ANDROID TERRITORY

Looking for a new game to play on your Android device? If the answer is yes, we have some great news. Noodlecake Studios is holding a sale on the Google Play Store, offering substantial discounts on a few of its titles. Check out the list below. realMyst – $0.99 , was $6.99 Riven: The Sequel to Myst – $0.99 , was $3.99 Wayward Souls – $0.99 , was $6.99 Lumino City – $0.99 , was $4.99 Last Horizon – $0.99 , was $2.99 You might want to check out the BAFTA award-winning Lumino City, which was released on Android earlier this year. It’s a puzzle adventure game that’s crafted by hand from paper, miniature lights, and motors, among other things. The point of the game is to find the caretaker of Lumino City who has been kidnapped. You’ll have to explore the city and figure out the fascinating mechanisms that power it in order to complete your mission. If that doesn’t tickle your fancy, there are many other games from various developers are on sale right now too. We’v...

Despite only yesterday seeing an invite for the Asus event scheduled for August 19, believed to be for the launch of the Asus ZenFone 4 series, the invitation has now been revoked and replaced with  another . While the scope of the event doesn’t appear to have changed, the date Asus is looking to hold the event seems to have, judging by the supporting text. With the emergence of two relatively close dates for the event, it could be that the original August 19 date for the launch of the Asus ZenFone 4 is for a local launch in the Philippines only. The new invitation, picturing the company’s new Asia Pacific brand ambassador actor Gong Yoo, may be the official worldwide debut of the new device. The event will be held in the SMX Convention Center in Pasay and is expected to see the rest of the Asus ZenFone 4 lineup debut. The only officially launched device from the lineup is the ZenFone 4 Max, which leaves the regular Zenfone 4...

Those who like to live life on the forefront of technology and run the Chrome Canary build on Android may have noticed an ad-blocking option appear in the settings menu. The Canary channel for Android is an experimental and sometimes unstable version that includes some of the latest features Google are testing that are not yet ready for the prime time. Earlier this year, the Wall Street Journal suggested that Google may soon include its own native ad-blocker directly inside Chrome for both mobile and desktop and it seems it may be gradually activating for some users. While the feature of an ad-blocker built native into the Chrome browser isn’t official, a few seem to have got it working. As with anything in the Canary builds of Chrome, features can appear and disappear just as quick. Google reinforced the experimental nature and purpose of the Canary channel stating that the ad-blocker specifically was “part of our general approach of running experiments to ...

In smartphones, the term “faster is better” could be a tag line for pretty much anything found on such a device. That definitely includes a phone’s download speeds from cellular towers. Today, Samsung   revealed that its next-generation mobile processors will include a new LTE modem that could achieve download speeds as fast as 1.2 Gbps. In theory, that would allow future Samsung phones to get download speeds that match or exceed fiber Internet landlines. In a press release today, Samsung says its Cat.18 6CA (Carrier aggregation) LTE modem technology will allow it to access up to six LTE bands at once. The current Galaxy S8 models  that have Samsung’s Exynos 9 8895 processor have 5CA LTE support, which means they can “only” connect to five LTE bands at once, with theoretical download speed up to “just” 1.0 Gbps. Of course, these are the top speeds that are possible with this technology; in the real world, the download speeds using these modems are much slower. ...

Whenever I hop over the fence to Android’s yard, one of the more frustrating aspects of Google‘s mobile operating system is the lack of any Bluetooth battery level indicator. Yes, there are third-party solutions like BatON, but they tend to be buggy and work with a limited range of devices. It looks like Google will remedy that problem, however, by baking those indicators into Android itself. As XDA Developers originally reported, the future update will tell you how much battery your connected Bluetooth accessory has. For those with Samsung, LG, and OnePlus phones, this is not a new development – the feature is integrated into their Android skins. However, the update will integrate the feature at the system level, which means folks with stock Android will benefit the most. Keep in mind that the feature is already part of the Bluetooth standard and that Google only needed to integrate it on its end for these battery indicators to pop up. As previously me...

Everything you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy X (Update: July 30, 2017):  The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is nearly upon us, but that doesn’t mean Samsung Galaxy X rumours have dried up. The latest news is that a mysterious Samsung smartphone – model number SM-G888N0 – has been certified by Bluetooth SIG, a certification body for Bluetooth devices. It’s widely speculated that this phone may in fact be the long-rumoured Samsung Galaxy X. Rumours of a mysterious foldable smartphone called the Samsung Galaxy X are circulating. But what is it? Is it even real? When might you be able to buy it? From the latest news and rumours to specs, release date and pricing gossip, our guide reveals all. Samsung Galaxy X Release Date: What is it, and when does it come out? For years, we’ve heard talk of a foldable smartphone being built by Samsung. But the past few weeks has seen these rumours up in frequency. MPU 1 (Desktop / Tablet) The most recent rumours refer to a ...

Rumours of a foldable smartphone – codenamed Samsung Galaxy X – have emerged once again thanks to a new online leak. Samsung has long been tipped to be working on a foldable smartphone, and has even admitted such ambitions  officially . But we’ve still got little idea when such a device would launch for consumers, with most rumours varying wildly. However, a new leak suggests the release of such a phone may be closer than we think. A mysterious Samsung smartphone has passed through Bluetooth SIG, the certification body that regulates Bluetooth device standards. When a handset using Bluetooth is eventually sold, it will need to have been certified by such a body. The device  in question  carries the model number SM-G888N0, which doesn’t correspond to any existing Samsung devices. However, we’ve seen the same model number device certified for Wi-Fi by the Wi-Fi Alliance, which suggests this is a device nearing completion. The model number SM-G88...