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Dec 12, 2014

Original Amazon app removed from the Play Store because of App Store integration

Rajesh Pandey

Google has removed Amazon's primary app from the Play Store. This has led Amazon to upload another app on the Play Store -- Amazon Shopping -- but it does not come with the company's app

APPS

Dec 12, 2014

Google Maps now gives lane guidance for drivers in Europe

Rajesh Pandey

Google today announced that it will start providing helpful lane guidance for highways in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the UK and Ireland. Now, when you are using Google Maps in turn-by-turn navigation mode,

APPS

Dec 11, 2014

Google announces the most downloaded apps, games, music, books, TV shows, and more of 2014 on Google Play

Rajesh Pandey

Google has just released a huge infographic highlighting the most popular apps, games, movies and more on the Google Play Store. The company also highlighted the most downloaded apps according to their individual category. The

APPS

Dec 10, 2014

HERE Maps for Android now available for download on Google Play

Rajesh Pandey

The leftover part of Nokia responsible for HERE Maps for Android today announced that their app is now available for download for free from the Google Play Store. HERE Maps offers turn-by-turn drive

APPS

Dec 10, 2014

Hangouts for Android gets support for stickers, video filters, smarter location sharing and more

Rajesh Pandey

At the LeWeb conference, VP of Product for Google+ Bradley Horowitz announced that the Hangouts for Android will be getting a major update today with some fun new features. Post the update, Hangouts will support

APPS

Dec 7, 2014

How to enable Reader mode in Chrome for Android

Rajesh Pandey

Safari in iOS and Internet Explorer in Windows Phone feature a very handy Reader mode that strips a web page of all the ads and other irrelevant data to offer a distraction free reading experience

APPS

Dec 6, 2014

YouTube for Android gets a Material Design makeover

Rajesh Pandey

Google has started rolling out an update for YouTube that gives the app a partial Material Design makeover. This includes a full height slide-out navigation drawer, circular avatars, a YouTube-logo (red) colored action

APPS

Dec 4, 2014

AirDroid 3 allows you to control your Android device from your desktop

Rajesh Pandey

AirDroid is among the most popular apps available on Google Play for power users. The app allows you to transfer files wirelessly to and fro from your Android device, view your messages, call logs and

APPS

Nov 28, 2014

Black Friday 2014: Best deals on Android apps and games

Rajesh Pandey

Purchased a new Android smartphone or tablet for the holiday season, and are now looking to pick up some apps on the cheap? With the holiday season kicking in, app and game developers offer hefty

APPS

Nov 26, 2014

Twitter has plans to keep tabs on the other apps that are installed on your phone

Evan Selleck

Twitter is one of the largest social networking entities on the internet, and apparently the company wants to know which apps you’re using on your devices. To learn the apps that its users are

APPS

Nov 21, 2014

SwiftKey update brings performance improvements and support for 12 new Indian languages

Rajesh Pandey

SwiftKey today rolled out an update for the Android version of their keyboard with some "extensive performance improvements." Lag and poor performance has always been among the top complaints from SwiftKey users over the last

APPS

Nov 18, 2014

Facebook launches a dedicated ‘Groups’ app

Evan Selleck

Facebook isn't shy about dedicated apps, and now the social networking giant has just launched a brand new one geared towards another one of its tentpole attributes. Facebook Groups is officially out there in

APPS

Nov 18, 2014

Google Play Services 6.5 brings new API features for Maps, Drive and Fit; Introduces a minimal common library

Rajesh Pandey

Google today announced the rollout of Google Play Services v6.5 that contains new API features for Google Maps, Google Drive, Google Wallet and the recently released Google Fit API. Additionally, the company is also

APPS

Nov 18, 2014

Google Keep finally gets sharing support; Makes searching for your notes easier too

Rajesh Pandey

Google today announced an update for Keep that brings one of the most requested features to the service: the ability to share notes with your friends and family. The update also brings an easier way

APPS

Nov 17, 2014

Snapchat launches Snapcash, a new way to send money to friends

Evan Selleck

Snapchat is an ephemeral messaging service that's found plenty of attention since its launch, and now a new feature may add a bit more attention. On Monday, November 17, Snapchat officially announced a new

ANDROID 5.0

Nov 12, 2014

Google Keyboard 4.0 update brings Material Light and Dark themes

Rajesh Pandey

Google has started rolling out an update for the Google Keyboard that brings with it two new Material Design inspired themes. The themes are similar to the ones found on the preview images of Lollipop

APPS

Nov 6, 2014

Microsoft announces preview build of Office for Android tablet with general availability slated in early 2015

Rajesh Pandey

Microsoft today announced that it will be brining its productive Office suite for Android tablets in early 2015. It is also allowing interested customers to sign up for testing the preview build of Office for

APPS

Nov 5, 2014

Spotify Family launches, offering up discounted Premium accounts when bundled together

Evan Selleck

Streaming music has become a main focal point for many smartphone owners, and now Spotify has made it cheaper for a family to get in on the fun. Spotify has officially launched its family plan,