Russell is a Contributing Editor at Android Central. He's a former server admin who has been using Android since the HTC G1, and quite literally wrote the book on Android tablets. You can usually find him chasing the next tech trend, much to the pain of his wallet. Find him on Facebook and Twitter.
It turns out you don't really lose anything by using Facebook on Chrome for Android instead of the Facebook app.
As we get closer to Samsung announcing their intent to reveal the next phone — or phones — in the Galaxy line, it's important to remember how entirely pointless benchmarks are.
It still feels awfully weird to be comparing a BlackBerry to an iPhone on an Android website, but here we are. This is what happens when you set the BlackBerry Priv and the iPhone 6s Plus side by side.
Apple and Google compete in a lot of ways, and smartphones are without a doubt one of the more interesting intersections to observe each year. Here's a look at the Google's big Nexus against Apple's big iPhone.
A great question showed up in our forums recently about the safety of using your name in your Gmail account, and using your real Gmail account when logging in to things. Here's our answer and explanation.
You may have seen headlines the other day about some kind of tool from Apple to make it easier to switch from an iPhone to Android. Not only was that never going to happen, but it really didn't ever need to happen.
Google promised the special fingerprint system for their Nexus hardware was going to be smarter than the average fingerprint system, but nearly three months later I'm positive my Nexus 6P hasn't learned a damn thing.
Two new Android-focused events from IDEAA have been announced for 2016, and if you're anywhere near Washington DC or Dallas, Texas you need to be a part of this year's event.
T-Mobile CEO John Legere is baffled by companies being upset over Binge On, only it's really not that hard to see where the problem is.
Konami's crazy-fast cyborg slasher from the Xbox 360 days is now available on Nvidia's Shield products.
Google's efforts in the Internet of Things has been awful quiet since the first announcement at Google I/O last year, but CES has brought about a whole army of hardware partners to start the effort strong.
NVIDIA is taking to the stage once again to announce their new goodies for 2016. That means more powerful graphics processors, and more hardware partners doing cool things with them. Here's where you can watch live.
The EFF has produced a series of tests that reveal T-Mobile's BingeOn service really is throttling all video that comes through its network.
A new year brings new security updates to Android. Here's a look at the January update bundle and all it will do to help your hardware.
There's a lot of smart security systems out there, and Canary's goal is to be a great all-in-one system for a smaller space.
There are a lot of companies out there trying to sell productivity like it's a feature. Don't listen to them.
This past year has been particularly interesting for Google, with a lot of crazy and amazing things happening everywhere. Here are our thoughts on what needs to happen in 2016.
If you found a new Android-powered phone or tablet under your Christmas Tree this year, there's a good chance you're looking for all kinds of new information to help get to know your new hardware. Let up give you a hand!
There's no shortage of photos out there with that nice soft Christmas blur in the background. Here's how to take those photos on your Android phone.
Google's first completely in-house Android tablet is all about Looking nice and rocking the latest specs, but how does it hold up against the other keyboard-focused Android tablet out there?