Android Articles

The convenience of playing games in the cloud

by Edgar Cervantes on May 14th, 2012

Gamers probably spend much of their time playing on their mobile devices. Sure, the experience is far from reaching console-quality, but it is a convenient getaway in between bus rides and lunch breaks. We have found a major issue with mobile gaming, though, one that is actually quite annoying. Game progress is saved locally in [...]


Chrome for Android soon to come out of beta

by Edgar Cervantes on May 1st, 2012

After many requests, desperate cries and prayers, Google finally decided to release Chrome for Android. Users have been loving the Search Giant’s browser on their mobile devices since then. The product is still in beta, though, and recent reports are stating that the testing period will be over soon. Senior VP of Chrome and Apps [...]


appMobi XDK Lets You Make HTML5 Apps In Chrome – Port To Android and iOS

by Chris Chavez on August 4th, 2011

I’m sure this is a heap load more complicated than it sounds but apparently there is a new addition to the Chrome Web Store today and it comes to you in the form of appMobi XDK. This new web app will give a developer the tools they need to design cross platform HTML5 software all [...]


Tip Of The Day: Verizon 3G Chromebook (Don’t Forget Your Smartphone!)

by Donovan Leiber on July 3rd, 2011

This is less of a tip and more of a public service warning for those not taking advantage of this. If you’re a Chromebook user in the United States then you’re likely able to access 100MB of free internet service every single month through Verizon 3G connectivity. The instructions are fairly simple and you can [...]


Google I/O Is Upon Us!

by Talton "phases" Pettigrew on May 10th, 2011

The time has come. Google I/O!  The keynote kicks off in just a few minutes and with any luck you, our valued readers, are as excited as we are! We’ll do our best to update you with any interesting Chrome tidbits during the entire event – but seeings how we’re actually here (here? there?)  we [...]


12 Hours, Millions Of Downloads: The Chrome To Phone Story

by Donovan Leiber on April 3rd, 2011

Developers slave away at their keyboards, brainstorming ideas, coding up betas, adding billions of features, listening to feedback, patching up bugs and much, much more. But for what? Sometimes it’s the SIMPLE ideas that are the BEST ideas and Chrome To Phone is an example. In a recent article on the Official Google Blog, one [...]


Goodbye Printer Drivers & Annoying Cables: Google Cloud Print Is Here

by Donovan Leiber on March 31st, 2011

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been enraged when trying to download printer drivers for various computers on different operating systems and getting them to work. Sometimes things happen to work out. Other times it’s a royal pain in the butt. Either way, nothing seems as elegant as what Google Cloud Print will soon [...]


Chrome OS tablet: ipad killer or bad idea?

by Liz on August 22nd, 2010

Rumor has it, the long awaited Chrome OS tablet will be launched on November 26th, in time for the big shopping season. But will this be the big iPad killer, or just a really bad idea?


Chrome OS tablet due in November?

by Liz on August 20th, 2010

Finally, there’s a (rumored) concrete date, that Google is launching its Chrome OS tablet on Verizon on November 26th.


Android beats iPhone!

by Liz on August 5th, 2010

According to Google head honcho Eric Schmidt, Google believes that about 200,000 new Android devices are being sold each day. “People are finally beginning to figure out how successful Android is,” Schmidt said at the inaugural Techonomy conference, pointing to recent studies showing that Android is even beating the massively populair iPhone