Android stories - Page 24

With Halloween almost here I thought I’d do a horror-themed review this week (spooky apps are easier to find than Labour Day-related ones).

In just 24 hours BBM has been downloaded over 10 million times by Android and iPhone users, one of the best single-day openings for a mobile app to date.

Affordable devices fuel global growth, with lower-priced models and small tablets leading a 4.5% increase in device shipments in 2013.

Good Technology reports a surge in enterprise apps, with a 60% rise in device activations and 1000 custom applications deployed.

Go Team app review: A digital meet for sports fans to guess game outcomes, offering a new platform for casual to keen sports enthusiasts.

Students walking home from school alone and teachers working late at school now have a new tool to get them home safe.

Hair Removal app faces backlash for promoting gender stereotypes and body shaming, alongside a bombardment of ads and questionable permissions.

Dick Smith NZ launches beta app for tech shopping with sleek design, facing mixed reviews on speed and usability challenges.

Rumours coming out of Cupertino claim Apple has acquired personal assistant iPhone app Cue in a bid to challenge Google Now on Android.

Tapastic app brings a world of diverse webcomic talents to your phone, offering a free feast of genres for comic lovers on the move.

Holy action meets hilarity in Nun Attack: Run and Gun - a mobile game where gun-toting nuns battle Halloween monsters.

Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, hints at the possibility of Microsoft Office moving to iPad and Android tablets.

BlackBerry is set to cut 4,500 jobs and reduce operating expenses by 50% after failing to capture public interest in its new devices.

Previously exclusive to BlackBerry smartphones, BBM will be available as a free download in Google Play and the App StoreSM.

A free iPad and Android game is delivering fresh observations about children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome.

Do you have trouble remembering to do things? No, me neither. But if we did, we’d probably get our phones to remind us, right?.

Google Play Music's entrance rattles rivals, offering an iTunes-esque free service and a paid All Access akin to Spotify.

Smartphones will represent virtually all of the mobile phone market in many of the world's most developed economies by the end of 2017....

Dive into the peculiar world of virtual dentistry with 'Virtual Dentist Surgery', an app that's raising eyebrows more than it's raising fun.

Infinite Design app review: A promising but unreliable vector drawing tool, offering a neat experience on tablets, marred by lag and crashes.