Amazon Cloud Drive gives users 5GB of free online storage space for any files they’d care to store online. It’s also the backbone of the company’s Cloud Player app that lets you upload music to the cloud and stream it to any device with a web browser or Cloud Player app. Now Amazon is launching […]
Android
AOKP Jelly Bean Build 5 brings more Android tweaks to phones, tablets
The folks behind the popular Android Open Kang Project have released AOKP JB Build 5. That’s the fifth major release of the custom ROM for Android phones and tablets to be based on Google Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Among other things, the latest release incorporates Google’s source code for Android 4.1.2, a minor update that […]
Dolphin Browser 9 for Android with Jetpack plugin offers even better HTML5 performance
There’s no shortage of web browser apps for Android. But Dolphin Browser has been around longer than most, and the developers say users have now installed Dolphin 50 million times. In the early days of Dolphin, the browser stood out by offering tabs and support for add-ons. Those features aren’t unique anymore, but the new […]
Firefox 16, Opera 12.1 web browser updates hit Android
Mozilla and Opera have both released updates to their web browsers for Android phones and tablets today. Opera Mobile 12.1 and Firefox 16 are both available as free downloads from the Google Play Store. The latest version of Firefox features a new Reader Mode which strips away images, sidebars, and other content and lets you […]
TomTom Navigation app for Android arrives, doesn’t yet support HD displays
GPS provider TomTom now offers a navigation app for Android smartphones. It offers detailed, turn-by-turn driving directions and pretty much lets you use your phone as a full-fledged GPS device. At $38 for the US version, it’s kind of expensive for a mobile app. But that’s a lot less money than you’d pay for a dedicated GPS […]