Afterlight is a great new app for Android photographers now available in the Google Play Store. Afterlight enjoys a ton of popularity on iOS thanks adjustable filters, fine-tuning tools, textures, and cut-out frames.
Friday, August 15, 2014
AT&T begins Moto X 4.4.4 rollout to everyone after successful soak test
It was only a matter of time after Motorola started pushing out an Android 4.4.4 soak test that non-testers would have the update, and it seems that now's the time for the widespread updating of devices. We've received a couple tips now and seen posts in our forums that indicate AT&T is rolling out the update to those who weren't part of the pre-release soak test.
Humble Mobile Bundle 6 adds three more Android games and revamps its app
Last week, the Humble Bundle team launched their latest "pay what you want" deal for up to six Android games. This week, the team has added three more games to the mix and also revamped its Android app to boot.
HTC Zoe app released as beta — we've got a first look!
App provides a one-stop shop for sharing and remixing your video stories
WWE SuperCard game for Android combines wrestling with card battles
Publisher 2K Games, who currently own the rights to release video games based on World Wrestling Entertainment's properties, have just launched WWE SuperCard for Android, which is supposed to combined the hard hitting action of pro wrestlers with the rather nerdy world of collectible role playing card games.
Shazam restores Spotify integration
After removing the ability to listen to tagged songs on Spotify in the UK, Germany, Mexico and Brazil earlier this year, Shazam has restored the feature in the latest update for Android and iOS.
Tasker review: The thing you need to do all the things
Android is an enigmatic and wondrous ecosystem in which many, many things are possible. Unfortunately, many of those things aren't possible out of the box. That's where automation apps like Tasker come in.
Field Trip makes travel information conveniently available in Google Now
Field Trip, the location-based information app by Google's Niantic Labs, has been updated with support for Google Now on Android phones and tablets. This means that when you show up at a new place all the interesting details about that place are ready and waiting for you to access, right in that convenient, card-based interface.
Uber adds destination entry for riders, turn-by-turn navigation for drivers
Uber has announced today that they've added two new features to their latest mobile app. Riders can now easily enter their destination into the rider app, and drivers can take advantage of turn-by-turn navigation within the driver app. Both are aimed to help make for a seamless, efficient ride for both driver and passenger.
The Walking Dead Pinball coming to Zen Pinball for Android August 28
Zen Studios will add yet another major franchise to its Zen Pinball series when it releases The Walking Dead Pinball table on August 28 for Android devices via Google Play, along with the Amazon Appstore.
Google Search update brings train and bus reminders and new flight card updates to Google Now
TapPath makes gives even greater flexibility for opening links in Android
Fresh from the dev who made opening links a little less painful with Link Bubble and home screens even more productive with Action Launcher, developer Chris Lacy has just unleashed TapPath — giving us even more power over the links we tap.
Google+ now lets you display your stream on the TV via Chromecast
The latest update to Google+ caught a few people by surprise today when it enabled a small Chromecast button in the interface, letting you toss your Google+ stream up to your TV. Though the Google Play changelog doesn't indicate the change, we're seeing a Chromecast button on our own devices and many other people are too.
Goat Simulator coming to wreck things soon on Android
Goat Simulator, which began as a bit of a joke project from developer Coffee Stain Studios, is now heading to Android devices after a highly successful launch on the Windows, Mac and Linux platforms.
Skylanders Trap Team launching on Android alongside console version
Activision has announced that the next version of their hugely popular Skylanders game will be launching on Android, iPad, and consoles together on October 4. Progress made on the tablet version will carry over to the console version as well, if you're playing on multiple platforms.
Box for Android updated with new Box Notes feature and more
The enterprise-themed cloud storage service Box has announced an update for its Android app that adds support for its recently launched Box Notes feature, which lets users create, view, and edit notes to documents stored on the service. The update should start to roll out on the Google Play Store today.
Corel launches Painter Mobile for Android
Corel kicked off a new version of their desktop art app, Painter 2015, and along with it they've included an Android companion app. The main focus is on a wide range of brush types, though Painter Mobile also has layer support, symmetry tools, and all of the usual functions you'd expect.
Redesigned Google Play Store hitting more devices
According to, well, a lot of you fine folks out there, the new, redesigned Google Play Store is making its way to more devices today. (It started its trollout a couple weeks ago, pushing to just a small percentage of devices.)
Facebook finally puts up a page explaining Messenger permissions
Fear over the app's features was unfounded in the first place
[Updated] Coming to Google Play Next Week: Surgeon Simulator from Bossa Studios
Bossa Studios, a developer out of the UK, sent an email today about their soon to be released game Surgeon Simulator. What is unusual about the email is that the only thing included was a video. The video was made specifically for notifying us of the Android release date. It seems once the iOS version of Surgeon Simulator was released, Bossa Studios was flooded with comments on their Facebook page. People in the Android community were clamoring for the release to happen for them as well. The comments have made a difference and you will be able to play Surgeon Simulator on your tablets later next week.
Dropbox for Android gets document previews and better search
Dropbox for Android has been updated to add document previews, along with smarter searching. Word Documents, PowerPoint presentations, and PDFs can now be viewed directly in Dropbox for Android, rather than moving you to a different app.
[Updated] Bik Brings Intergalactic Retro Adventure Game Action to Google Play August 14
Bik is an all new retro styled adventure game inspired by classic point and click adventure titles like Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island. The game follows Bik, a boy who is abducted by aliens while camping with friends. Many events transpire while he tries to find a way home including him teaming up with two alien mercenaries.
How to keep Facebook Messenger from sharing your location
Keeping your location a secret in Facebook Messenger is easy to do, but you still have to do it
In Case You Missed It: Transport Empire is now available for Android
GIGL (a.k.a Game Insight), the makers of Gone Fishing; Trophy Catch, My Country, Big Business Deluxe, and others Free to Play titles, has released another addition to their lineup called Transport Empire. This is a city management game in that follows in the steps of the Tycoon franchise.
Humble Bundle's new app is now live in Google Play
For those that aren't familiar with them, Humble Bundle provides games, books, and other digital offerings to customers. What makes them different is two fold. First, they allow customers to pay whatever amount seen fit for a bundle of games (or books, or comics, or music, or whatever), without any DRM attached. Seriously. Second, the money is divided between Humble Bundle, the developers, and charity, again with the specific amounts being divided up by the customer at the time of purchase.
The best adult apps for Android [NSFW]
In an ocean of apps done poorly, these rise to the top
If you're reading this, chances are you have an awesome pocket computer running Android at your disposal. Today's Android phones and tablets can pretty much do anything, and that includes things of an adult nature. We want to help you find and see that content the best way possible.
Upcoming Warhammer 40K game called The Horus Heresy: Drop Assault to arrive later this year
The Warhammer 40K franchise is no stranger to gamers for many platforms and formats, and Games Workshop has already allowed a couple of differently styled games to be developed for Android that are set within the Warhammer 40K universe. With that being said, there's another one on the way.
Ingress-themed watch face for Android Wear users
According to Android Police, there's now a watch face themed to fit the game Ingress; if it's been a while for you since it's been on your radar, there is a Google Play link to the game at the bottom of this article.
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