Angry Birds 2 hits 20 Million downloads in its first week of release

Rovio Entertainment announced  their newest edition of the famous game “Angry Birds” has turned into a big hit as it has been downloaded more than 20 million times in its first week of release. The new edition “Angry Bird 2” is already rated 4.6 in Google Play Store with 293,636 Top 5 Stars!

The game is Number 1 on the Android Devices, iPhone and iPad in more than 100 countries. Fans have fired their slingshots more than 1.4 billion times and blasted their way through more than 300 million levels, Rovio said.

The free-to-play game is currently No. 47 on the top-grossing games list, according to market researchers. If it moves up that chart, then Rovio will have some real money on its hands.



Data Source: venture beat

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Nexus devices will now receive monthly over-the-air security updates according to Google announcement

The first Nexus security update is rolling out from last day (August 5th, 2015) for Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 7, Nexus 9, Nexus 10, and Nexus Player. Google says it contains fixes for issues in bulletins provided to partners through July 2015, including fixes for the aforementioned Stage fright vulnerability. Google also promises to release the same security patches to the public via the Android Open Source Project

Google’s support for Nexus devices remains unchanged: Devices will continue to receive major updates for at least two years. That said, the company is promising Nexus devices will get security patches “for the longer of three years from initial availability or 18 months from last sale of the device via the Google Store.”

Google’s move today is a big deal. Security updates need to be delivered immediately, and definitely should not be blocked or delayed by carriers. A monthly update isn’t exactly timely, but it’s a huge improvement from the previous system, where users simply didn’t know when their device would be patched.



Source: venture beat

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Hackers can remotely steal fingerprints from Android phones

Your fingerprints might not be as safe as you think they are on your Finger Print Sensor enabled Android Devices.

The threat is for now confined mostly to Android devices that have fingerprint sensors, such as Samsung, Huawei, and HTC devices. Hackers prove that HTC One Max and Samsung's Galaxy S5, allows a hacker to stealthily acquire a fingerprint image from an affected device because device makers don't fully lock down the sensor. Worst is, the sensor on some devices is only guarded by the "system" privilege instead of root, making it easier to target. Once the attack successful, the fingerprint sensor can continue to quietly collect fingerprint data on anyone who uses the sensor.
Affected vendors have since provided patches after being alerted by the researcher hackers. The researchers did not comment on which vendor is more secure than others. But Apple's iPhone, which pioneered the modern fingerprint sensor, is "quite secure," as it encrypts fingerprint data from the scanner, they said.

The only way to stay secured, as per the researchers said, is to keep updated to every major updates and installing apps from secure and trusted sources only.

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OnePlus "2016 flagship killer" jammed the Times Square

 

Just in less than a week over 1 million people preordered the OnePlus 2. OnePlus' second smartphone, which it's positioning as the "2016 flagship killer," has debuted to an incredible amount of crowd in The Time Square last 31st July, 2015

The event kicked off at 4PM Eastern Time with a pretty large crowd. Carl Pei, the co-founder of OnePlus was also around and happily answered questions of the crowd and let them snap selfie with him.

The Flagship Killer of 2016 "OnePlus 2" comes with a metal frame and overall build quality swing way higher than this phone's $329 price.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: theverge.com

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And Finally, Aviate Beta Invitation Code is here

 


  
I was waiting for Invitation Code of Aviate Launcher for my Android Cell Phone for a long time, and now finally Yahoo sent me one this morning.
Aviate is still in beta but it works awesome!
Just think of a launcher that is kind of intelligent! Launcher that auto switches your profile, makes proper suggestion of things depending on your route, place, time and mode!
Imagine features below at your own phone!
★ Wake up, and Aviate automatically brings you weather and your meetings for the day
★ When driving, Aviate automatically gives you traffic and directions home
★ Out to dinner, Aviate automatically shows you photos, tips and reviews for your favorite restaurant.
Just have a look at this video

If you think this launcher worth a shot, download from Google play store here Aviate Beta
And if you need any Invite Code, please let me know in comment and I will send you one.

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Download Android Apps direct to PC

Internet data plan on mobile phones or TAB are very costly rather than home/office packages. Also, sometimes it's boring to brows a lot apps on your handheld device. This tip will help you to download Android applications direct to your PC. You can transfer downloaded apps to your handheld devices with cable or Wifi File Transfer application as AirDroid.

All you need to Copy and Paste your Google Play application link to a APK Downloader website and that website generates a direct download link so that you can download that Android Application (Also known as APK for file extension) direct to your PC/Laptop.

