For whatever reason, U.S. carriers charge an extra $20 to $30 per month to users who ‘tether’ their smartphones. Tethering involves using your mobile phone to create a wireless network, and then connecting other devices to that network in order to jump onto the phone’s data plan. Okay, there is a reason why carriers charge extra for this: because if you connect your computer to your phone’s data plan, it’s way easier to hit the limit of your data plan or take advantage of an…
As you probably already know, today’s smartphones are ridiculously cool and powerful. We point them in the sky to read the stars, and we point them to the ground to see our location on Google Maps. But there’s only one thing I miss about my old flip phone: it could last for days without needing to be recharged. Yes, as far as technology has come, we still need to connect our phones to a power outlet at least once per day. Why do smartphone batteries drain so quickly? And what can you do…
Exploding cell phones are among the most persistent myths in the mobile phone world. Ever since mobile phones were first invented, people claim to have been victimized by flying shrapnel as their mobile phones spontaneously exploded. Whether exploding phones are real or not, one Reddit user recently caused a stir with a fascinating story of a Samsung Galaxy S3 betraying its owner. That Reddit user is vizionx1208, whose thread on r/Android entitled “My Samsung Galaxy S3 exploded last night…
As children, we all remember that one game of concentration and steady nerves at the theme park that had us throw a ball at a stacked up pile of cans and knock them all down. None of us could resist giving it a go at least once to try and cash in on the huge teddy bear and other cool gifts that we could take home if we made the perfect throw. We enjoyed it and wished we could play it forever as it was a nicer ending addiction than the ones brought in by several of the videogames available in…
One Click Root is the world’s easiest way to root any Android device. But those who haven’t already rooted their Android often ask themselves: “What’s the point?” Well, along with a long list of Android rooting advantages that can be found here, there are plenty of other good reasons to root Android. Here are a few more reasons why you should consider installing One Click Root in order to gain root access to your Android device: Experience the latest OS updates Android is…
Android rooting is a complicated process that requires hours of work and puts the life of your phone in danger. In spite of that fact, millions of people root their Android smartphones and tablets every year. Some people manually download rooting scripts and run them on their device, while others are happy to pay a few dollars for Android rooting software that automatically does the job for them (note: this method absolutely does not take “hours of work”) But no matter which option…
Photo-editing apps in the Android world come a dime a dozen every other week. But every once in a while, there comes along a ground-breaking app that somehow gets the photography community unanimously buzzing with excitement. The photo-editing app in discussion is none other than the highly rated Pixlr-o-matic. As the name suggests, Pixlr-o-matic is a photo editing app for your Android device that promises to give your mundane pictures a whole new dimension of brilliance using surreal…
Whether you’re an English PhD or a middle school student, names like Webster, Oxford and Glen are ones we are all privy to as the prominent storekeepers and purveyors of meaning to words. And then came along another titan to join this lofty bunch known as Dictionary.com. It compares equally to the likes of its forefathers and more than just lives up to the hype of its superiority and diversity of features offered by it. The book version of the former dictionaries has helped everyone and by…
With popular app platforms already flooded with millions of tried and tested apps and millions more pouring in, it is hard to discern the game-changing must-have apps from the recycled and monotonous ones. Keeping this challenge under consideration, the developers from Fluffy Delusions have come up with the mother of all utility apps to bring you AppGarden Lite – the one stop platform to track and extract the hottest apps for your Android device. Utility apps top the charts when it comes…
Google Glass is currently being tested by ‘explorers’ across the United States. The flashy pair of spectacles come packed with more hardware than most computers had a decade ago, including a 5MP camera and 16GB of internal storage. Like other hardware devices made by Google, Glass runs Android. But unlike almost any other Android device in the world, Google Glass has remained impervious to all rooting attempts thus far. Glass runs Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich and uses a Texas…
