With Flipboard 2.0 launching for iOS back in late March, it was only a matter of time before version 2 released for Android versions. For fans of the uber-popular app, that update is happening today and introduces a new magazine curation future which is the big draw with Flipboard 2.0. In summary, this version of Flipboard introduces some unique… Read more
Can you believe Google I/O is already less than week away? I can’t. I’m pretty excited about it. And the most exciting thing to me is how well things are being kept under wraps by Google. There have been the occasional leaks here and there, but I haven’t seen any leaked images of new devices. That hasn’t however stopped the rumors from flying… Read more
While the actual rollout of Google Fiber is not quite fast, the amount of cities that are announced to get it is growing at a pretty unbelievable rate. The newest city invited into a pretty exclusive club is Grandview, Missouri. A neighbor to Kansas City, Grandview’s board voted to bring Google Fiber to the city. This means Google can start the planning… Read more
CyanogenMod 10.1 has been a fantastic ROM from the beginning. It is light, fast, and not overloaded with features like some ROMs are. And while a lot of features is great, sometimes you just want a basic and stable ROM to use. That’s where CM10.1 fits into my life. From the start, it has run great on my Nexus 7, but now we have a version deemed truly… Read more
If you think that the interface for Google Maps has gotten a bit stale, we may have some good news for you. Google Maps works, and often very well, but this facelift would be awesome. These screenshots were leaked and are claiming to be the new Google Maps under development. This user interface does away with the standard omnipresent UI elements,… Read more
We all love new smartphones and many of us try to make sure we have the latest and greatest devices to share with our friends and family. However, what do you do when you run into an issue where the same manufacturer has several models that are basically the same phone? This is my dilemma with Samsung’s new Galaxy S 4. I’ve considered purchasing the… Read more
WeatherSignal launched on the Play Store today, and you may want to check it out. It uses your device to give you information about the weather, and crowd sources that information to record weather patterns on a local level. Using sensors and some clever algorithms, it can tell you pressure, temperature, light intensity, humidity, and magnetic flux…. Read more
On the first of this month, LG held an event in New York to announce its Optimus G Pro for the US, specifically AT&T. Now they have announced another event on May 30th in Macau, China. The title is “ImaGination Begins” with the G in the standard Optimus G font. But what device are we dealing with here? It might be the LG Optimus G2, but it seems a… Read more
As Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 market share hovers in the single digits, calls for Nokia to re-consider Android smartphones are louder than ever. I’ll preface all this by saying that I still believe Nokia makes one of the best pieces of hardware in the entire wireless game. That being said, Nokia’s (stubborn) CEO Stephen Elop has made it clear that his… Read more
While T-Mobile may be working to eliminate the smartphone subsidy from the mind of the American wireless industry, AT&T is holding strong to the contract model. That couldn’t be any clearer as they drop the price on the “Facebook phone” HTC First to 99 cents with a two-year contract. The price is good for all four colors and with stock Android… Read more
Two Samsung Galaxy S 4 models are getting updates today, namely the AT&T and the T-Mobile models. Both updates are fairly small OTA updates that will not change the Android version from 4.2.2, but it’s still nice to get some support so early on. The AT&T model gets an update that’s only 21MB and brings the software version up to I337UCUAMDL. There… Read more
Corning, best known for making the Gorilla Glass that covers over a billion devices in the world, has made a test to check how strong Gorilla Glass is compared to synthetic sapphire. If you didn’t know, sapphire is often being called the future of screen coating for mobile devices. It’s billed as stronger and more scratch resistant than any glass… Read more
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