Kyle, Author at Droid Life

Samsung Executive Expects Galaxy S5 to Sell “Much Better” Than S4, Says Tizen Phones Coming Soon

Kyle April 16, 2014 40

The Samsung Galaxy S5 has only been on sale a single weekend, but Samsung executives are already looking toward the future. Yoon Han-kil, senior vice president of Samsung's product strategy team, spoke to Reuters about the GS5's likely sales performance and...

Gmail Team Announces Easy Way to Access Google+ Auto Backup Photos

Kyle April 15, 2014 28

E-mailing photos has never been as easy as it should. The process of transferring pictures from your smartphone to desktop has long been a major pain, but that's changing for those who use Google+ Auto Backup and Gmail. The Gmail team announced that, starting...

First Photos of Amazon 3D Smartphone Emerge, May Launch Alongside Low-End Model

Kyle April 15, 2014 60

Speculation of an Amazon smartphone is nearly as old as time itself. Well, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but it seems nearly every year that rumblings suggesting the online retailer is planning to launch a phone are widely reported but never pan out. This...

Google Acquires Drone Company Titan Aerospace

Kyle April 14, 2014 95

The acquisition war between tech giants looks to be heating up. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google has purchased Titan Aerospace, the same drone-making company Facebook was reportedly in the process of buying, for an undisclosed sum. Titan Aerospace...

More Details Leak on Moto X +1 Backplate Options

Kyle April 14, 2014 77

Motorola may have a new owner, but that doesn't mean the company is abandoning all products in its development pipeline. Evidence of a successor to the Moto X continues to mount, most recently from evleaks, whose tweet yesterday suggests that the tentatively...

T-Mobile Unveils Operation Tablet Freedom, 1.2GB of Tablet Data Per Month for Free

Kyle April 10, 2014 30

Can T-Mobile become any more of an "un-carrier" than it already is? Apparently so. The wireless carrier today launched Operation Tablet Freedom, a program that discounts cellular-enabled tablets and allows customers with postpaid voice plans to add a tablet...

Sonos Adds Support for Google Play Music

Kyle April 10, 2014 7

Sonos makes high-quality wireless sound systems that support a respectable list of music services, but a list from which Google Play Music has long been a absent. Thankfully, that's finally changing: Sonos revealed today that it's adding support for Play Music...

Chromecast Build 16664 Brings Audio Volume Tweak and Bug Fixes

Kyle April 9, 2014 23

Didn't think Chromecast could get any better? Think again. Next week, Google will begin rolling out an update - build 16664 - that includes bug fixes, improvements, and a tweak to the way Chromecast handles when you change audio volume. The volume feature is...