Waze is considered to be less popular now that it’s owned by Google, or so the word goes. Well, recently it got a hugely useful feature, that makes waiting in traffic easier for you. The app was recently updated for iOS as well, reaching version 3.9.4. For Android it got the update a bit earlier, implementing a Traffic Bar, that shows your progress…
Google announced officially this week that the photos and videos you have on Google+ Photos is now accessible on Google Drive. This brings us closer to the already announced split of Google+ into Photos and Streams. The Drive for Android and iOS apps, plus the Web app will have a brand new photos section. Users will thus be able to manage any type…
Gmail has been updated with a few useful features, albeit not major ones. For example, we get an unified inbox and browse conversations in non Gmail accounts just like in the native ones. The supported accounts include Yahoo, Outlook.com and other IMAP/POP accounts. The new “all inboxes” option will include all the messages into a single…
We’ve recently heard a rumor saying that Apple was going to draw inspiration from the Apple Watch UI for the next generation of iOS, which many not be a bad thing after all. Today we uncovered a way to get a slice of the Apple Watch experience on your Android smartphone, via the Bubble Screenlock Launcher. The app is available for free in the…
Many people have turned to Feedly after Google Reader was killed off and they’re quite happy with their choice. However, functionality of the app can be expanded to the lockscreen, it seems and there’s a way to put your Feedly RSS stream notifications on the lockscreen. Android 5.0 Lollipop was the one that implemented lockscreen notifications,…
Facebook is said to be working on a new Android dialer, one that relies on the huge database of phone numbers that the social network employs. The company already confirmed this app exists and simply calls it Phone, but didn’t offer details. The screenshot above appeared courtesy of Android Police and we learn that Phone was meant to be tested…
Google was said to expand Google Now functionality for a while now, via third party apps, but we didn’t exactly have many details about that. Well, it appears a group of developers were privileged enough this January to get to code for third party apps with Google Now features. In the future even smaller developers will get that functionality. Speaking…
Microsoft’s famous digital assistant, Cortana is ready to make its debut on Android, it seems, after also coming to desktop via Windows 10. The assistant got a huge PR boost last summer, when it correctly predicted 13 of the World Cup 2014 matches. Apple has Siri as its assistant and Google relies on Google Now. Both have limitations and right…
Android is reaching many formats of devices out there, including TV sets, consoles, cars and wearables, so it’s hard to develop a cohesive app experience for all of them. Google is helping developers out by releasing an app called Universal Music Player. The software is used as a reference app that helps developers learn how to get an app on…
Cyanogen Inc is working with Boxer on a new email client, that will make it to Cyanogen OS 12. Cyanogen wants to evolve its solutions into a full fledged OS, separate from the Android mainstream software. They are also looking at new ways to depend less on Google solutions, like Gmail for example. Boxer was launched on iOS in 2013 and Android last…
