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[Android] Fly to France! Travel to Tahiti! Fool your friends and set your GPS location to anywhere you want with Fake GPS Location
Haven’t you always wanted to visit France? I certainly have, and with Fake GPS Location, I can treat myself to a fake vacation wherever I want to. It’s a free and very simple app that lets you spoof your location to anywhere you want in the world, and in conjunction [...]
[Android] Get a sleek futuristic wallpaper with Honeycomb Live Wallpaper
Honeycomb was the first version of Android in which design actually mattered. In it, the sleek modern style that continues on in Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean was first discovered, and with it came a series of live wallpapers from both Google and developers wishing to further the cool [...]
Apple wants $707 million more from Samsung while Samsung is taking iPhone 5 to court
In typical frenemy fashion, Apple and Samsung are once again bumping heads in court (not that they ever stopped). Recently Apple was awarded $1 billion in a lawsuit against Samsung. Apple has now filed with the court that it wants an additional $707 million on top of that — $400 [...]
Read More »[Android] Fit the falling blocks together in the fast-paced puzzler Rebirth
There are numerous fast-paced puzzlers and acade games out there, and many of them are pretty fun. However, for the most part, there’s not too many original puzzle/acade games: they’re all either Tetris clones or some other knockoff. If you’re looking for something you haven’t already played, pick up Rebirth–it’s [...]
[Android] Feedly is a beautiful Google Reader and RSS app for following all of your favorite sites
Avid internet users have a multitude of websites they read on a regular basis. Over the years they spend surfing, unfortunately, the websites pile up and up, and the time it takes to read them grows with it. Many people turn to RSS feeds to let them browse quicker, as [...]
[Android] Get a beautiful new clock and weather widget with One More Clock Widget Free
Chances are you still have your phone’s default clock widget enabled. How very boring! The beauty of Android’s widgets system is that you can make your homescreen look however you want, and part of that is choosing the perfect clock widget for you. Try One More Clock Widget: it’s a [...]
Motorola has fun at Apple’s expense with #iLost campaign
I’m not exactly sure what Motorola means by “the full-screen phone” in the ad shown above. What I do know, however, is Motorola is joining the ranks of Nokia and Samsung at poking at fun Apple’s latest and greatest iPhone. In particular, Motorola is having a laugh at the expense [...]
Read More »Nokia Maps is better than Google Maps and iOS Maps, if Nokia is to be believed
iOS 6 has seen the boot of Google Maps from iOS and the introduction of a replacement, iOS Maps. News has been rolling in of how pathetically incomplete iOS Maps is with Apple even conceding that it is a work in progress. In the failure of iOS Maps Nokia smells [...]
Read More »iPhone 5 vs Galaxy S III: Drop tests show iPhone 5 is very durable, survives falls much better than the Galaxy S III
Today is the official release date for the much anticipated iPhone 5. While the features of the iPhone 5 may be nothing special for Android fans, how does its durability fare? As we have seen in the iPhone 4S vs Galaxy S III vs HTC One X drop test, the [...]
Read More »[Android] Manage your phone’s volume from your home screen with Volume Control Widget
Did you know your device has not one, not two, but four volume levels that are all controlled independently? Managing them can be a real pain sometimes, and you might accidentally make a loud sound blare out of your device one day if you’re not careful. However, with Volume Control [...]
[Android] Surf your way to the light at the end of the tunnel in Subway Surfers
Since March, Android users have been able to play the extremely famous game Temple Run. Subway Surfers, while not nearly as famous, is now making its ways to Google’s shores as well, and was released into Play Store today. Much like Temple Run, you play as a person running along [...]
[Android] Test the speed of your phone against others in Qualcomm’s new Vellamo Mobile Benchmark
Is your phone feeling a long in the tooth? Everyone knows that means it’s time to run out an buy a new one! time to see if it’s really your device, or just your mind fooling you. Often, devices can be just as fast as they were the day you [...]
Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is official for the United States, will hit all major carriers in November
Remember that rumor I posted last week about how Samsung’s phablet Galaxy Note II is coming to the United States? Yeah, well, it is no longer a rumor — it is official.
Samsung has released an official press statement saying the Galaxy Note II will hit Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint, [...]
Read More »[Android] Look up current and historic currency conversion rates with Money Informer
Going on an international business trip soon, and finding yourself freaked out about that currency conversion thing? Don’t! Money Informer is a free app that lets you know the current conversion rate between virtually any two countries in the world, and a chart of their historic exchange rates.
Money Informer [...]
Read More »[Android] Securely back up all of your photos, videos, contacts, messages, and more using G Cloud Backup
One of the coolest things about Android is its deeply integrated synchronization with Google. All of your settings, contacts, and emails are instantly uploaded to secure servers off in Googleville, USA, where they’re safely stored in case you need to access them to either download onto a new device or [...]
[Android] Track any package from any shipper with Package Buddy
Shopping online is fun and, dare I say, addicting. But when you’ve bought a dozen different things from a half a dozen online shops, you’re inevitably going to lose track of when they all arrive and all of the individual shipping numbers. Keep track of not just your packages, but [...]
Security researchers remotely hack iOS and Android, steal data (photos, videos, contacts, etc.)
At the EUSecWest 2012 conference in Amsterdam, there is a Mobile Pwn2Own contest in which security researchers — or hackers, if you want — try to demonstrate their prowess at hacking mobile devices. The two best hacks of the day? A hack by a Certified Secure team that exploits a [...]
New Samsung ad mocks iPhone 5 fans, is still funny despite lack of originality
What do you do when your biggest competitor just announced, and is about to release, “the next big thing”? You create an ad that mocks that big thing to show consumers that “the next big thing is already here”. Just like what Samsung has done. Samsung is running a TV [...]
