100 million is an unfathomable number in the smartphone world. When you sell 100 million units of a single type of device, it means that about 1 out of every 70 people in the world owns it. It’s a ridiculous milestone – especially in a world where consumers have more choices than ever before. In spite of those challenges, Samsung recently announced that its Samsung Galaxy S line had sold 100 million units worldwide. And it did so in just 2 years and 7 months (the first Samsung Galaxy S…
About once a year, Google releases a major update for Android. Last year, Google debuted Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0) and Jelly Bean (4.1/4.2) within a few months of each other. And this year, Google is expected to announce Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie at its annual I/O developers’ conference in May. Android 5.0 features have been kept under lock and key and the Android community knows next to nothing about the OS upgrade so far. But journalists at IBITimes recently wrote an article filled with…
Smartphones and tablets have changed the way we watch TV. If you’re like most people, then you spend the majority of your TV viewing time staring at your phone, browsing your Twitter feed, or reading commentary about the event from people online. It’s always interesting to watch the internet during major events, and the 2013 Oscars can certainly be considered a big event. And a new Oscar 2013 app for Android looks to help people interact with the Oscars in more ways than ever…
Whether you’re an international spy, a cheating spouse, or just a quiet teenager, we all need to protect our phone conversations at some point in our lives. But up until recently, voice and video encryption was a privilege reserved for iOS users. Recently, an app called Silent Circle appeared on the Google Play Store. Silent Circle automatically encrypts all communications sent over your smartphone. It works cross-platform and was created by a former US Navy SEAL. How does Silent Circle…
Backing up your Android is an important task that most users don’t bother doing. Sure, we all like to talk about how important it is to back up your files, but very few of us actually bother taking a few minutes out of our day to do it. What is Carbon? Well, here’s another app that aims to make backing up Android as easy as possible. It’s called Carbon, and it automatically backs up and restores all your apps and their data. Even better, Carbon can sync apps between multiple Android…
When you install an app with a name like “Brightest Flashlight”, you do so because you want your Android to light up dark spaces. You don’t install the Brightest Flashlight app to allow strangers to track your each and every movement, am I right? Well, prepare to be shocked, because a surprising number of Android apps are far more dangerous than they first appear. And to make matters worse, many of these apps come with completely harmless-sounding names, like “Brightest…
If you’re like me, then you’ve spent far too much time running away from a horde of monkeys along narrow stone walls. Yes, I’m talking about the popular and addicting mobile game called Temple Run, which just recently received a sequel called Temple Run 2. Temple Run 2 is the brainchild of Imangi Studios, a New Zealand-based app developer that has created one of the most successful Android/iOS games in history. The app first debuted in New Zealand on January 17 2013 before rolling out…
Whether it’s an annoying ex-girlfriend or a persistent telemarketer, we all get calls from people we don’t want to talk to. Instead of picking up the phone and then angrily hanging up on that person, why not permanently block them from calling your phone? There are plenty of different ways you can block people from calling your Android phone. Today, we’re going to outline the easiest ways to reject calls from any Android phone. Blocking calls without an app Android comes with a…
As much as we all love Android, most of us wouldn’t mind having a few extra hours of battery life. There are hundreds of different battery saving tips for Android, and here’s one more to add to your arsenal: put your keypad dialer on your lockscreen or home screen. The concept behind this battery saving tip is simple: you don’t have to navigate through a few different screens in order to make a simple phone call, nor do you have to spend time browsing through your list of contacts.…
Android viruses are becoming frighteningly common. With over 75% of the world’s smartphone users running Android, criminals have a massive list of people to target. But one Chinese Android botnet looks to be the largest network of infected devices to date. The botnet was discovered by mobile security researchers. It spreads through infected app downloads and allows hackers to remotely access smartphones for “fraudulent purposes” How the botnet spreads Legitimate Android users…
