6 hours ago
Dropbox patches security flaw in its Android SDK
Dropbox announced today that it has fixed a security vulnerability in its Android SDK that could allow others to siphon data from its service through third-party apps.
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9 hours ago
Samsung Pay on the Galaxy S6, and why it matters
Magnetic Secure Transaction tech is very cool, and baked into every Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge.
As much fun as it is to talk about the bottom of the Galaxy S6 edge and what Samsung sacrificed in order to gain its beautiful new design language, it was recently pointed out in the forums that very little time has been spent on one new feature in particular. With Google announcing new plans for the freshly named Android Pay and Apple Pay now out in the world, Samsung purchasing a small mobile payment company and embedding their technology into the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge may not seem like a big deal.
Where things get interesting is how Samsung is planning to use its new tech, and the surprising number of places that will support Samsung Pay without even being aware of it.
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9 hours ago
Popular music service MixRadio emerges in beta for Android
MixRadio is a popular music service over in the land of Microsoft, but it doesn't look like it'll be exclusive there for that much longer. It turns out that there's a private beta of the service out there in testing for Android as well as iOS. Sure, Android users aren't short on music services to choose from, but MixRadio (born from Nokia Music) is pretty good at what it does.
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10 hours ago
This week's sidebar poll: which wake method do you use most?
We've come a long ways from the days of just hitting the power button to wake your phone.
With methods like Moto Display and Ambient Display using sensors to bypass an actual button press, Knock Codes from LG and double-tap to wake, and the home button on Samsung, chances are your power button is doing a lot less than it did on previous phones, helping end the days where you wore out the power button before you wore out the rest of the device. And while all of these options are welcome inclusions, it does raise a bit of a question: which one of them is the best? Editor Russell Holly recently took to Google+ to list his hierarchy of wake methods, but not everyone agreed with his list. So we're going to put it to a vote in our weekly poll.
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10 hours ago
Trivia Crack scores a slight redesign, new languages in version 2.0
The insanely addictive mobile game Trivia Crack scored an update to 2.0 today, bringing a slight redesign and some new features along for the ride.
In Trivia Crack 2.0, players are presented with a new user profile, improved navigation, new animations, and new languages for both the game and the question factory.
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11 hours ago
Google CFO Patrick Pichette announces his retirement
Google CFO Patrick Pichette announced today that he is retiring from the company after 7 years with the company.
The change was first spotted in an SEC filing and Pichette soon followed up with an announcement on Google Plus. In the announcement, Pichette, who has been with Google since 2008, explained the reasons behind his retirement.
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11 hours ago
Asus announces new flash accessories for the Zenfone 2
Taking top notch pictures is important to many, and Asus hopes their new flash accessories will help do just that.
The smartphone camera is something that many people are concerned with, and manufacturers are getting more serious about putting quality cameras in their devices. Asus has just announced some new accessories for the Zenfone 2 which are sure to enhance the quality of photographs when paired with the device's 13MP PixelMaster camera.
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12 hours ago
One of our favorite podcatchers gets a Material Design update
12 hours ago
Instagram pics now share beautifully on Google+
We're usually pretty quick to point out when things are broken. And so we should strive to be just as fast to point out when they're fixed. And while I don't know exactly when Instagram posts began sharing properly on Google+ — chances are it's been working longer than I realize, a fact someone surely will point out in the comments, thus proving my point — but it's a welcome change, for sure.
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13 hours ago
Nova Launcher Beta scores a Material Design overhaul
Fans of Nova Launcher are in for a treat today if they're on the public beta track for the popular launcher replacement, as it just received a full Material Design overhaul.
Today's public beta release brings a whole host of Material Design tweaks for the settings screens and dialog boxes, along with with new icons and additional features.
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13 hours ago
Analysis claims the Samsung Galaxy S6 is tied with Note 4 for best smartphone display
The research firm DisplayMate has determined the newly announced Samsung Galaxy S6 is tied with the older Galaxy Note 4 for best smartphone display.
Samsung sent DisplayMate, which regularly tests smartphone and tablet screens, pre-production models of both the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge to check out. Both have the same type of display, with a 5.1 inch high resolution Quad HD 2560x1440 pixel screen with 577 pixels per inch, with the only real difference being that the S6 edge has a curved screen.
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13 hours ago
ASUS MeMO Pad 7 mini review
The MeMO Pad 7, with its expandable storage, gorgeous design and sub-$200 pricetag is almost too good a bargain to pass up.
Starting with its Nexus 7 back in 2012 and the follow-up a year later, ASUS created an ultraportable tablet that avoided the pitfalls that typically plague the category. It was one of the first budget-friendly Android tablets to prove that flimsy build quality, underpowered internals and a bogged-down UI weren't unavoidable sacrifices. The lessons that the Nexus 7 taught ASUS — as well as some leftover parts from the assembly line — helped shape the MeMO Pad 7, a stunning evolutionary step in ASUS's MeMO line and easily one of my favorite tablets on the market today.
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14 hours ago
Android 5.1 SDK released, new APIs for dual-SIM devices and carrier apps
The handful of new APIs in the new Lollipop release focus on cellular and telephony.
Hot on the heels of yesterday's Android 5.1 Lollipop announcement, Google has released the Android 5.1 SDK to developers, along with details of the dev-facing stuff contained in the new version of the OS. Firstly, Android 5.1 brings the platform up to API level 22, which includes new APIs for devices with more than one SIM, as well as additional APIs for carrier services.
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14 hours ago
The mono link metal band for the Moto 360 is the one I've wanted all along
Today's launch of Moto Maker for the Moto 360 brought something else we've been waiting for: the "mono link" metal band.
Mono link means that, at least externally, you see single pieces of metal spanning the entire breadth of the band. That's in contrast to the first metal bands that were released, a more traditional (and perhaps too busy for the visually-simple Moto 360) rounded triple-link design.
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14 hours ago
Swiftkey releases new themes for college basketball's March Madness
March Madness apparently means you get to show your team spirit with your... keyboard.
Swiftkey has been known to release a theme or two for various events throughout the year, and here are there newest. Just in time for March Madness, Swiftkey has brought their first branded keyboard themes, with 9 different college basketball teams. To make things a bit more fun, Swiftkey is also running a bracket of their own to see which school's keyboard receives the most downloads.
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