If you are an Android fan then you could soon be wearing a lot of your technology. Google has recently announced that it is bringing out a software development kit which will allow more Android wearable technology to be produced. This could include the likes of smart watches using the Android platform. A quote attributed to Sundar Pichai – the senior vice president...

Usage of the Bitcoin virtual currency on Android phones has run into a bit of trouble. A reported fault in the Android operating system has left users of the application open to the risk of having cash stolen from them. The news came out from the Bitcoin Foundation and the problem affects some of the users who use the wallet style apps such as BitcoinSpinner, Mycelium...

You may have heard rumours of the Facebook Phone before now but finally we know what it is about. It is actually called Facebook Home and it isn’t a real phone or even an operating system. Facebook Home is a social network dedicated home screen for Android phones which will change the way you interact with your phone. When you switch on your phone you will see a Coverfeed,...

If you ever see a friend or relative put a phone in their freezer you might think that it is evidence that they have finally cracked up. However, there could be a more sinister reason for their phone freezing attempts. They could be trying to discover, gasp, what secrets are locked away inside it. Strange as it may sound, some German security researchers have been freezing...

Temple Run, one of the most popular apps in iOS and one of the most highly anticipated mobile games has been launched recently on the Android platform. The game has been a huge hit on the iOS platform (iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad) and Android users have been asking its developers to make a version for Google-based platform for quite a while now. Now that the app is already...

News that popular photo-sharing service Instagram coming to Android has been talked about by fans for a while now. Now, its creators are opening up registrations in preparation for its coming release. The registration provides owners of Android devices the chance to be the first ones to get Instagram, reported tech news website The Next Web. “Using nothing more than...

Users of Samsung’s flagship smartphone Samsung Galaxy S II in the United Kingdom are now able to get the device’s latest software update. Korean electronics giant Samsung has started rolling out the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update to Galaxy S II smartphone users who are signed up to the Three network. The provider has made the update available through...

Samsung Galaxy S II owners have been waiting very long for March 10, the day set by Samsung to release the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade to users of its flagship smartphone. What’s disappointing was, the day came and there was no upgrade. According to a report by tech website Engadget, Samsung has informed users of its Galaxy S II smartphone that the latest...

Apple’s voice-controlled assistant, Siri, has the whole world abuzz since it was revealed. It does not need any introduction because it is so popular, everybody knows what it does. Now, Google is planning to launch its own voice-enabled app for the Android OS that is very similar to Siri. Google is believed to be working on a Siri-like app called by the media as...

Microsoft is planning to build on the success of its Xbox 360 console by launching its popular Xbox Live gaming platform to iOS and Android devices. Selling more than 66 million units of Xbox 360 consoles and around 18 million units of its Kinect peripheral since its launch, Microsoft is looking to generate more revenue when it releases Xbox Live to other platforms. Xbox...