AllCast, a new Android application (still in beta) that allows users to play local media on Roku players, Apple TV, Xbox, and other DLNA devices. AllCast streams content directly from Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, or your mobile devices' local storage directly to one of the supported devices.
If you think you've heard the name Andy Rubin before, you probably have. He's the engineer that created the HipTop for his company Danger. The HipTop was Rubin's earliest version of how he saw a smartphone. It did quite well for T-mobile and was eventually acquired by Microsoft. Rubin's career path led him to Google [...]
Our friends over at Mobile Nations have always been innovators. They were responsible for one of the biggest, and earliest, independent Blackberry blogs, Crackberry. They were also early on the scene with an Android website in Android Central. And one thing I keep bringing up in conversation with industry folks is that Mobile Nations was [...]
The Google Play store offers Android users a large variety of options when it comes to streaming music and radio apps. A recent analysis reported on by trusted music industry website allaccess.com revealed that Accuradio was the highest rated radio app for Android. Accuradio ranked at 4.75 out of 5 possible stars in the Google [...]
In September when it was revealed that popular Android developer Cyanogen had received a $7 million dollar funding round, the development team had big plans to release their popular version of the OS to the masses. After years of having to download CyanogenMod from the Cyanogen servers and mirror sites, and unlock the boot loader, [...]
Over the past couple of years there has been a lot of talk about what platforms developers should focus on in order to be able to make enough money to live on regularly. Previously a majority of the studies showed that iOS was the way to go when looking to make money off of mobile [...]
While it is still in a "beta" form Google Glass has certainly gained a bunch of attention, but unfortunately getting your hands on a pair of your own is not just as simple as walking into a store and buying a pair. Google first introduced sales of Google Glass back at Google I/O 2012 and [...]
(photo: K. Sandler) While Eric Schmidt was the CEO of Google, he made a few key appearances during the early rise of Android. He was on hand at the Motorola Droid and Droid X release on Verizon Wireless. He keynoted Mobile World Congress talking about Android and he was an overall cheerleader for [...]
Is this a signal that long waits for Android updates are a thing of the past? When the latest version of Android, version 4.4 Kit Kat, was officially announced alongside the Nexus 5, it was also revealed that Google wanted this version of Android to be able to go on a lot more devices than [...]
When LG announced the G Flex it did more than just introduce a curved display smartphone to the market. They took time and consideration into what people need from their favorite electronics devices, and tried to solve some of those issues as well. One of the cooler features of the LG G Flex, beyond the [...]
