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Mysplash is an Unsplash client for Android

Mysplash-photography&wallpaper, what a mouthful, is a well designed and lightweight Android client for Unsplash.com, a "do whatever you want" photography site. All photos that are published on Unsplash are licensed under Creative […]

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Chrome's Adblock Pro is a uBlock Origin rip-off

Adblock Pro is very popular ad-blocking extension for the Google Chrome browser with over 2.7 million users and 12500 mostly positive ratings on the Google Chrome Web Store. If you install the […]

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Early Access and Beta apps on Google Play

Early access and access to beta apps are two options that users have when they use the Google Play store to discover, download and manage Android apps and games. The main difference […]

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Size of Android app updates reduced significantly

Google announced today that it has implemented a new updating method called file-by-file patching that reduces the size of app updates on Android by 65% on average. The company started to use […]

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MaterialChess for Android is a fantastic chess app

MaterialChess is a free application for Google Android devices that lets you play and train chess in a variety of ways. One of the most refreshing features of the application is that […]

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Check Your Android device's DRM Capabilities

DRM Info is a free application for Google Android devices that displays to you the installed Digital rights Management (DRM) modules. DRM is used by the majority of subscription-based services that stream […]

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Android malware campaign hijacks more than 1 million Google accounts

A new malware campaign, dubbed Gooligan by Check Point, has successfully breached more than 1 million Google accounts up to this point according to the company. About 13,000 new devices are breached […]

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Record your Android screen with AZ Screen Recorder

AZ Screen Recorder is a free application for Google Android devices that lets you record the screen of your Android device easily. A couple of things are intersting about the app. First, […]

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Microsoft Solitaire Collection for Android

Microsoft Solitaire Collection, previously a Windows exclusive app, has been released for Android and iOS devices by Microsoft recently. Microsoft Solitaire Collection was released first for Windows 8 and later on for […]

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PhotoScan by Google Photos for Android

PhotoScan by Google Photos is a new Android application by Google to scan printed photos using your device's built-in camera. PhotoScan is a new scanner app from Google Photos that lets you […]

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Microsoft Selfie: create better looking selfies

Microsoft Selfie is a new application for Google Android devices that is designed to make your selfies look better through some post-processing magic. While I never understood selfies in first place, I […]

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English Pills ESL learning tool for Android

English Pills is a free application for Google Android devices designed for non native English speakers to increase their command of the English language in a fun way. Most language learners and […]

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DNS66 Host-based Blocker for Android

DNS66 is a host-based blocker for Android devices that is easy to setup and does not require root or special permissions. Setting up proper blocking on Android devices is not as easy […]

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Find out which version of Android your apps support

AppChecker - List APIs of Apps is a free application for Android that displays which version of Android each installed application supports. Android is quite the fragmented operating system which can be […]

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Google Wallpapers app for Android

Wallpapers is a new Android application by Google which offers similar functionality as the built-in wallpaper app of the Google Pixel phone. Are you a smartphone user who never switches the default […]

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Microsoft News Pro: good idea, bad implementation

Microsoft Garage's newest application for Android, News Pro, For You, In Depth, is a port of the iOS application that is designed to deliver news "around your work and life every day" […]

Microsoft: you won't be using that Qwerty keyboard forever

Microsoft's chief envisioning officer Dave Coplin believes that the days of using a Qwerty keyboard to interact with computing devices are numbered. In an interview with the UK's Evening Standard newspaper, Coplin […]

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Google Authenticator 4.74 with in-app scanner

Google Authenticator is Google's official 2-factor authentication application that users may use for Google accounts but also for third-party accounts that support the technology. It works similarly to comparable apps such as […]

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Chrome 54: background HTML5 video play on Android

Google Chrome 54 for Android introduces new background video playback capabilities to the web browser if HTML5 video elements are played in it. If you use Chrome on Android, you may have […]

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Check whether your Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone might explode

There has been lots of talk already about the battery issue of Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 smartphone. The faulty battery of select Galaxy Note 7 devices may explode, and several have exploded […]

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Google breaks down security patches for Android

Google published monthly security updates for Android for about a year which manufacturers get in advance to push out to their devices after integrating and testing the patches. While some manufacturers are […]

Photo filter app Prisma goes offline

Prisma, the photo filter application for Android and iOS devices that turns your photos into artwork, is now capable of handling the processing offline on iOS, with Android following soon. Prisma is […]

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Tiny Scanner: Android Document Scanner

Tiny Scanner is a free application for Google's Android operating system that you may use to scan documents using the device's camera. The scanned documents are turned into PDF format automatically by […]

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QuadRooter Scanner: is your Android phone vulnerable

QuadRooter Scanner is a new application for Android devices that scans a device and tells you whether it is affected by the recently disclosed QuadRooter vulnerability. QuadRooter is a set of four […]

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Wikipedia launches redesigned Android app

Wikipedia announced today that it has updated the official application of the service for Android with new features and a redesigned home screen. When you open the latest version of the Wikipedia […]

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Prisma Photo Art Android app

Prisma is a popular application that was originally released for iOS that you could use to apply filters to photos. The application has been released for Android today. Photo filter applications are […]

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Sync Dropbox automatically on Android

Dropbox's Android client is limited when it comes to the automatic synchronization of files between Dropbox and the Android device. It did support automatic photo syncing up until now, but a recent […]

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Discogs app for Android is out

Music tracking, collection and marketplace Discogs released the official Android application on the Google Play store just a moment ago. The new app comes months after the release of the Discog iOS […]

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Android N plugs one ransomware attack vector

The upcoming Android N (Nougat) operating system ships with a security change that will prevent ransomware attacks from succeeding that target the unlock password. Ransomware is not only a problem on desktop […]

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Midnight (Night Mode) for Android review

Midnight (Night Mode) is a free application for Android devices to reduce the screen brightness automatically or manually. Bright screens can be a problem, especially late at night, early in the morning […]

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Turn off specific sounds on Android

Ultimate Sound Control is a free application for Android that gives you better control over system sounds on devices running Android. All Android versions come with some form of sound management. You […]

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Material Audiobook Player for Android review

Material Audiobook Player is a free application for Android devices designed to make the experience of listening to audiobooks on Android better. While you may use any audio player to play audiobooks […]

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Flaw in Android Full Disk Encryption discovered

A security researcher discovered a flaw in how Android devices handle full disk encryption which makes it easier for attackers to gain access to the data. Google started to implement Full Disk […]

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VLC 2.0 for Android released

The update to VLC 2.0 for Android introduces a large number of new features such as network browsing and video playlists to the popular media player. VLC Media Player may not be […]

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Opera launches News and Search app for Android

Opera Software launched a new application for Android devices called Opera browser - news & search that moves away from the classic web browser concept. The company has experimented with news feeds […]

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Battery Aid for Android

Battery Aid is a free application for devices running the Android operating system designed to improve battery life in various ways. Battery life is an important factor when it comes to mobile […]

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Microsoft Account for Android

Microsoft Account is a free Android application that improves the two-step verification process when signing in to a Microsoft Account. When you sign in to your Microsoft Account on a device, you […]

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Benchmark your phone with PCMark

PCMark is an excellent benchmark for Android that enables you to test your phone's performance, battery life and storage performance among other things. Running benchmarks on a mobile device is not really […]

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Android Instant Apps explained

Google's been busy yesterday showcasing new features and products on the company's I/O Conference. Next to the two messaging applications Allo and Duo, and first information about Android N, the next version […]

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Android: know who tried to get in your phone

Third Eye is a free application for Google Android devices that has been designed to take snapshots of people who try to unlock the device but fail to do so. It is […]