Android

App discovery is a major problem, and most people really have no idea how to find great apps for their smartphones and tablets. I’ve even seen people who haven’t installed a single app on their iPhone or Android device. We’ve focused on our favorite nine apps for the iPhone, Android phones, and the iPad in Continue Reading →

Amid the hoopla of Google IO, a few Google-related items sailed by almost unnoticed — such as a cool update to the Android version of YouTube. For the first time, YouTube will start downloading videos it thinks you might want to watch, whenever you’re plugged in and on Wi-fi. That’s great news for commuters, for Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120628_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] As expected, Google made some big announcements during the opening of its annual developer conference yesterday.  First things first: now available for pre-order is the Nexus 7 tablet, a device running the brand new Android 4.1 Operating System, better known as Jelly Bean. The quad-core tablet has Continue Reading →

There’s no shortage of messaging apps that take advantage of your smartphone’s data plan. Apple’s iMessage platform allows the instant exchange of messages, images, and video (albeit to other supported Apple devices). Google uses Google Voice for text messages, but it doesn’t have a first-party utility for freely exchanging media. Samsung’s cross-platform app ChatON seems Continue Reading →

Wednesday at Google I/O, the company has announced quite a bit of news surrounding upcoming Android updates, a brand new tablet, numerous updates to Google+ and more. There’s heaps of information to cover, so let’s get to it. Here’s everything you need to know. The Stats: Wednesday at Google I/O, it was announced that there Continue Reading →

Over the next couple of days, Google is expected to announce a huge number of new features across its services at its Google I/O developer conference, but an early source code change suggests that TV episodes and magazines will soon be available to Android device and Google TV owners. In a recent scan of a Continue Reading →

A U.S. judge on Tuesday backed Apple Inc’s request to stop Samsung Electronics selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the United States, giving the iPhone maker a significant win in the global smartphone and tablet patent wars. Samsung’s Galaxy touchscreen tablets, powered by Google’s Android operating system, are considered by many industry experts to Continue Reading →

Google Inc will soon unveil a tablet co-branded with Taiwan’s Asustek Computer Inc and priced to compete with Amazon’s Kindle Fire device, an Asustek executive said on Wednesday. Amazon’s Kindle Fire, which runs a version of Google’s Android operating system, sells for $199. Through it users can access Amazon content including books, music and video. Continue Reading →

Facebook seemed to be taking a step in the location-based app direction with the launch of Find Friends Nearby. But only hours after releasing the new — yet very unofficial — feature, the company reeled it back in, pulling it from its iOS and Android apps, and disabling the mobile page. The new feature initially Continue Reading →

Gmail users on iOS devices have an early gift prior to this week’s Google developer event: The Gmail on iOS app was updated on Monday with some key improvements to make the software better and on par with Android’s Gmail client. The biggest change is support for the native iOS Notification Center, but even the Continue Reading →