Amazon has confirmed that version 5 of Fire OS for its Fire tablet removes support for device encryption. Read More | Continue reading
Fairphone is two things: a "smartphone with social values" and a "social enterprise that is building a movement for fairer electronics." In other words, it's more than just a device - it's a mean to a very noble end: making the entire electronics value chain fairer for everyone i … | Continue reading
We really liked Wizards & Wagons [$4.99] when it came out back in November. The game was our game of the week, and we really liked it in our review, too, partly due to its dynamic gameplay and addictive quality. Now, Android users can join in on the fun since Wizards & Wagons has … | Continue reading
Citymaps, the curated mapmaking company, has updated its iOS and Android application to include a downloadable option so users can access maps offline. Read More | Continue reading
There is now a solution for your cable woes... one unlike anything we have seen in the past. LMcable works with both Lightning and Micro USB ports! | Continue reading
If you’ve ever wanted to serve a stadium dog to Lionel Messi, you’re about to get the opportunity. Cooking Fever, a mobile kitchen-sim game for iOS and Android, is getting an update this month that has players running a restaurant inside the stadium of Spanish soccer team FC Barc … | Continue reading
Phones coming out of China are getting better and better, and the Meizu Pro 5 is one beautiful piece of machinerySadly, while the flagship device is undoubtedly well-made, it's entirely let down by Flyme OS, Meizu's custom Android interface that comes installed on the phone.See a … | Continue reading
For years, iPhones and Android phones have needed different cables to charge — Apple requires the Lightning cable and you'll need a micro USB cable for an Android device. But now there’s a single cable that connects to both.The LMcable, which is picking up significant traction on … | Continue reading
It’s OK, you survived, February is done (with an extra day, no less!) and March is upon us. The next Valentine’s Day is 350 days away. Before you jump headfirst into almost-Spring though, there’s just time to check out nine of the best new and updated Android apps from February. … | Continue reading
In the spirit of individualism linking hand in hand with community, Android has been running a marketing campaign under the slogan, “Be together, not the same.” | Continue reading
I cringe every time I watch someone pinch-to-zoom on their smartphone’s screen right before snapping a photo. The seemingly simple act of zooming in on an object, despite what the screen on the phone displays at the time, almost guarantees the end result will be a pixelated, garb … | Continue reading
Mobile app developers who wanted to easily port their apps from Android or iOS to Windows 10 devices were in luck when Microsoft announced it created tools to help with that transition last year. But now Microsoft is going back and dropping the Android bridge, focusing on just iO … | Continue reading
Microsoft announced that it’s killed off Project Astoria, its development tool for porting Android apps to Windows. The news doesn’t come as a surprise: the company put Project Astoria on hold back in November before it was even fully ready. In a blog post, Microsoft said: We rec … | Continue reading
Microsoft today announced that it has stopped working on Windows Bridge for Android, a tool for turning Android apps into universal Windows apps that can run on all types of Windows devices. Microsoft announced at its Build developer conference last year that Android would be an … | Continue reading
HTC's next flagship smartphone is coming.The struggling smartphone maker wisely waited until after Samsung announced its Galaxy S7 and LG unveiled its modular G5 at Mobile World Congress to send out a teaser for its next smartphone.See also: 12 awesome Instagram features you're p … | Continue reading
A startup comprised of a trio of ex-Google engineers is doing something Google has roundly failed to do: make Android compelling on larger screen devices like tablets and even PCs. Read More | Continue reading
In the new Android Support Library, Google is including Day and Night Mode APIs in addition to a handful of other pretty cool tools. | Continue reading
Google announced two small but useful updates for Gmail on Android today: rich text formatting and instant RSVPs. Rich text formatting has long been available for Gmail on the web, but this is the first time Google has brought it to mobile. The formatting options are pretty strai … | Continue reading
AMSTERDAM — The price of oil continues to drop, but Saudi Arabia still has cash to burn on mobile games. Only around 30 million people live in Saudi Arabia, but that population generates approximately $350 million per year in revenues for mobile games, according to research firm … | Continue reading
Mobile OS maker Jolla, who with its Android alternative Sailfish has been trying to carve out a niche for a third platform in the smartphone space for the past five years, has announced it’s signed a new OEM partner: African OEM Mi-Fone. Read More | Continue reading
You can now turn your smartphone into a laser tag gun, and all you need is an app and a small attachment. Play against other people in local laser tag skirmishes, join a faction and work to control areas around the globe — all with your smartphone screen.The game is called Father … | Continue reading
BARCELONA — This year's Mobile World Congress is a huge sea smartphones (yay!), networking gear (meh) and people wearing VR headsets (uh...), but in between all the suited-up business folks and sweaty, stinky reporters was one booth that had something really charming.At the Andro … | Continue reading
A panel session probing the perennial heads or tails of mobile device commoditization vs mobile device innovation here at MWC 2016 earlier today heard an interesting range of views. Speakers ran the gamut of mobile makers big and small (Samsung, Motorola/Lenovo and Wileyfox), thr … | Continue reading
Today’s mobile landscape is dominated by a handful of companies –Samsung, Apple, and Huawei — making it exceedingly difficult for a new company to generate the capital and the buzz necessary to compete. That’s why Nextbit, a small company formed by veterans of some of the industr … | Continue reading
Here at Mobile World Congress 2016, the annual Barcelona-based flesh-pressing of the telco industry, Google and a bunch of carriers have put out a press release talking up how they are apparently ‘aligning’ to try to drive adoption of RCS. Read More | Continue reading
BARCELONA — The sad reality is Sony's Xperia smartphones just aren't selling, despite having desirable features like a 4K display, long battery life and clean, minimalist designs.Even though its struggling, the company's not giving up on mobile. At Mobile World Congress, Sony ann … | Continue reading
Typically, mobile apps are stand-alone experiences that play nicely with the operating system but aren’t fully integrated in it. Cyanogen — the company best known for its Android-based Cyanogen OS — is launching MOD today, a new developer platform that will give app developers th … | Continue reading
BARCELONA — You no longer have to shell out a ton of money for a smartphone with great audioLenovo's Vibe K5 Plus, announced at Mobile World Congress, is a budget phone that comes with Dolby Atmos, a mobile surround sound experience normally reserved for high-end devices like the … | Continue reading
BARCELONA — The successors to the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge phones are here and they're called, predictably, the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge.Samsung and Android fans will really love the new smartphones. As excellent as the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge were, the switch to a premium metal … | Continue reading
It’s nice. That’s about the G5 in a nutshell. With rounded edges and premium build, the handset feels great in your hand. The camera works well and dual lenses allow for different shooting options not found on other smartphones. And LG stuck with its roots and included a removabl … | Continue reading
The initiative is being pushed forward by LinkNYC in an effort to make sure anybody can check their email, find directions, or even place wifi calls. | Continue reading
Internet security is hard. TLS is almost impossible. Implementing TLS correctly in Java is Nightmare! While the higher-level HttpsURLConnection and Apache's DefaultHttpClient do it (mostly) right, direct users of Java SSL sockets (SSLSocket/ SSLEngine, SSLSocketFactory) are left … | Continue reading