If you haven’t noticed, the news section for Android is flooded with excerpts discussing the upcoming Android wear. While enthusiasts anticipate on the features of Android wear, critics have already drawn a comparison report between Android wear and the existing smartwatch by Pebble. Reportedly Google has released the software development kit for Android wear, and we have already been discussing on the specifications. Hence the Android wear was pitted against the Pebble steel smartwatch,…
Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start is a cheat code engrained into the memories of gamers around the world. Even if you never played Konami games, you probably recognize the famous Konami Code. It was called the Konami Code because it appeared in most Konami video games. Over the past few years, it has been featured in songs – like Anyone Else But You by The Moldy Peaches as well as movies like Wreck-It Ralph. Google honors the famous gaming cheat code with a new Easter Egg.…
As we all know that Motorola has been preparing to hit the market with their smartwatch Moto 360, for quite some time now. Not much was disclosed with regard to the built and specifications of the watch until recently, when a Google Hangout session with Motorola’s lead designer, Jim Wicks is out. Let us find out the story so far…... Design Jim Wicks and his team have spent a year and a half in finalizing the design for the 360 smartwatch. This wasn’t a cakewalk as every other…
Most downloads in Google play store is either related to entertainment & gaming, or to utility. But we have sincere enthusiasts who also look at intellectual apps such as the ones associated with spellings, words and general knowledge. What You Must Know Developed and designed by Plain Vanilla Games Corp, QuizUp is one such app related to popular trivia. It claims to be the largest trivia game available on Android as of now, especially boasting a player base of over 10 million people…
If there is a data comparison somewhere over the cyberspace on number of free downloader and paid ones, I would vote that the number of free downloader is on the higher side. Also, this essentially implies that there are a considerable number of enthusiasts who download paid apps, provided the app is worth the money. Shadow Blade is one such paid game which delivers fast-paced gaming fun. Storyline The game features a protagonist by the name Kuro who is a ninja, and the game is about his…
News Speak Few days back, a woman filed a lawsuit against Google claiming an accidental buy of $66 in an Android app. It was her inquisitive child who clicked on an ad of “Marvel Run Jump Smash” and downloaded it for $65.95. This is just one single instance but many such accidental purchases happen that remain unreported, either the user is too busy or he/she thinks that it’s not worth the effort. Action taken Going by the severity of the situation, Google has rolled out an update that…
Did you just send an awful, profanity-ridden, racist tirade to your boss? Did you get really drunk and text your ex at 3am? If so, then you need to unsend an SMS as quickly as possible. It’s not easy to do that on any mobile device, but on Android, one new app aims to make unsending an SMS as easy as possible. That app is TigerText Secure Messenger, which can be used as a replacement SMS/MMS messenger on your Android device. Best of all, your recipient does not need to be using the app…
We’d all like a faster smartphone. Even if your Android is fresh, clean, and speedy, it always feels like it could be a little better in terms of performance. Today, I’m going to show you three simple Android settings that will dramatically increase the performance of your device. Those three settings affect the animation scale on Android, including the animations that play when you open a window, transition between windows, and perform other regular Android tasks. Here’s how to…
Google Glass could be a world-changing device. Or it could be a device that wants to be world-changing but is ultimately pointless – like the Segway. Google obviously wants Glass to succeed. In order to do that, it has to debunk a number of the criticisms that have come out in the past few years about Google Glass – including the idea that it looks stupid or that people wearing them are going to get hit by a lot of cars when they cross the street. Google responded to these complaints…
Most sane people don’t stab their smartphones with drills. But if they did, they would find that their smartphones would become dumb phones really quickly. A smartphone protective casing company recently released a protective screen that aims to protect your valuable device from some of the most dangerous objects in the world. Those objects include drills, knives, bottle openers, and other sharp devices. The protective screen company is called Sir Lancelot’s Armor and the screen…
