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Instagram officially launches a beta version of its Android app, can we expect new features?

Instagram officially launches a beta version of its Android app, can we expect new features?

21 Jan 2015, 04:48 | by Peter K.
Love Instagram on Android? If yes, then you're probably keeping an ear close to the ground, patiently...

Droid Unlatch lets you break into your own Android when you forget your PIN, pass, or unlock pattern

Droid Unlatch lets you break into your own Android when you forget your PIN, pass, or unlock pattern

21 Jan 2015, 02:08 | by Luis D.
Ever forgotten your PIN, pass-code, or unlock pattern and gotten locked out of your Android device? Worry...

Sign up to test beta updates of Instagram's Android app

Sign up to test beta updates of Instagram's Android app

20 Jan 2015, 20:38 | by Alan F.
If you're an Android user who can't go a day without posting meals, street signs, selfies, and pictures...

Remember Shazam? App is valued at $1 billion

Remember Shazam? App is valued at $1 billion

20 Jan 2015, 14:24 | by Alan F.
Remember Shazam? One of the first apps every advertised for the App Store, Shazam was seen on a television...

Certain U.K. Starbucks will charge up your phone wirelessly while you consume your coffee

Certain U.K. Starbucks will charge up your phone wirelessly while you consume your coffee

20 Jan 2015, 13:43 | by Alan F.
Recently, we told you that selected McDonald's restaurants in the U.K. will be offering Qi wireless charging...

Track your smartphone usage with 'QualityTime' for Android handsets

Track your smartphone usage with 'QualityTime' for Android handsets

20 Jan 2015, 10:27 | by Alan F.
Are you always looking down at your Android flavored phone no matter what you are doing? Have you been...

Deals of the day: you can get these iOS apps for a reduced price or even for free at the moment

Deals of the day: you can get these iOS apps for a reduced price or even for free at the moment

20 Jan 2015, 07:21 | by Peter K.
Deals, promotions, price reductions... who doesn't love these? Almost each and every week, we get treated...

Battery Aid Saver/Manager Free is a Material-style battery saver for your Android

Battery Aid Saver/Manager Free is a Material-style battery saver for your Android

20 Jan 2015, 04:29 | by Luis D.
On the lookout for another battery saver app? Try Battery Aid Saver. It's a gorgeous battery life extender...

Here's how to lock and put any Android device to sleep with a double tap (no root required!)

Here's how to lock and put any Android device to sleep with a double tap (no root required!)

20 Jan 2015, 03:48 | by Peter K.
While the likes of the various double-tap-to-wake and double-tap-to-sleep gestures that can be found...

White Album gives your iPhone a retro camera feature, no previews, only physical pictures

White Album gives your iPhone a retro camera feature, no previews, only physical pictures

20 Jan 2015, 02:44 | by Maxwell R.
You remember the days of physical photographs right? Well, maybe not for some of you, but once upon...

Facebook Messenger conducting small sample testing of voice-to-text feature

Facebook Messenger conducting small sample testing of voice-to-text feature

20 Jan 2015, 02:07 | by Maxwell R.
A new feature began testing among a small group of Messenger users which automatically transcribes...

Windows Phone version of Skype receives update to reduce the size of the fonts on screen

Windows Phone version of Skype receives update to reduce the size of the fonts on screen

19 Jan 2015, 14:52 | by Alan F.
An update to the Windows Phone version of the Skype app includes a fix for a problem that has been affecting...

AnTuTu ranks the most popular smartphones that passed through its benchmark in 2014

AnTuTu ranks the most popular smartphones that passed through its benchmark in 2014

19 Jan 2015, 05:34 | by Chris P.
Last week, the makers of the widely-popular benchmarking suite, AnTuTu, published a ranking of the consistently...

AMC Security provides a complete set of Android security and optimization features

AMC Security provides a complete set of Android security and optimization features

19 Jan 2015, 03:23 | by Luis D.
IOBit's AMC Security is an all-in-one security, clean-up, and tune-up app created by IObit software....

Best new icon packs for Android (January 2015) #2

19 Jan 2015, 03:03 | by Peter K.
Apart from changing the launcher of your good 'ol 'Droid, a topic that we've already covered pretty extensively,...

Windows Phone version of Spotify is updated

Windows Phone version of Spotify is updated

19 Jan 2015, 01:04 | by Alan F.
Music streamer Spotify has updated its Windows Phone app and the UI now matches what is available for...

Apple terminates registered developers living in Crimea

Apple terminates registered developers living in Crimea

18 Jan 2015, 23:42 | by Alan F.
Thanks to U.S. sanctions against Crimea, Apple has terminated Registered Apple Developers living in the...

