Millionaire poker player charged with running Android malware ring
When you hear “crime ring”, “millionaire”, and “gambling” all in the same sentence, a number of movies come to mind. That kind of stuff usually doesn’t happen in real life. Except this time it did. A...
View ArticleChromecast rooted, apparently runs Android from Google TV, not Chrome OS
Unsurprisingly, the Chromecast has been rooted by a team of hackers who were apparently able to reveal that the device runs rather Android than Chrome OS, or better said a “modified Google TV release.”...
View ArticleASUS MeMO Pad HD 7 on sale now at Amazon for $99
With the release of the new Nexus 7 (2013), it seems like a lot of the older Android tablets are going on sale. This makes sense because if you want to move your year old product, you’ll have to get...
View ArticleInternational Nexus 7 (2013) sign-up pages set up, local Google Play Stores...
Google has published Nexus 7 (2013) sign-up pages specific for all the other countries where the new tablet will soon be available for purchase, but the device is yet to be listed in those local Google...
View ArticleHow Google has been making Android a safer place since 2012
Last year in June, Google brought Android Jelly Bean 4.1 to the world. It was a wonderful day, too. It brought with it Project Butter, which spelled the end for lag for a lot of people. Android was...
View ArticleDeal Alert: White and black Samsung Galaxy S4 for Sprint on sale for $99
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is undoubtedly one of the best phones of the year. It’s already sold at least 20 million units and it’ll sell 20 million more before it starts to slow down. Much like it’s younger...
View ArticleSamsung to follow Qualcomm and start using custom ARM cores in its Exynos...
According to reports coming out of Asia, Samsung is working to replace the ARM designed Cortex-A15 and Cortex-A7 processor cores in its next generation of Exynos processors. Until now Samsung has used...
View ArticleMediaTek announces its MT8135 quad-core big.LITTLE MP chip with PowerVR...
MediaTek is certainly proving that it can go toe to toe with the big boys of the mobile processing world, as it was the first company to announce a true octo-core chip, and now the company has unveiled...
View ArticleGoogle to pick LG for next Nexus tablet
In the 24 hours news cycle, the pressure is on for tech sites to deliver as much news as possible as fast as possible. Sadly though, good old common sense often becomes a collateral victim. Let’s take...
View ArticleMotorola reported to feature laminated aluminum, Moto Magic Glass
How about some fresh Motorola rumors to get the week started off? According to Taylor Wimberly (formerly of AndroidAndMe), the upcoming Moto X smartphone will feature a “laminated aluminum structure...
View ArticleAndroid 4.3 may breathe new life in your bogged down Nexus 7
For all its qualities, the original Nexus 7 had a problem – it got slower the longer you used it. At least that’s what many users reported in righteous outrage. The problem was related to low-level...
View ArticleNexus 7 (2013) vs iPad Mini: by the numbers
The Nexus 7 (2013) was just recently announced, and it already blows away some of the competition in the 7-inch market. Just how well does it stack up against what is still a fierce competitor, the...
View ArticleSamsung’s Snapdragon 600 powered Galaxy Note 2 made official… in China
It seems that the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 hasn’t been removed from the limelight just yet. According to Android Beat and Weibo, China’s Twitter-like social network, a Snapdragon 600 powered Galaxy Note...
View ArticleClash of the titans: CyanogenMod vs Paranoid Android
It’s very easy to find yourself locked into a single user experience, especially with smartphones. As a long time CyanogenMod user, I thought that perhaps it would be a good idea to check out what else...
View ArticleApple patent, important to their ongoing troubles with Samsung, rejected by...
The US Patent and Trademark Office has rejected an Apple, Inc. filing to patent “pinch to zoom” functionality. The patent was crucial to their ongoing and widespread dispute with Samsung, which is...
View ArticleNew Samsung commercial: Galaxy S4 is compared to… you know what
Samsung just can’t give up on its favorite pastime, which everybody knows is bashing the iPhone and its users in every possible way. Is it a good strategy? I don’t know. Should Samsung show a little,...
View ArticleChromecast review [video]
At Google’s Breakfast with Sundar Pichai event in San Francisco the other day, we expected to hear at least something on the Nexus 7 and Android 4.3, but the Chromecast was a little more surprising....
View ArticleThree great camera apps for serious shutterbugs
While many of us prefer the plain vanilla Android experience of a Nexus device, a Google Experience device, or an AOSP ROM, there is at least one area where it lags behind phone manufacturers’...
View ArticleHow to block phone calls on your Android phone
Keeping in touch with family and friends has become easier and faster — thanks to our Android smartphone. However, not all people who can contact us through our mobile phones are people that we love...
View ArticleThe Nexus 7 (2013) may not feature LTE support in Europe
The Nexus 7 (2013) not only brings quite a few impressive improvements over the original, but also will be the first Nexus tablet to feature LTE support. While Google never officially stated if the LTE...
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