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Google Chrome has finally arrived for Android mobile devices.
On Tuesday, in an official Google Chrome blog post, the company announced the release of Chrome Web browser for Android app. While announcing, the company said that like the desktop version, Chrome for Android Beta is focused on speed and simplicity. The new browser features seamless sign-in and sync to make sure you get the same personalized web browsing experience wherever you go, across devices. [Read more...]
Android 4.0.3 aka Ice Cream Sandwich update is now available for Google Nexus S.
Nexus S users who have already received the update via OTA are already enjoying ICS but what about those folks who are still waiting for the update?
Thanks to XDA-Developers forum member zephiK for providing a manual way to update Nexus S to official Android 4.0.3 (ICS). Before updating please note down the warnings, and please don’t blame us if your device gets damaged or bricked during the update process. Proceed at your own risk. Here’s the method described by him.
Warning: AT&T Nexus S is NOT supported. Only T-Mobile and Retail versions of the Nexus S GSM/UMTS are supported. Please DO NOT proceed if you have the CDMA version of Nexus S.
Note: If your Nexus S is rooted, running a custom ROM, this update may not work for you. It’s advised to revert back to stock Gingerbread ROM on the device and then try with flashing the update.
Disclaimer: Please follow this guide at your own risk. Please do not hold My Technology Guide liable for any damage or bricked Nexus S devices during the manual update process. [Read more...]
Android Market has exceeded 10 billion app downloads, Google announced on their Google blog. To celebrate the milestone, Google has announced that for the next 10 days, starting from December 6, they’ll have a new set of apps available each day for only 10 cents each.
“Of course, none of these apps would have existed if it weren’t for the developers who created them. Every day, these developers continue to push the limits on what’s possible and delight us in the process. For that, we thank them,” said Eric Chu in his post at the Android Developer’s blog post.
The celebration started with the following ten apps:
Asphalt 6 HD, Color & Draw for Kids,Endomondo Sports Tracker Pro, Fieldrunners HD, Great Little War Game, Minecraft, Paper Camera, Sketchbook Mobile, Soundhound Infinity and SwiftKey X.
Recently, there is a huge controversy going on around Carrier IQ and the Internet has been abuzz with mentions of it.
If you don’t know what Carrier IQ is, well here is a brief introduction about it. Carrier IQ is a software that runs on more than 140 million mobile phones (according to Carrier IQ website). It is a monitoring software to track user activities, including their personal information, locations, network communications, phone calls, messages and more. If you want to know about Carrier IQ in-depth read this article by Engadget.
Carrier IQ was apparently designed to give metrics to help mobile carriers improve their services, but in some circumstances, the software is not offered as an opt-out feature and in many cases users don’t even know it’s there, tracking all interactions with their mobile phone.
Coming back to the main purpose of this article, we are here sharing some free tools for Android users that will help them find out if their Android device has Carrier IQ or not. Click on the title of the app to download it from the Android Market.
Sygic: GPS Navigation for Android is a premium turn-by-turn navigation. We took the app for evaluation to see how it performs in our tests. You can read the full review of Sygic: GPS Navigation for Android here. It is a great navigation app for people who like or do a lot of traveling and can’t live without the GPS!
Sygic lists its premium app for free (actually a 7 day trial version) in the Android Market. The app is around 6 MB download and after installing it, users must download the maps. You don’t need to download all maps available through Sygic to your Android phone as it will take up precious space on their device. Using the Sygic Downloader, you have the choice to download each map. Sygic recommends using WiFi for downloading maps data as some maps are very big in size. After the 7-day trial expires, the app prompts the user to buy an activation key from the official webpage.
We would like to first thank Sygic for sponsoring the exclusive giveaway for our readers. Through this giveaway you can win an activation license of Sygic GPS Navigation worth 79.99 €. Using this license you will be able to activate Europe & America & Southeast Asia & Africa region. [Read more...]
Third-party premium navigation apps for Android faces stiff competing from Google Maps on Google’s Android Platform. Since, almost all Android devices comes bundled with free Google Maps plus Navigation app. Though Google Maps Navigation is not available everywhere. This stiff competition is good for end users as it brings in some good and innovative features for them. To compete with free Google Maps, premium GPS navigation apps comes up with innovative features. We started evaluating Sygic: GPS Navigation app for Android, a premium navigation app to find out if people will pay for something which they have grown accustomed to getting free?
Sygic lists its premium app for free (actually a 7 day trial version) in the Android Market. The app is around 6 MB download and after installing it, users must download the maps. You don’t need to download all maps available through Sygic to your Android phone as it will take up precious space on their device. Using the Sygic Downloader, you have the choice to download each map. Sygic recommends using WiFi for downloading maps data as some maps are very big in size. After the 7-day trial expires, the app prompts the user to buy an activation key from the official webpage. Read on for more in-depth review of the app. [Read more...]
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit is a very good car racing game for Android users. EA sells the game through the Android Market for $6.99. But, here’s a very good news for Samsung Galaxy S II owners, they can save $6.99 and download the game for free from the Samsung Apps store application present in their phone. Earlier, Samsung through Samsung Apps provided GameLoft Asphalt 6 for free to all Galaxy S2 users. Even, at the time of posting, Asphalt 6 is still available for free to all Galaxy S II users in all regions. [Read more...]
Wondershare MobileGo is a smart Android Manager to manage your Android phone. With this application, you can easily manage your phone from your computer conveniently and effectively. The application is an one-stop application for everything that you need for your device.
The manager enables you to easily transfer all your contacts from your Symbian device, import your contacts from Microsoft Outlook, convert movies to formats that your phone can play, easily import or export contacts, manage your SMS, music, photo, or movie, backup and restore your phone data, and do other management tasks between your computer and phone. Using the app is very easy. With its well laid-out user interface, finding any function and using is very easy. You can find a simple guide on how to use this application here. [Read more...]
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