About a year and a half ago (or somewhere near that), Google made the executive decision to give Android a design revamp. The launch of the Galaxy Nexus came about and with it came something much more important: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and a sleek new design theme known as Holo. A far cry from previous versions of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich… Read more
Google Search received a fun new update today to bringing in some new features such as real time package tracking from select carriers, quick feedback and settings on cards, and faster Google search results. As you can see in my screen shot above, cards now have a little ‘info’ symbol in the upper right corner that can be pressed to bring settings for… Read more
These images were leaked of Facebook’s newest endeavor with Android, Facebook Home. This upcoming software, which should be officially announced tomorrow, is set to be running on the HTC First, previously known as the HTC Myst. The home replacement is meant to be a simple way to navigate through your apps with full Facebook integration. It seems… Read more
When you look at this chart, you’ll see a huge difference from last month. While Jelly Bean 4.1 had 14.9% and 4.2 had 1.6% distribution last month, they now have 23% and 2% respectively. That’s an 8.5% difference. Has Jelly Bean really grown that much? Not exactly, and we’ll let Google do the explaining: Note: Beginning in April, 2013, these charts… Read more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rf5RUOO7gsM Many people carry two phones at all times, most of the time for business reasons. But what if a phone could act like two different phones? Sure, we’ve seen dual booting before. It’s annoying to reboot and the second ROM often has to be the same type as the first. It’s an impractical… Read more
Android continues to gain popularity and grow, not that we’re surprised. According to Kantar’s current market share numbers, Android has a 51.2% market share in the last three months, raising 5.8% since last year. In comparison, iOS currently holds 43.5% of the market share, a 3.5% drop from last year. Little by little, Windows Phone is growing,… Read more
It’s been a pretty crazy road for the OUYA console. Starting as a simple Kickstarter, it exploded into incredible popularity, and the team got working. They created an affordable gaming console with its own app store, and sent it out to developers in a special edition clear shell. Those developers gave a ton of feedback, and the team changed many… Read more
Facebook has something in store, and they’re going to show it off very soon. On April 4th at 10 AM Pacific, they will show off their “new home on Android.” We don’t exactly know what that means, but we can guess. Could it be the next Facebook phone? The original HTC ChaCha was not a success in any way, and there have been many rumors floating around… Read more
If you didn’t have enough to like about GameStick, they have announced more news to make the device much more appealing. The first is that the device will come with two titles pre-loaded, the titles being Smash Cop and the famous ShadowGun. It’s good to see such a big title on the device, free with your purchase. To make it even better, they announced… Read more
If you ordered an OUYA console, and it isn’t personalized enough for you, OUYA has partnered with MarketBot to let you create your own shells for the console. The plans that they have released are made for the MakerBot Replicator 2 3D printer, so you’ll have to own one of those, but if you do, you’ll be able to print your own case, lid, and spring… Read more
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