Android News

Minus for Android has been updated recently to include a couple of cool changes. Firstly, you’ll now be able to open Minus profile links using the app instead of staying within the browser. It’ll give you easy access to friends’ profiles without having to deal with a web UI over a native one. You also [...]

The Android platform versions distributions chart is always an interesting update to take a look at. For the two weeks ending on January 3rd, 2012, Gingerbread found itself sitting at 55% of the share with Froyo at 30%. Last month, Gingerbread had 50.6% and Froyo had 35.3%. There’s a direct correlation here but we’re not [...]

Adobe has updated their AIR platform for Ice Cream Sandwich support, just as promised. Other than minor maintenance updates or a big change in plans, the new build will be the last major release of AIR for Android. It joins Flash Player 11.1, which also recently received an update to provide Android 4.0 support, to [...]

Skype for Android has been updated with improvements to video quality during calls and power consumption and battery wear, especially on Tegra 2 phones and tablets. Additionally, users can now share photo and video files with other contacts. With the new software version, more devices now support Skype video chat including the HTC Amaze 4G, [...]

While Android Market reviews do a pretty good job of providing a snapshot of user experiences with an app, they have only told half the story. With a myriad of Android devices running various versions of the OS on top of different hardware configurations, some devices will handle applications better than others. With an update [...]

Google has updated how movie results are displayed when performing a web search from a mobile device. When searching for  a movie or local theater, Google will display interactive results in a “swipeable ribbon” featuring movies posters, ratings, summaries, and showtimes. Information updates as you swipe through movies, avoiding the need to load and reload [...]

Facebook has announced the latest update to their Android app, one that sees a drastic shift in layout and boosted performance. The new Facebook for Android is now visually more in line with its iOS counterpart. Messages and notifications are now found at the top of the screen regardless of the page you are currently [...]

The boys over at Pocketnow have been poking around some EXIF data and discovered a new device popping up in some of the pics. Something being called the Motorola DROID RAZRMAX. I know what you’re thinking — there’s no way there could already be an update in the works so soon after the original’s release. [...]

Catch — my personal favorite note taking app — has been updated in the Android Market finally adding the option of shared folders or “Streams,” allowing for note collaboration (a hot feature in note taking apps these days). The difference between Catch and the other note apps in the Market? Catch emphasizes a clean, simple [...]

Soon after Google unveiled the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, it was reported that the LTE version on Verizon would carry a bit more girth than the 8.9mm HSPA+ version of the device. The exact figure remained a mystery…until now, that is. Google has updated their US Galaxy Nexus site with the phone’s specs and an interactive [...]