Android users, we’ve been duped: it appears that Samsung is falsifying benchmark results for the Galaxy S4. According to a recent report by AnandTech, the Galaxy S4 features a BenchmarkBooster function that includes hard-coded profiles for certain benchmarking applications. The BenchmarkBooster function basically told the Android to run at maximum performance when running benchmark applications. Instead of getting a reliable benchmark result, Android testers would get an inflated…
In the future, you may not have to ever learn a second language. Instead, you may be able to just walk up to foreigners and wave your smartphone in their face. Why? Google is working hard to develop real-time translation technology for Google Translate, and it’s a technology that could very well change the world. Real-time translation has always been in the future for Google Translate – at least, that’s what people wanted to think. But finally, we have official confirmation that it’s…
Millions of Android users do real work on their smartphones and tablets. That’s right: there are some people out there who don’t just browse the Twitter and Reddit apps – they create income reports and write press releases and do other important things. Well, fortunately for those winners, Microsoft finally released an official version of Office for Android. Office for Android requires a subscription to Office 365 and Android 4.0. With Office for Android, you can edit files and…
Android is the world’s most popular operating system. But like everything in this world, Android is far from perfect. One of the biggest problems plaguing Android today is fragmentation. Fragmentation refers to the fact that there are hundreds of different Android builds out there. Each carrier has their own Android build, for example, and each device has its own Android build, and each manufacturer tweaks Android in unique ways to create its own build. Not to mention the difference in…
Here’s an Android app dedicated to all the twitterati buzzing about across the world sharing fun anecdotes, interesting links and short conversations with each other. The esteemed app being mentioned is named Carbon. Over the years, Twitter as taken over as one of the top two social media platforms in the world; and today, with the help of this brilliant platform, you can follow your favorite celebs, sports persons, scientists, businessmen and all the big names and brands you can think of and…
Ever wanted to have that perfect early morning shower that lasted for exactly fifteen minutes? Or the new chicken dish that’s cooking on the gas that has to be shut down in exactly 10 minutes? What about the perfect cardio session on your gym treadmill that must be timed for not a second less than 30 minutes? We all tend to get excited and distracted at the drop of a hat doing things in our life and frequently end up in bad positions because of not keeping our eyes on the prize. It’s not…
PhotoSphere is one of the coolest features in Android Jelly Bean. Unfortunately, most non-Nexus Android users do not have access to PhotoSphere because it comes bundled with Android 4.2 – an update which hasn’t been released for the vast majority of Android users. PhotoSphere is incredibly cool, and today, we’re going to show you how to install PhotoSphere on any device with Android Jelly Bean. In fact, it’s way easier than you think. What you need: -A rooted Android with a…
Imagine a life without music. It a crime! And so it’s completely alright if you didn’t imagine a thing. Music is a religion for a lot of us and has predictably been transferred and enhanced to the max thanks to the presence of smartphones and portable music devices. It’s something that you really wouldn’t mind ruling over your phone completely too, because of the joy and peace it brings to us. This is why the Android world has seen the influx of thousands and thousands of music apps to…
Coming straight from the top developers on the Android platform, Mobiles republic unleashed another one of their ingenious brain child apps on Google Play Store. This creation calls together the gaming geeks around the world glued to their consoles and Android smartphones and tablets 24/7. Seldom are there apps on the Android world that cater solely to the needs of us gamer freaks and hardcore fans, and for a world that grew up playing games like Half Life 2 and Unreal Tournament more than a…
The CyanogenMod team is full of surprises and they clearly enjoy suspense. CM fans have known for some time that a feature called “Nemesis Project” was in the works, but nobody knew exactly what the project was. Today, we learned that Nemesis Project was the codename for a new camera app called Focal, which aims to revolutionize the way rooted Android users enjoy their camera. Focal will be added to the Nightly CM builds and all other versions “soon”. It includes all of the…
