Hold on to your hats, kids. That Chromebook Pixel we’ve kicked around the rumor mill and back these past few weeks? It was made official this afternoon, and while it certainly brings and impressive feature set and spec list to the table along with it, not everyone is excited as they were before they heard about the $1300 price tag attached to the hip of the new Chrome OS device. Before we ge... »
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It’s been a little while since Drive has been updated (several weeks?) and now Google has come back to squash some bugs and add some features. Drive has evolved into a MUCH better app since it’s creation almost a year ago. Google has also decided to squash some bugs in Maps, for those that are having issues. The changelogs for these apps are below: (Drive) What’s in this version:... »
As is usually the case, the CyanogenMod team has been hard at work to bring the latest and greatest features to the masses. As of yesterday, a three-month effort to bring HDR Camera mode functionality to the project finally came to an end thanks to the blood, sweat, and tears of CM team member, Guillaume Lesniak. Similar to the HDR functions found on the Nexus 4, Cyanogenmod’s rendition of H... »
The time is finally hear and Swiftkey has finally ditched its beta tag, and has been updated in the Play Store. This update brings a plethora of features from Swiftkey 3 (if you’re coming from that version and not the beta) such as the official first version of the Swype-like Flow feature. Let’s see what’s involved…swiftly. Here’s the changelog from this update: Swift... »
The Weather Channel app, a long-time staple for Android devices that has been around since the beginning, was updated to version 4.0.1 this afternoon on the Google Play Store. The new release brings a ton of new features and fixes, but the most exciting addition is that of the newly-revamped user interface. If you’re a fan of the Holo theme, introduced back when Ice Cream Sandwich first laun... »
Just a few days ago, I did a review of NFC Tags for Droid tags, in which I showed you the app I use for all of my tag writing experiments — NFC Task Launcher. Tagstand released an update to said app earlier today that adds some pretty nice new features and functionality, most notably the ability to use Bluetooth and/or WiFi to trigger your tasks. That’s certainly not all that is included in ... »
Just this after noon Google has taken to updating one of its most useful and informative apps/features in Jellybean (Android 4.1+) — Google Now (Google Search). This new update confirms some rumors, adds a plethora of features, and simply makes thing easier. Oh and they also updated the Google+ app, but yea… The changelogs for both are below: Google Search (Now): For Android 4.1+ (Jell... »
Today was the day of Android 4.2.2, at least as far as Nexus device owners are concerned. In case you missed the news earlier, we posted links to firmware update downloads for various devices, but we weren’t sure at the time exactly what the new update entailed. Now that we’ve had some time to let the latest build settle in, we’re starting to learn a few things about it. The firs... »
About a week ago, I finally decided to delve into the realm of Nexus 7 accessories and the first trinket to make its way to the old review desk is the Cruzerlite Androidified A2 case. Designed with an emphasis on style, yet still built to protect your investment, this is certainly a case I would recommend to any of my family, friends, or coworkers for a number of reasons. Let’s go over them ... »
