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New Inbox Widgets Let You Quickly Set Reminders or Compose Emails

Kellen July 9, 2015 26

According to Inbox by Gmail G+ page, a recent update to the Inbox on Android app introduced two new widgets - one for setting reminders and another for composing emails. The widgets are indeed on my phone after a recent update (at least I think that's when...

I Need a New Zooper Widget, Got Anything Good?

Kellen June 17, 2015 84

Yesterday, I spent a good hour looking through the world of Zooper widgets featured by users on Google+ in hopes that I would find something to occupy my home screen and also share with you. Let me tell you right now that I don't recommend any of you attempt...

Question of the Day: Which Widgets are on Your Home Screens?

Kellen March 24, 2015 295

When we talk about the differences in Android vs. iOS, someone almost always brings up one of Android's strengths over its counterpart as being "widgets." Sure, iOS claims to have widgets, but they are really just panels of info in their notification shade,...

This Zooper Widget is Hot: Plastix

Kellen February 6, 2015 30

A couple of weeks ago, Tim gave you a quick list of three apps you should probably own, one of which was Zooper Widget Pro. For those into custom clock and weather widgets, Zooper is easily the best available because of its openness that allows you to build...

Google Music Updated to v5.6.1616 – Adds “I’m Feeling Lucky” 1×1 Widget, Re-Skins Other Widget

Kellen August 6, 2014 105

Google Play Music received an update today to v5.6.1616, which is pretty minor considering the previous public build was v5.6.1609. The update does include two new goodies, though, a re-skinned 4x1 widget, plus another 1x1 widget that gives you instant access...

Popup Widget 2 Turns Icons Into Floating Widgets on Your Home Screen

Kellen June 20, 2014 22

My home screen setups tend to be ultra minimal. The normal setup for all of my phones consists of a main page with a clock widget that shows weather, coupled with a set of six icon shortcuts to my most used apps. I then tend to create at least one other page...

UpTo Calendar Gets Fancy New Widgets, Interface Sprucing, and Improved Date Pickers

Kellen June 19, 2014 35

Upto Calendar, one of our staff favorites for calendar alternatives on Android, received an update today that introduces all new widgets. These widgets can be customized by color theme, visible calendars, size, opacity, and more. The update also brought with...

3rd Party Widgets, Keyboards, and Sharing All Finally Coming to iOS

Kellen June 2, 2014 173

After reinventing the keyboard with predictive text in iOS 8, and trying its hand at Google Now-like integration and Google Voice, Apple moved on to a new SDK feature that they are calling "Extensions," today at WWDC. What are extensions? Well, they do a...