As Samsung begins to roll out Android Lollipop updates to its mobile devices, it has also updated its Samsung Gear app (formerly known as Gear Manager) to connect and manage its Gear smartwatches from Samsung devices. Some early recipients of the Lollipop update have reported compatibility issues between the two, prompting Samsung to issue an update. Two specific issues have […]
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t y p e w r i t e r: An iOS keyboard app for those who love typewriters
We recently featured the Qwerkywriter, a mechanical keyboard for your tablet that was inspired by the typewriters of yore, on Concept Sunday. While almost any lover of old typewriter probably wants one on their desks, it is not an accessory that lends itself to being carried everywhere. Now, those same lovers of old typewriters have another option. t y p e […]
FIFA launches Android and iOS app to cover 2014 World Cup
If you’re a football (better known as soccer in some parts of the world) fan, chances are that you’ve already booked off June 2014 to watch the World Cup set to take place in Brazil. The qualifiers are done and we know which 32 countries will be competing for the glory and the trophy. Ahead of next week’s World Cup […]
Mobile app downloads to top 100 billion in 2013
Following market research by ABI Research that found that the mobile app market could be worth as much as US$27 billion this year, Gartner has weighed in with its own study and found that some 102 billion apps will be downloaded from mobile app stores this year. This is nearly 40 billion more apps than were downloaded only a year ago. […]
Pacific Rim app hits Google Play days before theatrical release
Just a day before its theatrical release, the Pacific Rim game app is listed in Google Play Store for a hefty US$4.99, destroying your pocket book as much as the Kaiju monsters try to destroy the world, so choose wisely, Grasshopper. I have seen the previews and the movie appears to be a constant battle between the monsters (Kaiju) that […]
New Google Maps update available in Google Play
The new Google Maps app announced back in May at Google I/O is finally available in the Google Play Store. Well, sort of. Some will get it right away and for the rest, it will roll out over the coming weeks depending on where you are in the world. We can look forward to a completely new user interface (UI) […]
Beautiful Design app summer collection
The Android Developers Blog today talked about the importance of a well-designed app, and decided to share with us the ones that new developers should strive to achieve. This is what they have to say about what makes an app special: Attention to detail makes an app truly beautiful: transitions are fast and clear, layout and typography are crisp […]
Polaroid releases a new Android photo app, Polamatic
Just when you thought there were not enough photo filter apps, a new one springs up – this time Polaroid introduces their new Android app called Polamatic, for US$1.99. There is really nothing new here, almost like a mini-Instagram. If you are old enough to have used a Polaroid camera then you will recognize the included borders as they look […]