Posts tagged Android
The Breathometer: No more DUI!
May 20th
You know how they say, it’s always better to be safe than sorry. Well, with the latest DUI statistics, it’s safe to say this little keychain-sized device will come in handy.
Breathometer is a new breathalyzer that works with your Smartphone as a better gauge of your soberness. The pocket-sized piece of hardware easily plugs into your headphone jack. All you have to do next is blow into it and thus your result; your blood alcohol content. Yes, it’s that simple.
Charles Michael Yim, Breathometer founder, explained he had tested a couple other existing consumer breathalyzers and discovered none of which were all that convenient. They were either too bulky, too costly or too burdensome when it comes to measuring. The bigger issue is that most people did not even know consumer breathalyzers existed, and thus Yim and his team took it upom themselves to develop a more affordable and accessible device for the average user.
The Breathometer is part of an Indiegogo campaign that is structured in a way that depends on what you contribute; if someone contributes $100, they’ll be part of the company’s first drop-shipment of the device in July. However, if someone invests in just $20, they’ll have to wait until early next year.
According to a survey conducted by Breathometer and SodaHead.com, 64% of respondents showed they have either driven while intoxicated or been in a car with a driver under the influence. 67% indicated know someone who has been involved in an accident involving a DUI. And the scarier statistic of all is that 80% of respondents know someone who has been taken into custody for driving under the influence.
“Breathometer wasn’t created just to address the risks associated with drinking and driving, but to help people, their friends, and family, all to make smarter and safer choices when consuming alcohol. Real time BAC measurement is the first step,” stated Charles Michael Yim, founder and chief executive of Breathometer.
The device works well with both iOSand Android. The app makes it simple for you to connect to local transportation if you are impaired. The device will be available via Breathometer.com, the Apple iTunes App Store, and Google Play. Breathometer is awaiting approval from the Food and Drug Administration, and the company has applied for patents.
Top 10 Apps of the Week!
May 16th
We know how hectic it can get to try to spot the best out of the latest flood of Android Apps,therefore, we attempt to bring you la crème de la crème each week, and here is our selection for this Thursday. From captivating time management apps, beautifully designed podcast apps, fun games all the way to curated music lists for the hipster in you. Let us know what your thoughts are.
1. Jiffy (Get it for your android) Free
Jiffy is a time tracking tool conceived, designed and developed by people who need to track time.They have designed every element of the application for use by real people who need to keep track of their time. You don’t need an account to use Jiffy so download it and get a new perspective on time tracking, time management and time recording.
2. EarBits (Get it for your android) Free
Earbits makes it dead simple for artists and music lovers to find each other, and create meaningful connections. Their team of experts brings you the best independent music from around the world, hand-curated and served up hot. But that’s not all. Earbits for Android analyzes the music from your phone and recommends channels you’ll like from over 350 genre-based selections, then they intelligently blend your own music into those channels.
3. Text and File Hider Plus (Get it for your android) Free
Text Hider Plus is a secret vault for SMS texts, calls, photos and more. After downloading, look for “Battery Plus” with a green battery icon in your widgets. This is Hider Plus. Open the Battery Plus icon. A “Battery Information” screen will pop up. Long tap on the battery image. In addition, you can transfer or copy any files in from your gallery into a Hide It file.
4. G Cloud backup (Get it for your android) Free
Phones get lost, stolen and misplaced every single day. In this hectic life we’re leading, it’s hard to remember where you placed your keys, so having a backup plan is always a must! With G Cloud installed, one can rest assured that all the precious contacts and data can never be lost. You can get up to 8GB of free storage, and if you want to backup all your app&game settings just download the key for rooted from here!
5. Lively (Get it for your android) Free
Lively is one of a growing number of apps that scan music blogs for new tunes, then serve them up for mobile devices. This promises new tracks every 10 minutes, and the ability to follow other users and specific artists to keep tabs on the latest music.
6. Player FM (Get it for your android) Free
Bored while commuting? No time to read? Learn something while working out? Player FM helps you discover and play talk shows on hundreds of topics. Offline playback is supported too. Yes, it’s a podcast app, but not the one your grandpa used!
