The Nexus 5 will be one of Google’s largest phone releases of all time. While the Nexus 4 is an excellent phone, it faltered due to its lack of LTE support and limited availability at launch (and after launch). Google will aim to solve those problems with the release of the Nexus 5. The team at Androidworld.it recently revealed the Nexus 5 specs after digging deep inside a Nexus 5 log. Based on these specs, the Nexus 5 will be a very fine phone indeed: -5 inch 1080p display with 442ppi…
There are so many useful apps for Android that aren’t available on PC. Most users have resigned themselves to the fact that some apps just will never be available on PC. However, that’s simply not true. Thanks to a cool new software program, you can easily run your favorite Android apps on your laptop or PC. This allows you to play Android games on systems with better processing power and it helps you enjoy mobile-exclusive apps like Shazam or Instagram on your computer. This method…
When Apple first introduced Siri in 2011 with the iPhone 4S, the world was understandably impressed. Siri was advertised as your very own robotic assistant app. Although the early versions of Siri had limited capabilities and were mostly used as party tricks (“hey, watch me have a conversation with my iPhone”), today’s Siri is something special. Today, iOS 7’s Siri is better than ever before. It also has a very legitimate competitor in Android 4.3’s Google Now, also known as…
The idea of sending money over a smartphone makes me uncomfortable. Fortunately, mobile payment technology has improved by leaps and bounds over the last few years. Google’s own Google Wallet is one of the best mobile payment apps available today. In spite of that fact, Google Wallet does not yet have widespread adoption, with tech blogs like CNet even suggesting in early 2012 that Google Wallet was going to be a catastrophic failure. It didn’t help that AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile…
Begun the cloud wars have! Microsoft, Apple, and Google all offer excellent cloud storage options. But competition is fierce, and each company uses different tactics to try to win over customers. Well, Google may have just pulled off one of the most devastating cloud storage maneuvers in the industry. Google recently announced that it was releasing its document editing software, QuickOffice, for free. The software previously cost $20. Now, it will be available for both Android and iOS users…
Android 4.4 KitKat is the next big Android update. Expect it to be a bit bigger than the non-event that was Android 4.3, but not as big as major releases like Jelly Bean (4.1) and Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0). From the early screens that have leaked so far, we can see that Android 4.4 KitKat seems to be taking inspiration from the flattened design of iOS7. Here are some sample images: Those images come courtesy of a Google news blog called 9 to 5 Google. 9 to 5 Google was also responsible…
Man, the CyanogenMod team has been going through a lot of drama over the past few weeks. First, the newly formed Cyanogen, Inc. was able to raise $7 million in investment capital. Then the company announced that they wanted to be the third most popular mobile operating system in the world behind Android and iOS and ‘unify’ the Android world. Now there’s more drama as one of CyanogenMod’s app designers has left the project and taken Focal with him. That designer is Guillaume Lesniak,…
Today is the fifth anniversary of the release of Android. Over the past five years, Android has gone from a Google pipe dream to the world’s most popular mobile operating system. Today, Android is used by millions of devices around the world - from tablets to smartphones - and is pushing technology to new limits. Without Android, the hardworking team behind One Click Root wouldn’t exist. It all started in 2008 when Google execs took to the stage - just a few months after the…
Nobody Tells the Weather Like 1Weather Weather applications on Android are so numerous and so varied that for every user there’s one perfect match. But who has the time to sit around scrolling through millions of weather apps on Google Play Store to find the one that is exactly what you need and nothing more and nothing less. By a blanket, 1Weather comes to being close to what most people mostly need. The idea is simple. It’s not just a good weather app, it’s a great one. And once you…
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