Here’s who is tracking your smartphone – and how to stop them
One of the problems with smartphones is that spy agencies and advertisers can use them to collect data and keep tabs on users, as many reports have …
Android
Latest Google Maps update brings awesome new features to Android
Google has a new Google Maps version out, Android Police reports, which brings some neat new features to this popular Google service. Google Maps 9.1 …
Complex Android malware believed to have infected up to 4.5M smartphones in the U.S.
As many as 4.5 million American Android smartphone users may have been fooled into somehow downloading a complex malicious program on their devices since January …
Why the government keeps telling you iPhone encryption will eventually kill a child
The U.S. government doesn’t appreciate the increased personal data protection measures tech companies including Apple, Google and others offer their American and international customers following …
Big update brings new features to the ‘Netflix for Pirates’ app for Android
The developers behind Popcorn Time have come up with a new version for Android devices, available in beta starting today, and its main new feature is …
These 2 free iPhone and Android apps will help you find the best Black Friday deals
Black Friday 2014 is now less than two weeks away, and we have shared some of the biggest and most impressive Black Friday sales ever …
Samsung will finally give up on gadget spam next year
Samsung has used smartphone buyers in previous years to seeing a wide variety of Galaxy-branded smartphone and tablet versions in stores, as the company tried …
One of the best Android launchers just got even better – and you can finally download it
Nokia surprised the mobile community this past summer when the company unveiled its first ever Android app, Z Launcher. With its devices and services business out …
After all this time, here’s what Google still gets wrong about big tablets
Google has certainly released some quality tablets, most notably its smaller series of Nexus 7 tablets. However, Ars Technica has taken a very detailed look …
Meet Prynt, the cool iPhone accessory mobile photographers have been waiting for
What if you could print your selfies immediately after taking them? That’s the kind of problem French startup Prynt has been trying to solve for …
Download $80 worth of awesome paid Android apps for free right now
Amazon is back with a special Android apps bundle that offers users free access to 17 premium apps that are worth more than $80 combined. …
Google wraps messages in Material Design with its beautiful new SMS replacement app
At some point in the near future, just about every app on your Android device will make use of Google’s beautiful new Material Design. Until …
Here are the features that iPhone fans would love to see Apple steal from Android
The great thing about the fierce rivalry between iOS and Android is that both platforms learn things from each other. For instance, Google has learned …
Apple’s new iPhones may not be stealing as many Android users as we expected
The conventional wisdom after the release of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus was that Apple would steal back some market share from Android …
This is the ‘first ever’ free international calling plan from a U.S. carrier
FreedomPop on Wednesday announced a brand new offer for smartphone owners who might interested in its free plans: The “first-ever completely free international calling service …
6 ways Android is still better than the iPhone
In the battle for mobile supremacy between Apple’s iOS platform and Google’s Android software, it is impossible to say which is better. The reason is …
Apple faces lawsuit for the case of the disappearing text messages
It might be hard to believe for some of the Apple faithful, but there are plenty of iPhone users who opt to switch to Android. Unfortunately, for …
BlackBerry teaches us how to ditch our iPhones and Android phones for a BlackBerry phone
BlackBerry’s share of the smartphone market might be at an all-time low right now, but that hardly means the company is done pushing its devices …
6 great Easter eggs found in popular Android apps
Android and iOS app developers are largely responsible for making each platform as great as it is, and the importance of a large, high-quality mobile …
EFF: ‘Jailbreaking is not a crime’ and we will fight to ‘keep it that way’
Many smartphone and tablet users, whether on the iPhone or Android, prefer to jailbreak or root their devices in order to better customize them. But not all device …
Here’s how you can have your own Star Trek communicator
While we’re a long way from being able to boldly go explore new galaxies Star Trek-style, a communicator such as the one worn by Enterprise …
Samsung is reportedly working on a mysterious new smartphone family
Samsung’s bad recent financial earnings raised a clear signal that the giant handset maker needs to make some changes to its smartphone lineup, and there are …
10 apps that are killing your Android phone’s battery life
Samsung makes terrific devices but there are definitely things the company does that drive its users crazy, including the laggy performance of its TouchWiz UI …
A huge overhaul is coming to AirDroid, the awesome app that brings Continuity to Android
We have covered AirDroid several times in the past here on BGR, and there’s a reason it keeps popping up: it’s one of the best …
One sweeping infographic breaks down the entire 7-year history of Android
In November of 2007, Google established the Open Handset Alliance and revealed that Android would be its very first product. Seven years later, Google’s mobile operating system …
New plan makes it easier than ever to buy AT&T’s best phones for $0 down
The wireless industry in the United States is in something of a transitional period. Things were fairly stagnant for quite some time and then T-Mobile rocked the …
This awesome Android trick will add iOS-like notification counts to your app icons
There is little question that Android’s notification system is far more comprehensive than Apple’s iOS notification system, especially in Android 5.0 Lollipop. iOS has certainly …
With Lollipop incoming, KitKat is now on almost a third of Android devices
Google has posted new Android distribution numbers on its Android Developers site, revealing that KitKat is now installed on almost a third of Android devices …
This might just be the best cloud backup offer for iPhone and Android that money can buy
After releasing several interesting cloud products for mobile devices including iPhone and Android earlier this year, iDrive is back with a very interesting offer for users …
The flagship Nokia Android phone of your dreams might actually launch soon
Nokia decided many years ago not to make Android smartphones, disappointing many fans who would have loved to own a flagship Android handset made by Nokia. …
