Kyle, Author at Droid Life

Report: Nexus Tablet and Smartphone Will Be Unveiled Tomorrow, Retail in November

Kyle October 14, 2014 273

Months of anticipation may culminate in a blog post tomorrow. According to a report from Forbes, Google is preparing to officially unveil the HTC Volantis and Motorola Shamu - aka the Nexus 9 and Nexus 6 - sometime during Wednesday of this week. The company is...

Google Begins Charging for Shopping Express As It Expands to More Cities and Stores

Kyle October 14, 2014 14

Google never said Shopping Express would remain free forever; only while the same-day delivery service was in "beta" would the search giant guarantee gratis shipping. Now, Google has announced tiered pricing alongside a long-anticipated expansion of Shopping...

Snowball, a Universal Inbox for All of Your Messages

Kyle October 9, 2014 32

Snapchat. Facebook Messenger. Hangouts. Many of us deal with these chat apps and more on a daily basis, but having to navigate through multiple interfaces to send messages through each is, to put it lightly, less than optimal. Snowball, a startup backed by...

Google+ Adds Support for Polls in Posts

Kyle October 9, 2014 7

Eliciting feedback from a large group of followers has never been the forte of any social network, but Google is alleviating a few pressure points with the introduction of polls to Google+. Polls work exactly as you would expect. They are embeddable within...

HTC Zoe Exits Beta, Gains RE Camera Integration

Kyle October 9, 2014 8

As HTC promised during its Double Exposure event yesterday in NYC, the company's Zoe video-sharing and photo-editing application has received an upgrade that broadens the range of compatible devices. In addition to expanding the number of supported handsets...

Material Design Updates and Support for New APIs Come to Chrome Stable

Kyle October 8, 2014 23

Not everyone prefers to live on the bleeding edge. That is why Chrome users who favor reliability over experimental changes undergo a waiting period of a few weeks until said changes can be incorporated safely. Well, the waiting may not have been worth it this...

HTC Announces Desire Eye, Improves the Quality of Selfies With 13MP Front-facing Camera

Kyle October 8, 2014 45

HTC unveiled the Desire Eye this afternoon at the company's Double Exposure event in New York City. HTC has differentiated the Desire Eye from the competition in an interesting way, as the undoubted highlight of the smartphone, which sports a water-resistant...

Humble Mobile Bundle 9 Hits the Web, Includes Leo’s Fortune and More

Kyle October 8, 2014 1

It is that time again, as the Humble Mobile Bundle got its 9th refresh today. The latest iteration of the philanthropic gaming collection includes the much-lauded Leo's Fortune, among a few other great games. For the uninitiated, the Humble Bundle is an...