Paranoid Android 4.6 Beta 2 polishes colorful system bars
After a few weeks of silence, Paranoid Android is back with a long delayed beta number 2 of their upcoming PA 4.6 release. As with previous beta release for the PA 4.5 series, this one gives due...
View ArticleHeadsUp forks Android L’s future type of notifications
As users continue to add more and more apps to their mobile devices, it’s also becoming more important to have an efficient notification system that will stop you from going bonkers. One of the rumored...
View ArticleMotorola “Shamu”/Nexus 6 finally gets more detailed leaks
Android L, and its reference Nexus device or devices, is just a month or so away. So naturally, rumors surrounding those new Nexus smartphone and/or tablet are starting to settle down. The Motorola...
View ArticleGoogle shows possible 3rd party app UI for Android Auto
Along with hyping the newfangled Android L operating system, the mothership had made noises during Google I/O that it was expanding Android OS to other platforms that could be improved by connectivity...
View ArticleFirst working Project Ara prototype in December with Android L
You remember Phonebloks, right? Of course you do. Most of you tech savvy people will have heard of the move towards modular elements for a smartphone. Google has retained lead on the project when...
View ArticleThe upcoming Google Nexus 6: What we know so far
We have been inundated with a lot of news about this new “whale” phone from Motorola, which is very much likely the Nexus 6. Details are becoming clearer now as news about specs keep flowing in d. The...
View ArticleDid Google confirm that Android L will be Lollipop?
If you believe that lollipops have business being on top of (or even in) cakes, then please disregard this piece of guesswork. People are buzzing (maybe with too much cake) because of Google's 16th...
View ArticleVery early Android L on the Galaxy S5: gorgeous but raw
Android L should be, if the rumors pan out, just a month away, but of course it will be coming much later to OEMs and their flagships. The folks at SamMobile, however, were able to get a hold of an...
View ArticleProbable Nexus 9 sighting as new HTC tablet passes thru FCC
A lot of people are hyped about the new Nexus tablet that Google is producing with HTC – quite possibly the Nexus 9. The tablet has been rumored to launch around mid-October, and those dates are just a...
View ArticleGoogle working on multi-window function for Android
Multitasking may be a useful feature of any mobile device but multi-window is better once Android officially launches it. For now, Google’s Android team is working on multi-window functionality for...
View ArticleChrome 38 comes out in Android with bug fixes, improvements
As the date for Android L (what it stands for is still a guessing game but it will surely be delicious) draws near, most of Google's apps have slowly been updated design-wise with the material design...
View ArticleGoogle Play Store updated, more Material Design and tweaks
This is a developing story, but it seems that Google has updated the Play Store app, and there are very obvious changes to this new iteration of our favorite app marketplace. The app has changed...
View ArticleAndroid L 64-bit emulator finally out, only for Intel x86
From Google I/O 2014, we were treated to a preview of Android next OS releases, now known popularly as Android L. Android head honcho Sundar Pichai also made it clear that Android 5.0 (or is it Android...
View ArticleSuperSU updated to 2.13, getting ready for Android L
If some of you are not familiar with SuperSU, that’s probably because you haven’t gotten around to gaining root access to your device. Most of the users who root their phones will know about SuperSU...
View ArticleDid the Google lawn sculpture artist tease Android L official name?
It's either he's the most obvious "teaser" out there or he's giving us another red herring. Google lawn artist (yes, there's such a thing!) Giovanni Calabrese has been leaving licorice hints all over...
View ArticleNexus 9 to be unveiled tomorrow but launched in November
If the stars align tomorrow, we will finally get 1/3 of the Android puzzle filled in. An insider sources claims that Google has scheduled a formal announcement of what is now known as the Nexus 9 for...
View ArticleNexus 6, Android 5.0, Lollipop: tipped, teased, and leaked
If the latest rumor were true, then we might just be counting down the hours before Google's great Android reveal involving the Nexus 9 tablet and possibly the Nexus 6 smartphone and the name of the...
View ArticleAndroid Lollipop statue unveiled, sweet ads released on YouTube
Android 5.0 is finally here and it’s sweeter than ever. We were expecting Lemon Key Pie, Lady Finger, or Licorice but never really thought it would be very simple: Lollipop. Actually, the first time we...
View ArticleAndroid Lollipop is coming to all Sony Xperia Z devices
Boo yah! Sony just dropped a big one on us today as they have announced what seems to be a roadmap for future software releases on their premium Xperia Z series. We’ve all heard of Android Lollipop...
View ArticleWhat’s in the box?! It’s a Moto E!
Though we were expecting a Moto 360, what we got is potentially much better. Today, sitting on the porch waiting for me when I woke, was a box form Motorola. We all knew it was coming, but what was...
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