7. Weebly (Get it for your android) Free
Weebly gives everyone a surprisingly easy way to create a high-quality site that they are proud to share. Millions of people have started a site, blog or online store on Weebly and you can too. Weebly sites work brilliantly on computers, phones and tablets. From your Android, Weebly helps you start a new blog or manage your existing Weebly blog or site when on the go.
8. YouTalk AAC (Get it for your android) Free
The heart of the application is the Grid which allows the user to personalize up to 9 tiles per grid (total 5 grids). The user is able to either take a picture from their tablet/smartphone camera or select a pre-saved image. Once they have selected the image, they then enter a word/phrase/sentence in the text box and upon confirmation, their tile is created. Now when the user clicks that tile in SPEECH mode, the configured input is audible and outputted via Text-To-Speech.
9. Say the Same Thing (Get it for your android) Free
Say the Same Thing comes on like a cross between Words With Friends and Draw Something, but it’s nothing to do with those games’ publisher Zynga. Instead, it’s an official game from band OK Go, which gets you and a friend to enter random words, then guess words that connect them until you both, yes, “say the same thing”.
10. WeatherSignal (Get it for your android) Free
There are a number of startups working on innovative ways to show the weather in apps. OpenSignal’s newie tries to detect it too: part of “the most ambitious weather crowdsourcing project in the world”. The idea: the app uses various smartphone sensors to record and share local atmospheric readings, while showing you key data.
Your ultimate Mother’s day gift guide!
May 13th
Being a mother is the toughest job on earth, not a single human being can argue with that. She is the one who held your hand, put on those band-aids and kissed your “boo-boos” away as opposed to your dad who told you to man up and rub some dirt in it. She’s also the one who sewed up your worn out Star Wars blanket long after it had seen better days, and it was her as well who cleaned your mess after you had broken the VCR by shoving those beloved peanut butter sandwiches of yours inside.
Now that we are “legally” grownups, it is time for us to repay our moms for all the craziness we put them through. So make the dinner reservations, buy the flowers and as for the gift, we are here to help. Here are 10 tech gift ideas to show your beloved mom how much you appreciate her not being so traditional and old-school and thus rewarding her with the latest in the gadget world.
Is your mom an absolute tablet hater? If so, a Kindle Paperwhite is probably your best substitute especially for anyone with a passion for reading. Besides, future gift-giving is also thought of with Amazon gift cards. Quite brilliant, right?
Speaking of gift cards, did you know they’re also available for Google Play? These were only inaugurated a couple of months ago and are now available in $10, $25 and $50 packs. These are nice to be given alone or to compliment an Android device.
We plead forgiveness from you father of tech for we have sinned and recommended an Apple product. Okay, we may have exaggerated but yes we do prefer Android. However, if your mother or wifey is more iOS inclined then an iPad mini is a befitting tablet that is thin, light and rather affordable.
4. Just Dance 3
What’s cool about the Kinect as well as other motion control mechanisms is that it exposed gaming to a much greater audience. Along with the opportunity to innocently have a laugh at the ones you love, which is where Just Dance 3 fits right in. It’s a great way to get some exercise as well.
5. Roku 3
What makes the Roku family of streaming devices (and the Roku 3 in particular) so amazing is their design; it’s designed in a way that makes it simple for every skill level. Roku’s interface is extremely easy to navigate, making even the least tech savvy moms rock Netflix and other streaming channels like a rock star.
Fact: One can never have enough USB ports, it’s quite unquestionable. Second Fact: your mom loves flowers. What do you get when you combine these two together? Well, the USB Tulip Hub of course!
7. Star Wars Death Star Tea Infuser
Geekery is never bond by gender or age, and it’s very likely that your own passion for technology was inherited from your mom. She might have taken you as a toddler to see Star Wars and was just as upset to find out the franchise had been sold to Disney. If it so happens that your mother drinks tea then your search for the perfect gift ends here and now; The Star Wars Death Star Tea Infuser is what you need.
