Android News and Tips
The #AppleMusic application on #Android is now receiving a new update which includes a couple of much-needed additions. Among the new features is the ability to subscribe to a family account directly within the app. Also, users will now be able to play music videos within the app. These are clearly very big changes and will
A new rumor suggests that Chinese manufacturer #Xiaomi is looking to release a new handset in June to rival the #Apple #iPhoneSE. This smartphone is said to be sporting a 4.3-inch display and the quad-core Snapdragon 820 SoC underneath, thus becoming a suitable rival to the newly launched iPhone SE. As for the pricing, it
Square, the mobile payments startup, is finally getting onboard with mobile payments. After originally announcing their new reader back in June, they are finally starting to ship the device to retailers. The new reader not only brings support for chip-enabled cards (which have just started to become commonplace in the United States), it also brings support
#AppleMusic Beta has now made its way to the Google Play Store, after weeks of leaking and being in a closed beta. The app can be downloaded by all and the user interface is much more polished compared to Apple’s first Android app “Move to iOS“. Upon opening the app for the first time, users are
The #BeatsPill+ speaker now has a companion app on #Android, simply known as the Beats Pill+ on the Google Play Store. What this also means is that the app is Apple’s second entry into the Android app hub, after the first one (Move to iOS) received unanimously poor reviews thanks to the Android brigade. This
According to new data gathered by Kantar WorldPanel ComTech, #Android saw a marketshare of 66.9% in the 3-month period ended August 2014. Interestingly, #iOS is said to have seen the lowest marketshare since August 2014 in the same duration. This however is being attributed to the fact that most Apple fans were waiting for the release of
Synaptics and #Samsung have been long term partners and have been involved in the touch based fingerprint sensors that’s used on the recent lot of the #Galaxy flagships. With Synaptics recently releasing its new ClearForce tech that can detect pressure levels on a display panel, the rumor mill is rife with speculation that this feature could
#AppleMusic is currently limited to iOS devices for now (in addition to computers running iTunes, of course). However, the company has already promised to release an #Android app this fall, so customers who signed up for the three month free trial need not be disheartened. It seems like the launch of this app is not
#Samsung recently took a jibe at #Apple #iPhones with a video ad. The company has now added two new ads to the list. One of them is about wireless payments or #SamsungPay. This is undeniably one of the biggest advantages Samsung has over the iPhones, at least in terms of wireless payments. The ad even
They say the new iPhones could easily break the mind-blowing sales records posted by their forerunners, both for the first week-end of pre-orders and as far as total shipment numbers go, though of course that latter tally is much harder to forecast. And why shouldn’t they? Because they look identical to last year’s 6 and
Apple’s tagline of “If it’s not an iPhone, it’s not an iPhone” has been used and mimicked countless times before. But Samsung’s new jibe perhaps will hit #Apple the hardest, although it’s unlikely to make any difference in the actual sales figures when the #iPhone6s and the 6s Plus are officially released on September 25.
Oh, this is so going to piss off the hordes of already insecure, delusional iFans irritatingly navigating the interwebs to find and insult anyone who doesn’t share their distorted world view. Why delusional? Well, because it only takes a modicum of common sense to realize Apple’s “it’s not about specs, it’s the user experience” rhetoric is
It seems like #Samsung is quite desperate to switch over #iPhone customers to its side, as was evident from its recent ‘Test Drive’ promotion which would give iPhone users a chance to try out the Samsung #GalaxyNote5, #GalaxyS6edge+ or the #GalaxyS6edge for 30 days. The company has now increased the odds and is trying to
Samsung’s latest offerings are now available in a variety of countries around the globe, including in the US. However, their biggest competitor, Apple, is reportedly about to launch their next iPhone soon. So Samsung is now trying to get ahead of that with their latest promotion. Right now, Samsung is offering iPhone users the ability to test
A new job listing posted by Apple indicates that the company is looking to bring more Android apps to its users. The company has already announced its intentions to bring Apple Music to the Google Play Store and a new job listing posted by the company suggests that more could be on the way. While
Until now if you wanted to easily get directions to somewhere after using Google Maps on the desktop, you needed to go check Google Now and see if the location was in there. Now, Google is allowing users to send directions to a location directly on the device. When searching for a place, a new “Send
In a move that was expected for some time, Microsoft has officially announced that they are bringing their virtual assistant Cortana to both Android and iOS devices. This makes it the first virtual assistant to bridge the gap on all three platforms. Microsoft says that their new “Phone Companion” app will help users of all
According to a new report, Android accounted for 45.77% of overall mobile ad revenues with iOS making up for 45.44% in the first quarter of 2015. This is a significant milestone for Android, even though the margin of the lead is relatively slim. iOS has always had the upper hand on Android with regards to revenues, but it’s
April Fools Day isn’t until April 1st, but Google has started their jokes early. Starting now, you can turn most streets in a real-life version of the popular video game Pac-Man. When you browse Google Maps on the desktop, or in the most recent version of the app for iOS and Android, there will be an
Android and iOS have been traditional rivals for a variety of reasons. While Apple for the most part called Android a “stolen” product, Android OEMs have quietly piled on the sales and snatched away market share from Apple. This dynamic changed to a great extent when the company recently unveiled the iPhone 6 and the