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Chrome for Desktop gets Google Now notification support
Certain elements of Google Now have existed on the desktop for about a year, but more recently Google has been working to bring the full ‘card’ experience over to the desktop first with Chrome Canary...
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What Project Ara and modular phones could mean for the future of mobile...
When we first heard about modular phone projects like PhoneBloks, initially mobile tech publications like Android Authority, industry experts and even tech enthusiasts were skeptical about whether...
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Chrome adds emoji translator for April Fools’ Day
While Google’s Pokémon Challenge slipped out a day before April Fools’ Day, the Chrome team’s gag will only work on April 1, and will let you translate websites into the most important of languages:...
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Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Samsung and HTC make the same April...
It would appear that, so far this April Fools’ Day season, the jokes have backfired on Samsung and HTC, as both have mock-launched the same product – smartgloves. Today only, look for the Samsung...
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Sony Xperia Z2 unboxing and first impressions
Since the original Xperia Z, Sony has been really stepping up its game in the high-end smartphone market with some great devices released last year, including the Xperia Z1 and the Xperia Z1 Compact....
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BBM for Android gains stickers, picture share in group chats, and more
The latest update to BlackBerry’s messaging app brings a handful of new features, as well as bug fixes and improvements. The big new feature is the addition of sticker packs to BBM for Android. Users...
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Kill the patents trolls says CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association
Gary Shapiro, the CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, is calling on the US Senate to follow moves by Congress and the White House against patent trolls. According to Shapiro the actions of...
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Google is beta testing Chrome Remote Desktop for Android, invite only for now
A few users of the Chrome Remote Desktop browser extension have been asked by Google to help beta test Chrome Remote Desktop for Android. The beta is invite only, for users that opted in to help...
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Intel releases Android 4.4.2 KitKat with a 64-bit kernel and talks about...
Intel has been holding a developer conference in China, the biggest PC market in the world. On day two of the conference the giant chip maker released the source code for Android KitKat 4.4 with a...
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HTC video invites us behind the design of the new HTC One (M8)
The design team behind the new HTC One (M8) has released a short video sharing their passions and struggles to bring you one of the finest rounded metal back covers around. Okay, it is about more than...
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Top 7 Android Stories of the week – Apple vs Samsung, Google redesign, and...
This week in your world of Android: Samsung introduced the Galaxy Tab4 series, Google was rumored to overhaul its design guidelines, the Galaxy S5 mini leaked, Amazon launched the Fire TV, the new...
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5 Best Wireless Chargers
Wireless charging is one of those budding technologies that really hasn’t taken off yet. Only a very select number of flagship devices feature the ability to wirelessly charge, with even the recent...
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Cyanogenmod 11 M5 builds have arrived
One of the best things about CyanogenMod is that there is a build for just about every type of Android user. Those who love living on the edge delight in loading up the latest nightly builds, whereas...
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Android 4.4.2 update now rolling out for Verizon One Max
Last Friday we learned that the Verizon version of the HTC One Max had received technical approval on Big Red’s network, with HTC’s Mo Versi promising the update would likely start rolling out to...
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Samsung Galaxy S5 review
It’s flagship season here at Android Authority, and following our in-depth look at the HTC One (M8) and the Sony Xperia Z2, it’s now time to dive into Samsung’s latest high-end smartphone offering!...
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Samsung Gear Fit will support both vertical and horizontal display...
After Samsung unveiled the latest members of the Gear family at MWC, there seemed to be a large number of folks that genuinely were more interested in the looks and even feature set of the Gear Fit...
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Live Backup – Indie app of the day
What is Live Backup? Any experienced root user will tell you that you should have a Nandroid backup no matter what. Even if you don’t intend on doing any of the fun stuff like flashing ROMs, mods, or...
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Sony Lifelog app hits Google Play, Smartband wearable available for $140
We first learned about Sony’s Lifelog app back at CES earlier this year, when it debuted alongside the Sony SmartBand wearable fitness tracker. A month later, Sony revealed that it would be pushing...
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Dropbox launches Carousel, a new app for organizing your photos and videos
It’s a pretty big day for the folks over at Dropbox. First, they introduced both the desktop and Android versions of their popular Mailbox app, and now they are also bringing us yet another new app...
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Microsoft OneNote updated, lets you create OneDrive notebooks and sections
Today Microsoft is bringing out a new update to its OneNote Android app, bringing the ability to create Notebooks directly on your OneDrive account from your Android devices. Creating a notebook is...
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