July
11

4 New Android Launchers You Should Know About

One of the main reasons for the continued progress and user loyalty for the Android OS is the number of third party apps and launchers that you can find here. This has helped Google to capture over 85% of the smart phone market share and despite Apple doing its level best in coming out with equally good apps, it has not been able to achieve mass penetration for its products like Google. Third party launchers on the Android system like Apex and Nova have improved user experience a great deal…

July
09

An Overview of CyanogenMod’s Open Source Browser for the Android

With the Android market share in the high eighties, it is not surprising that more and more mobile browsers are being launched. The latest is a chromium based one called Gello from CyanogenMod. Gello not compatible with older devices CyanogenMod has been developing Android ROMs and has been pretty successful at it. They have now ventured into launching an open-source browser that will have many customization choices. The teaser video shown by them does promise a lot having offline reading,…

July
09

Google Makes Google Cloud Console Available for Android and iOS

The announcement has been greeted with great delight by server administrators. Google is now making Google Cloud Console available for both Android and the iOS. This mobile app that helps server administrators monitor and manage infrastructure that are running on Google Cloud will surely make things easier for them. Readers will recall that Google had earlier come out with a beta version for Android only earlier this year. It had indicated then it would launch one for the iOS soon and has…

July
08

Why Video Playback Could Finally Lead to the Break Smart Wear Deserves

Android Wear has appealed to many users but still is unable to grow in sales volumes to the extent it may have expected to. One of the reasons for this disappointing turnout may have been the absence or inability to watch videos on it. Today, the empowered Android user wants his device to have everything going for him and many may have postponed their decision of buying a smart watch due to this feature not being available. App video makes it possible Now we have the good news that you would…

July
08

Android Users Rejoice as Oukitel’s 10000mAh Battery Powered Smartphone Comes to their Rescue

One key issue that has been bothering Android users ever since the launch of the OS has been the lack of sufficient battery juice to meet Android's demanding thirst for power. There is no doubt things have improved vastly over time with the current Lollipop as well as the yet to be launched Android M, promising to make things even better. But users will always want more and quickly. So what if you can get a phone that you will run for a whole week without needing to recharge its battery?…

July
06

Google Fighting Fragmentation With New Initiatives

The Google Lollipop has finally got into double figures in terms of its penetration and usage. This news coming close to a year after its launch is not very encouraging for Google, especially when compared to the iOS8 penetration enjoyed by Apple. But Google, it must be said is trying its level best to bring about standardization and is taking initiatives to reduce fragmentation of its OS. Material Design and Android One designs It has made the Google Play very effective by pushing a number…

July
06

How to Seamlessly Make the Switch from iOS to Android

Users of Apple have only one possible grouse against it and that is the tight grip it holds over its platform and apps. If you are one of them seeking a way out, then you can think of shifting to the Android OS which is an open one. You might think it is impossible considering how you will move data from the iOS to Android. Apple does not make it very easy to do that as they would rather prefer people moving to them from Android. But it is still possible with the help of some tools and a lot of…

July
01

10 Android Games Below 25 MB You Try Out

If you are not lucky enough to enjoy a boatload of storage space due to the already overflowing library of apps and games on your Android device, chances are that you will have to give up something or the other to download a new game. After all, most of the hottest games on Play Store occupy a ton of space on your device to run. But if you wish to play games on Android without giving up on anything, here's a good selection of games under 25MB that should be perfect for you. These games will…

July
01

Is Android M Aiming Only for the Purists?

When the Android Lollipop launch was announced last year, the novel Material Design and other visually attractive icons floored onlookers. However, when the preview became available, people got disappointed as some of the taken for granted features were missing. Google then added those into the final release, but there are still some niggling issues related to volume controls, sound notifications that need resolution. The Android M may be able to fix these. The Google I/O 2015 has surprised…

June
29

3 Android Lollipop Issues That Really Need to Be Addressed

The Android Lollipop does have a lot of positives over all previous OS versions but still has not been able to make its mark as the preferred OS for Android users. There are some pesky issues yet to be resolved and the slow rollout of this OS across the various devices is not helping either. Consequently, Lollipop is now present in only a shade over 10% of the smart phones running Android and that is a disappointing percentage indeed. The issues needing quick resolution are as…