Kyle, Author at Droid Life

Sonos Remote Updated, Refreshed UI and Universal Search in Tow

Kyle May 13, 2014 7

When it comes to multi-room wireless speaker setups, Sonos is second to none in terms of simplicity. You pay a hefty premium for that ease of use, but it's tough to complain when your money is partially funding development of Sonos' excellent Android app,...

Listing for Galaxy S5 Prime Spotted With Model Number SM-G906K

Kyle May 12, 2014 50

Despite the ardent denial of Samsung executives, potential evidence of a beefed-up Samsung Galaxy S5 appeared today in the form of a product listing on Olleh TV, a Korea-based telecom. The Galaxy S5 Prime featured the model number SM-G906K, which is consistent...

AT&T Introduces In-Store Pickup for Customers Who Purchase Phones and Accessories Online

Kyle May 12, 2014 11

Today, AT&T announced a new feature for customers who order accessories and devices through the carrier's website - the ability to schedule a pickup at many AT&T retail locations. It is a feature Verizon's had for the better part of a year, but better...

New Photo of LG G3 Shows Black and White Models

Kyle May 12, 2014 154

The hypebeast, my friends, is in full force as leaks regarding LG's fabled G3 continue to mount. Over the weekend, PhoneArena posted yet another photo of the handset and details regarding its construction. The photo captures the G3's brushed plastic removable...

Google Dealt a Blow by Federal Circuit Decision in Oracle “Android vs Java” Case

Kyle May 9, 2014 89

In a decision sure to discourage advocates of open-source and freely licensed software, a three-judge Federal Circuit panel recognized that certain parts of the Java programming language are protected by Oracle Corp copyrights. The decision stems from a suit...

Images of Moto E Leak Ahead of Announcement

Kyle May 9, 2014 49

Photos of the Moto E, Motorola's cheaper alternative to the Moto G, appeared on Motorola's Mexican Facebook page and on HelloMotoHK yesterday. The above image from Facebook (Moto G on the left, alleged Moto E on the right) shows a clean and minamalistic phone...

Sprint to Begin Throttling Data for Top 5 Percent of Users in Areas With “Heavy Congestion”

Kyle May 8, 2014 77

Softbank-owned Sprint may have the slowest LTE service in the country, but that is not stopping the carrier from implementing bandwidth throttles on some users. Sprint announced that, beginning next month, the "top 5 percent" of users in areas experiencing "...

News Aggregation App Yahoo News Digest Launches for Android

Kyle May 8, 2014 14

Ever feel overwhelmed by the day's endless flood of news? A number of services attempt to rank and aggregate the news by importance, but Yahoo thinks it can do them one better. Yahoo News Digest, previously exclusive to iOS, is launching today on Google Play...