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There’s certainly no shortage of virtual keyboards for Android devices, but SwiftKey has proven to hold its own ground in this particular niche. SwiftKey 3 actually became the top paid app on Google Play last year. Today version 4.1 of […]
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Today at its Menlo Park Headquarters in California, Facebook detailed new features that the first update of Facebook Home is going to bring. Previously the social networking giant had confirmed that Facebook Home’s first update will be releasing in May. […]
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May 09
Flipboard Android 2.0 was launched today, which now brings magazine curation feature to those using an Android powered smartphone or tablet. By using this feature, Flipboard for Android users can now add and track their own content in the popular […]
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Apr 28
Back in March we reported that Facebook was testing silent updates for its Android app. Silent update means that Facebook would have circumvented the Google Play Store and app updates would have been downloaded in the background while a device was connected to a Wi-Fi network. User’s wouldn’t be notified that an update is available, the update would have been automatically downloaded and then the user would have been prompted to install said update. Google apparently doesn’t want developers following in the footsteps of Facebook, so its has updated the Play Store policies and barred apps from circumventing the Store for updates.
The change in policy says that: “app downloaded from Google Play may not modify, replace or update its own APK binary code using any method other than Google Play’s update mechanism.” Google has implemented this Play Store policy change soon after word of Facebook’s silent Android app updates got out. If other developers follow suit, this would radically decrease dependence on Play Store, and by the looks of it, that is not something that Mountain View is too excited about.
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Apr 25
When Facebook announced Home, it touted the software as its “new home on Android.” While it does not alter the core Android OS in any way, Facebook Home provides users with an experience that is people-centric. There was a lot of initial excitement which led to Facebook Home being downloaded more than 500,000 times in the first week alone. However according to a new research, Home’s popularity is declining and it could take a significant amount of time before its next 500,000 downloads.
BTIG conducted the research, and with data coming from AppAnnie, it states that Facebook Home’s ranking fell from No. 50 on the Play Store to No. 130 in under a week. Despite the fact that Facebook has been using a variety of ways to garner interest in Home, most users who downloaded it from Play Store have left negative reviews. Almost half of all reviews have given the software a one-star review. Perhaps Facebook will be able to turn it around, since they’ll be releasing updates for Home each month. The first Facebook Home update has been confirmed for mid-May. Have you used Home? What are your thoughts about it?
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Apr 23
Facebook Home brought over “stickers” for Messenger. Stickers are basically emoticons on steroids, they’re similar to those we have seen on other chat applications such as LINE. These large and quite funny emoticons can be sent to your friends during chats. Earlier today we posted a guide on how to enable stickers on Android, but now Facebook Messenger for Android has been updated and it comes with stickers, no need to perform any trying procedures.
To get stickers on your Android device, just update the Facebook Messenger app. The latest version is now live and can be downloaded right away from Google Play Store. To use them just open a chat dialog, tap on the smiley at the right hand side, select your desired sticker and hit send. These only work in FB chat, attempting them in SMS won’t be of any use. In the release notes Facebook mentions that the stickers feature will be available to everyone soon, initial comments from people who have downloaded the updated Messenger app reveal that stickers aren’t exactly there in the dialog box. This seems a bit odd. Are you facing a similar issue?
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