At the third annual Lenovo Tech World last week, the Chinese tech giant wowed attendees with the Lenovo Folio, a tablet with a screen that folds in half into a phone. Before you start getting too excited, you should know that the Folio is a concept device, which means it may not be released as Read more about Lenovo Folio: 5.5″ phone that unfolds into 8″ tablet seamlessly[…]

“Hier heb ik geen 1000 dollar voor betaald!” Source: Samsung verrast gebruikers met advertenties op Galaxy S8 – Webwereld They come with the gaming service which cannot be disabled or uninstalled unless you’re root. Considering you pay through the nose for the most breakable piece of hardware there is, this sounds like a great reason Read more about Samsung forces unkillable adverts down Galaxy S8 buyers’ throats[…]

Samsung wants to keep you locked in the Bixby AI ecosystem in its fight against Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri, Google Assistant, and others. Source: Samsung blocks ability to remap Galaxy S8’s Bixby button | ZDNet And Bixby won’t work at all during launch. I’m actually not so very happy with Samsung deciding to ditch the Read more about Samsung blocks ability to remap Galaxy S8’s Bixby button[…]

Android-x86 Open Source Project Source: ReleaseNote 6.0-r1 – Android-x86 – Porting Android to x86 Wow, open source Android?

DeskDock allows you to share your computer’s mouse with your Android devices via a USB cable. The app enables you to control your Android device as if it was an additional monitor for your computer. Simply move your computer’s mouse cursor over the screen boundaries to use it with your Android devices. Source: DeskDock Free Read more about DeskDock – use your android device as a second PC monitor[…]

Scan to search To search a document, simply scan the page using your device’s camera. The app then analyses the document and you’ll be able to search within it after a few seconds, just like you would with a digital document and CTRL-F on a PC! Source: CTRL-F – Search, for the real world

This page lets you view, listen to and delete all of your Google Audio history. To delete all, find the 3 dots -> delete options -> advanced Source: Google – Voice & Audio Activity

It will disable / block any system and third party application on your device with ease and allow you to enable / unblock the application just as easy. It also reads everything, real-time, directly from your device, so that there are no messy batch files, scripts and txt files, etc. that you have to maintain Read more about Debloater(Lets remove all that carrier bloat !! Root not required..)[…]

he first large-scale study of smartphones in everyday use by consumers has revealed that apps drain 28.9 percent of battery power while the screen is off. To address the problem, researchers have created a software tool that reduces the energy drain by about 16 percent. Researchers at Purdue University, Intel Corp. and startup company Mobile Read more about New tool could reduce smartphone battery drain by intelligently suppressing background activities[…]

Google Handwriting Input allows you to handwrite text on your phone or tablet in 82 languages. It supports printed and cursive writing, with or without a stylus. Google Handwriting Input also supports hundreds of emojis, so you can express yourself in any Android app. via Google Handwriting Input – Android Apps on Google Play. I’ve Read more about Google Handwriting Input – Finally Graffiti but better![…]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/16/google_releases_handwritingrecogniser_for_android/

Some AMOLED screen powered devices are able to “turn off” those pixels which are showing black colour. This app will let you to turn off some pixels in order to save your appreciate battery by showing very small black points. As newer devices comes with very high density screens those points will be insignificant to Read more about Pixel OFF save battery on amoled screens[…]

Office Lens takes pictures of pages and using OCR transports them to MS Office format. On Windows phone it’s been around for some time, on Android they are starting the technology. Office Lens Preview – Android Apps on Google Play.

Xiaomi Mi Note: This Chinese Phone Is Great. Too Bad You Can't Use It..

No removable battery!?!?! So sad, goodbye Samsung :'( Your New Galaxy S6 Will Have a Built-In Expiration Date.

Google vs MS, the battle continues! Microsoft to invest in Android firmware upstart Cyanogen • The Register.

There’s an iphone version of this and the pro version shows you the wifi hotspots all over the world. WiFi Map Pro — Passwords – Android Apps on Google Play.

Basically they say they won’t touch anything older than the current OS and also smartphone vendors then need to update their old devices, which they won’t do either. Google won’t fix bug hitting 60 percent of Android phones | Ars Technica.