Category: Android apps
An infographic Instagram timeline made from Instagram pics!
What's more hip than an Instagram infographic? How about an Instagram infographic made up of Instagram pics, that's what! If you like your corporate timeline information presented with square, faded photographs, you're going to love this peek at the workings…
Instagram for Android hits 1 million downloads in just 24 hours
After a long wait for a port from iOS to Android, photography fans have come out in their droves to support Instagram for Android, downloading the free app over 1 million times in just 24 hours. That's around 2,000 sign-ups…
Instagram for Android sign-up page now taking names
If there's one app that iPhone users always wave in the faces of their Android-backing rivals, it's the hipster-friendly Instagram photography app, that adds "through-the-wash" filters and touch-up tools to be applied to your cameraphone snaps. Android users breathed a…
Instagram heading to Android phones soon
This is a guest post from ShinyShiny's Becca Caddy For the longest time Android users have pretended they don't care about Instagram's faded filters, dreamy tilt-shift effects and retro borders, but now they can (finally) give up the charade…
OnLive Desktop app now brings Windows 7 to Android
OnLive Desktop, the app that first wowed iPad users back in January with its ability to give full control of a remotely accessed Windows 7 PC, is now available for Android tablets too. Those using an Android tablet can…
GetTaxi cab booking smartphone app has Addison Lee in its sights
We've all had at least one less than satisfactory cab experience; whether it's a driver that doesn't know where your destination is or having to wait an age for a taxi that never arrives, it can be a needless…
Android malware connects to botnet and makes premium rate calls by rooting itself
The Android operating system has had yet another serious piece of malware sully its name today, as an Android app called com.google.android.smart has been discovered to be a premium rate texts, calls and botnet scam. The malware itself has been…
Dropbox Android beta build offers auto camera uploads
If you're anything like me, most of my cameraphone shots never end up anywhere other than on my smartphone's screen as I can't be bothered digging out the cables needed to transfer them. A new experimental build of Dropbox…
Google Docs for Android gets offline syncing abilities
Users of the cloud-based Google Docs word processor app for Android get a useful new feature added to the software today. You'll now be able to access a drop-down menu that allows you to cache files for offline access,…
VIDEO: Steam Mobile app (Android) hands-on preview
Gerald takes a look at the new, free Steam Mobile app from Valve, which gives gamers on-the-go access to the popular PC gaming platform. Running through the features of the Android version (though available on iOS devices like the…