For the past few weeks, the Android community has been buzzing about a phone called the OnePlus One. No, the OnePlus One isn’t a smartphone for Kindergarten kids. It’s a full-fledged Android smartphone that packs a powerful punch at an affordable off-contract price. After weeks of speculation, the OnePlus One was officially announced earlier today. What is the OnePlus One? Why should you be excited? Should you be excited? Here are the most important things you need to know about the…
95% of Android users will never switch away from their default camera app. That’s unfortunate, because one of the biggest advantages of Android is being able to pick and choose exactly which default apps you want to use. There are lots of great alternative camera apps on the market. Today, I’m going to share my top 5 favorite camera apps with you. Ranked in no particular order, here are the best Android camera apps available today: 5) Google Camera If you don’t already have…
For some people, battery life is the most important quality when comparing smartphones. Maybe you work 12 hour shifts at the hospital and need a phone to keep up, or maybe you don’t have a lot of electrical sockets in your house. Whatever the reason may be, you need the best Android battery life possible. Today, we’re going to help you pick the world’s best Android device in terms of battery life. Battery capacity versus battery life If you’re researching Android battery…
Are Android’s icons too small for your eyes? That’s okay. Today, you’re going to learn how to quickly and easily increase icon size on your Android home screens. Unfortunately, there’s no way to change icon size on vanilla Android. Google has not yet made this option available, which is why you need to download a third-party app. Step 1) Download the Giganticon App from here Step 2) Once the app has completed its installation, go to your widgets drawer and browse through until…
Vanilla Android’s camera app is one of the best apps in the industry. In fact, it’s probably the best camera app. Today, Google did something really nice: they released the stock Android camera app for free on the Google Play Store. The app was previously only available to Nexus devices or – if you were careful – over APK files and sideloading. The camera app can be downloaded from here and contains the following cool features: -360 degree photo spheres: This is arguably the…
If you’ve used your Facebook mobile app for Android lately, then you’ve undoubtedly noticed the new auto-play feature. Auto-play automatically plays videos as you scroll through your news feed. Depending on how awful your friends are, these videos can range from simply annoying to downright disgusting. Of course, they also burn through your data very quickly. Today, I’m going to show you how to easily disable Facebook’s automatic video playback feature: Disabling auto-play on…
The Galaxy S5 is rolling out across the world. As one of the best smartphones available today, it’s not cheap even on multi-year contract plans. But that hasn’t stopped the internet community from torture testing the Galaxy S5. Today, we’re sharing a torture test that goes far beyond any form of torture any Galaxy S5 has ever experienced. Someone on YouTube fired a M107A1 rifle at the Galaxy S5. That person is Richard Ryan, who runs the popular RatedRR YouTube channel where he fires…
Reportedly Windows is all set to launch its new operating system Windows Phone 8.1, and it will most likely touch base with windows devices by next month. Rest assured, there are some interesting updates with this installment and critics believe that it will level the technological differences among Windows, iOS and Android. NEWS iOS enthusiast or not, many might be aware of ‘Siri’ – a virtual assistant which was launched on iPhones and iPads. It was an artificial-intelligence with…
Every casual and hardcore tech enthusiast must be aware of the Heartbleed bug by now; unfortunately, their cloud of paranoia is only bound to expand now that Google revealed that everyone with an Android 4.1.1 device is affected by this major flaw. It is an OpenSSL security flaw which was revealed by Google last week. It had a significant impact on majority of the secure website over the internet. Evidently, it implied that Google still has to do a lot of work to put Android on par with its…
Windows Phone is like the forgotten youngest sibling your parents had when you were already in high school. You’re Android, your older brother is iOS, and Windows Phone is trying to hang with the big boys. With the release of Windows Phone 8.1, Microsoft’s mobile OS came much closer to hanging with the big boys. It adds a lot of features that make it a more legitimate competitor to Android. Here are our top five favorite features: 1) Cortana For some people, Cortana is a meaningless…
