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If you’re rocking a Sony Xperia Z1 or Z Ultra, you have an update waiting for you. Just a few days after the Sony Xperia Z and ZL received their updates, it’s time for the Z1 and Z Ultra to get the same treatment. While it isn’t the KitKat goodness that some devices are receiving…
Fancy some KitKat on your LG G Pad 8.3? If you’re bold enough, then you’re in luck, as CyanogenMod 11 nightly builds are now available for the tablet! While there currently aren’t many custom ROMs available for the LG G Pad 8.3 at the moment, that will likely change in the future and these CyanogenMod…
Google is apparently working on a tool that will make it easy to port Chrome apps to Android and iOS. The Next Web noticed that Googler Michal Mocny has been working on a project dubbed Mobile Chrome Apps, which has been hosted on Github since May. The repository’s description says that the code is a…
Don’t want to wait for the official Android 4.4 KitKat update for your Nexus 4? Not a problem, as you can manually install the latest and greatest version of Android yourself, and we’re going to show you how! To achieve the sweetness that is Android 4.4, your Nexus 4 will need to be rooted. If…
And we thought Samsung will have just one SDK? During its developer conference in San Francisco, the Korean company unveiled 5 new SDKs, all of which are now available in beta: Multiscreen SDK – that allows developers to take advantage of Samsung’s smartphones, tablets, TVs, and create apps that work across multiple displays. Samsung Mobile…
Samsung launched the Pan-European Developer Engagement Programme in an effort to foster “opportunities for developers keen to benefit from a closer working relationship with Samsung across Europe.” The world’s biggest smartphone maker said that “various levels of engagement are available, but all offer improved channels of communication with Samsung for a more collaborative application development…
iOS 7 just hit the public yesterday and it already has a major security flaw. Today an eagle-eyed user out there was able to discover a way to bypass the passcode-protected lockscreen and get access to the device’s photos app, which open the gate for entry into the phone’s email and social network accounts. The…
Good news for Android developers looking to test new things on the Moto X smartphone. The company released the Developer Edition of the popular device: Verizon’s version is already available and sans any strings attached is selling for $649.99. GSM model that works on AT&T and T-Mobile will be available on Friday, most likely costing…
Apple has released the iOS 7 Gold Master build to developers, which is a polished finished version of iOS 7 that will be releasing to the public on September 20th with the iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S. iOS 7 GM is now available for download through Apple’s developer portal, and is compatible with the iPhone…
Samsung has a ton of different SDKs allowing developers to make custom apps that work with a number of different features unique to Samsung mobile devices. There’s the S Pend SDK, Chord SDK, Multi-window SDK and so on. No more – the Korean company is bundling all these different SDKs into a one big SDK…