Android

Google Play Services is the golden child of Android apps

As I mentioned in my previous post, there was no new version of Android announced at Google I/O this year. I speculated, and suggested…

Sony Xperia Z review: the best Android smartphone yet

I’m no Xperia fan. I dislike the name (any product name that begins with an “X” in it reeks of nineties shame), I’ve never…

No Android update at Google I/O and that’s perfectly okay

Google’s yearly I/O, a conference aimed at developers saw its keynote on May 15 and surprisingly, there was no major Android update — and I’m…

Here’s how Google wants you to ‘void your warranty’ and hack Google Glass

At Google I/O 2013, the search company showed off its wearable PC/hipster accessory Google Glass and it’s potential for hacking. In a video called…

RIP Google+ Games: service shutters 30 June 2013

Google+ Games, an online casual games site hosted within Google+, will shutter on 30 June 2013. Visiting the official site now shows an ominous…

Google Glass gains facial recognition with sneaky hack

Google Glass is exciting. It’s the first real step towards hands-free computing and one day, Star Trek-style interaction. Recently though, one user’s gone and…

Samsung echoes Apple’s closed OS: Galaxy S4 ‘impossible to root’

There is little doubt when it comes to who the leading Android handset manufacturer in the world is, considering Samsung has obliterated all competition…

Asus Transformer Pad Infinity — a better benchmark

The Asus Transformer range has been the benchmark ‘tablet to beat’ in the Android space since the first Transformer launched about two years ago….

Jelly Bean makes Acer Iconia Tab A110 drool-worthy

We saw this a while back and were unmoved. Another 7-incher for US$200 with Android 4.0? Add it to the list, pal. With Jelly…

Google Schemer – our new favourite app

Finding things to do in and around your city can be tricky, it can be downright frustrating at times. However, as with most first…

Let the Jelly Bean customisation begin

If you love mobile tech, regardless of which OS you support, you should’ve heard about the new version of Android by now. Android 4.1.1,…

Raspberry Pi to get Android 4.0

Eben Upton, founder of Foundation, has stated on the Raspberry Pi blog that development is underway to have Android Ice Cream Sandwich on a…

Philips Fidelio, an Android docking station to be proud of

This a little difficult for me to admit, but I’ve always been jealous the docking stations available to anyone with an iDevice. So when…

Samsung Olympicises Galaxy S III for select hotels

Guests of Holiday Inn London Stratford City during the Olympics will be happy to hear that Samsung has made life a little bit easier…

New Microsoft patent deal is a Linux loving venture

The latest Patent deal between Microsoft and Amdocs might be a window that gives us a glimpse of what Microsoft is up to. Microsoft…

Droid X360 is the $114 retro-gaming tablet you always wanted

Now we’re proper excited. Android’s free right? So the only thing holding the world back from an ultra cheap Ice Cream Sandwich tablet is…

Motorola Xoom 2: the anti-iPad

As soon as the delivery man arrived in the ‘burn offices, I knew we were in for trouble. His demeanour suggested we were to…

Amazon threatens with 6 new tablets, cue rolling eyes

According to US retail store Staples, Amazon is readying for not only a new Kindle Tablet, but six new devices. Or is it? Staples…

China welcomes Jelly Bean with the ZTE N880E

This is China’s first Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) phone, the ZTE N880E. It’s a coup. Not only is the ZTE N880E the first Jelly…

Nexus 7, new iPad dropped, soaked and beaten

The final breath of any gadget comes at a price, like the hundreds of dollars it cost to purchase the damn thing. Without warning,…

Google’s new weather widget is a tablet-only deal

Google really wants to get its fingers in all the pies, even if it’s a little one. It has just announced a new a…

China-only smartphone from Phillips rocks 13-hour battery life

Who is Phillips again? The company that cranks out stereo systems and microwave ovens? Not so, Phillips is a still a player in the mobile…

Google Now, the Android-powered fortune teller we always wanted

Watch this, and wonder what Google isn’t capable of: Whether all these ambitious new developments by Google are going to work in the real…

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