Through no fault of its own, Google Maps has been in the news a lot this past week. Many Apple users are complaining about the iOS 6 update and its deletion of Google Maps, an app which is vastly inferior to Apple Maps. Why? Well, the first problem is that Apple Maps claims to help you get to places but actually does nothing of the sort. In response to the Apple Maps fiasco, Google is taking its Maps app to more places in Android than ever before. A recent update to the Android app ‘Google…
I don’t know about you, but I don’t want my Facebook friends to see every picture I have on my Android phone. However, that’s exactly what an upcoming Facebook app upgrade might do. Facebook is currently trialling a feature that would automatically upload photos from your Android phone into a special Facebook album. Fortunately, this feature isn’t as dangerous as it sounds: you still have to press ‘Sync’ to upload all photos to Facebook, and the app won’t…
iOS 6 was released yesterday, and despite all of the fanfare surrounding Apple’s latest upgrade to its mobile operating system, many users are unimpressed. Apple Maps is the feature that has drawn the most criticism thus far. A few months ago, Apple announced that it would no longer be carrying Google Maps on its mobile operating systems. After all, the two are major competitors over the mobile marketplace, and having Google Maps installed on every iPhone and iPad in the world was bad…
The Kindle Fire HD is only a few weeks old, but its Android operating system has already been rooted. According to an article by PCMag.com, the Kindle Fire HD was rooted using a similar exploit to the one used to root the Asus Transformer Prime. All Kindles run Android, although the open source operating system has been heavily modified from what you would see on a traditional Android tablet. Kindle users don’t have access to the Google Play store, for example, because Amazon wants to…
You’ve got Android on your smartphone and your tablet, so why not put it on your TV as well? You’ve probably grown accustomed to the sleek Android interface, and wouldn’t it be nice to use that same interface to choose which channels you want to watch? Of course it would! Unfortunately, cable providers haven’t quite stepped up their game to that level…yet. But that doesn’t mean you should suffer through using the ancient operating system on your cable box. Instead, install…
You might think you need to root your Android phone in order to take a screenshot, but this isn’t always the case. New Android phones like the Samsung Galaxy S III have the screenshot feature built-in. There are no additional apps or complicated software required. In fact, all you need is a smartphone or tablet capable of running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The screenshot feature is useful for a bunch of different reasons. You can be one of ‘those people’ who uploads screenshots of…
If you’re reading our One Click Root blog, then you’ve probably used Android at some point in your life. You’ve probably also noticed that Android is a pretty good operating system. It has better customization options than iOS, fantastic desktops, and plenty of other features that make it the most popular mobile OS in the world. But despite being four years old, Android is apparently only one-third complete. In a recent blog post on Google +, Google’s Senior Director of Android User…
A few days ago, we showed you the full-page advertisement that Samsung was running in newspapers across the world. That advertisement poked fun at the iPhone 5 for being smaller, less powerful, and less feature-rich than Samsung’s most popular Android phone, the Samsung Galaxy S III. Samsung wasn’t satisfied with just a newspaper ad. Inflamed with rage over the recent court verdict and looking for vengeance, Samsung channelled its anger into a hilarious new TV commercial that pokes fun…
It’s a good day to be a flight attendant with American Airlines. AA recently purchased 17,000 Galaxy Note ‘phablets’ for its flight attendants. Instead of just rewarding flight attendants for their faithful service, the gift is designed to help flight attendants connect with passengers to offer a higher level of customer service. The flight attendants will be receiving the tablets throughout the rest of this year and into 2013. Apparently, the Note was chosen because flight attendants…
Twitter is upgrading its Android and iOS apps to take full advantage of today’s best mobile operating systems. The update puts a renewed emphasis on photos as well as a wide range of other usability features. Apparently, the main goal with these updates was to bring a more Facebook-like appearance to Twitter. The most noticeable Facebook-like change is the addition of a cover photo to the main profile screen. Just like a Facebook cover photo provides a backdrop to your main profile pic,…
