Humble Bundle with Android 6 gives you its latest indie gaming collection
General News
Shane Rogers | Jun 18 2013 08:40 PM
The fine folks over at the Humble Bundle have announced the next version of everybody’s favorite package of indie-developed games and once again we of the Android persuasion get to partake in the bounty as well. The Humble Bundle with Android 6 has been released, and for the next two weeks - give or take - you can pick up some DRM free copies of some of the more unique games you may or may not have heard of.
ZZZ-specs leaked for Motorola X-Phone
Rumors
Jeff McIntire | Jun 15 2013 06:05 PM
There was a time, if you remember, when Motorola dominated the Android landscape with the original Droid in late 2009. Motorola stayed competitive through the next 2-3 years in terms of hardware if not in sales. It seems that the company has taken the year off in 2013, at least until the launch of the highly-anticipated X-phone. If the specs leaked Saturday for the X-phone turn out to be true, it looks like the flagship hiatus will continue.
Are you taking notes? Samsung should face stiff competition this Fall
Rumors
Jeff McIntire | Jun 14 2013 10:35 PM
For the last two years, Samsung has had the "phablet" market mostly to itself. In 2011, there was no phablet market to speak of, as Samsung was the first major manufacturer to take the risk of creating a supersized 5.3-inch phone in a world of sub-5-inch displays. Although the phablet market has gained quite a few competitors since then, none of them could match Samsung's S-Pen functionality. This year, however, at least two major super-sized phones are expected to provide fierce competition to the Galaxy Note 3, each expected to include a stylus.
Did the next Nexus 7 just visit the FCC and Bluetooth SIG with LTE on board?
Rumors
Jeff McIntire | Jun 14 2013 06:55 PM
Still more rumors surfaced Friday about the next Nexus 7, based on visits to the FCC and Bluetooth SIG by an Asus tablet called the "K009" and also tagged by Asus as a "Nexus" tablet. In addition to the previously-rumored 1920x1080 display and the Snapdragon chipset, it appears that this year's Nexus 7 could ship with LTE on board.
Friday's Big Question: Does Google play favorites with iOS?
Articles
Marty Eich | Jun 14 2013 05:50 PM
By looking quickly at the app updating schedules of Google Apps that cross the boundaries of iOS and Android, it seems as though Google has been preferring Apple lately. Could it be?
Play Music gets updated, allows you to control your data consumption and your sanity
Applications
Jeff McIntire | Jun 13 2013 10:30 PM
Are you on one of those infamous tiered data plans while also trying out Google's new All Access music subscription? If so, you might have been in for a nasty surprise the last time you checked your data usage. It seems that the new app was quite the data-hungry megabytivore, gulping data down like there is no tomorrow. Fortunately, Google updated the app Thursday to allow you to rein in the data usage.
Google+ gets a new menu and sync across devices
Applications
Jeff McIntire | Jun 13 2013 09:05 PM
Continuing the long run of Google app updates that began just before the I/O conference is the latest entry, Google+. Yes, the app already received a huge update that included Snapspeed photo editing and a new look and feel, but Google clearly isn't finished with this app yet. This time, Google+ gets sync across devices and a new menu that mimics those of Google's other app updates (such as Gmail, Play Music and Drive).









