a major flutter in the telecom industry. After all, it had been a leader in this business for a long time. However, the inability to quickly adjust to market requirements meant that it had to concede market share to some of the other top brands and that compelled it to sell off the business. But, it continued to roll out newer versions of its HERE mapping to Samsung…
