Kyle, Author at Droid Life

Xiaomi Valued at $45 Billion, Higher Than Sony and Nokia

Kyle December 29, 2014 23

Xiaomi is in the news quite a lot these days, and for good reason; the company that Hugo Barra left Google for has undergone explosive growth since the debut of its first smartphone in 2011. And it shows no sign of stopping. The Beijing-based smartphone maker...

Yahoo Aviate Update Introduces Search, Featuring Yahoo Web Results

Kyle December 22, 2014 3

Early on, Yahoo Aviate eschewed customization for its personal brand of contextual intelligence. The conceit was, after all, that the third-party launcher was smart enough to highlight whatever apps you could possibly need at a given time or location. But...

Apex Launcher Updated With Material Design

Kyle December 22, 2014 13

Apex Launcher, one of the more popular third-party replacement app launchers for Android, is finally joining the Material Design party with version 3.0. A cleaner and more modern UI brings Apex at least to parity with other launchers informed by Android 5.0....

Humble “Noodlecake Studios” Bundle Now Available, Features $26 Worth of Games for $8

Kyle December 22, 2014

Noodlecake Studios is a mobile games developer that, it so happens, has a very respectable Play Store presence. The company does well enough for itself, but in the spirit of giving, it has partnered with the folks at Humble Bundle to offer a rotating selection...

Evernote Update Adds Intelligent Contextualization Feature

Kyle December 22, 2014 2

Evernote, the venerable task and note organizer, keeps doing the impossible: becoming even more useful than it already is. Last week, the development team announced Context, an augmented reality function that intelligently adds information to notes. As you...

Google+ Gains Auto Enhance for Videos on Mobile and Web Platforms

Kyle December 22, 2014 15

The Auto Enhancement feature of Google+ can often smooth the roughest edges of a less-than-perfect picture, like red-eye and poor lighting. Now, Google's applying that same cloud-powered intelligence to your videos. Announced last week in a post by Software...

T-Mobile Agrees to Pay at Least $90 Million for Obscuring Premium SMS Charges

Kyle December 22, 2014 16

AT&T paid $105 million to settle allegations by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that it profited from stuffing subscribers' bills with premium texting fees. Now it's T-Mobile's turn. Facing identical charges, the "Uncarrier" announced last Friday that...

Facebook Intros Stickered for Messenger, a Standalone App for Plastering Stickers on Pictures

Kyle December 19, 2014 14

Ever have the urge to plaster stickers over a photo before sending it to a friend? With Facebook's new Stickered for Messenger app from Creative Labs, now you can. In addition to the app, which will be made available on Play Store later today, Facebook...