8. SkinIt Skin
Does your electronic device need a revamp? Well, the right skin or case always does the trick and which SklnIt, you can choose from a variety of different designs. If you cannot find the one that speaks to you, then you can always upload your own picture (a baby picture of you and your mom for instance). That would be quite interesting for your mother.
9. HTC One
For the penultimate gift idea we bring you a powerful, big screen and of course Android Jelly Bean phone. It’s probably been a while since your mom got a phone upgrade so why not entice her with a lovely HTC One.
10. Barnes & Noble Nook HD/HD+
Last but not least, we bring you the Barner & Noble Nook; no don’t you roll your eyes on us just yet! There are two legitimate reasons we would recommend a Nook: first being that B&N just recently added Google Play access to the equation, moving these devices beyond the glorified eReader status. Second, they are on sale for Mother’s Day for the marginal price starting at $149!
Top 10 Apps of the Week!
May 9th
Here comes May, and this time around we bring you a dream catcher, a star gazer, a note-taker and better yet, a money maker! Read our fresh of the oven Apps and let us know which one to keep and which to toss!
1. Dreamboard Mobile (Get it for your android) Free
Cannot remember your dreams? Want to analyze them? Lucid dreaming? Use Dreamboard Mobile on your Android smartphone and on the web. Create, annotate and browse your private personal dream journal. Past dreams are saved for you to read, rediscover and update at any time. Observe trends in their dreaming activity. Dreamboard finds similarities between past dreams, aggregates dream data in a private dashboard and gives users feedback about their dreams.
2. CookWizMe (Get it for your android) Free
CookWizMe is the best Android App for people who love to cook. With CookWizMe cooking becomes easy, fun, and social! All recipes on CookWizMe have step-by-step photo instructions that leave you no chance to fail. Whenever you need a cooking inspiration, browse the recipe feed and hit the kitchen!
3. ImGame (Get it for your android) Free
ImGame is a new video game social network connecting you with your friends across social channels and consoles. Check-in to games, and other ImGamers connected to you automatically get push notifications letting others know that you’re online and gaming. Collect custom tokens for checking into games, and PWN the titles you check in to more than other ImGamers. Now you can focus on playing your favorite titles instead of trying to figure out which friends are signed into which platforms/titles and when.
4. G Cloud backup (Get it for your android) Free
Phones get lost, stolen and misplaced every single day. In this hectic life we’re leading, it’s hard to remember where you placed your keys, so having a backup plan is always a must! With G Cloud installed, one can rest assured that all the precious contacts and data can never be lost. You can get up to 8GB of free storage, and if you want to backup all your app&game settings just download the key for rooted from here!
5. Flayvr (Get it for your android) Free
With Flayvr, all your photos and videos are magically sorted into exciting fun albums to keep or share with friends. Flayvr puts an end to endless scrolling in your photo gallery or photo browser in search of your favorite life moments. Flayvr is the easiest way to re-experience your most precious memories. Simply keep on shooting with any Android camera and let Flayvr do its magic!
6. Loss of the night (Get it for your android) Free
Take part in a world-wide citizen science project that measures star visibility and light pollution. Help create a database for research on health, environment and society by telling scientists which stars you can see at your location.
7. ArcNote (Get it for your android) Free
The easiest way to take perfect notes with your Android phone camera. Whether grabbing content from a whiteboard, slide projection, poster or brochure, ArcNote will automatically crop and correct skewed presentations into nice visual notes. No more jotting down messy notes. No more missing important details. Save your time. Free up your hands. All you need to do is take a snapshot and let the app do the rest. Instantly share your notes with colleagues and friends.
8. Fixya (Get it for your android) Free
Have a product question? Ask almost anything by using your device’s video camera to easily communicate your problem instead of trying to describe it with just text. Helpful Fixya community members will watch your video problem and will try their best to provide you a solution. As a part of the Fixya community, you can help other members with their video questions too. It’s fun and helpful!
