Wallaby gets Android Wear support
Wallaby Financial is a mobile and web-based credit card service. Company’s Wallaby app was updated and it now supports Android Wear devices. Talking about wearables, Wallaby services are available on Google Glass, Samsung Tizen devices and Pebble as well. As of this Android Wear update, you can now activate voice commands via your Android Wear… Read more »
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MacroDroid – Device Automation allows you to set up your device exactly how you want it [‘Watch’ This App]
If you’ve ever wished that you could just shake your phone to upload a photo to Facebook or turn or your data connection when you open a certain app then you may want to check out MacroDroid-Device Automation. It’s an app that allows you to easily automate certain actions on your phone or smartwatch. For… Read more »
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Google Play Music on Android lets you find your friends’ playlists
You may remember that Google Play Music All Access on Android briefly got public playlist searching back in August, only to lose the option a short while later. Well, it’s back — and this time, it appears to be here to stay. Much like Spotify, the update Play Music app now lets you find others’ carefully curated mixes and stream them on the spot. If you need a ready-made party playlist or just want to find out what your friends are listening to, you only have to visit the playlists section and start typing. The feature may take a while to hit your phone, but Android Police has a download if you can’t wait to check out others’ tastes in tunes.
Filed under: Cellphones, Internet, Mobile, Google
Via: PCWorld, Android Police
Source: Google Play
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FaceStore for Android Wear [‘Watch’ This App]
Got yourself a fancy new Android Wear smartwatch? Well we’ve got just the app for you. FaceStore is a simple collection of high quality watch faces for you to download and enjoy. The app includes featured watch faces, updates on when there are new faces in the catalog, The catalog has already greatly increased in… Read more »
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Viber’s latest shot at Skype: video calling on Android and iOS
Viber really, really wants you to abandon Skype and all those other messaging apps, so its latest update adds an important feature for something in its category: video calls. The Rakuten-owned app now gives you the power to video chat with friends on Android and iOS, almost a year after it introduced the capability to call any number you want. And, in case you want to switch devices in the middle of a conversation, you can transfer video calls from mobile to desktop (where the feature’s been available for a while) and vice versa. Other than that, Viber 5.0 now lets you add friends quickly by scanning QR codes, but that sounds like a lackluster afterthought compared to video calls, doesn’t it?
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Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile
Via: The Next Web
Source: iOS, Google Play
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Bring! Shopping List: A simple shopping list that you can share [‘Watch’ This App]
If you keep forgetting to buy something when you go to the grocery store, and want an app that provides you with a simple shopping list that you can share with your household then it may be time to check out Bring! Shopping List. The Bring! Shopping List app has a simple and easy to… Read more »
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Is the new iPhone a threat to Android?
Every year, when Apple introduce their new iPhone to the world, everyone is asking the same question – Is it good enough to be a threat to Android? It’s one of the most complicated questions, but the answer to it in simple way is that Apple iOS 8 or even the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are definitely not a threat to Android, but why not?
When we talk about Android, we talk about all the OEM’s like Samsung, LG, Sony, HTC and many more. For a comparison, let’s look at the results of last year, when in Q3 2013, more than 250 million smartphones were sold and out of that number, more than 200 million phones were powered by Android. Even when the most competitive rival Apple and Samsung are compared to each other, Samsung sold around 80 million smartphones while Apple made it to 30 million smartphones only.
Yes, Apple new iPhone series might be a threat to the flagship Android smartphones, even TechRepublic thinks that Apple might give Android a run for their money, but I think otherwise. For example, they call the new design ‘elegant’ but I think they forgot when it is about elegance, there are devices like the HTC One M8, LG G3 and many others which are a symbol of elegance. They also mentioned about the mobile wallet and the wearable device, but on Android, we already got that.
We did a little comparison of iPhone 6 with Galaxy S5 and Note 4, and also of iPhone 6 Plus with One Plus One and Note 4. All the ‘magical’ features of the new iPhone 6, most of them are already available on different Android devices. Tim Cook told Wall Street Journal that he is expecting Android users to switch to iPhone, but that number will be nothing but just a small fraction in our opinion.
Ron Amadeo of Ars Technica also shared a comparison of iPhone 6 with the Nexus 4. Yes, Nexus 4 which was released in 2012, and you will be amazed to see that both smartphones have a lot of features in common.
Android is leading the smartphone market with more than 85% share, so I think it’s safe to say that the new iPhone(s) will never be a threat to our beloved Android. The Android flagship smartphones will definitely face a tough time from it, but in the end, we all know who will win. Are you planning to switch to the new iPhone or you are happy with what you have right now? Let us know in the comment box below.
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Two Googlers named for Big Android BBQ keynote
Reto Meier and Timothy Jordan will be giving the keynote at the Big Android BBQ on October 17th.
If you’re not familiar with the names, Meier manages the Scalable Developer Advocacy team as part of Google’s Developer Relations, whilst Jordan is a Senior Developer Advocate at Google for Glass and Android Wear.
Their talk at the Android BBQ will focus on the inception of Android right through to the evolution of the platform to the wearable market.
What a great Keynote that is going to be for those lucky enough to be attending the Big Android BBQ.
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Sony bids adiós to future updates for the Xperia L, M, C and SP
“There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.”
The above line is just a hint about the news we want to present to you i.e.: Sony has reached the end on updating the Xperia L, M, C, and SP. The end to software update is indeed a bad news, We simply tried to ease the hard blow by reminding you that there is no certainty with end. Did it help? We hope it helped.
Anyway, all of these Xperia devices are presently running Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, and that’s the highest they will ever go. Sony confirmed this earlier today when it updated each device’s respective software update page with an end-affirming “Latest and final version” tag. Ah! That hurts.So now, let’s take a look at the lighter side: Our lives are still updating and (as of now) there is no end to it. Deep insight. Period.
Feel free to check out each devices update page at Sony.
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Google brings Android apps to Chrome OS, starts off slow
At Google I/O the Android and Google community were in awe at Google’s plans for the future. We saw Android L, Material Design, screen mirroring for Chromecast, Android TV and Android Auto. Something else that came out of the Google I/O conference was the long-awaited hope and dream of Android apps on Chrome OS, Chromebooks to be more precise.
After just a few months, Google has started to make that a public reality. The flood gates aren’t opening just yet, but Google is making a select number of apps available. Those apps are Duolingo, Evernote, Sight Words, and Vine. Oddly enough Flipboard was mentioned during Google I/O but didn’t make the initial cut. Moving forward Google will be working with a handful of developers to start moving their apps over and making sure they work as they are supposed too.
“Over the coming months, we’ll be working with a select group of Android developers to add more of your favorite apps so you’ll have a more seamless experience across your Android phone and Chromebook.”
So, does this mean you need some sort of new install, or a special emulator of sorts installed? Nope. Ars Technica plugged Google for a little more detail in terms of how it all runs.
The app code is all running on top of the Chrome platform, specifically inside of Native Client. In this way the ARC (Android Runtime for Chrome) apps run in the same environment as other apps you can download from the Chrome Web Store, even though they are written on top of standard Android APIs. The developers do not need to port or modify their code, though they often choose to improve it to work well with the Chromebook form factor (keyboard, touchpad, optional touchscreen, etc).
Quick and simple. You don’t need anything nor do you need to do anything. All you need to do is grab the app from the Chrome Web Store and use it. You do need to be on Chrome OS version 37 though. Hit up the links below to go grab each of the specific apps from the Chrome Web Store mentioned and let us know what you think.
Duolingo | Evernote | Sight Words | Vine
Source: Chrome Blog Via: Ars Technica
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