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Shortly after T-Mobile started letting customers carry unused data over from one month to the next, AT&T announced that it would do the same thing. Well, not really the same. You can only hoard a single month's worth of data, not a full year. Nevertheless, it's better than nothing.
Last month someone thought it would be funny to submit a depiction of a Bugdroid pissing on an Apple in Maps Maker. Google quickly took down the edit after images started spreading across the web, but it isn't stopping there. After experiencing an uptick in spam over the past few months, the company will now temporarily turn off the ability for users to submit Google Maps edits.
Like a number of other device manufacturers, HTC releases some of its apps into the Play Store. From there, HTC devices can receive updates more quickly than waiting for over-the-air firmware updates. Apps remain exclusively available on the company's hardware, so this does nothing to open them up to more users.
Google's search engine first attracted users because it was a fast and useful way to find the information. The faster you send users away, the faster they come back, the thinking went. These days Google has no shortage of services to keep us from ever leaving its servers. But some new features keep that original vibe of Google-y awesomeness. This latest addition to Search is one such feature.
Recent Play Music Update (v5.9) Fixed An Airplane Mode Bug Involving Downloaded Music [APK Download]
Last Wednesday Google updated Play Music to version 5.9. We tore into it as we are wont to do, but we found nothing in the way of user-facing changes (though we did see code that hints at a future way to handle when two or more devices try to use the same Chromecast at once). Google has pushed out two other 5.9 updates since then, and now we have a changelog.
It's not hard to find USB car chargers, nor is it difficult to find ones with multiple ports. It's not challenging to find them cheap, either. So to catch our eye, you're going to need a lot of ports at a low price.Well lookie here. Omaker is offering a 3-port 26W car charger with a max output of DC 5V 5.1A, and Amazon shows it priced at (marked down from a humorous price of $50). Not only that, you can get it for $2 less if you use the coupon code OMAKER11 at checkout.
You don't need an introduction to Fruit Ninja. You're probably playing it right now. It has attracted millions of players over the years, partly because swiping to cut things on a touchscreen is as intuitive as pressing A to jump.
The Galaxy S4 was an incremental upgrade over the S III, but it still sold like gangbusters. So there are untold millions (billions?) of people out there waiting on their Lollipop updates. Fortunately Sprint has posted changelogs for both of its Galaxy S4 variants: the original and the Spark version.
The most recent over-the-air update for the Nexus 9, the one that totally wasn't what you were actually waiting for, has apparently bricked the device for some owners. A couple folks affected by this 5.0.2 issue have taken to Google's product forums to ask what gives.
Magically uploading every photo you take on your phone isn't a new feature these days. The major cloud storage providers all prompt you to fill their servers with shots of your lunches, vacations, and nudes. Now you can add Flickr to the list with the release of version 4.0.
AT&T introduced VoLTE roughly a year ago, and it has gradually expanded since. The ability to talk over an LTE connection has come to more markets and devices alike. But support isn't ubiquitous in either area, and hardware that doesn't ship with VoLTE out of the box needs a firmware update to make things work. Now it's the LG G3's turn.
The Fire Phone isn't like other Android phones. It doesn't have the Play Store, nor does it come with Google's suite of apps. Amazon has customized its smartphone enough to look like a different platform, which is how it could get away with running Android 4.2 for so long.But there are some features that Fire Phone users have had to do without (aside from the missing apps). With the latest jump from Fire OS version 3.6.8 to 4.6.1, that situation is changing. Amazon's handset now runs Android KitKat.
Android 4.4 brings support for Bluetooth Low Energy (commonly used in activity trackers and smartwatches), lockscreen notification improvements, printing, and other enhancements. KitKat is over a year and a half old, sure, but that's still newer than Jelly Bean.Here's the changelog Amazon has provided.
In the worlds of side-scrolling brawlers, there's no problem you can't solve with your fists. So when the criminal Milkman and his thugs kidnap the Miss Fist Puncher contestants, you know what you must do. That's right, beat up just about everyone that dares to walk the streets of San Cruces. Now you can, in Fist Puncher, the crowdfunded 2D brawler that has found its way into the Play Store.
The official schedule for this year's Google I/O recently went live, and we're poring over the upcoming events with eager excitement. As one commenter was quick to point out, it looks like Android M will make an appearance at this year's conference. There's a direct mention under the Android for Work event scheduled for 2:30 PM PST on the 28th.
This is the month of Google I/O, with the event set to take place from the 27th to the 29th. Eager conference goers and stay-at-home-live-streamers alike can now start planning those days out, because the official schedule has made its way online.
Towards the end of 2014, Oppo released an update for the Find 5 that bumped the Jelly Bean-running device up to KitKat. It wasn't a quality piece of work, but it was something. Now we know that for the Find 5, along with the N1 and the R819, things won't get any better. No additional ColorOS updates are on the way. None of these devices will see Android Lollipop.
Snapchat 9.7 is here, and it packs two new features. They don't fundamentally change the app. In fact, if you blink you might miss them.
For fans of the Forgotten Realms universe, the Play Store has copies of both Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate II, and Icewind Dale. All three of these titles sell for $10, but the last one is currently reduced down to a mere $4.14. That's a pretty impressive savings of roughly 60% and a price that would have long-time fans jumping up and down back in the day. Some of them probably still are.
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- The 2nd Gen Moto E is joining the party too. Motorola has posted release notes stating that the device will also get Android 5.1.
The Moto X line is a great destination for Nexus lovers who tire of feeling like beta testers for Google, but the transition does come at the expense of timely updates (not that all Nexus devices are speedy). Fortunately Motorola remains committed to getting its devices up to date, and it looks like Android 5.1 may soon come to both iterations of the Moto X.
Sony's upcoming Smart Bluetooth Speaker BSP60 (announced at this year's Mobile World Congress) is a tad on the cute side. It sits on your desk like an unassuming black ball, but that changes as soon as the music starts. Then its circular "ears" pop out and start glowing. Wheels on the bottom let the thing move in place like it can't fight the music. It's almost enough to make a grown man squee.