9. Home Real Estate (Get it for your android) Free
Snap a photo of any home to identify it and find out the value, the price it last sold for, how many bedrooms, how many baths, local schools, and much more! Explore homes for sale, open houses, recent sales, and check values for 90+ million homes in the USA from the comfort of your couch! Search by address, customize your search, drag the map or flick the list.
10. Go Make it Rain (Get it for your android) Free
Go. Make. It. Rain. It’s that simple. Turn up some Fat Joe, blast the Rack City, and Make those bills Rain over your friends and unsuspecting people around you.
Top 10 Apps of the week!
Apr 29th
For the final Apps post in April, we bring you the latest in cycling, swyping, synthesizing and better yet, Apps that will have you reminiscing on your old Marvel comics. Check out our selected list for this week and let us know which you liked.
1. Creatorverse (Get it for your android) Free
You may be familiar with Linden Lab as the folks behind the once very popular online world Second Life. The company also has a cross-platform mobile app called Creatorverse, which used to cost $4.99. Now, that app is free with in-app purchases, and users who paid for it are a bit confused. Creatorverse is a sandbox-style app that lets you build various contraptions, machines, and puzzles with a wide array of tools.
2. Swype (Get it for your android) Free
You Asked for It – Swype Now Available on the Play Store! Swype is all about you. Whether you’re a Swype’r, a Typer, a Tapper or a Dictator, get ready for a better, faster keyboard experience that gets smarter the more you use it. Swype pays attention to the way you input text and creates a personal language model that follows you from device to device. Swype – the world’s most powerful keyboard.
3. Runtastic! Road Bike (Get it for your android) Free
Take your cycling to a new level with Runtastic! Road Bike is the ultimate, road biking performance app, which transforms your smartphone into the best bike computer on the market – with over 50 cycle features, compatible velo hardware, and a complementary fitness site. This top-rated app has been specifically designed with road biking in mind, incorporating every feature a leisure rider or professional racer desires.
4. G Cloud backup (Get it for your android) Free
Phones get lost, stolen and misplaced every single day. In this hectic life we’re leading, it’s hard to remember where you placed your keys, so having a backup plan is always a must! With G Cloud installed, one can rest assured that all the precious contacts and data can never be lost. You can get up to 8GB of free storage, and if you want to backup all your app&game settings just download the key for rooted from here!
5. GoComics (Get it for your android) Free
Want funny? Love comics? We’ve got your fix. The GoComics app, from Universal Uclick, is the mobile comics portal for many of the most popular comic strips worldwide. From iconic favorites like Calvin and Hobbes, Peanuts, Garfield, Doonesbury, Dilbert and Marmaduke to modern favorites like FoxTrot, The Boondocks, Big Nate, Pearls Before Swine and Get Fuzzy, they offer the most diverse set of comic strips and panels in one single app for free.
6. Circle Synth (Get it for your android) Free
Circle Synth is a grid-less sequencer synthesizer that makes quick and quirky musical sounds. Draw shapes, choose presets, apply effects and create one bar compositions worth sharing! Choose from 4 assignable FX for each note or node, controllable BPM, accelerometer controlled filter sweep, and save and share your musical sketches.
7. One Today (Get it for your android) Free
One Today by Google is a mobile app that brings together people and nonprofits through the simple act of giving $1.The app is currently available through a limited pilot. One Today will present you with a new project every day from a nonprofit that is changing the world. You can donate to the projects that inspire you with just one click. Amplify your impact by sharing your donations with your friends on social media and matching their contributions to your favorite projects.
8. Photomash (Get it for your android) Free
Turn your photos into custom creations with Photomash. Simply take a picture, erase portions of the picture with your finger, and take another picture to occupy that space. Take multiple pictures within pictures to create fun, interesting, or humorous images. Participate in challenges and create photomashes and share them with your friends.
9. Merge+ (Get it for your android) Free
Merge+ helps you easily find & merge duplicate contacts. With Merge+ you can join duplicate contacts in your Android phone & Tablet with only three clicks. Launch Merge+ to find duplicate contacts, review merge suggestions and mark who to merge, and then merge your selected duplicate contacts.