How to quickly turn on the flashlight (using the power button) on Android

How to quickly turn on the flashlight (using the power button) on Android

18 Jan 2015, 23:19 | by Florin T.
There's no need to unlock your smartphone to turn the flashlight on. This new app lets you do it just...

Microsoft's Android flavored Next Lock Screen gives you message notificatications and more

Microsoft's Android flavored Next Lock Screen gives you message notificatications and more

18 Jan 2015, 18:13 | by Alan F.
The Next Lock Screen is found in the Google Play Store and is made for Android phones even though it...

6 of the best Android eBook reading apps

6 of the best Android eBook reading apps

18 Jan 2015, 15:03 | by Chris P.
If you do any sort of serious reading, then your smartphone likely isn't your medium of choice to go...

Sunday comic strip makes fun of smartphones and weather apps

Sunday comic strip makes fun of smartphones and weather apps

18 Jan 2015, 14:02 | by Alan F.
If you run through the comic strips every day like many do, you might have run across a comic called...

More troubles for Uber: driver crashes into police car, pot found

More troubles for Uber: driver crashes into police car, pot found

18 Jan 2015, 10:39 | by Alan F.
Uber is the company that offers a mobile app allowing users to arrange for a ride. Uber offers different...

New Office for Windows Phone might look just like the iOS version

New Office for Windows Phone might look just like the iOS version

18 Jan 2015, 00:13 | by Alan F.
Earlier this month, Microsoft's Joe Belfiore hinted that those complaining about the Windows Phone version...

Buy your concert tickets directly from Google Search

Buy your concert tickets directly from Google Search

17 Jan 2015, 22:44 | by Alan F.
Google now makes getting tickets to a concert as easy as following a link on the search result. Depending...

Concept images show what Instagram, New York Times and other apps could look like on Apple Watch

Concept images show what Instagram, New York Times and other apps could look like on Apple Watch

17 Jan 2015, 16:48 | by Alan F.
Apple Watch is reportedly about to launch in March. The big question is whether the timepiece can take...

Motorola Migrate app gets Material Design update

Motorola Migrate app gets Material Design update

17 Jan 2015, 14:45 | by Alan F.
The Motorola Migrate app, which helps you transfer files, apps, content and other "stuff" from your old...

Lumia Camera app to be available for all Windows Phone models with Windows 10 for Phone?

Lumia Camera app to be available for all Windows Phone models with Windows 10 for Phone?

17 Jan 2015, 12:23 | by Alan F.
A Camera beta app limited for Internal Use was spotted Friday night in the Windows Phone Store. A young...

Save $10 by downloading this paid iOS app for free

Save $10 by downloading this paid iOS app for free

16 Jan 2015, 20:08 | by Alan F.
GRE Vocab Genius is normally a $10 app from the Apple App Store. But for a limited time, you can navigate...

Be My Eyes helps those with vision problems

Be My Eyes helps those with vision problems "see"

16 Jan 2015, 09:56 | by Alan F.
By My Eyes is an iOS app that gives those with impaired vision a chance to "see" what is front of them....

Pimp my phone: best new Android launchers and interface tools (January)

Pimp my phone: best new Android launchers and interface tools (January)

16 Jan 2015, 09:39 | by Daniel P.
We took a glimpse at what's new and cool at the Play Store in the interface draping department in the...

Best Android camera, photo editing and video apps (2015 edition)

Best Android camera, photo editing and video apps (2015 edition)

16 Jan 2015, 09:13 | by Victor H.
Android camera apps are now starting to enter their renaissance as 5.0 Lollipop opens a deep access to...

The Lumific gallery replacement should be Android's default photo app

The Lumific gallery replacement should be Android's default photo app

16 Jan 2015, 03:39 | by Daniel P.
Android's stock gallery app leaves much to be desired, that's why almost all manufacturers have replaced...

New Windows Phone app will let you load pre-release OS and send feedback to Microsoft automatically

New Windows Phone app will let you load pre-release OS and send feedback to Microsoft automatically

15 Jan 2015, 23:46 | by Alan F.
Last week, we told you about an app for Windows Phone users called Phone Insider that will let those...

Apple gains 1 million new iBooks users each week thanks to its inclusion in iOS 8

Apple gains 1 million new iBooks users each week thanks to its inclusion in iOS 8

15 Jan 2015, 15:54 | by Alan F.
With iBooks included in iOS 8 as a built-in app for the Apple iPhone and Apple iPad, one million people...

