Octo
03

Make Your Life A Little Easier with Citymapper

Citymapper: What is it? On the off chance that you live in a city and haven't utilized Citymapper yet, you've presumably been bothered by companions who are persuaded it's an ideal approach to design an adventure. Such an undertaking can more often than not include a dumbfounding measure of applications, from National Rail, to Uber, and in spite of the fact that Google Maps offers an incredible method for grouping all the accessible travel alternatives, Citymapper may very well have it…

Octo
03

Bill Gates Ditches Windows Phone for an Android Phone Instead of an iPhone

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs – although they were rivals, they were also friends. They both made a name for themselves and pretty much contributed and defined the tech industry today. So does this mean that the Microsoft co-founder is ready to use an iPhone now that he ditched his Windows phone? Could he start to use an iPhone in honor of his friend, the late Apple co-founder? Apparently not. Unlike what people expected, Bill Gates did not ended up using iPhone but switched from Windows to…

Octo
03

GO Keyboard Apps Caught Monitoring and Collecting User Data

Recently, GO Keyboard, a well-known and widely used keyboard app for Android, was caught monitoring its users and collecting their data. The keyboard apps have over 200 million users who prefer to customize their texts using various GIFs and emojis. And it looks like these numbers of users are being monitored on to collect their information. What is GO Keyboard? GO Keyboard is a keyboard application that replaces the typical and traditional keyboard on Android with a newer one which is easier…

Octo
02

How to Take Screenshots of Chats on Android

While it is very easy to take a screenshot of an encrypted Telegram chat thread while you are using an iPhone, it is a completely different story on Android phones. Telegram does not allow screenshots by default on Android, and it is not even the slightest bit obvious how you would go about enabling screenshot features. That is because it is hidden inside of another setting, one you would never think to look in. So, you might be wondering what setting the screenshot option hiding is…

Octo
02

Android Oreo WARNING – Hackers could take control over your phone if you don’t update

ANDROID users who are not still upgrading to Android Oreo have been receiving a warning about a terrifying new malware threat that lets hackers take control of a victim’s phone. As launched last month, Android Oreo is currently available on selected devices. It includes a set of tweaks and minor improvements to the smartphone and tablet operating system. The eighth major software iteration includes notification dots on app icons, picture-in-picture video playback, and auto fill to quickly…

Octo
01

Google Looking To Give Android Users ‘PANIC BUTTON’ For Shady Apps and Sites

Android users could soon have a way to  return to the safety of their home screen as soon as possible if their phone locks up for any reason. We have all experienced this stuff. Perhaps you have downloaded a suspicious app or come across a particularly pop-up that will not quit popping, and when you try to back out, your phone becomes unresponsive and you do not know what  to do.  In these situations, it would be nice to have some kind of “panic button,” where you could instantly…

Octo
01

The 3 Most Important Features Of Android 8.0 Oreo

Google has made Android 8.0 Oreo official via live stream in New York. Most of the features are available for testing right now, thanks to the developer preview. If you haven't heard about the development preview, you might be wondering what this Oreo update is all about. Here are the three most important things coming to your phone in Android 8.0.   Background Limits Android 8.0 will change the way it treats background processes, which could mean some apps work differently.…

Octo
01

Android Nougat Is Now On 15.8 Percent Of Devices

According to Google, Android Nougat is now on 15.8 percent of devices as recently published to the public. The latest Android distribution numbers of smartphone users who upgraded to Nougat continues to climb up the ladder making it finally past 10 percent of adoption back in July when it comes to adoption on user devices.   Marshmallow has increased as well, though just not as much as Nougat, and understandably so given that Oreo is now the newest version of software and will start making…

Octo
01

Qualcomm Says It Helps Android Lead Mobile in Feature Firsts

Qualcomm took a nostalgic look back at some of the innovations it made that helped to make Android Operating System have its firsts and also a brief look into its future ventures and goals as the leading provider of SoCs and answers to the problems for the mobile world at the newsroom blog today. The company, Qualcomm, would like to share a list of its past accomplishments in the mobile arena. The company has been a key foundational player in Android, through its partnerships with OEMs over…

Sept
30

How to Personalize your Icons for your Applications

The new Adaptive Icons system is one of the best features of the new Android. Developers can now make a single icon for their apps, then your launcher can customize those icons in a massive range of shapes to match your system theme. Most home screen apps have not added support for this feature yet, but Nova Launcher had the head start. This new system was conceptualized and created to bring some uniformity to Android's main UI. Each icon can now have the same basic background shape to…