10. Indigo (Get it for your android) Free
Hello Indigo… Indigo is the newest and cleverest voice-enabled personal assistant available. Indigo is the only personal assistant who can seamlessly carry on a conversation with you from your smartphone to your tablet to your desktop and back again, perfect for users on the move.
Top 10 Apps of the week!
Apr 18th
For the penultimate Thursday of April, we bring you the latest in sleek messaging, droid customizing, web browsing and better yet, Apps that will turn you into a small Steven Spielberg. Check out our selected list for this week and let us know which you liked.
1. Sliding Messaging (Get it for your android) Free
Manage text messages in a new and up-to-date format compliant with the Android design guidelines and visually based on the stock messaging app from Google, with added features. Easily switch between conversations by dragging out the sliding menu on the left side of the screen. Start a new conversation by sliding out the menu on the right side of the screen.
2. Holo Icons (Get it for your android) Free
Holo Icons follow guidelines that Android should have implemented: a simple, sleek, flat, and unobtrusive design that is seen throughout the rest of the Holo UI. Holo Icons is an icon pack containing 350+ icons with a simple, holo-ish feel for Apex Launcher, Nova Launcher, Go Launcher EX, ADW, & others. More icons will be added!
3. Vu (Get it for your android) Free
Vū is a smart recommendation tool that helps you get the most out of your online experience. From the moment you sign up, Vū starts learning the content you like. The more you use Vū, the smarter it gets. By telling Vū the stories and topics you like, you get a just-for-you content consumption experience. Whether you’re looking at a large publisher site or a new blog, Vū works for you.
4. G Cloud backup (Get it for your android) Free
Phones get lost, stolen and misplaced every single day. In this hectic life we’re leading, it’s hard to remember where you placed your keys, so having a backup plan is always a must! With G Cloud installed, one can rest assured that all the precious contacts and data can never be lost. You can get up to 8GB of free storage, and if you want to backup all your app&game settings just download the key for rooted from here!
5. RoundR (Get it for your android) Free
RoundR serves a simple purpose: to round the corners of your screen. RoundR takes advantage of the fact that regardless of the device’s color, the screen is surrounded with a pitch black border, the corners of which are rarely ever touched. RoundR places four small overlays at the corners of the display, to simulate a rounded screen.
6. Basemark X 1.0 (Get it for your android) Free
Basemark X by Rightware is a professional performance evaluation tool for objective cross-platform comparisons of game graphics performance between Android, iOS and Windows Phone 8 devices. Basemark X produces high-quality and objective performance measurement score. It is a unique product, as the only professionally designed benchmark built on top of a real-world game engine, Unity 4. It contains heavy graphics content and pushes tested devices to the limit.
7. Droid Timelapse (Get it for your android) Free
A full-featured app for creating stunning time-lapse videos on your beloved Android device. Record high-quality clips easily thanks to the simple, fast and intuitive interface. The app is free and contains no ads so it’s worthy of checking out.
8. Tripomatic City Guides & maps (Get it for your android) Free
Tripomatic is a trip planner with an easy-to-use interface for trip planning on-the-go. Create your own personalized travel guide for more than 40,000 attractions and quickly find nearby sights. Full sync with www.tripomatic.com – fine-tune trips from your computer or change plans on the go.
9. Cinemagram (Get it for your android) Free
Cinemagram is a place to create and share beautiful short videos. Find out why millions of users love and use Cinemagram!
10. SendHub (Get it for your android) Free
Alternative to Google Voice. Get a free business phone line. Instantly. Free business phone line in any area code, free texting and calling right from the app, call transfer, call forwarding and shared groups, voicemail transcription and group texting. Works on the web, too.
Is it a Win-win situation?
Apr 8th
It’s official; Samsung has officially unveiled the Galaxy Win today, their latest Android handset featuring a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and 4.7-inch display.
At first glance one might think it’s simply a copy of the Samsung Galaxy SIII, and you’re not entirely mistaken; the win is just more of a mid-range device, sporting a WVGA touchscreen, 5 megapixel rear camera and a Li-ion 2,000 mAH battery.
