A bunch of great new emoji hit Android next week, but you can’t have them
Emoji may have been popularized in the United States by iPhone users, but Android fans have wholeheartedly embraced the trend. People young and old use …
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5 Google Now tricks that will change how you use Android
One of the things that I’ve missed most about Android since switching to iOS has been Google Now, the insanely useful tool that gives me …
Best Cyber Monday deals for Android smartphones and tablets
With Black Friday over, Cyber Monday 2015 is your chance to score some impressive deals on mobile devices, including Android smartphones and tablets. You can …
Nokia’s first flagship Android phone purportedly revealed in leaked photo
While we wait for Nokia to announce a new smartphone, a questionable leak from China shows a purportedly leaked render of the Nokia C1, the …
Google can remotely give cops access to at least 74% of all Android devices
There’s a new interesting revelation in the debate on encryption that was reignited after the disastrous attacks on Paris in mid-November. According to a new …
Android apps’ covert communications may be killing your phone’s battery
You recently decided to buy a phone with a bigger battery — so why does it still seem to drain more quickly than you expected? …
Meet the $90 Android phone with bigger battery than iPhone 6s
Hardware specs certainly aren’t everything but it’s still incredibly impressive how some Chinese vendors are able to sell devices with fairly high-end hardware at dirt-cheap …
Hardcore Android users’ favorite app vanishes from Google Play store
If you’re a hardcore Android user, you’ve probably heard of Tasker, the fantastic tool that automates a bunch of different actions on your Android phone …
Incredible free app makes older Android phones feel like new high-end flagships
If you’re a hardcore gadget fan, you likely upgrade your smartphone once a year as new flagship phones come out. No, there’s nothing wrong with …
Android users are very loyal to Google, but only until a new iPhone comes along
Apple CEO Tim Cook said during the company’s earnings call for the September quarter that more Android users than ever are switching to the iPhone, …
How to make the iPhone 6s into the Android phone you’ve always wanted
Would you love to have an Android phone that actually delivered software updates and security patches in a timely fashion? One option is to get …
Scary new Android exploit can take over any device in seconds
A new mobile exploit recently unveiled at the MobilePwn2Own panel at the PacSec conference this week enables an attacker to take control of any Android …
If Google cares about Android’s future, it needs to make its own smartphone
Since its inception, Google’s Nexus line has sought to provide users with a pure and unadulterated Android experience. With no third-party skins or bloatware to speak …
Android users’ most hilariously angry one-star Apple Music reviews
You just knew it was coming. Every time Apple releases an app for the Google Play Store, Android users bomb it with one-star reviews. Such …
Google is considering building its own smartphone from scratch
Google launched Android many years ago without actually making a smartphone. Instead, the company partnered up with various smartphone manufacturers to create Nexus-branded devices to show …
How to use the new offline navigation feature in Google Maps
Google promised at its Google I/O developer event a few months ago that Google Maps would finally receive the offline navigation mode many users had been seeking …
As a gaming platform, Android still can’t compete with iOS
No matter what you think about the Android/iOS divide from either a hardware or software perspective, there’s simply no getting around the fact that many developers …
What it’s like to use nothing but a 6-year-old Android phone for a month
Given how rapidly smartphone technology has evolved and improved over the past couple of years alone, do you think you could get by right now using …
Samsung keeps bleeding market share to Apple’s benefit
When it comes to overall smartphone market share in the U.S., Apple still trails Android by nearly 10%.But if we break out market share figures across individual …
I hope the BlackBerry Priv is a big success – and so should Google
BlackBerry isn’t the only company that should be rooting for the new BlackBerry Priv smartphone to be a success — Google should be rooting for …
We’ve compiled a list of the best time-saving Android shortcuts
The best thing about Android is that if you don’t like the way it does some things, you can change it to make it more …
Google’s greed is to blame for Android’s major security mess
You can’t make a good omelet without breaking a few eggs. Similarly, you can’t take over the smartphone business without compromises, even if that means …
Google to follow in Apple’s footsteps again
A new report from The Information relays that Google is looking to take a page out of Apple’s operational playbook. According to Amir Efrati, Google …
Another adware outbreak hits Android, this one ‘nearly impossible to remove’
The latest adware outbreak might be the worst yet for Android users. According to researchers from cybersecurity company Lookout, a new strain of adware is capable …
What it’s like to switch to Android after using only iPhones for 6 years
It’s always fascinating to read what happens when someone switches mobile platforms after being a longtime devotee to a rival platform. One longtime iPhone user …
Google finds 11 major Galaxy S6 edge security flaws in just a week
Here’s another reason why Android has constant issues with security: OEMs add their own code to devices that might have big holes of its own. With more …
‘The security people I know at Google are embarrassed by Android’
Security flaws? Oh, Android has a few and most Android users have to wait a long time to get them patched… if they even get …
Samsung could be out of the smartphone market within 5 years
Samsung is the biggest overall smartphone maker in the world, but the last few quarters haven’t been stellar for the company when it comes to …
Facebook orders some employees to switch from iPhone to Android
The iPhone is so popular among Facebook employees that Facebook chief product officer Chris Cox is effectively forcing some employees to switch over to Android, Cade …
Microsoft’s new launcher is its boldest move to take over your Android phone
Microsoft can’t beat Google and Android in the mobile game when it comes to market share or hardware sales, but it’s relentlessly developing software solutions …