Read More »How to install TeamWin Recovery Project custom recovery on Asus Transformer Pad Infinity TF700T [Guide]
If you have been eagerly waiting to install ClockworkMod (CWM) recovery on your Asus Transformer Pad Infinity TF700T, after unlocking it, wait no more. This guide will help you install TeamWin Recovery Project (TWRP) custom recovery on your Asus Transformer Pad Infinity TF700T. As of now, CWM recovery doesn’t have [...]
[Android] Get a greeting and a calendar notification every morning with Enjoy Your Day
Having my own personal butler would be awesome. I could just ask them about my schedule every morning, and instantly know where I needed to be and when. Unless dotTech starts paying a lot more, however, that’s not going to happen. Instead, I can use the free Enjoy Your Day [...]
[Android] Got Jelly Bean? Get a set of cool new copy-pastable emotes with Look of Disapproval
Are you rocking an all-new Galaxy Nexus or Nexus 7? If you are, you know just how cool it is to be running the latest version of Android with all of its cool new features. One small feature among the thousands of little tweaks is much improved support for special [...]
[Android] Play a quick game of Reversi on your phone or tablet with Reversi Free
Board games were an integral part of most people’s childhood, but after they grow up, they tend to sit more on the back burner of life. Since the invention of the modern smartphone, however, they’ve made a comeback in the form of quick little games for you to play on [...]
[Android] Play as a pig in a rocket-propelled cart in Farm Breakout
What happens when a mischievous pig finds its way into a truffle warehouse? You end up with a eccentric game in which you race up and around curves, spins, and even over giant spinning rocks. That’s the idea behind the quirky new game Farm Breakout, in which you pilot a [...]
[Android] Light up your homescreen with shapes using the new wallpaper PartGen Live Wallpaper
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Boxes are everywhere in PartGen, an all-new live wallpaper by ZnevSoft. However, it doesn’t have to be that way. It’s a free wallpaper that lets you set a collection of shapes as your wallpaper, and those shapes are customizable to your liking: get them in any color, and in a [...]
Read More »[Android] Get Chubby the bird back to the nest in time for dinner in Chubby Bird
One day, Chubby was relaxing in the forest when he got a text message. It was time to go home to dinner! There was only one slight issue: he had a very hard time flying, and the sky was littered with obstacles. Help him get home by flying him across [...]
[Android] Screen turning off while you’re reading? Keep it on with SmartStay Ex
Many people enjoy reading things on their tablets and cell phones. There’s an issue with this: if you take too long, your screen will turn itself off! Samsung solved this problem in the Galaxy S III. The S3 takes a photo with your front facing camera, and if it detects [...]
[Android] Find and review local businesses with the free Yelp app
There are thousands and thousands of businesses in every city, and each and every one of them is either awesome, terrible, or somewhere in between. How do you find out without spending years going to and spending money at each one of them? You let other people spend collective years [...]
[Android] Save money and find cheap gas with your new friend, GasBuddy
The United States has some of the cheaper gas in the world, beating European countries by around 50%. However, we drive a lot more, and as such, we spend a large amount of money on gas. If you don’t like paying large sums of money for gas–who does?!–GasBuddy is a [...]
Want a free iPhone 5 or Galaxy S III? Grab a job at Yahoo
As far as the industry is concerned, Yahoo is a dying breed. Because of its lack of competitiveness in the services and products it offers, users are flocking away from Yahoo and to its rivals — especially when it comes to search, a once-staple product in Yahoo’s portfolio. As a [...]
Read More »[Android] Paddles and powerups, oh my! Play the next generation of Pong with Paddletronic Duel
Pong was a wonderful game… back in the early 70s when it was released. Now, we have games like Call of Duty and Assassin’s Creed, featuring mind-blowingly realistic graphics on increasingly powerful systems. Paddletronic Duel upgrades Pong for the Modern Era, giving it powerups, customizable paddles, and much more game-changing [...]
[Android] Smash bricks and keep the ball in the air in Brick Breaker, a remake of the Atari classic
Do you remember playing Breakout or Arkanoid, the game in which you bounce a ball off a paddle to break bricks, on your old Atari or at the arcade? I do! And now, you can get that same game on your phone with the free, ad-supported Brick Breaker.
Brick Breaker, [...]
Read More »[Android] Die once and for all in the new platformer One Single Life
In a lot of games, dying is inevitable. You die, and click respawn–it’s that simple. One Single Life is not like that–not at all. In it, you get but a single life. You have to risk it by jumping between buildings, and the jumps get harder as they go. At [...]
Samsung ad shows how much better the Galaxy S III is than the iPhone 5
It does take a genius to know the Galaxy S III is iPhone 5′s biggest competitor. It also doesn’t a take a genius to know Samsung is going to attack Apple on all fronts. So it isn’t surprising Samsung has conjured an ad that pits the Galaxy S III in [...]
Read More »[Android] Get beautiful, intuitive voice command searching and life management with Maluuba
Are you a fan of voice-based helpers like Apple’s Siri and Google’s Now/Voice Search? They’re both quite technically amazing, but both are only available for a limited number of devices, with Siri being only for 2011-2012 devices and Google Now only for Jelly Bean devices. Maluuba is different: billing itself [...]
[Android] Launch emulated games the beautiful way with the free GameShelf game launcher
Are you a fan of using game emulators? I know I like them! They let you bring your love for older game consoles on the road with you. However, they’re generally as ugly as can be, and launching game ROMs as unintuitive as could ever be designed. GameShelf is nice, [...]