Now that Google Reader is retired and officially in the history books, developers from all across the world have risen to the occasion to fill in the gap left behind by offering the best possible RSS feed software to users. The fact that a major player like Google stepped out of the online reader market when demand for RSS readers was at an all-time high came as quite a surprise to millions of Google Reader users. However, it also left the field wide open for other competitors to push their…
With blogging becoming a transcendental information distribution tool on the internet over the last decade, the blogosphere owes a lot to the phenomenal Wordpress platform that helped revolutionized it. Deriving its name from the printing press, this digital platform for blogging has become the premier content management tool for millions of websites. Wordpress presents its users with a slick and user-friendly blogging interface that makes writing through a digital medium a joy again. A…
For those of you who are unlucky enough not to have an option of changing your Camera settings to a Square Ratio while taking images, SquareIt will surely be your savior. Are you tired of having to crop the perfect image or not being able to upload your favorite image onto Instagram just because it isn’t Square? Well, those days are over, as Arty App House has solved all your problems with SquareIt! With over a million downloads, SquareIt is one of the best no-crop image apps on the…
Instagram is the one photo-editing app that has re-instilled the joy of creative photography worldwide through its magnificent sharing platform and splendid effects. Instagram works on a model of collective inspiration ignited by sharing and appreciating pictures with your followers and by following others who share your interests. Another important feature of the Instagram app is that of using relevant keywords that are trending across the world to accompany your pictures. It could be a…
If you like blowing up things and shooting Ninjas, Major Mayhem is the game for you. With its pop-art-like gameplay, action packed levels and a decent underlying storyline, Adult Swim Games definitely delivers all the goods! Gameplay The game starts off with the macho Major Mayhem being called in by the President to complete a mission. The background story revolves around the Major’s girlfriend being kidnapped, of course. So, the game involves the Major going through 45 different levels…
One of the cool parts about video games is that they keep track of your “stats”. In Skyrim, you can see how many bunnies you’ve killed since you started playing, for example. In Grand Theft Auto, you can look at your total number of headshots. An app called Textalyzer aims to bring those stats to your texts. Textalyzer scans through your texts and analyzes a number of important stats. The app comes with the ability to analyze all of the following statistics: -Average text…
Last week, we told you about Android L. This week, we’re here to tell you that Android L has been rooted. That’s right: just a week after the world gained access to Android L, it’s already been successfully rooted. In fact, Android L was rooted just hours after the developer preview was released last Thursday. So good job, Android rooting community: you’ve done it again. Well-known Android developer savoca successfully rooted Android L on both the Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 – the…
Earlier this year, Flappy Bird captured our hearts and then tore them apart. When Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen pulled his app from the Play Store, you just knew that an army of copycats were going to take his place. That’s exactly what happened. Within hours of being taken from the Play Store, Flappy Bird copycats began to appear. Copycats included titles like: -Flappy Doge -Flappy Troll -Flappy Grumpy Cat -Flappy Turd And many other illustriously-named apps and…
A few months ago, Apple implemented a “kill switch” into its iPhone to combat iPhone theft. The kill switch, as you’ve probably guessed from the name, immediately kills the phone once it’s registered as stolen. Does that sound silly to you? Well, who cares – the smartphone kill switch works. iPhone theft is down almost all across the United States after Apple implemented the kill switch. Google and Microsoft are both reportedly developing a kill switch of their own for…
Android L was officially announced by Google at the company’s I/O event this past week. Android L – which the entire world expects to be named “Lollipop” when it’s finally released – comes packed with new features. It includes a brand new design, pretty animations, and a re-envisioning of the Android operating system. Here are the top 6 things you need to know about Android L: 6) It may not have a catchy candy name In past years, Google has always announced its operating…
