The Nexus 5 is a beautiful phone with a fantastic UI. It’s as pure as Android can possibly get. On most phones, Android is heavily modified. Samsung modifies Android to create TouchWiz, and HTC modifies Android to create Sense. Some people like these UIs, while others prefer the plain look of vanilla Android. Fortunately, there is an easy way to add that minimalistic Nexus 5 look to any Android phone. Today, we’re going to show you exactly how to do that: Step 1) Download the…
Game emulators let you play console games away from their native consoles. You can play Super Nintendo games, for example, on your computer, or run Playstation games from your Android. Game emulators are a shady, quasi-legal area of the tech industry, but they are exceptionally popular and undeniably cool. Without further ado, here are the top 5 game emulators for Android that will let you run fun classic games directly from your mobile device: 5) MAME4droid (Free) – Arcade game…
If you’re not using Snapchat to send picture messages these days, then you’re missing out. It’s a great way to let all of your friends know you’re doing something more interesting than they are. You see, Snapchat isn’t just for sexting and, contrary to what some people believe, it’s not just for sending cute pictures of your cat. You can use it to send whatever multimedia you want. Thanks to a recent update, you can now change all sorts of different things about your…
Superbowl XLVIII is just days away, and you’ve probably got a sweet party planned. But maybe you’re working. Or, you’re stuck in a country that doesn’t worship the NFL or show it on TV. Or maybe you don’t have cable. Whatever the reason may be, you need to find a way to watch the Superbowl on your Android smartphone or tablet. There are lots of ways to watch the Superbowl on Android this year. It’s 2014 and Superbowl broadcasting networks are no strangers to mobile technology.…
Android apps use your location data to do a lot of useful things. Google Maps tells you the fastest route to get home from wherever you are in the world. The McDonald’s app identifies all the nearest McDonald’s locations. But there’s no reason for some apps to monitor your location. Some apps track your location just to deliver geotargetted advertisements, for example, while others use your location to steal your identity and perform other evil tasks. Do you want to know…
So you’ve been traveling all day. You just arrived in a foreign city. You took a stuffy airplane followed by a stuffy shuttle to get to your hotel. And now you have to wait in line at the hotel’s check-in desk before you can throw your stuff on the bed and relax. Fortunately, a new hotel technology lets you bypass that last step and go straight to your room. Instead of waiting in line when you check into a hotel, guests at Starwood hotels can simply walk by the front desk and go straight…
If you talk to some tech people, they’ll tell you that patents are killing the industry. Others say that patents are protecting it from becoming completely chaotic. Regardless of how you feel about patents, the latest news from Google and Samsung is undoubtedly good for Android fans. Google and Samsung recently announced that they have signed a “global patent cross-license agreement”. In a blog post, Samsung said that this agreement covers “a broad range of technologies and…
Nexus devices are the best way to enjoy the ‘pure’ version of Android. But just one year from now, Android devices might be a thing of the past. According to Eldar Murtazin, Google is ending the Nexus line and replacing it with Google Play Edition devices. The name ‘Google Play Edition’, however, will be rebranded to something different. Nexus line by Google is over in 2015 ;) Yes - this line will be replaced by Play Edition (current name, it will be rebranded) — Eldar Murtazin…
Over the past two decades, Google has grown from an insignificant web startup to one of the most powerful companies in the world. Google’s meteoric rise to superstardom has introduced some concerns. At first, Google was everybody’s favorite friendly search engine. Then, Google started selling advertising space on its search engine results Then it built the world’s most popular smartphone OS, bought the world’s most popular video sharing website, and made Google+ usage mandatory for…
Now here’s an interesting app that would most definitely save you from the most embarrassing times ever! Remember all those times you made a drunk call and you wish you hadn’t or that time where you were about to pick up the phone and text someone you shouldn’t have but eventually landed up still doing it. Not everyone is as iron-willed and level-headed to clearly distinguish right from wrong when they’re drunk, which is why it’s important to exercise some form of self-control when…
