The Samsung Galaxy Core is a rather basic smartphone with a 4.3 inch, 800 x 480 pixel display, a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, and 8GB of storage. While it’s an entry-level Android phone, Samsung is launching a new line of accessories that could make the Galaxy Core a lot more attractive to […]
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Deals of the Day (2-12-2014)
Android apps are cheap, so even though most Liliputing readers who participated in our recent poll said they do occasionally spend money on apps, it could take a while to spend $60 in Google Play Store credit… if you spent it on apps alone. But there’s a lot more than apps in the Play Store. […]
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Google Play Store alerts you about apps with in-app purchases
Google is rolling out an updated version of the Google Play Store for Android devices, and while most of the changes are pretty small, there’s one new feature that could spare you a bit of frustration: The Play Store now tells you when an app you’re looking at includes in-app purchases. That way you won’t […]
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CyanogenMod Installer is no longer in the Google Play Store
CyanogenMod Installer is an app designed to walk you through the process of installing the company’s custom version of Android on your phone or tablet. The app actually consists of two parts: an Android app that helps walk you through the process and a PC app that does the heavy lifting. Earlier in November, the […]
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Google Play Store coming to BlackBerry OS phones? (Update: maybe not)
BlackBerry’s latest smartphones may run BlackBerry software, but they also include built-in support for Android apps. The only catch is that developers need to submit those apps to BlackBerry for inclusion in the company’s BlackBerry App World — and since most developers haven’t bothered to do that, most of the apps you can run on […]
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Google is making it easier to find tablet-friendly Android apps
Tired of downloading an app on your Android tablet only to find out it was clearly designed for a tiny smartphone? Google rolled out a “Designed for tablets” section of the Google Play Store last year, and on November 21st the company will make that the default view for folks browsing for apps while using […]
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Google bans apps with notification-style ads from the Play Store
Google is banning apps which place ads in the Android notification bar from the Google Play Store. That’s just one of the changes in the latest Google Play Developer Program policy update — but it’s one that could pretty much put at least one company out of business. Airpush is an ad network which specializes […]
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Lilbits (8-06-2013): Ubuntu Edge, XBMC, and Firefox 23
Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth and friends have been working to bring the open source operating system to smartphones and tablets. And last month they introduced a side-project, a phone called the Ubuntu Edge which would dual boot Android and Ubuntu and work both as a phone and a desktop computer (when docked to a mouse, […]
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Google Play app and media store overhauled with cleaner new look
Google is rolling out an updated version of the Play Store to Android phone and tablet users. The new version has a simpler look and a design that emphasizes the different types of content available and makes it easy to find the section you want from the front page. According to Google, the new Play […]
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Facebook pushes Android update to enable silent updates (bypassing the Play Store)
Facebook appears to be doing an end run around the Google by pushing an update to the social network’s open app to Android users today… and the update isn’t coming from the Google Play Store. The Facebook app on your phone downloads the update automatically and then beeps or vibrates incessantly until you install it (or uninstall […]