The release was finally confirmed by Samsung China due to the multiple leaks that have preceded the official confirmation.
The handset is integrated with 8GB of internal memory, however, this will diverge depending on the market. The device also comes with 1GB of RAM and a microSD slot that supports cards up to 32 GB.
Consumers will be able to enjoy dual-SIM support with the new Samsung Galaxy Win, as well as the ability to shoot video at a commodious 720p (15 frames per second). The playback content will be available at the same resolution; however it will be elevated up to 30 frames per second.
There is an additional VGA camera on the front, but Samsung has not declared the resolution for this one just yet.
The new handset runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, but has Samsung’s TouchWiz skin stapled over the top with the accustomed banquet of OEM-specific apps and features such as “Easy Mode”, “Smart Alert” and “Motion UX”.
It will be available in two colors; Ceramic White and Titan Grey. Samsung is elucidating this as “an intuitive new smartphone designed to balance the needs of the on-the-go user with massive processing power.” While we do agree that the quad-core processor is indeed quite ample, but the specs fall behind the recently unveiled Samsung Galaxy S4.
When it comes to the price, Samsung has not yet unveiled it but as soon as it does we’ll let you know.
Top 10 Apps of the week!
Apr 4th
We kick start April with a bang; from notables, math-o-holics, language enthusiastic all the way to a movie-like reviews of locations & restaurants. Here are the Apps worth checking out this week. Let us know what your thoughts are!
1. Notable (Get it for your android) Free
Notable allows you to create notification and reminders on the go. Need to remind yourself of something to do? Just open the app, type in a short message and create the note! It’s that easy! You can see your reminders and notes straight from your notification area. Never forget to do something again!
2. GLBenchmark 2.7 (Get it for your android) Free
Using console-quality gaming content, GLBenchhmark 2.7 provides a tool for unified cross-platform graphics benchmarking on major consumer platforms including Android and iOS. Major new features for more realistic content include parallax mapping –greater realism for certain textures, particle system – animated and batched particles, motion blur on moving objects – cinematic visual effect, and more realistic shadows with self-shadows.
3. RotaryView 360 (Get it for your android) Free
Create a 360 interactive image for your online store in just a few minutes. Increase online sales by 15-50% using RotaryView 360 photography instead of static product pictures. RotaryView images are stored online where you can use a simple embed code to place them in any online shop or website.
4. Rosetta Course (Get it for your android) Free
Rosetta Course brings the award-winning Rosetta Stone language-learning method to Android devices, helping you build confidence as you learn—anywhere you’re connected. Not already a Rosetta Stone learner? Don’t worry, you can create a free demo account today and start learning a new language!
5. G Cloud backup (Get it for your android) Free
Phones get lost, stolen and misplaced every single day. In this hectic life we’re leading, it’s hard to remember where you placed your keys, so having a backup plan is always a must! With G Cloud installed, one can rest assured that all the precious contacts and data can never be lost. You can get up to 8GB of free storage, and if you want to backup all your app&game settings just download the key for rooted from here!
6.Wakelock Detector (Get it for your android) Free
Wakelock Detector helps you to detect battery consuming applications in your Android device by checking wakelock usage history. Now you can find out which applications drain your battery in a simple way by using this app! Applications which use wakelock privilege improperly lead to situations where the CPU or phone screen stays on without user’s knowledge and thus causing dramatic battery drain.
7. Toucher (Get it for your android) Free
Toucher is a tool application specially designed for Android devices. They expanded the concept of the iPhone AssistiveTouch, and redesigned for the Android devices, both mobilephones and tablets. Toucher gathers most commonly used and needed features of Android system in this suspending point.
8. King of Math (Get it for your android) Free
We want to show you that mathematics is far from boring. A professional brain trainer, one that is both efficient and fun to use. Strengthen your mental abilities, improve your ability to stay concentrated over long periods of time and sharpen your perception skills.
