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  • Top 10 Apps for Rooted Android Phones
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    Top 10 Apps for Rooted Android Phones

    A lot of people root their phones not knowing the possibilities. Here is the list of Top 10 Apps for Rooted Android Phones to make the best of the smart phone. Rooting a Android phone opens up a room of new applications that use root access to gain control. Almost all of the popular phones have…

  • Why The Samsung Galaxy S5 Is A Disaster
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    Why The Samsung Galaxy S5 Is A Disaster

    The Samsung Galaxy S5 was unarguably one of the most awaited phones of 2014. Although they will sell a few million units, does the S5 live up to it’s monstrous price tag? IMHO, not exactly and here’s a few reasons why. 1. Touchwiz It’s about time Samsung considers the fate of Touchwiz. For those of…

  • Read faster than you have ever read before
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    Read faster than you have ever read before

    Spritz has recently announced their new breakthrough technology which would allow people all over the world to read faster on all of their devices. The technology shows you one word at a time on your screen aligned to the center. As each and every word is occurring the same position, all you have to do…

  • Motorola Moto E Vs Micromax Unite 2 A106

    Motorola Moto E Vs Micromax Unite 2 A106

    Micromax announced its first KitKat based phone to compete with the rise of Motorola. Motorola has been successful in piercing the budget segment market ruled by local manufactures like Micromax, Karbonn and XOLO. Micromax finally took on Motorola with the all new Unite 2 which is targeting the successful Moto E from all ends. We decided…

  • Micromax Announces KitKat based Unite 2 A106 at 7,000 INR
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    Micromax Announces KitKat based Unite 2 A106 at 7,000 INR

    Motorola has been taking the market by storm with its cost effective phones Moto G and the Moto E. One thing that keeps Motorola ahead of the competition is the software. All the phones released by Motorola in the recent past have come out with the latest iteration of Android along with a promised future updates.…

  • Motorola announces Moto E for just 9
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    Motorola announces Moto E for just $129

    Motorola announcing a new device Moto E today was not really a surprise with numerous leaks and the invites to the event coming long back. This is the first device from Motorola after Lenovo acquired it from Google. Motorola even after the acquisition is on target releasing new phones. Moto G which was announced last…

  • Flappy48 : The Ultimate Mashup Of 2 Addictions

    Flappy48 : The Ultimate Mashup Of 2 Addictions

    After hundreds of frustrated users coupled with broken phones and keyboards, the 2 most simple yet addictive games of the present are starting to lose their sheen. While it is indeed good to see less people being frustrated and destroying their phones, there are people who think otherwise. Dan Moran is one such guy who…

  • Popular Chinese Manufacturer Xiaomi All Set To Enter India
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    Popular Chinese Manufacturer Xiaomi All Set To Enter India

    Almost every Android enthusiast would have already heard of Xiaomi, or at least their MIUI OS built based on Android Open Source Project(AOSP), which is 2nd only to CyanogenMod in user base. Indian users have always been in the top 5 of MIUI ROM users since the days it was made widely available. The craze for chinese…

  • Take Selfies On Your Android With A Whistle Using Whistle Camera

    Take Selfies On Your Android With A Whistle Using Whistle Camera

    Gone are the days when you had to hand over your device to someone to click a pic of you. Front facing cameras are now considered as a “basic” feature in any smartphone (except for Nokia X), this has lead to an another new fad, welcome to the world of selfies! Personally, clicking selfies has…

  • Protect Your Privacy With Lockdown Pro For Android

    Protect Your Privacy With Lockdown Pro For Android

    We all have those annoying friends who love to poke their nose into our personal data including images & videos. It would be too harsh to lock things down and then handover the phone but we still need our privacy. Lockdown Pro offers to solve the above problem, it is available for free and doesn’t…

  • Developer Gears Up To Take On MediaTek For GPL Violations

    Developer Gears Up To Take On MediaTek For GPL Violations

    Android runs on the Linux kernel which is open source and is also protected by the GNU General Public License, version 2. Technically, it implies that any chipset vendor / OEM who makes use of android falls under these laws and has no choice but to comply with them and release the source code to…

  • Opera 20 for Android Now Has WebRTC and GetUserMedia() Support

    Opera 20 for Android Now Has WebRTC and GetUserMedia() Support

    Mobile browsers are getting more advanced day by day, there is no stopping of technology advancement. Opera has finally released it’s Android mobile browser with support for WebRTC which allows a browser to access a phone’s camera or mic which previously required a native app for the respective platform. WebRTC allows the browser to access…

  • Download Latest Whatsapp For Android To Hide “Last Seen at” Timestamp

    Download Latest Whatsapp For Android To Hide “Last Seen at” Timestamp

    It’s been quite some time since leaked screenshots started appearing confirming the entry of the iOS exclusive privacy features of Whatsapp into the android counterpart. The latest version of whatsapp now is v2.11.169 but it has not yet been rolled out to end users via the play store yet for various reasons (Testing in Progress). The…

  • Update Moto G Dual Sim XT1033 To KitKat 4.4

    Update Moto G Dual Sim XT1033 To KitKat 4.4

    India is yet to receive the official Kitkat 4.4 OTA update for the Moto G which was only released last week in collaboration with Flipkart. Our sources confirm that the update will roll out in a few days and Motorola is working all out to push the update as soon as possible. The other Asian countries…

  • Download Flappy Bird for Android

    Download Flappy Bird for Android

    Flappy Bird, the immensely popular app on iOS and Android has been taken down by the developer for reasons unknown yet. So, I’d recommend you to not delete the app in case you’ve already have it. But, if you haven’t downloaded the app when it was available in the Google Play Store there is a…