Tip Of The Day: How to Use the ‘Find My Device’ Feature in Android Devices
Android phones come with a “Find My Device” feature that can be used to recover your lost Android phone. This feature is available in phone settings and does not require a third-party app to work. This is a very handy feature for when you misplace your phone, or if it gets stolen. You will be able to trace […]
Tip of the Day: How to Link Your Android or iOS Device to Windows 10
One cool feature in Windows 10 is that it allows users link their Android and iOS devices to their Windows 10 PCs and use the ‘Continue on PC’ feature. It lets you push web pages from your phone to your PC without the need to connect to the same network or use a USB cable. […]
Top 5 Cloud Storage Services to Use
One of the safest ways to store your files and have them readily available whenever and wherever you want them is by storing them in a cloud storage. Using cloud storage services means you’ll have more space on your PC or Mobile phone local storage and it’s definitely more convenient than carrying a hard drive […]
TECH TUESDAY: How to Reduce Data Usage on Chrome Browser for Android
Google Chrome browser for Android has an inbuilt Data Saver feature which compresses web pages on a server before they are downloaded to Chrome on your device. This reduces the data consumption on your end. The data compression happens on Google servers, and it ensures that less data gets downloaded on your device. When Data […]
Google Reveals Best Android Apps of 2017
It’s been a good year for Google and the myriad of developers that develop apps for the Android platform. Usually, at the end of every year, Google outs a list of most popular apps, games, movies, TV shows, songs and books that were released in the past year. Earlier this month in a blogpost, they […]
Google Unveils Android Oreo (Go Edition) For Low-end Phones
The Android Mobile Operating System is a very robust software that shines brightest, when hooked onto devices with top-notch specs. Meanwhile, low-end devices with smaller specs (less RAM and slower processors) struggle to keep up the pace. Low storage, sluggish performance and at times, app incompatibility, are some of the more common issues that plague […]
Microsoft Pulls the Plug on Its Windows 10 Mobile OS
Since its acquisition of Nokia mobile devices in 2014, Microsoft has only managed to stay afloat in the mobile OS game. Windows mobile and its line of devices didn’t appeal so much to the majority of smartphone users out there, not while Google and Apple dominated the market with their mobile Operating systems – Android […]
TECH TUESDAY: Here Comes Android Oreo
After referring to it as Android ‘O’ for the longest time, following its predecessors, Nougat, Marshmallow, and Lollipop, Andriod ‘O’ finally has a name– Android Oreo. Google and Modelez partnered to create Android 8.0 Oreo, which was unveiled Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. The new OS boasts several new amazing features, including the ability to respond […]
How to Use Your Android Device as a Microphone
Android phones have so many free applications that do amazing things. There’s an app you can download from Google Playstore called Microphone, which turns your android phone into a ‘mic’ when you connect your Android device to a Bluetooth speaker. Wondering why you would possibly want to turn your phone into a mic. Well, imagine […]
How to Locate your Android Phone Using Google
Loosing a phone can be catastrophic, whether stolen or lost in a pile of clothing. Ease the trouble of searching for a lost phone by tweaking a few settings on your current phone to help you locate it in case you misplace it. Follow the few steps below: Enable Android Device Manager You can find […]
How to Recover Deleted Text Messages
It’s easy to delete information from your Android phone by mistake especially with touch based phones. Unlike PCs with Recycle Bins, it’s not as easy to retrieve these lost infos. In fact, most people think it’s impossible, but actually it’s not. There’s a virtual space where deleted data is saved for a period of time. […]
Evolution of the Android OS
As Android users are increasing at a skyrocketing rate, there is a need for her users to get familiar with her evolution over the time. The first Android operating system was released by Google on November 5, 2007; this day is considered the official birth of the Android OS. Android OS adopted its names from […]
Andela in Partnership with Google and Udacity Seeks to Teach Android Development to Aspiring Technologists
The skill necessary to develop, deploy and maintain Android apps has recently become a highly sought after skill. With well over 1.4 billion Android users worldwide, business owners have come to view having an Android app for their business as quite important especially in ensuring quality service delivery to their customers. Andela in partnership with […]
7 Guides to Buying Your Next Smartphone
Buying a new smartphone in this frenzied time can either be easy or difficult depending on what your opinion is. While some people consider it easy to choose a new smartphone from the many options out there since you can easily pick out the one that suits you, others find it somewhat difficult because just […]
Beware of the Hummingbad Virus
No, I don’t mean hummingbird, I mean hummingbad and yes it’s a malware. I know a lot of you might claim ignorance of this particular malware, but it’s fast becoming a source of concern not just because it’s prolific but also because it is a mobile virus. If I ask how many people have installed […]
Google Announces Android N as Android Nougat
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