Daily Archives: February 1, 2016

Top 5 most popular Android apps from last week: Notepad, Downwell

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Every week we cover new Android apps with Fresh Meat on Wednesday, followed by Android Gaming on Thursday and Top 10 App Updates on Friday. When Monday rolls around, we look back to see which apps were the most appealing to our audience. Read on for the five most popular Android apps from last week. These apps are ones that are most likely new and haven’t appeared in the top five list more than three times.

1. Downwell

Downwell

App info: Downwell is a curious game about a young boy venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.

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2. Chrooma Keyboard

Chrooma Keyboard

App info: A lightweight, fast keyboard that adapts itself to the app you are using, giving you a pleasant chromatic feeling.

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3. Wallz

Wallz

App info: Wallz is a great wallpaper app, with thousands (over 100,000 wallpapers) of high definition wallpapers to be downloaded for your android phone. 

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4. Blade: Sword of Elysion

Blade - Sword of Elysion

App info: Blade: Sword of Elysion is an infinite epic action RPG. Slash through dungeons and annihilate all evil forces. Evade and raid other heroes in a bloodstained, action-packed arena. Engage in fierce PvP battles and show no mercy!

(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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5. Notepad

Notepad

App info: Adler Notes is free, full-featured and easy to use notepad app for Android. You can use it as a digital notebook or diary. Our app is also perfect for recording lectures, business meetings and interviews.

(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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Note:  To ensure that all apps receive a fair chance to make the list, we will retire any app that has made the list for three consecutive weeks.

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Google Chrome update will bring Material Design to desktops

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Material Design is coming. Photo: GoogleAndroid’s Material Design spec is coming to your desktop. With an upcoming Chrome update, Google will introduce a brand new look that will be immediately familiar to those who regularly use the company’s mobile apps — and we can’t wait. Chrome for desktops looks a little long in the tooth in comparison with its mobile counterpart,

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The post Google Chrome update will bring Material Design to desktops appeared first on Cult of Android.

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Could Destiny’s Year Two Salvation Be A Forge Mode?

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Yes, I did play The Division all weekend, and yes I do have plenty of thoughts on how it stacks up to Destiny, yet I’m going to save all that for tomorrow, as there’s still one more day of the beta to play. Rather today, I wanted to get into something I hinted at last week about a possible plan to “save” Destiny Year Two, which many believe is currently dying of thirst in a content drought.

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Original Nvidia Shield Tablet gets Android 6.0 Marshmallow update

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Back in December Nvidia released the update to Android 6.0 Marshmallow for its Shield Tablet K1. And today the company is doing the same for the original Shield Tablet from 2014.

As you’d expect, the new software brings with it all the goodies that Google’s included into Marshmallow, such as Now On Tap, support for adoptable storage, the new app permission system, standby power drain improvements (with Doze mode), app optimization, as well as better power efficiency when using Bluetooth Low Energy. Memory usage is monitored for each app, and the security patch for January 2016 is in too.

Nvidia has also added a few things of its own, like a camera app with material design, improved burst functionality and new real-time HD effects, new wallpapers for the home and lock screens, improvements to Wi-Fi connectivity, and “optimized preloaded apps”.

As the rollout is occurring over-the-air, it may be a few days before all original Shield tablets receive the notification. Of course if you’re impatient you can always manually check for the availability of the new release by going to Settings > About tablet.

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Google reportedly wants to take ‘Apple-like control’ over the Nexus lineup

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Google’s Nexus lineup is a brand that garners plenty of adoration and attention, as well as plenty of talk about how Google should handle its future devices. Now, a new report suggests that even Google is having conversations about what it could change for the lineup.

According to a report from The Information, Google is looking to grow its level of control when it comes to Nexus devices. Right now, Google partners with manufacturers like Samsung, LG, and HTC to bring to life its latest Nexus devices. The report indicates that Google is looking to expand its level of control over the hardware side of things, which would mean the construction of its next Nexus smartphones and tablets would be similar to its Pixel C tablet, which Google manufactured. It goes as far as to say Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, has told “colleagues and outsiders” that it will take more control over Nexus smartphones at some point in the future. When that will be, though, isn’t known.

Unfortunately, there isn’t a lot of information about this plan. It’s suggested that HTC is still working hard to be the manufacturer that gets to build this year’s Nexus smartphone, so if that’s the case, we might not get to see this “Apple-like control” this year.

There seems to be confusion about the future of Nexus phones as far as it relates to carriers and pricing, too. The report suggests that some inside Google want future Nexus smartphones to be sold through carriers, like the Nexus 6, and that if they aren’t, they should carry a higher price tag.

What do you think? Should Google take more control over the Nexus lineup?

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