Cyanogen has been all over the news this week, first after receiving $7 million in financing and then for being used to tease Oppo’s upcoming N1 handset. Today we hear about AirPlay Mirroring that will be integrated into CyanogenMod and it’s demoed below. The guys behind CyanogenMod, dev and VP of engineering Koushik Dutta posted the video…
Who saw this coming? Google decided to give a major revamp to the looks of the YouTube Android app, that has reached version 5.0, bringing it a bunch of novelties and a fresh UI, that’s shown in the screenshots below. First of all we get a new icon and the new user interface is based on the Google Now card styling. YouTube is basically redesigned…
Google’s Chromecast was only recently released, with limited functionality it’s true, but there’s more to it than meets the eye. Now CyanogenMod is in on it and it comes with a new feature that allows it to stream almost any content to Chromecast. I have to remind you that the Chromecast is priced at a mere $35 and gives you content…
XBMC is a cross platform media player, that focuses on playing back media stored both on devices of all sorts and the Internet. The latest pre release version of this open source media player brings support for Zeroconf, which means Apple AirPlay compatibility. What it all means is that your Android device can become an AirPlay receiver for audio and…
YouTube has turned ot to be one of the most highly used and appreciated Google services, with apps and means of access for just about every platform out there. On the Android platform the official app is very highly appreciated, though an alternative is always welcome and good to have. Zing YouTube Player comes from developer Zing Player and poses,…
U.K.’s BBC has been offering apps for the mobile platform on supported regions since a long time ago. The iPlayer is well known for coming pre-installed on several feature phones, including models from Sony-Ericsson and Samsung that were offered a while back. BBC’s app has been available for a while on the iOS platform. The developers responded…
It’s nice to see that the Holo UI is becoming the inspiration behind Android apps and interfaces are being borrowed from main Google stock apps. XDA Forum Member Jack Underwood has created the Now Playing Beta, a music app that’s inspired by the design philosophy of Google Now. Now Playing is in beta phase and it’s a well designed…
Though I can’t exactly say that I am looking for a good music player, nor that I haven’t purchased one already, I am always on the lookout for the best options and one in particular has caught my attention. After CyanogenMod’s Apollo has proven to be a disappointment this might be the next best thing. Google’s Play Music…
XBMC is the number one open-source home media center software available for most media players and supporting many features including remote controllers and plug-ins. The past version 11 has been available for Android in nightly releases and recently as the first official user-friendly form. XBMC has been expected to add support for a bunch of Android…
XBMC came to Android in July, as the open source media center we’ve come to know and appreciate. It has received quite a bunch of updates till now, with the latest bringing Android 4.2 and Tegra 2 support. And now there’s a fresh update of the software, said to be the first “fully functional release” actually. This one works…