9. AntTek Quick Settings (Get it for your android) Free
This app brings Jelly Bean Quick Setting to Android 2.1+ with plenty of customization (don’t need ROOT). It’s more than regular quick settings. You can customize to add different things to quick setting panel including over 75 built-in actions.
10.Townflicks (Get it for your android) Free
Used to reading reviews to decide where to go? Now you can feel these places by watching short movies about them in townflicks! Townflicks videos show, rather than tell, where to go and what you’ll find when you get there. But that’s not everything. You can also become a respected movie producer by filming your experiences at places that you visit! Townflicks makes it fun and super easy to share your own experiences with friends and with the local community.
Top 10 Apps of the week!
Mar 28th
For the last Thursday in March (yes we can’t believe it’s over either) we bring you the most entertaining, utility, game challenging apps. From mini-golf to TV on demand, we have it all. Try them out and let us know what your thoughts are.
1. Etsy (Get it for your android) Free
To sum it up for you, Etsy is a marketplace for handmade as well as vintage goods. It’s a marvelous place to search for great gifts. The app itself allows you to browse, search, view, purchase and pay for any item of your choice in the virtual marketplace. Furthermore, you can add items and have them stored as your favorites. Currently, the sellers still need to reply on their phone’s browser to perform any store management but that ought to change soon.
2. Aldiko (Get it for your android) Free
The Aldiko ebook reader offers you all the layout customization you seek, access to loads of online (both free & paid) ebook stores as well as support for EPUB & PDF. If you have books in other formats, Calibre for Win/Mac/Linux can convert them easily). If you invest with the pro version, you’ll be able to enjoy highlights, notes and a home widget, as well as faster updates and obviously no ads.
3. Super Stickman Golf 2 (Get it for your android) Free
There are only 2 kinds of people in the world; those who love mini-golf and those who have no idea what fun really is! Noodlecake Studios’ original Super Stickman Golf brilliantly translated the absurd physics and over-the-top obstacles of mini-golf to the mobile platform, and this new sequel is even better, delivering another wildly inventive set of courses that are as fun as they are frustrating.
4. G Cloud backup (Get it for your android) Free
Phones get lost, stolen and misplaced every single day. In this hectic life we’re leading, it’s hard to remember where you placed your keys, so having a backup plan is always a must! With G Cloud installed, one can rest assured that all the precious contacts and data can never be lost. So G Cloud is definitely a must in 2013 especially with the new update that grants you up to 8 GB of free storage!
5. Qustodio Parental Controls (Get it for your android) Free
If you’re a young parent and have finally given in to the idea of allowing your youngster to own a Smartphone then you should have this app installed. Qustodio basically allows you to control what your kids are able to do with their beloved Android through blocking and monitoring both website & app usage. It doesn’t stop there; you can even set up time limits & quotas to reduce the amount of time kids spend on them.
6. Dish Anywhere (Get it for your android) Free
Transform your computer, smartphone or tablet into your TV and enjoy the comfort of home from anywhere! DISH is a well-established satellite TV company, with 25,000 employees and 14 million customers in the US. They have industry-leading, state-of-the-art equipment and technology and the most HD and international programming offered in the US. Definitely worth checking out.
7. The Smiler (Get it for your android) Free
Who anticipated that the British theme park Alton Towers would be releasing mobile games in 2013? No one, that’s who! But here we are, with this game that is advertising its new rollercoaster that shall be opening soon. You’ll be able to ride around a virtual version while earning points that will help you unlock new features as you go along.
8. King’s Empire (Get it for your android) Free
Well here is another free to play game from Gamevil that will have you strategically playing a king in a quest for his crown while building an army and allying with others as well as developing a city to scrabble your way back to the throne. Played online against others; clearly aiming for the same gamers who’ve been acquainted with the likes of Kingdoms of Camelot.
9. Boardtastic Skateboarding 2 (Get it for your android) Free
It’s only been out for a couple of days and yet this game has already hit way past the 500k download mark. It’s basically a 3D skateboarding game that is centralized towards spectacular tricks with a global multiplayer mode that will take your skills to the world.
