Want to optimize your Android device? Performance benchmarking is a good place to start. Today, I’m going to tell you about TinyCore, a performance benchmarking app that lets you monitor system, CPU, and memory usage directly from your notifications bar. When this app called itself ‘Tiny’Core, it really means it. Here’s what this app adds to your Android notification bar: As you can see, TinyCore is simply a small bar which changes its size depending on your Android’s…
In the field of mobile malware, there’s really only one major player: Android. Android accounts for over 90% of mobile malware in virtually every security study ever performed. Some studies put that number as high as 95% or 99%. Android has dominated mobile malware statistics since it became mainstream back in 2010-2011. In 2012, Android malware accounted for 79% of all mobile malware. Today, according to security research form F-Secure, approximately 97% of all mobile malware is…
We’re 3 months into the year and it’s time to look at the latest Android market share numbers. The future is getting brighter and brighter for Android as market share continues to increase across the board. The latest official market share figures – posted by Google on its Developers website here – show that users have been slow to adopt Android KitKat while Jelly Bean usage has exploded over the past year. More importantly, the latest sales figures show that Android tablet sales…
Earlier this week, tech website Mashable published an article praising the Galaxy S5. That’s refreshing, because most major tech websites – I’m looking at you Gizmodo and CNet – are decidedly pro-Apple. However, even Android fans are agreeing that the latest Mashable article might have swung too far the other way. Mashable’s article was titled: That sounds awesome, right? The story was posted to r/Android under a different headline: Uh oh! The real truth lies somewhere…
Nobody likes a cheater. Samsung was a cheater for several generations of smartphones and tablets. It artificially inflated benchmark scores by silently running an overclocking program when benchmark apps were detected. Then, Samsung denied any involvement in the benchmark inflating scheme despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Although Samsung never officially admitted to cheating the system, it unofficially admitted that it made a mistake by removing the overclocking programs from…
Are you an app developer that works with Office programs like Word, Excel, or PowerPoint? If so, then you’ll appreciate today’s news: Microsoft has officially released its Office 365 Software Development Kit (SDK) for Android. The SDK includes multiple APIs which grant permissions for apps to access lists, contacts, files, mail, documents, spreadsheets, and other Microsoft Office data. Microsoft announced the news on its blog and even included a spiffy little…
If you’ve been off the internet for a few days, then welcome back. You probably missed a social media event so large that it shut down Twitter for a few minutes. That’s right: I’m talking about the Oscars selfie. You didn’t have to look far on Twitter to find Apple fanboys complaining about Ellen’s use of the Galaxy Note 3 to take the famous picture. “Blatant produce placement” they screamed. “Wow, how much did Samsung PAY for that selfie?” others bellowed. Well,…
It’s 2014 and there aren’t a whole lot of popular apps exclusive to iPhone anymore. QuizUp is arguably the world’s most popular mobile app that is currently exclusive to iPhone users. Fortunately, that title may be about to disappear. QuizUp’s developers recently posted on Facebook that they’re working on “our last rounds of intensive in-house testing and bug-fixing for the Android app so you’ll be able to get it AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK.” As soon as next week probably…
The following two apps are a by-product of the ever-blossoming socially empowered internet generation. To be more specific, they are an aggregator of the world of social media. The world of social media has to a large extent made life easier and with more of them coming your way it becomes difficulty to keep up with all of the platforms today. Further, still it is quite a mess downloading the list of social media apps onto your Android phone and having it choke up all your RAM space until your…
The world’s most popular Android apps are almost always free. However, when a paid app is on the “most downloaded” list, you know it has to be good. But what if you don’t want to pay for your Android apps? Today, I’m going to show you an easy and legal way to try Android apps without ever spending money. Every app has a 15 minute trial This may seem like a sleazy way to go about life, but it’s an effective way to try any Android app for free. Simply download the paid app and…
