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HTC has started rolling out the Android 4.2.2 update for international users in Taiwan. The 465MB-heavy download brings along few noticeable changes as well as some under-the-hood enhancements. Here’s what’s new: Launcher bar tweaks Widget panel rearrangement New lock screen style and widget Enhanced behavior of the home button The black bar is gone Battery…
And yet again we have a number of cool apps submitted during the past 7 days at our mobile app portal, Appscovery. Here are the titles that we think are worth checking out: Diamond Zombie Saga Bingo Race – Free Bingo Slot Share Photos on Casty for iPhone and Android to Earn Real Rewards Clue:…
During the first quarter of this year, more than 39 million tablets shipped all around the world, representing the second largest volume of shipments to date after Q4 2012. According to ABI Research, the spending power of the largest three world regions (North America, Western Europe, and Asia-Pacific’s Japan and South Korea) and availability of…
Square has launched a new service called Square Market to allow its merchants to sell their goods online. Under the deal, each merchant gets its own small e-store that includes the business’ key information — including hours of operation, location, contact information and links to social media — as well as a small catalog of…
People of China will soon be able to get a quad-core smartphone for less than $100. The device will be made by GooPhone, which we best know as a maker of the fake HTC One and because of that can’t really recommend their products. Still, we gotta admit that the GooPhone X1 packs quite a…
Google is launching a new initiative to expand Google Maps’ Street View. The idea is to allow third parties to borrow the Street View Trekker and contribute 360-degree imagery to Google Maps. The company’s first partner, the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau (HVCB), has already begun using the Trekker to take photos of the popular…
Amazon’s GameCircle released last year for the Kindle. Like Apple’s GameCenter, it provides leaderboards, achievements and cloud syncing of data to Kindle users purchasing games from Amazon’s Appstore. Now Amazon has opened up the GameCircle SDK to any Android developers. Games can now use GameCircle features whether on Kindle or any other devices, and both…
If you’ve been patiently awaiting any official information on the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 3, then you know it’s been long waiting game. Well, while there still isn’t much to speak of, the latest rumor may still perk up your ears. According to AndroidGeeks, an ‘insider’ has pegged September 4th as the official announcement for the…
The Sony Honami system dump has been floating around for only a few days now, but XDA Developer krabappel2548 has already managed to port the yet to be released device’s camera application to the Sony Xperia Z, ZL, and Tablet Z. Before you go jumping for joy just yet, to get the Honami’s camera application on…
It’s official, folks, Don Mattrick is leaving Microsoft and taking on a new role as the CEO of Zynga. Mattrick will helm the struggling social game company, who recently announced plans to lay off 500 employees. Zynga founder, Mark Pincus announced Mattrick’s new role today. Polygon has the whole text of Pincus’ announcement, but here’s the gist:…