Hooks for Android notifies you about anything
Hooks is a free application for Android devices that you configure to receive custom alerts and notifications for things you are interested in.
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Your photos may still sync with Google after removing the Photos app on Android
Sometimes, there is disparity between what designers and developers think is best or clear, and what users who use the product believe.
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Bored? Shuffle My Life suggests activities based on time, weather and location
Shuffle My Life is a brand new application for Google's Android operating system that provides you with activity suggestions at times when you are bored, don't
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Streaks is a simple daily task reminder app for Android
If you have tasks that you want to complete every day but forget to do sometimes, you may find the free Android application Streaks useful as it can reminds you
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Alarmy: The most annoying alarm clock app
Alarmy is a popular, highly effective Alarmy - Loud alarm clock - Apps on Google Play and Alarmy - Loud alarm clock - App Store - Apple alarm clock app designed
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How to set up a VPN on devices running Android 5
I'll be on a week-long vacation in the beginning of July which I'm looking forward to.
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How to close open tabs in Google Chrome for Android 5.0 and higher
I'm using various web browsers on my Moto G device running Android 5.
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Nights Keeper for Android: Do Not Disturb with Whitelist
Nights Keeper is a free application for devices running Android that adds do not disturb functionality to the device that blocks all but select contacts from re
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Explore Hubble missions with Hubble Gallery for Android
Hubble Gallery Beta for Android is a free application for the mobile operating system that lists information about Hubble missions and photos in an easy to navi
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PrivacyHawk: risk analysis for Android apps
Android's consumer-unfriendly permissions system makes it difficult for users to find out what applications do in the background.
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Google publishes free and paid Android courses on Udacity
If you want to learn Android programming, you have lots of options.
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Lingvist promises to teach you English or French in 200 hours
I like to learn new languages and whenever a new application or service is released, I'm excited to give it a try to find out how useful it is.
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Free up space on Android using Google's Photos application
If you are running low on space on your Android device and take lots of photos or videos on it, and use the Google Photos application, you may use it to free [&
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LibreOffice Viewer for Android is a basic document reader
LibreOffice is a major free office suite that started as a fork of OpenOffice in 2010.
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How to block annoying calls on Android 5 natively
Over the past couple of days I have received numerous phone calls from a number that is used for marketing purposes only.
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Kids Place is a free parental control application for Android
The Internet is full of horror stories of children running up huge mobile phone bills.
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RouterCheck for Android tests your router's security
How secure is the router your computer and devices are connected to whenever you are using the Internet? The free Android app RouterCheck tries to find that out
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Here is what you need to know about the new Adblock Browser for Android
Adblock Plus is a popular ad-blocking extension that is available for various web browsers.
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Permission Requests are the main reason why I cancel app installations on Android
I like Android apps a lot, and I enjoy the discovery as much as I enjoy discovering new desktop software.
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FotoFox: compress photos and videos on mobile devices
Photo and videos that you capture on your mobile devices can take up a sizable chunk of storage space.
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Test scrolling improvements in latest Chrome Dev for Android
Only Chrome Stable and Beta were available up until recently for the Android operating system.
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NoSuchApp for Android highlights apps secretly connecting to tracking sites
When it comes to knowing what apps do and don't do on Android, there is little that average users can find out in advance or after installation.
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SwiftKey releases Clarity, an experimental keyboard for Android
I don't like to type on my Android device.
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Cabinet is a feature-rich file explorer for Android
I sometimes browse files on my Android device, for instance after transferring an apk file or other data to the device to execute it.
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How to reset your Advertising ID on Android devices
The advertising identifier (ID) is a unique anonymous identifier on Android devices that is used for advertising purposes.
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How to find your phone using Google Search
Remember Android Device Manager? Google introduced the service back in 2013 to help you locate your phone and erase the device if it was stolen or cannot be fou
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Web Alert is a powerful website monitoring app for Android
Web Alert is a free application for Android devices that monitors websites or parts of websites and notifies you of changes.
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Restrict app data on cellular networks on Android
One of the negative side effects of my cheap mobile subscription is that I only have 200 Megabytes of free high speed mobile data per month after which the spee
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Test networks quickly with Network Tester for Android
When you are connecting to open wireless networks using an Android device, you sometimes don't know if Internet access is available or if you are blocked from a
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Hangar for Android displays app shortcuts in the notification area
Most Android users start applications from their device's start screen or the all applications listing.
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How to change your WhatsApp Phone Number
My mother made the decision recently to switch from a regular smartphone contract to a prepaid contract.
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How to enable the Battery Saver on Android 5
It is rather surprising that previous versions of the Android operating system did not ship with a battery saver mode that you could enable on the device to mak
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AfterShip is probably the best Package Tracker for Android
I recently sold a couple of old game consoles and games on eBay, something which I have not done for years.
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Privacy Look adds disk wiping unlock code to your Android device
Depending on where you live, you may be required to unlock your device when authorities ask you to do so.
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Avira launches free Android Optimizer
System optimization tools and apps are fairly popular on desktop PCs but also on mobile devices.
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uBlock for Firefox mobile now available
The browser extension uBlock so far has only been available for desktop devices.
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Chrome Beta on Android adds site screenshot when you share links
Google has rolled out a new feature in Chrome Beta on Android, currently on version 42, that changes the link sharing functionality in the browser significantly.
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Smart Notifications tames Android 5.0's notification mess
My Moto G was updated to Android 5.
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You need to stop using Chrome on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
If you are running an Android device with Android 4.
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Block Android apps from adding icons to the home screen
Whenever you install an application on your Android device using Google's Play store, an icon pointing to it is placed on your phone's home screen.
