Acer’s C7 Chromebook Getting an SSD Looks like Acer’s C7 Chromebook is getting a bit of an upgrade. It’s said to be getting a 16GB SSD option but it’ll remain at $199. It’s still a great device for the price, especially if you live in Chrome. Verizon’s “Cloud” Launches on Galaxy S4 and Droid DNA
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Welcome to the latest entry in our Bonus Round series, wherein we tell you all about the new Android games of the day that we couldn’t get to during our regular news rounds. Consider this a quick update for the dedicated gamers who can’t wait for our bi-weekly roundups, and don’t want to wade through a whole day’s worth of news just to get their pixelated fix. Today we’ve got n adorable brawler, a licensed adventure book (what?), a new arcade racing game, and old arcade racing game, and Square’s latest casual title. Without further ado: Sci-Fighters Sci-Fighters is a ported browser game, a simple multiplayer brawler vein that takes its cutesy science fiction inspiration from Flash Gordon and the like
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For the few people that have Google Glass in their hands, the company is definitely encouraging them to use it and pick around inside the software. Google has held several mod sessions for its wearable computing device and has emphasized that it is up to developers to make Glass appeal to the average consumer. Lately
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In a surprising report from theWall Street Journal, it appears that Google is aggressively moving toward bringing “the next billion” Internet users online – soon. If they succeed, expect the number of Android users around the world to skyrocket.(This is a preview – click here to read the entire entry.)
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Samsung would not be the company it is today if it were not for Android. Samsung was the company that proved it is possible to make Android devices that compete with Apple and others, but as we all know, you can never stop innovating in the mobile industry. We’ve known for a while now that
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Help save that valuable mobile data with just a few taps in Chrome Beta One of the lesser talked-about features rolled out at Google I/O last week was a new option for Chrome on mobile devices to cut down on the bandwidth used while browsing. Well the feature has been rolled out in an experimental capacity as part of the latest Chrome Beta update on Android, and it's a quick way to help save on data usage while browsing. Like most systems that work to preserve data while browsing, Google routes your browsing traffic through one of its own proxy servers, compressing it along the way as data is sent back and forth to your phone. Correctly, Google has chosen to only route HTTP connections through the proxy, and HTTPS request will always be sent directly
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One of the more interesting alternative launchers out there (that is to say, one that isn’t just a grid of apps and widgets plus a drawer) is Action Launcher. This premium custom launcher has been gaining fans since its launch, thanks to a unique gesture-based app drawer and a focus on speed and usability. With version 1.7, developer Chris Lacy has added some of the features this younger launcher lacks, most notably icon theme support – the various theme packs for GO, Nova, and Apex launchers should work with Action Launcher Pro now. A stock Jelly Bean icon pack is included. Done With This Post?
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Okay, so Motorola has to be getting ready to announce something sooner or later. In the past few weeks we’ve seen the XT1058 for AT&T, the XT1056 for Sprint and now the XT1060 for Verizon pass through the FCC. All likely to be the X Phone or XFON as previously leaks have told us.
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Memorial Day weekend! This week was a busy one, so it will be nice to have that extra day to relax and catch up on rest from all of the traveling we have been doing lately. This week was highlighted by Android 4.3 tidbits, Verizon’s comical press event at CTIA, and talks of a “Google This Week in the Life of DROID: 5/24/2013 is a post from: Droid Life Click the post title to continue through and join the conversation!
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Sometimes, updates break things. That seems to be the case for some HTC owners who, upon receiving a silent update to the newest version of Google Play Services, are having trouble using apps that rely on location data. According to HTC phone users in this support thread, Google Now continually asks to turn Location Services on, location-dependent applications like Foursquare and WeatherBug don’t function properly, and Maps is unable to lock onto a location.
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Remember the Motorola device by the codename XT1060 that we reported as likely being Verizon’s variant of the XFON? It cruised through the FCC today, sporting Verizon’s LTE band 13 and CDMA frequencies. It also supports GSM bands as well, so the device can probably be taken overseas on a global roaming journey, like many Verizon’s Motorola XFON Hits the FCC as Model XT1060…
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The HTC One has been in the news a lot over the past few days. With rumors of stock Android models, bigger 5-inch screens, and patent lawsuits from Nokia. Today
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Customers in 21 cities across 6 counties will receive higher speed data this fall C Spire Wireless, a regional carrier primarily serving the Southeastern U.S., has announced today that it will be expanding its LTE coverage to South Alabama and Northwest Florida starting this fall. The rollout, which will offer customers drastically higher data speeds, will cover a total of 2,899 square miles across 21 cities and offer the service to 687,000 people utilizing and 146 cell sites. Here's the city breakdown: Alabama: 15 cities in the south Alabama counties of Mobile and Baldwin, including Mobile, Prichard, Saraland, Satsuma, Chickasaw, Daphne, Fairhope, Foley, Gulf Shores, Loxley, Orange Beach, Summerdale, Robertsdale, Silverhill and Spanish Fort Florida: 6 cities in four northwest Florida counties, including Gulf Breeze, Destin, Fort Walton Beach, Mary Esther, Cinco Bayou and Miramar Beach There isn't a detailed schedule for when the areas will start to roll out other than “this fall”, but we'll surely hear more about the specifics as we near that launch window. Source: C Spire Wireless
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When few (if any) web browsers do everything well, many of us have more than one client just to cover all the bases. The GO Launcher Dev Team’s just-launched Next Browser for Android tries to solve this in the simplest way possible: it cherry picks features from established rivals. Sharing extensions from Dolphin? Check. Chrome’s frequently visited pages
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Fight off the endless wave of dog attacks in Battle Cats! This game, which seems to be growing in popularity at an insane rate, is fun to play and very colorful. It is sort of a tower defense meets Plants vs. Zombies game, as you must protect your kitty castle from oncoming enemies. There are Battle Cats, the Ultimate App for all out Kitteh Warfare is a post from: Droid Life Click the post title to continue through and join the conversation!
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Google Glass is still very much in the early stages, and obviously a developer platform with tons of features we may or may not see on the final product. Now
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The image above is being passed around by an anonymous tipster this evening that claims to have screenshots alongside some new information about an upcoming version of Gmail for both the web and mobile devices. According to the tipster, the update Gmail for web will have new Category tabs that organize emails into separate inboxes […]
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Nokia is really stepping up their patent trolling game this week in their ongoing battle with HTC. In the wake of a filing with the International Trade Commission regarding infringements on RFIC (radio frequency ID) which seem to involve almost every device that HTC has released in the last year, Nokia on Thursday filed a
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We’re almost into Memorial Day weekend, so why not kick the holiday off with a giveaway? Since most of you will have the next three days off, we’re sure you could easily find a way to spend $10 in the Google Play store using a gift card, right? We have five of them to giveaway! Contest: Win 1 of 5 Google Play $10 Gift Cards!
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HTC has uploaded a short video showcasing the company’s history of technical innovations, starting from 1997 and ending in 2013 with the HTC One.
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