Category: Android apps
Google forces Amazon’s app store from Google Play
Competition between Google and Amazon over their Android app stores is hotting up - it has emerged that Google has kicked Amazon's store off of Google Play. The official reason is a change in Google Play's terms of service, which states that: "4.5 Alternative Stores. You may not use the Store to distribute or make…
Facebook launches separate Groups app
Facebook has launched another app - this time spinning off Groups into a separate icon on your home screen. In news that will no doubt delight the people who hated having to install a Messenger app, the same is now the case for Groups. The new app lets you view all of your groups in…
12 Apps to help you Survive the Christmas Season
[nextpage title="Next"] Christmas can be a stressful time for all of us, and it seems to arrive earlier every year. If it's not gifts to buy, it's family get-togethers to arrange, parties to attend, decorations to get up and a massive dinner to prepare. To help you get super-organised this year, here are 12 apps…
Google Now can search within apps… now!
Google's latest update to its Android Google Now app has just made things ever clever: It can trigger searches within apps. In a post on the Android Developers Blog, the example is given of voice searching "Ok Google, search pizza on Eat24" or "Ok Google, search for hotels in Maui on TripAdvisor.". Then rather than…
Google Fit finally launches on Android
Android-toting fitness fanatics have a new toy to play with this morning, as Google Fit, the company's competitor for Apple's Health app, has appeared on the Google Play store. We've known it was coming since it was unveiled in June at Google's I/O conference, and essentially does the same job as Apple's Health: The idea…
The XKCD face is the best watchface for the Moto 360
You know XKCD, right? The brilliant webcomic from Randall Munroe. If you don't know the name, you'll no-doubt recognise some of the most famous comics. Anyway - a while back Randall posted this combination clock widget/cartoon, which shows what time it is around the world by using a map. Some time later Motorola brought out…
Flappy Bird found hiding in Android Lollipop
How about this? Hidden in the depths of the next version of Google's Android operating system is a clone of the wildly popular Flappy Bird. As one developer uncovered, tapping on the version number in the "About" menu in settings, triggered the game: Unlike regular Flappy Bird, the bird has been replaced with an Android…
New ComiXchat app turns your messages into a comic strip
A new messaging app has been announced today at New York Comic Con which will turn your conversation with friends into cartoon-strip style conversations. ComiXchat launches today and works a bit like WhatsApp, but your conversations will end up looking more like the above. Once you've signed up, all you have to do is pick…
First Android apps arrive on Chromebooks
Back in June at Google's IO conference, the company made a surprising announcement: Soon it will be possible to run Android apps on Chromebooks - Google's cheapo laptops that run Chrome OS. The day has finally come. The company has added four popular Android apps to the Chrome store: Duolingo, Evernote, Vine and Kids Sight…
How to watch US sports (NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL) in the UK – updated for the 2014/15 season
Have you ever wanted to watch baseball, basketball, ice hockey or American football on your TV? For UK viewers it can be difficult to figure out just how to do it – though there’s a growing popularity of American sport in the UK, events have conspired to make it a possibly maddening experience to watch.…
