theScore: Sports & Scores is a fast, responsive app for Android
When it comes to following your favorite sport, football in my case, or your favorite team in a sport, you have plenty of options thanks to the advance of smartphones and mobile […]
Movie Roll: The one movie app you need for Android
Back in the dark days when there was no Internet and mobile phones weight more than a 5kg sack of rice, you had to rely on magazines and movie trailers in cinema […]
NetLive for Android highlights all apps bandwidth using apps in realtime
It is rather difficult to find out which apps use bandwidth at a given point in time on Android devices. While you can look up an apps total bandwidth use over time […]
Firefox 26 for Android gets a revamped interface
Android users have lots of choice when it comes to web browsers for the system. From Google Chrome to Firefox and dozens of third party browsers in-between, it is almost certain that […]
Google Play Services completes 3.2 rollout
Google has slowly been rolling out Play Services version 3.2 to Android devices, but the company now announces that the task is complete for phones and tablets all around the world. So […]
YouTube 5 app for Android brings in app-multitasking
I ignore video apps on my Android smartphone for the most part as I do not really like to watch videos on a small screen, or on mobile devices. It probably has […]
DiskUsage highlights where all that storage space went on your Android device
Even if your smartphone ships with lots of storage, say 16 Gigabytes or more, you may eventually come to a point where it is packed to the brim. Apps, games, media, photos […]
Get the lowdown on your Android with Geekbench 3
Android devices are released on an increasingly fast and furious basis -- it seems as if there is a new one every week, be it a phone or tablet. If you are […]
1Weather for Android provides you with all the weather information you ever need
Most smartphones come with stock weather applications that provide you with current and forecast weather information. If you want more information, you usually have to look elsewhere. Since I cannot review the […]
Use WiFi Analyzer for Android to optimally configure your wireless router
Setting up a wireless router is not really that difficult anymore if you stick with the default settings. While that works fine often, it is better to go through the configuration manually […]
Encrypt Android phone conversations with RedPhone
The Prism surveillance scandal has shown that the NSA and other agencies can tap into most communication channels. One of the proposed solutions is encryption and here especially open solutions that anyone […]
How to configure the new Android Device Manager on your phone
When you lose your phone, you may be in a world of trouble. This is especially the case if it gets stolen and you have not taken the right precautions to protect […]
Firefox 23 for Android launches with custom search engine support and RSS feed support
Mozilla has united the release schedule of Firefox for desktop and mobile. Yesterday's release of Firefox 23 for desktop systems was accompanied by the release of Firefox 23 for Android. Existing users […]
GeoLog reduces the drain that location-based services have on your Android phone's battery
GPS can be a very useful feature depending on what you are using your phone for. Maybe you use it to track your cycling or running progress, do photo walks and want […]
GameKeeper - Game Tracker is a game collection app for Android
I usually keep my old gaming systems and do not give them away when I stop playing them, as there is often the chance that I feel the desire to plug it […]
How to install and use Flash Player on your Android device
So, Adobe made the decision to cease any mobile Flash development some time ago which had the consequence that newer versions of Android shipped without it. While many may see that as […]
Add multiple widgets in the place of one on your Android home screen
One of the things that you can do on Android to speed things up a little bit is to place widgets or applications on the home screen of your phone or tablet […]
Manga Rock takes care of all of your Manga reading needs on Android
Manga are highly popular on the Internet and it comes at no surprise that app stores are sporting a solid number of manga and anime apps as well. Manga Rock is a […]
Can Memrise help you learn the basics of a language?
I like languages, and one of the things that help me a lot when I'm learning a new language is to use applications or web services. Memrise is such a service that […]
How to play YouTube videos in the background on Android
You can open the video hosting website YouTube in one of the mobile web browsers installed on your Android device, or use an official or third party YouTube application for that. While […]
Tired of pressing Android's power button? Gravity Screen On/Off handles that automatically for you
The power button of your Android phone either wakes the screen up when you press it or turns it off when it is active. This is done to increase the battery life […]
Shush! turns your ringer off for a custom period of time
It is common courtesy to turn off the sound and ringer of your mobile phone when you watch a movie in cinema, commute, or spend time in places where you may distract […]
Podcast Addict: auto-download podcast episodes to your Android device
If you are subscribed to one or multiple podcasts, you may like the idea of listening to those shows on your Android device. Instead of listening to music while commuting, jogging or […]
Override font size, orientation or input method of Android apps
App Override is a free application for Android that you can make use of to customize specific apps on the system. What is meant by that is that you can override default […]
Why the new Google Play layout is faster on Chrome than Firefox or Internet Explorer
Google has redesigned the Google Play store and launched the new version yesterday to the public. Unlike in the past, where the shift happened gradually and not all at once, this time […]
Cliffhanger: keep track of your favorite (US) TV Shows
If you have a couple of TV shows that you watch regularly, then you may have a difficult time making sure that you do not miss a single episode that airs on […]
Deal Flux is a daily deal aggregator for Android
If you like daily deals websites like Woot or 1 SaleADay, you know that it can sometimes be difficult to keep an overview of all the deals that they offer. Depending on […]
AVG Uninstaller for Android suggests to uninstall apps by usage
Most program uninstallers display all the programs or apps that you have installed on your system in alphanumerical or chronological order. That's fine most of the time, but not the only way […]
How to save offline maps in the new Google Maps application
Google Maps for Android and iOS had a useful offline maps feature up until recently which you could use to save parts of the map for offline use. All you had to […]
PushBullet: send data to your Android device
PushBullet has been around for some time. It is an Android application and web service that you can make use of to send data, files, notes, textual information, to your Android phone […]
Hearing Saver protects your ears when you connect headphones to your Android device
If you like to listen to loud music when you are using your Android phone or tablet, you may have noticed that the music stays on the level if you plug in […]
Chartix: browse and listen to music charts on Android
Chartix provides you with access to various music charts that you can browse to listen to songs that you are interested in. Before I go into details, I'd like to get the […]
Official Mega application for Android released
What's the next best thing next to creating an application for your website or service? Right, buying an existing application. That's apparently what Mega Limited did recently as it acquired the Mega […]
Android: set a solid color as your background and avoid busy wallpapers
Most Android devices ship with beautiful wallpaper images by default that are displayed as the phone's or tablet's background picture. While that is certainly appealing, some users may prefer a less distracting […]
Timetable: Keep track of classes, courses, homework and tasks
The Android app Timetable would have been a great asset if it would have existed back in my school and university days. It did not and I had to use pen and […]
Max Capacity Training for Android gets you in shape in 48 minutes per week
If you sit in front of the computer screen for most of your day you may know how difficult it is to squeeze training or workouts into your schedule. You are lucky […]
DuckDuckGo Android app: a first look
As you may know if you are a regular here, I'm using DuckDuckGo as my main search engine and other search engines only if I cannot find what I'm looking for when […]
Give your Android home screen a fresh coat of paint with Buzz Launcher
The home screen theme your Android phone or tablet ships with is usually not the prettiest to look at. While it may be functional, it is often not as customizable as you […]
Powerline: display power, memory and other indicators on your Android screen all the time
The Android status bar is displayed most of the time. It highlights the remaining battery life of the device, if data gets transferred and other status information. Apps and especially games can […]
App Launcher+ organizes your Android apps into Google Play categories
If you have a couple of pages worth of apps installed on your Android device you know that it can become quite the hassle to find a particular app you are interested […]