Navigating New Google Play - Android’s app store has recently undergone a rebrand and redesign. Here’s the lowdown on Google play. You would be forgiven for thinking that Google has been struck by indecision when it comes to Android’s app store. It has undergone countless major revisions in it’s short history, taking inj complete redesigns, new features and, most recently, full rebranding. Even when the Android Market become Google Play in March its app section was initially named play shop in the UK before being swiftly switched to the play store. Hopefully Google has finally settled on a look that it likes.
Friday, July 13, 2012
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Find The News You Want Fast With Flud
Use flud to manage news feeds and share the events you care
about most. Let’s faceit, there’s so much information flying around nowadays
that keeping on top of it all is becoming more and more of a nightmare. That’s
where flud comes in. it’s an application that lets you personally tailor the
news content you receive, making sure you get all the facts from the breaking
stories that you’re going to be interested in, and from the source you most
trust and enjoy.
More than that though, it’s also way of networking with
like-minded friends, sharing the stories that you really care about, and saving
interesting post so that you can catch up with them when you get a free couple
of minutes.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
A Simple Way to Keep on Top of your Smartphone’s Memory Usage
It’s easy to lose track of how full your phone and SD card are, and
while there are some handy tools built in to your phone to free up space, using
them can be a bit of a fail. Some companies add extra services to their UI, but
if you’re looking for a quick app for clearing space, then Sandisk memory zone
is perfect. Here we will guide you through the different things you can do eith
the app. Showing you how to delete unwanted files, move data around, and a few
other tricks that will have you taking control in no time. Better memory
management means a smoother, easier Android experience.
By Date or size
Pressing menu also lets you arrange the items by date, so you can
see which you’ve created the most recently and plan your clearance strategy
from there & breakdown of the size of the different files lets you see
which is taking up the most room
Thursday, June 7, 2012
How To Factory Reset Your Android Phone
Many user dont know how to back up your data and
reapply factory settings.
With so much information flying
around nowadays, it’s easy for your phone or tablet to end up bloated. When the
going gets tough, and your device slows down to a crawl, it’s probably time to
back up what you want to keep, and chuck the rest out with a factory restore. This will be increase your Android Phone productivity
This
will delete everything from your phone, leaving you with a blank canvas to fill
up all over again. Of course, a full factory data reset means you’ll lose all
of your apps, contacts and settings, but if you follow these easy steps,
getting them back will be a cinch.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Manage Data Usage on Your Adroid Phone With Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) App
Exceeding your data limit can be
costly. Follow our tutorial to ensure you never find yourself paying those
excess charges. Smartphones are always changing, and we now live in a society
where we’re using phones that enable us to browse, download and stream.
Although we have all these capabilities, it’s important to remember that they
all require data to function. If you took your phone out on a contract, there’s
no doubt you have a strict amount of data you can use per month, if you happen
to go over that limit, chances are your bill will increase.
You may think that you’ll never go
over your data limit, but it can be a surprisingly easy mistake to make. Apps
can run in the background, and while doing so they can still use up your precious
data. Therefore making sure you’re monitoring your data usage is a very
important job. Luckily, all of you with a device running Ice cream Sandwich have a handy page that you can play around with
to make sure you never breach your data limit. Here’s how to get started with
it.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
12 The Best Apps For Your Android Tablet
Load up your tablet with the best apps for
your tablet. This is the best android apps for your tablet base on any purpose :
1.
Social networking
TweetCaster for Twitter (Free).
This app works better than the
official Android Twitter client. Tweetcaster makes the most of the extra screen
space afforded by Android tablets and uses each part of the screen to good
effect. Besides displaying all of the tweets in your timeline in an obvious
manner, it often more features than any other Twitter app on Google Play. You can
add multiple Twitter accounts, save stories to read later and even tweak many
aspects of the interface. It looks and works better than the official twitter
Android client and is even better than using twitter on a desktop via the web. If
you use twitter a lot and own an Android tablet, this is app is an no-brainer
because it is free and incredibly well featured.
2.
Reading News
BBC News (free)
The BBC website is regarded as one of the best in the world for news
presentation but the Android tablet app goes one better and makes finding the
latest stories easier than ever before. The graphic and text look splendid on
the larger screen and the two pane interface makes you feel as though you are
reading the news on a desktop. Very few apps are capable of beating their
desktop or online counterparts, but this one really does.
Friday, April 20, 2012
How To Send A Contact As An SMS On Android Phone
Follow this tutorial to learn how to send a contact’s
details in SMS. It can be a laborious process having to keep switching back and
forth between a number and text message as you try and send over one of your
contact’s details to someone else. On most old’s 'dumbphones' you would be able
to send over the details direct from your address book in a text message.
However on Android this feature is surprisingly missing. If you want to send
all the details of a specific contact to someone else, then you’ll first need
to down the Ciacs app from the Google Play Store.
Ciacs allows you to add all
the details of contact stored on your phone, and send it to as many of your
contacts as you wish over a variety of different formats. You can even add
further text to the message, thus making it a highly useful tool. Ciacs is one
of those apps that fills in some vital functionality to the OS. With our quick
guide you’ll be able to send info from your address book in no time.
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