Accessory of the Day: Bluetooth-equipped selfie stick, $19.99
While they might not be the hippest looking things on the market, you can’t deny the effectiveness of a selfie stick. This one, from Mpow, features a Bluetooth controlled shutter button so you can easily snap that wide-angle shot of you and your friends for Instagram. At only $19.99 (Prime), this makes a perfect gift!
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SpeakerPhone Ex – Never worry about putting your phone on loudspeaker again
Putting someone on loudspeaker doesn’t have to be a frustrating experience anymore, thanks to a little app called SpeakerPhone Ex. No doubt you’ve been in a situation where you’ve had to put someone on speakerphone and have missed a section of the conversation in the time it took you to pull the phone down from your ear, the screen to wake up, and to find that speaker button?
That’s where SpeakerPhone Ex comes in; the app sits in the background and will activate itself during a call to give a ton of options. The main feature is that it will activate and remove the loudspeaker using the proximity sensor on your device. So to activate loudspeaker during a call, just remove the device from your ear.
In addition, SpeakerPhone Ex can auto-answer a call by placing it to your ear, as well as auto-hangup. The basic features, such as auto-answer and auto-speakerphone are free, but the PRO version is required for additional options like the auto-hangup and additional customisation options.
You can grab the free version in the Google Play Store by using the link below.
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Android Studio v1.1 is released to the Stable Channel, primarily fixes bugs
Android Studio left its beta status behind with the release of v1.0 in December of last year, and here we have version 1.1 being released to the stable channel with the primary purpose of fixing bugs. This new release of the Android Studio IDE (Integrated Development Environment) does bring a few new functions with it though, as can be seen in the changelog below.
Changelog:
- Improved unit testing support, requires the new version of Gradle plugin (v1.1)
- Many new lint checks – run Analyse > Inspect Code to check if version 1.1 finds new issues in your projects
- Analog and digital Android Wear watch face templates
- Updated launcher icons, packaged as mipmap resources
- Support for BCP 47 language tags (additional 3-letter language codes when using Android 5.0); this requires version 1.1 of the Gradle plugin.
- Bugfixes
If you are an Android developer, is this latest version of Android Studio enough to tempt you to quit using Eclipse with ADT?
Source: Google
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Samsung plays it straight in latest ‘Next Galaxy’ tease
Curved or straight? Samsung’s Galaxy S6 or whatever-its-called could be both, as the latest teaser shows a straight edge, when another from last week flaunted some curves. It boasted about the model being “crafted from the beautiful things I see around me,” possibly a reference to the use of metal in the body rather than plastic. Who knows? It’s smartphone PR after all, not Chekhov. Curved or straight, we expect that it’ll be Exynos-powered and possibly pack a smaller battery. We’ll find out next week at Mobile World Conference 2015, so try not to lose any sleep.
I am #TheNextGalaxy. See what inspired me at #Unpacked. https://t.co/r9hNJnrMP5
– TheNextGalaxy (@SamsungMobile) February 20, 2015
I am #TheNextGalaxy. See what inspired me at #Unpacked. https://t.co/r9hNJnrMP5
– TheNextGalaxy (@SamsungMobile) February 20, 2015
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Samsung
Source: Samsung (Twitter)
Rocket Fireworks – a blast of a time waster game for Windows Phone
Sometimes the simplest of games can be the most enjoyable. Rocket Fireworks is a Windows Phone game that hopes to fall into that category. Rocket Fireworks includes three gaming options where basically get to shoot fireworks on your Windows Phone. Sounds relatively simple, right?
Rocket Fireworks three gaming modes are designed to test your memory, reactions and tapping speeds. You also have time constraints and color sequences to match to keep the game from becoming too easy. The game concept is simple but mastering it may take some time. Available for low-memory Windows Phones, Rocket Fireworks comes across as a nice fit for the simple but enjoyable Windows Phone mold.
Something “HUGE” is coming, says HTC
With a little over a week to MWC, HTC USA took to Twitter to tease the arrival of something positively massive.
Something HUGE is coming from HTC. Imagine [number][big thing] in space. And then [math term] that by [number]. #Madlib
— HTC USA (@HTCUSA) February 19, 2015
At first blush, this looks like a run-of-the-mill teaser for the One M9. HTC surely hopes that the M9 will be a massive hit, and it’s not the first time the company’s promising “huge” products for 2015.
