A few months ago Cyanogen announced that it will be offering the Boxer Gmail-style app the stock email option on Cyanogen OS 12. Now the new calendar app from Boxer is being offered as stock too on future Cyanogen releases. Boxer is a company known for making Google app replacements, for people who don’t want to link their Google accounts to…
Google’s Slides is a pretty nifty alternative to PowerPoint, but there was one big feature lacking from it for a while now. We’re obviously talking about the lack of support for Chromecast streaming, to a bigger screen. Well, that came today and we have the APK for the update. Google Slides required some workarounds till now to get your…
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,…
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…
It’s a good idea to check out the Android Calendar app these days, since there are a lot of interesting MWC 2015 events to schedule. Well, Google takes advantage of the intensive usage and rolls out changes to the Calendar app for Android, while listening to the user’s feedback. After the last app redesign, users complained about the UI…
Google Now has been updated with a new card, one that shows “gas stations on your route”, while you’re travelling. People always need to know where the best place to get gas is and this card is very helpful for that. Sometimes you have to get out of your way to reach a certain gas station and that’s certainly not pleasant. The…
Google Now has been updated with support for a series of apps, that get their own cards in Now. Thanks to the Google app you will now get info about the music you like, reminders for the daily French lesson on Duolingo and more. Up until now, Google Now reminded you about a flight, the score of your favourite team’s match, or showed a news story…
Microsoft launched Outlook for Android and iOS today, meant to be run on tablets and phones. The application is very much based on technology from the company Acompli, that MS bought last December. The new apps are available right now and you can get the fresh Outlook for Android from here. The aim is to replace the current Microsoft Outlook branded…
Google Translate is headed to new territory, as it will get an updated version, that includes features like WordLens Image Translation and Auto Detection for Conversation Mode. We have to mention some context here: Google bought the developer of the Wordlens app a few months ago and this will means new features for Translate. WordLens is uses to translate…
As you probably know, this year Apple introduced the concept of Continuity and Handoff, allowing users to start working on their Macs and continue on iOS devices and viceversa. Of course, Android users scoffed at the idea and wished they could get a piece of the action, too. Well, there’s now AirDroid 3 for that. 3 years ago AirDroid launched…