Just visit this website : Here

You can have a look at the attached image with this article to get a pictorial about this method of downloading Android Apps to your PC/Laptop.

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Pushbullet - all of your phone's notifications right on your computer

Pushbullet for Android lets you take charge of your phone/Tab notification tray by making it easy to put whatever you want in there. Creating these smart notifications is so useful because of how easy they are to access, making the notification tray the best spot to send yourself reminders or things you want to be able to easily access later.

Pushbullet uses your Gmail account for the whole process and makes security Google Strong!

First, You need to install free android app from here play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pushbullet.android

Now you can install Firefox Addon from addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/file/237126/pushbullet-6-fx.xpi
or you can also use Chrome Extension from here chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pushbullet/chlffgpmiacpedhhbkiomidkjlcfhogd?hl=en

You can login to PushBullet Homepage with yout Google Account here www.pushbullet.com/

Now see 2 Videos by Pushbullet to get video help on this awesome service

  * Images from Pushbutton Google Play

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Smarty Ring brings your Smartphone Updates to Your Finger

Smarty Ring, a Bluetooth enabled wearable gadget that allow you to check smartphone alerts and manage incoming calls right from your finger.

You can manage the settings for your very own Smarty Ring from a mobile app, and can even use the device as a watch, timer or cell phone finder. If You, the user, walk away more than 30 feet from your phone , the ring will beep to alert you that you have left something behind. Isn't it cool!

The ring is made with stainless steel ring and has a 24 hour battery life (Average). Compatible with both Android and iOS devices as long as they have Bluetooth 4.0 capabilities (according to Smarty Ring's page).



You can check the Youtube Video for a look at this amazing cool smart ring named "Smarty Ring" here:

Smarty Ring comes with Wireless Charger that allows you to Charge your smart phone and Smarty Ring at same time. No plugin hassles, just place your Smarty Rings and smart phone over the charger to get it charged!

Interactive one screen app that is very  easy to use. Simple plug and play process connects your phone to the Smarty Ring with a user-friendly app to manage your smart phone from Smarty Ring with features below: 

• Allows you to change Smarty Ring's profile.
• Set the time zones and adjust clock.
• Adjust LED brightness.
• Adjust Beeper's volume
  
• Assign buttons to control speed dials

Technical specifications:

• Bluetooth 4.0 - nRF51822
• Measurements - 13mm Wide and 4mm Thickness.
• Flexible Battery - 22 maH.
• Surgical stainless steel body

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Android 4.4: KitKat - Coming Soon!

Next Android 4.4 will be called "KitKat", Tech Giant Google and Nestle already came to an agreement about using the Nestle brand name "KitKat" as Google's next Android Release.

Sundar Pichai, senior vice president of Android, Chrome and apps, confirmed the naming scheme of the next version of Android..

Android is the operating system that powers over 1 billion smartphones and tablets and the count is increasing hour.

Here's the list of Android versions with the dessert naming scheme:

Android 1.5: Cupcake
Android 1.6: Donut
Android 2.0: Eclair
Android 2.2: Froyo
Android 2.3: Gingerbread
Android 3.0: Honeycomb
Android 4.0: Ice Cream Sandwich
Android 4.1: Jelly Bean
Android 4.2: Jelly Bean
Android 4.3: Jelly Bean
Android 4.4: KitKat

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5 Free "Must-Have" android apps for Social Media Managers

As a social media manager, you don't need to be plugged in 24/7, but you do need to monitor the company's online communities more hours than most. Some situations call for a fast response time, and you're not going to get that on a weekend if you have to log in at a computer terminal to check on things. This is why a smartphone or a tablet is a necessary tool for your job.
1. Evernote: Put this app on all your devices and curate content from anywhere. You'll thank yourself for it the next time you can't think of anything to post on a slow news day.



2. Facebook Pages Manager: This app will alert you to Facebook page activity that needs a timely response (like fan comments), and the functionality is more robust for page management than the regular Facebook app. You should have both apps on your mobile devices -- the regular Facebook app for personal use and the Facebook Pages Manager for business use.

3. Twitter: It's actually easier to use Twitter from this app than from a computer. The best thing about this app is the Quote function. Bonus: A recent update makes it easy to switch between Twitter accounts, which is great for managing multiple business accounts or a business account and a personal account.

4. Instagram: You never know when a great photo op might happen, and images are the best social media content. Plus, Instagram is a social network in its own right, so that's one more place to be.


5. Google Analytics: This app allows you to watch your company's website traffic in real-time, so you see what posts are working and when. You need Google Analytics permissions set by your website manager in order to use it.

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