Google is reportedly planning legal action against Turkey after the country banished YouTube from the internet last week. Obviously, anytime a country with 74 million people stops visiting your site, it’s going to impact your revenue. We don’t know how much of a hit YouTube has taken after the ban from Turkey, but it’s not small. Why did Turkey ban YouTube? Turkey is angry about one video recently posted on YouTube. That video features recordings of a state security meeting about…
Waiting 3 hours for your phone to charge is annoying, but it’s an annoyance we’ve all come to accept. There’s simply no alternative: you can either charge your phone or leave the house with a half-dead battery. In the future, people will look back at our time and laugh because they’ll be able to charge their electronics in as little as 30 seconds. The secret behind that technology is Nanodot bio-organic nanocrystals made by a company called StoreDot. What do any of those words…
Twitter leakers @evleaks posted early photos of the HTC One M8 today. The blurry photo shows absolutely nothing about the phone except the exterior case design and bezel (or lack of bezel). Honestly, I don’t know if this leak is anything, but it’s important to report it just in case. Clearly, HTC has gone for the minimalistic design with just two points to see on the front of the phone: the front-facing camera and a light sensor. HTC M8 Ace pic.twitter.com/1KqrLA74Kp — @evleaks…
It is perceptible that Android is a winner of an operating system among mobile enthusiasts. The battle between Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS on popularity has been going on since the inception of Android. The irony is, despite the fact that Android is more popular, most apps debut in iOS platform. Unsurprisingly, Android users wait for a week or a month more to get the same app on Google Play Store. Sometimes it takes even a year, or worse it doesn’t get launched for Android at all.…
We Android users love our tech wars. That’s why we love to make fun of our friends who are still using iPhones in 2014 and tweet angry things at people who defend Apple’s patent warmongering. Today, I’m going to keep the Apple versus Android fire going. Here are 5 simple reasons why you should avoid buying an iPad and choose a superior Android tablet: 1) Superior specs and cheaper prices Let’s compare the specs of the iPad and the specs of an average Android tablet. iPad…
Most action arcade shooting games are based on the concept of survival. And when it comes to survival horror, Android is flooded with zombie games. For a change, gamers wouldn’t mind playing around with some other character. Good news is there is plenty of fun in shooting and surviving alien attacks in this game called Alien War Survivors. Storyline A good and gripping story packs a punch to any game, and history has it that even the most common game concepts were revived with good…
Just a month ago, FireChat was released for the iOS platform. It was followed by an overwhelming response in the form of downloads. Hence the developers, Open Garden, decided to release it for Android now, in a hope that they will earn similar reception. Popularity The launch of FireChat created a lot of buzz, mainly because it is one of the first iOS 7 apps to extensively use Apple’s Multipeer Connectivity Framework. This enables the app to use a mesh network of local iPhones and build a…
Nowadays, it is becoming more and more common to get calls from unknown numbers. Life is pretty normal with such calls, unless of course the same caller starts disturbing or threatening us with regular calls. It is during such distress, we seek effective solutions. Similarly, we might be missing an important call repeatedly due to unavoidable circumstances and hence, we might be missing out on valuable information too. What if we could trace back and locate the number? The answer could be…
Rumor Reports According to a recent string of rumors, Google is extensively working on support service for premium Android phones. Popular site Android Police reported that this program is called Android Silver, and will supposedly feature some substantial advantages over other phones which aren’t part of the program. The developer’s documents also revealed that the carriers will dedicate a section of their store to some of the premium Android phones featuring this program. Details The…
Before the dawn of free messaging apps in Android, Viber won the hearts of over 12 million iOS users worldwide. Free calls, texts and multimedia sharing, Viber is all about online socialization. Breaking Down the Essentials This primarily offers a free platform for sending texts and share videos and photos with family and friends. A user can also make a call using 3G, 4G or Wi-Fi via the existing mobile number. It is invariably optimized for both smartphones and Android tablets. The app…
