Google Reader is dead. And in its place are a bunch of good Reader alternatives for Android. But Google wasn’t going to just abandon its legions of Reader fans and throw them into the arms of third-party services. That’s why Google is currently developing something called ‘Babble’. Although details of the project are hazy at this point, Babble aims to unify a number of different Google services, including various messaging platforms. Why does Google need a unified messaging…
5) Google Keep It’s big news anytime Google releases a new app. Google Keep isn’t anything revolutionary. In fact, it’s basically a copy of cloud-memory service apps like Evernote. Google Keep allows users to save notes through text and voice and then access those notes on any other internet-connected device over the cloud. Notes are saved on Google’s servers and can be color-coded for clarity. If you have trouble remembering things and never liked Evernote, then Google Keep is…
CyanogenMod is the world’s most popular custom ROM for Android. Hundreds of thousands of Android users have rooted Android and installed CM onto their systems in order to make them faster and more functional than ever before. While CyanogenMod currently supports the world’s most popular Android smartphone – the Galaxy S3 – it may not support that device’s successor, the Galaxy S4. In a surprising turn of events, the team behind CyanogenMod has expressed no desire to develop an…
Android 5.0 will be here soon enough. And that means that within 2 years or so, we might actually see the Key Lime Pie update hit our devices. Jokes aside, here is the list of Samsung devices rumored to be receiving the Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie update at some point in the future: -Galaxy S3 -Galaxy Note 2 -Galaxy Note 10.1 -Galaxy Note 8.0 -Galaxy S4 Who is left out? A number of popular devices have been left off the list, including: -Galaxy S2 -Galaxy Note -Galaxy…
If you’ve browsed through any Android websites lately, including One Click Root, then you have undoubtedly been swamped with news about the Galaxy S4. But hey, Samsung’s newest phone is so exciting and groundbreaking that you should be happy to read so much about it, right? Well, here’s another tidbit of interesting information about the Galaxy S4: it will be twice as powerful as the iPhone. That’s not a gross exaggeration or some made-up number. Instead, it’s based on a recent…
I love my Galaxy S3. But most people agree that the GS3’s default keyboard sucks. That’s why SwiftKey is usually the most popular paid app on the Google Play Store. For a price of $3.99 (following a free 30 day trial), Android users can access basically the best mobile keyboard ever made. I love SwiftKey, and I’m not alone. The text prediction is ridiculously accurate and it will even learn more about your texting habits by monitoring names in your contact list and on Facebook. So…
The Samsung Galaxy S4 was officially unveiled to the world a few days ago amidst much fanfare and phenomenal hype. For those expecting who were expecting the Galaxy S4 to usher in a new era of smartphone intelligence, it falls short of those high-handed expectations; however, the Galaxy S4 is a brilliant new innovation that will help further establish Samsung’s dominance in the high-end smartphone market in the near future. Samsung announced two major versions of the Galaxy S4 handset – the…
Interest rates are low, and that means more and more Americans are checking their credit scores on a regular basis. Whether you’re buying a new house or financing a vehicle, it’s important to keep track of your credit score. Finally, Android users have a safe and reliable way to check their credit score on mobile devices. An iOS app called Credit Karma finally made its way to iOS, which means Android users can check their credit scores wherever they go. And Credit Karma is…
If you’re browsing a website like One Click Root, then you probably own an Android device (or are just really jealous of Android users). But Android isn’t the only fish in the sea, and as any Windows Phone 8 user will tell you, Microsoft’s newest mobile operating system isn’t bad at all. Instead of switching to WP8, why not just fantasize about some of the WP8 features that could be coming to Android in the near future? Okay, you caught me: none of the following features have…
The hype surrounding the Galaxy S4 is ramping up every day. And EA pushed that hype meter a little further to the right today by announcing that it has optimized 14 mobile games specifically for the Galaxy S4. All 14 of those games will be available the day the Galaxy S4 launches. And yes, like all EA mobile games, you’ll probably have to pay for them. Optimization for the Galaxy S4 is important because it has a massive 1080p 5-inch screen as well as a powerful new processor that holds…