10. Icon Pop Quiz (Get it for your android) Free
Now this one will surely have you entertained. Icon pop quiz makes you guess famous people, movies, TV shows and a lot more using avant-garde handcrafted visual clues. The more spot on and swift you are, the better score you’ll achieve to compete against friends worldwide.
Top 10 Apps of the week!
Mar 21st
This week’s roundup of Apps is so out of this world that it will have your phone automatically adjusted according to the ambiance, as well as X-ploring, organizing, jaw dropping and even losing those hectic pounds before summer starts! Check out our selected choices and let us know what your thoughts are!
1. Intelligent Ringer (Get it for your android) Free
This little handy app is one that every one of us truly needs. It’s designed to analyze how loud your surrounding actually is, using your Smartphone’s microphone, so as to automatically adjust your ringtone accordingly. Let’s say, you’re at a concert or a party, this app will automatically make your ringtone louder. Likewise, if you’re at the library or at work your ringtone will lower down. It doesn’t even stop there; this app detects whether your device is in your pocket or purse through proximity sensors.
2. X-plore (Get it for your android) Free
Together with its many enhanced features, X-plore is indeed a brilliant way to look into an Android device’s file system. It is able to perform file operations along with accessing Picasa web albums, browse SQlite database files as well as explore shared folders on Windows servers and PCs.
3. AppGarden Lite (Get it for your android) Free
Disregard the dated user interface for this handy little app is lightweight and quite the compatible container that carries a huge array of utility applications. This includes a barcode scanner, conversion charts, Urban Dictionary lookup, password generator as well as many others. What’s also cool about it is that users can bookmark their favorite utility apps for easy access.
4. Google Keep (Get it for your android) Free
To start off, you’ll have to be running Android 4.0 or higher to be able to enjoy this app. It’s simple to use and is meant for quickly transcribing your thoughts so as you won’t forget them later on. It’s handy for groceries or to-do lists, and a bonus is that it’s synced to the cloud and accessible in your Google drive. Evernote look-alike? Humm try it out and see what fits you best.
5.G Cloud Backup (Get it for your android) Free
Phones get lost, stolen and misplaced every single day. In this hectic life we’re leading, it’s hard to remember where you placed your keys, so having a backup plan is always a must! With G Cloud installed, one can rest assured that all the precious contacts and data can never be lost. So G Cloud is definitely a must in 2013 especially with the new update that grants you up to 8 GB of free storage!
6. UP by Jawbone (Get it for your android) Free
This is more than just an App; if you’re into the fitness realm you’ll already know that there is a wrist band that goes together with the app. This gadget, let’s say, records daily activity & sleep efficiency. It’s comfortable around the wrist and includes a vibrating silent alarm. The app is beautifully designed and worth checking out.
7. Airport power (Get it for your android) Free
We know how stressful it is to locate the power sockets in an airport when you’re rushing to catch your flight. So, this handy little app ought to aid you in this endeavor. This is a crowd-sourced app though; so it does require the help of as many people as possible to make it more beneficial. So next time you’re standing near a power socket in an airport, submit it!
8. Shoot many robots (Get it for your android) Free
This game was originally released for Xbox live as well as the PlayStation network (PSN) and then, a month later, came out on PC. Now Android users can enjoy playing it as well. You’ll get to play as Tugnut, who’s been stockpiling guns, ammo and beer waiting for the robot apocalypse. Once he’s shoved unceremoniously out of his RV, he makes his way through farmlands and oil fields, switching lanes to avoid obstacles, picking up nuts and blasting robots all along his merry way.
9. News Republic (Get it for your android) Free
While you might be already satisfied with Pulse or even Google’s little news app, this is earning up to be a considerable alternative. It is not flashy and it does still lack many key features but it is worthy of checking out. It’s customizable, more elastic and elaborate.
10. Chip Chain (Get it for your android) Free
We could not leave you with only one game this week, so here is our other selected choice. Chip Chain is basically a match-3 title in which players need to implement strategy to continually match low-value chips to create higher ones in order to score points. Though you might think it’s like poker, it’s actually not. Try it out and let us know what you think.