However, “huge” could have a way more literal sense if we think about the Ultra (or Plus) version of the M9 that has been rumored to launch on March 1 in Barcelona.
While the M9 has been thoroughly leaked by now, we know a lot less about this larger device. The M9 Ultra is supposed to feature a display of around 5.5-inch (compared to 5-inch on the M9), but it’s not clear if the device will be Full HD (like the M9) or, less likely, Quad HD. We expect the Ultra to preserve the general design and functionality of the M9, with one twist – the presence of a fingerprint sensor. Like its predecessor, the One Max, the M9 Ultra may have a fingerprint sensor, but if this render published by @evleaks is accurate, the feature will be re-located to the front of the phone.
Oh, and there’s this other theory, coming from HTC’s head of communication Jeff Gordon.
@HTCUSA I'm not good at math, but are you saying Half-Life 3 is confirmed?
— Jeff Gordon (@urbanstrata) February 19, 2015
Thoughts?
Samsung’s latest Galaxy S6 teaser talks about the metal and glass body
Following the multiple Galaxy S6 teasers that Samsung posted over the past week or so, the company has followed up with a new one today. While the previous teaser spoke about the battery and performance of the handset, this latest Twitter video talks about the construction of the device which has been rumored to be all metal.
The teaser doesn’t say much apart from “I am crafted from the beautiful things I see around me“, with the video focusing on glass and metal elements. The rest is pretty self explanatory really and leaves nothing to the imagination. This will be a massive transition for Samsung which has predominantly used plastic materials on its smartphones.
I am #TheNextGalaxy. See what inspired me at #Unpacked.
https://t.co/r9hNJnrMP5— TheNextGalaxy (@SamsungMobile) February 20, 2015
Make sure you mark the 1st of March on your calendars for more info on Samsung’s first Galaxy flagship of the year.
Source: @SamsungMobile – Twitter
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IFTTT is now IF, and their new tool tackles tasks with a single tap
The folks over at the ‘automate all the things’ site IFTTT have changed their name, and launched a new app. Formerly IFTTT, short for If This Then That, which is exactly how their service works, the new name is simply IF. If you were hoping their new app has a more elaborate name, sorry, it is called Do.
IFTTT, now IF, started as a web service. To use it, one simply followed the formula of their name, if something happens, then do something. Let me shamelessly self promote in an example – If Android Authority posts an article, catch in the RSS channel, then send yourself an email so you don’t miss it.
More recently, IFTTT launched as an Android app, introducing a few simply Android specific tools. So now, you can receive an Android notification when the Android Authority RSS has a new post. The update to the IFTTT Android app introduces the new name IF. It brings a few tweaks and bug fixes, nothing that will change your opinion of the service.
The new app called Do, which costs the same as IF has always run you – nothing – looks to simplify your IF experience. In short, they have stripped the whole ‘If This’ triggering setup and turned it into a button. You now need not wait for something to happen before your task is performed, you tell it to go, and Do does it.
One of the prevalent examples of Do is the ability to change the temperature in your house, via your Nest smart thermostat. You have to initially configure the Do button, but then you can simply tap it again and again to set to 60F, or whatever temp you like.
Do is free in the Google Play Store. Although Do and IF can operate independently, you may find more value out of having both installed, especially if you like automating things and are a fan of Android customization. As mentioned earlier, IF is free in the Google Play Store.
What do you think, is Do an appropriate addition to the IF(ttt) family of automation tools?
Cisco AnyConnect beta now appearing for download on BlackBerry World
Here’s a little something tricky. For a few months now, there has been a Cisco AnyConnect beta available in BlackBerry World but whenever anyone went to download it, the download would error out, and the app couldn’t be retrieved. It appears as though something has changed now though on BlackBerry World and while the app still isn’t showing up in search results, if you have the direct link, there’s a good chance you can get it installed.
Hands-on with Tilt v2 for BlackBerry 10
Towards the end of January we saw a big update to Tilt for BlackBerry 10. There were a bucket load of new features to see. Some people still wonder what the app is all about, so we’re going to go hands-on with the app to show you how it works.
Tilt is based on the Tilt UI that was showcased by BlackBerry Sweden way back in October 2013. You can head on over to that article and check out the original video. They made the sample code available to developers shortly after that and then in February 2014, Tilt became available in BlackBerry World.
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