Pic Scanner app will archive your old print photographs in a digital format using only your iPhone

Pic Scanner app will archive your old print photographs in a digital format using only your iPhone

15 Jan 2015, 06:20 | by Daniel P.
someone finally thought about the poor souls who don't have a scanner at home, and yet a lot of old print...

Adobe Lightroom mobile arrives on Google Play, allows you to edit RAW images on the fly

Adobe Lightroom mobile arrives on Google Play, allows you to edit RAW images on the fly

15 Jan 2015, 02:24 | by Peter K.
Adobe has just released a new mobile version of one of its more popular and useful pieces of photo-editing...

Microsoft rolls out testing program for Skype on iOS

Microsoft rolls out testing program for Skype on iOS

15 Jan 2015, 01:29 | by Maxwell R.
Microsoft has opened up a testing program for Skype, specifically for iOS users of Skype. The company...

Version 9.3 of Google Maps is here to lead the way

Version 9.3 of Google Maps is here to lead the way

14 Jan 2015, 22:47 | by Alan F.
Are you one of those smartphone users who just can't live life without Google Maps? Without the turn-by-turn...

Xpire makes your Twitter posts self-destruct; app now available for Android

Xpire makes your Twitter posts self-destruct; app now available for Android

14 Jan 2015, 12:48 | by Alan F.
In the old days, it used to be that whatever you wrote online, stayed online no matter how foolish or...

Previously unseen version of Skype outed by Microsoft

Previously unseen version of Skype outed by Microsoft

14 Jan 2015, 10:11 | by Alan F.
Earlier today, we told you about the two new Lumia models that were unveiled by Microsoft. The Microsoft...

HTC continues its decoupling strategy, releases its web browser on the Play Store

HTC continues its decoupling strategy, releases its web browser on the Play Store

14 Jan 2015, 08:38 | by Chris P.
Yesterday, HTC's proprietary browser joined the likes of the HTC Gallery, HTC Clock, HTC Lockscreen,...

Google Translate cuts its teeth on live translation, update rolling out now on Android and iOS

Google Translate cuts its teeth on live translation, update rolling out now on Android and iOS

14 Jan 2015, 05:10 | by Peter K.
Well, that was quick - just a few days ago we heard that the Google Translate app might score a live...

Google's Now Launcher updated with Material Design, takes the Lollipop look to every Android handset

Google's Now Launcher updated with Material Design, takes the Lollipop look to every Android handset

14 Jan 2015, 04:26 | by Daniel P.
Google's own Now Launcher in the Play Store used to mimic the graphical design of whatever version of...

Malware Bytes Anti-Malware leaves not a byte of Android malware unattended

Malware Bytes Anti-Malware leaves not a byte of Android malware unattended

14 Jan 2015, 03:04 | by Luis D.
Coming from the world of PC malware protection, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Mobile protects your Android...

The Apple Watch Companion app will control the settings of your iOS timepiece from an iPhone

The Apple Watch Companion app will control the settings of your iOS timepiece from an iPhone

13 Jan 2015, 21:38 | by Alan F.
Let's look into a crystal ball. It's March and you just spent the rent money to buy an Apple Watch for...

560,000 apps now reside in the Windows and Windows Phone Store combined

560,000 apps now reside in the Windows and Windows Phone Store combined

13 Jan 2015, 09:24 | by Alan F.
The Microsoft by the Numbers site run by Microsoft has added some updated information. There are now...

SnapLock Android lock screen 3.0 puts a weather and calendar Dashboard side panel at a glance

SnapLock Android lock screen 3.0 puts a weather and calendar Dashboard side panel at a glance

13 Jan 2015, 02:09 | by Luis D.
The SnapLock 3.0 update adds a new Dashboard side panel to organize weather and calendar details for...

Security worries surround the KeyMe app for iOS; Android version on the way

Security worries surround the KeyMe app for iOS; Android version on the way

13 Jan 2015, 00:23 | by Alan F.
Back in November 2013, we told you about KeyMe an iOS app that allows you to scan a key using the iPhone...

Chrome Remote Desktop for iOS lets users remotely access their PC or Mac from an iPhone or iPad

Chrome Remote Desktop for iOS lets users remotely access their PC or Mac from an iPhone or iPad

12 Jan 2015, 20:51 | by Alan F.
Did you ever have a situation where you were meeting with a big client on the road, and needed to access...

WhatsApp, Apple's iMessage and other encrypted messaging apps could be banned in the UK

WhatsApp, Apple's iMessage and other encrypted messaging apps could be banned in the UK

12 Jan 2015, 19:59 | by Florin T.
The UK's Prime Minister is concerned that encrypted messaging apps can be used by potential terrorists...

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