There are a lot of elements and components of the Android OS that you can easily customize. Unfortunately, the Android notification bar is not one of them. When applying a custom skin or theme you can change the appearance of almo...
From the very moment you bought a smartphone or sign up to a social network, you are no longer safe from being spied on by the government. The Wall Street Journal has recently reported how the FBI is capable of switching on the mi...
Not all Android devices have a built-in camera that could take continuous high speed shots. This type of feature is quite useful especially when you’re taking a photo of something that couldn’t stay still even for just a short per...
You Don’t Know Jack is one of my favorite party games, and yes it’s a video game. I used to own it way, way back on PC, and I got the re-release for Xbox not too long ago. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s basically a tongue-in...
After all the rumors and leaks, Google and Motorola have officially announced the Moto X. If you’ve seen the device before or read about its rumored specifications — well, they were pretty spot on. But that doesn’...
Sharing your smartphone or tablet’s internet connection with another device or computer is known as tethering. Tethering is a very popular use of many smartphones (and some tablets), but many cell phone carriers in the Unite...
One of the most important things that should be included in a smartphone or tablet is the ability to extract and compress archived files with ease. Unfortunately, this feature has to be acquired through apps so you have to find a ...
In response to reports claiming that Samsung artificially boosted the Galaxy S4’s benchmark performance, the company is now basically saying: We didn’t do it. According to a translation of its official statement on the...
A Honk Kong man by the name of Mr. Du will be counting his losses but at the same time thankful to be alive after his Samsung Galaxy S4 caught fire and burned down his apartment… or so he says, anyway. According to Mr. Du, h...
Google Play Store downloads have for the first time ever surpassed Apple’s App Store downloads according to a report by App Annie. However, it seems that Apple still has the upper hand in terms of revenue with iOS apps gener...
Google Now is fantastic, and in many cases I would say it’s so much better than Siri (sorry iPhone brethren). It’s a lot more accurate when performing a voice search, and you always have the power of Google behind you. Who cares a...
There are times when it becomes difficult to express your thoughts or emotions because you can’t easily find the right phrase or word. This is where idioms come in handy because you can express what you feel in a simple yet peculi...
Edward Snowden, who I’m sure we all know by now as the whistleblower that leaked the US government’s PRISM program, has his very own video game. It’s an endless runner too. If you’ve ever played games like ...
I’m sure we can agree that Samsung makes some excellent smartphones, especially the much hyped Galaxy S4 which has some rather impressive specifications. Recent news has come to light, however, indicating that Samsung may ha...
Interestingly enough, there is one function in particular that can interrupt work on any smartphone, and it happens to be the one thing phones were originally intended for. That’s right, incoming calls can interrupt quite a bit es...
