Archive : Update

In the wake of the various hacking stories of high profile Twitter accounts being hacked and abused, Twitter has begun the roll out of its new Two-Factor Authentication service. Similar to Google’s Two-Factor Authentication, users will need to enter a 6 digit code, which is sent by SMS to the...

Google‘s magazine discover app received an update today, changing up the design to match the their Music and Books apps. Version 2.0.0 switches up the navigation menu that matches other publication-reader apps. While it is still missing some of the features of other readers on the market, the...

Opera for Android recently updated their mobile browser and dropped their beta tags, and today Chrome answered with some updates of their own. Updates include performance enhancements and some bug fixes. Search queries are now included in the omnibox. Users can view and refine more results in their...

Although still in closed-beta, Google‘s team at Niantic Labs added an update to its game, Ingress. Described as a “global game of mystery, intrigue, and competition,” Ingress combines socially-driven interaction with strategic planning. The story involves a controlling, “mysterious...

Opera for Android is out of beta and the full version is now available for Android users. The full version brings a new UI, some customizable features and modes for organizing content. In February, the Opera team stated they were making the move to WebKit, which powers a number of other browsers like...

Fresh off of the purchase of Tumblr, Yahoo announced some changes to Flickr in a press event in New York today. Changes include a redesign, a free terabyte of storage and a new Android app. Starting with the redesign, Flickr’s white space is scrapped for a larger photo grid. The background and...

Happy Monday my Android friends. Time for some Device Updates in your face. Galaxy S III users will be happy to try out some Android 4.2.2. The download is still a test build, so there still might be some bugs. Couple of HTC updates are talked about as well. Enjoy the video! Device Updates Android 4.2.2...

Rovio’s latest take on Angry Birds Seasons includes 30 new levels centered around magic and circus themes, right in time for World Circus Day. The Angry Birds Seasons edition takes place around the world’s celebrations. With over 300 levels, the birds celebrate seasons like Christmas, Halloween,...

Some Sprint HTC One users (including myself) have noticed that the capacitive back and home buttons have issues. Every once in a while, they won’t register a tap no matter how hard you try. This has been frustrating at times. Sprint released a minor OTA update today to fix that. It increases...

Just in case you were camping out for Android news before Google I/O, which I know you all are, a new version of the Google Play Store has gone live, updating the 4.0.27 Store to 4.1.6. Apart from very minor cosmetic changes, like the different store buttons changing colour scheme and the assumed performance...

Firefox for Android received a few updates today, along with some enhancements to its browser for Mac, Windows and Linux. The update replaces three of Android’s default fonts with open source fonts, Charis and Open Sans to “make the web more beautiful and easier to read on your small screen.”...

Happy Monday my Android friends  time to see if your device is getting an update. Only three updates today. The T-Mobile Galaxy S III is seeing a nice update that will be rolling out today, and Google Glass is already updated before launch. Google is on it. Enjoy the video! Device Updates T-Mobile...

T-Mobile is launching the latest software update for the Samsung Galaxy S III today, bringing a host of new features. The update includes Multi-Window, some camera options, NFC-based Auto-pairing and a couple of settings modes. Multi-Window allows you to run two apps side-by-side. The feature is also...

Those that were not impressed by the Google Glass features, might want to take another look after it receives a fresh update. Seems that the glasses will be obtain the XE5 update, that brings on a slew of new features. Here is what it will get: Change to sync policy: require power + wifi for background...

The Sprint and T-Mobile variant of the Galaxy S4 got there updates, now it is AT&T’s turn. An update has begun to roll out to you AT&T Galaxy S4 users out there, but do not expect anything major. So far, people are reporting a performance enhancement and that is about it. My source article...