Google continues to tweak its Gmail app. And the latest update introduced colorful icons beside each message in your inbox. These colors correspond to specific letters of the alphabet, and I totally didn’t realize what those letters meant until I looked a little more closely at my Gmail screen (the letters in the colored box correspond to the first letter of the contact name). I’m not a Gmail power user, but I’ve discovered some Gmail tips and tricks for Android that will help you…
If you didn’t use One Click Root to root your Android, then you may have spent hours trying to figure out scripts and troubleshooting the rooting process. People spend hours of their lives trying to root their Android phones and tablets, and that’s why I think a new Android tablet called the Root 101 is going to sell well. The Root 101 is an open source Android tablet that comes pre-loaded with a rooted stock version of Android. Better yet, users get the latest version of Android – 4.2…
With over 7 million users and growing, CyanogenMod is clearly the most popular custom ROM available to Android users today. What’s even more remarkable is that CyanogenMod has achieved that title strictly through word of mouth. Well, today, the Android community was reminded why CyanogenMod continues to stay at the top of the pack in terms of Android custom ROMs. At CyanogenMod’s Google+ page, one member of the development team (Koushik Dutta) shared plans for an exciting new feature in…
The team behind the world’s most popular custom ROM for rooted Android recently announced the latest update to the platform. The CyanogenMod team recently posted this update on their official website announcing the release of CyanogenMod 10.1.0 Most existing CyanogenMod 10 users will be able to download the upgrade. If there is an existing RC (Release Candidate) for your device, then you can expect to install CM 10.1.0 The only devices excluded from this update are Tegra 2-powered…
The Age of Empires series is one of the main reasons I know so much useless history trivia. Hundreds of hours of my childhood were spent in that game, and it looks like I could be devoting a few hours of my adult life to the game as well thanks to an upcoming mobile release of Age of Empires on Android. We first heard rumblings of Age of Empires on Android back in January, when Microsoft’s gaming department conveniently leaked that it was looking for developers experienced with iOS and…
Imgur is probably the internet’s most popular image sharing site. Imgur makes sharing images easy, free, and fast. It’s the preferred image host for websites like Reddit and people use Imgur to share everything from funny pictures of cats to entire galleries of vacation photos. Well, uploading pictures to Imgur just became a lot easier for Android users. The image hosting company released an official Android app that is sure to delight meme and gif lovers around the world. The app is…
With the influx of thousands of new utility apps in the Android app market on a daily basis, seldom do we come across apps that live up to their “utility” tag and offer a service of any real substance. Music and other audio apps have also seen their fair share of such underwhelming and monotonous apps that have nothing different to offer to the user except the different name that they are marketed as. On paper, Bass Booster seems to be one of those Android apps; however, once you get into…
For all you music lovers who love playing around and experimenting with ringtones made from your tracks to exhibit your awesome taste in music every time your phone rings, the Mobile 17 Ringtone Maker app for Android is just what you are looking for. This supremely user-friendly app is perfect for those of you crazy about your music and motivated enough to touch it up with your own creative input. Gone are the days when you download those tedious and heavy computer applications to cut and edit…
On most days of the week, my Galaxy S3 is a glorified Facebook and Twitter browsing device. And if you’re like me, then you hate dead Android batteries. Well, if you check the services that take up the majority of battery life on your phone, you may be surprised to discover that Facebook and Twitter are leading the way in terms of battery life drainage. A writer over at TechHive.com decided to look more deeply into the issue of Facebook and Twitter battery life usage on Android and show…
