Gaming Archive
20 Mar 2015
How to Speed Up a Sluggish Android Smartphone
How to Speed Up a Sluggish Android Smartphone If getting rid of superfluous apps on your smartphone doesn’t solve the problem, reinstalling factory stock software likely will. Like rehab — or the drunk tank — for our lethargic, wrong-side-of-the-tracks smartphone inhabitant, this operation may sound like a big deal and a lot of work, and
20 Mar 2015
How to Slim Down a Bloated Android Device
How to Slim Down a Bloated Android Device Determine where best to free up space. Take a look at the Pictures and Videos space used in particular. Look for the numerical value next to the descriptive label. Video and images, unlike music, often don’t need to be stored on the device and can be moved.
19 Mar 2015
T-Mobile rolls out new plans for business customers
T-Mobile rolls out new plans for business customers NEW DELHI: T-Mobile US Inc rolled out cellular and data plans for business customers, taking aim at a lucrative market segment long dominated by larger rivals AT&T Inc and Verizon Communications Inc. Companies with more than 1,000 lines will pay $10 per month for each line.
18 Mar 2015
Hundreds of Android and iOS apps are still vulnerable to FREAK attacks
Hundreds of Android and iOS apps are still vulnerable to FREAK attacks Hundreds of Android and iOS apps are still vulnerable to a dangerous attack revealed two weeks ago that can compromise encrypted data, a security vendor said Tuesday. The apps have not yet been patched against the FREAK attack, short for Factoring attack on
18 Mar 2015
Battery power alone used to track Android phones
Battery power alone used to track Android phones The phone you carry around all day has a myriad of different sensors that measure everything from location to barometric pressure. Apps usually have to adhere to the permission control system built into platforms like iOS and Android to get that information, but a team of researchers
17 Mar 2015
Microsoft tries to thwart Google by investing in Cyanogen
Microsoft tries to thwart Google by investing in Cyanogen Windows Phone still hasn’t set the world on fire, so it seems Microsoft is investigating other ways to compete against Google and Apple in the mobile market. Reports are coming in that Microsoft will participate in a round of funding for Cyanogen, Inc. — the commercial enterprise
17 Mar 2015
Samsung on defense against Apple with the Galaxy S6
Samsung on defense against Apple with the Galaxy S6 Samsung’s Galaxy S6, announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona yesterday, looks like a really nice upgrade from the disappointing Galaxy S5 — which apart from a screen and camera resolution bump and some software refinements, was basically a GS4, and missed sales projections by up
17 Mar 2015
New Galaxy S6 benchmarks show Samsung beating its rivals — including Apple
New Galaxy S6 benchmarks show Samsung beating its rivals — including Apple We’ve already covered the launch of the Galaxy S6 and the basics of the design, but how does the device actually perform in day-to-day use?Early test results from PCMag.com are in, courtesy of Sascha Segan, and the data points to a significant performance increase
17 Mar 2015
Google announces Android 5.1 Lollipop, rolling out to Nexus devices today
Google announces Android 5.1 Lollipop, rolling out to Nexus devices today Google released Android 5.0 Lollipopback in November of 2014 with a complete UI revamp and a number of cool new features like Smart Lock and priority notifications. After an initial burst of device updates, things slowed to a crawl as a number of bugs
17 Mar 2015
DisplayMate: Galaxy S6 has the best smartphone display ever
DisplayMate: Galaxy S6 has the best smartphone display ever The Samsung Galaxy S6 is probably the most anxiously anticipatedAndroid smartphone of the year. Samsung’s device releases are always a big deal, but this year the company has rethought how it makes smartphones. The Galaxy S6 is slimmer, faster, and more attractive than its predecessor. Part of