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Google is mandating its services on Android phones OEMs, and that’s a good thing

Have you ever held an Amazon Fire phone and compared it to a Nexus phone? Whether you did or not, let me tell you that although the Amazon device ...

HTC Scribble app makes its way to the Play Store, for HTC phones only

For a little while, HTC started listing its own apps in the Play Store. Today, they made their HTC Scribble app available for the HTC One devic...

Starbucks Android app received new update, brings digital tips and ‘Shake To Pay’

Strabucks is now pushing a new update to its Android application to bring its current software version to 2.7. A few new features have been adde...

OneNote now works with Android Wear, lets you take notes on the go

A new update has been pushed to Microsoft's OneNote Android application in the form of another application designed to work with Android Wear. To ...

Shazam app receives update, adds music purchase via Google Play Music

We wanted to let you know that Shazam for Android received a new update today which is available in the Play Store. The company says that it is br...

Android Platform September numbers now available; KitKat runs on 24.5% of devices

The number are in folks. The Android platform September stats are showing a continuing growth of Android 4.4 KitKat which increased its share up t...

eBay Android app receives update with new UI, payment reminders and more

One of my favorite apps, eBay, has just received a new and hefty update for its Android application. The app version has been updated to version 2....

PSA: Microsoft Office Mobile for Android is now free, no Office 365 subscription needed

Today, you can grab the Microsoft Office Mobile for Android for free. To clarify things, it was always free to download but it required its users to...

Valve’s PC Game Portal is heading to a NVIDIA Shield near you, thanks to an OTA update on April 2

Calling all Portal and Android fans out there. Today is an awesome day. The ever popular PC game will be coming to NVIDIA Shield thanks to an OTA ...

Official: Samsung unveils the Galaxy Round with curved 5.7-inch display

It's official folks. Samsung announced this evening the launch of the Galaxy Round, " the world’s first curved display smartphone." We'll be looking...

Twitter for Android received update, adds login verification, updated photo gallery

The Twitter Android app has come a long way. It keeps getting better and better. Today, it received another update bumping its software version to...

[Video] Cyanogenmod teases us with new trailer, says “Nemesis” is coming

Cyanogenmod is definitely one the most recognized developers in the Android Community. Today, they posted a trailer teasing us about a project cal...

[Download] 19 Super Mario Bros High-Res wallpapers by Neff Starr

Super Mario fans rejoice! Look what I found in Google+. Mr. Neff Starr posted a bunch of high resolution wallpapers of my favorite video game char...

[Deal] AT&T is offering a 50% off discount on all Android smartphones priced up to $199 — Galaxy S4, S4 Active and HTC one are $99

AT&T is running a pretty good sale if you're in the market for a smartphone. You will be saving 50% of any Android or non-Android phone priced...