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One of the easiest ways to add a new look to your smartphone is to change your wallpaper. Finding the best wallpaper that fits your personality can be tough. Once you find what you are looking for it can be even more difficult to find that wallpaper in QHD to match your phone's resolution. We...

SKWRT the Keystone and Lens Correction tool has been a pretty popular app on iOS for some time now. They have decided to release their tool to Android. This tool corrects distortion that is common from the fixed lens of many smart phones. The tool features horizontal and vertical perspective...

If you are pushing 30 or are older you probably remember VH1's show "Pop Up Video". In this series VH1 would add all kinds of interesting facts in the form of conversational bubbles. Facts about artists, lyrics, video shoot locations, and other stories were included. Having this extra insight to...

The Pixel-C is the highly acclaimed convertible Android tablet. It runs stock Marshmallow Android, but if you are a modder you will be happy to learn that there is now a working TWRP custom recovery available for the tablet. This is unofficial, but is said to be stable enough to use. The only...

If you are looking for a solid password manager app, but don't want to pay bookoo bucks for it, today is your lucky day. Today only the Enpass Password Manager App is free. To activate the lifetime pro access you will need to first download the app from the Play Store at the link below then you...

This was, without question one of the most encouraging things that i saw on the showroom floor. As I have mentioned at other times, and in other videos, I like to travel light. I also like to travel on USB power. I have 2 USB battery packs that I use on a regular basis, and until now have also...

This may not be news to all of you, but it was a pleasant surprise to me. This projector that will screw into a light socket has Android guts. More than just a projector, Beam has a taste of home-automation to it as well. Playing music, videos and games, running full apps, and even acting as...

This one has a touch more of a personal interest than others. I try to pack as lightly as possible for these conventions, because Scoliosis and Back Pain are actually common issues for Camera Operators (granted this mostly happens to the more intense outlets that still pack around the huge...

We start these videos off with a good one. Full body tracking for VR applications on Android. Similiar to the Xbox Kinect, this little beauty (reference picture used in video because of the retail version not being complete) is smaller than the Kinect, makes use of an onboard battery, and will...

The Nexus 5X has to be one of the best budget phones of the year. It is just really hard to beat stock Android. The only thing you may find lacking if coming from a skinned version of Android is the lack of features in the stock Google camera. The Google Camera is pretty simple but gets the job...

One of the best parts of Android Wear is the fact that it can be easily customized. That makes it instantly better than an old traditional analog watch. With traditional watches you are stuck with the same look. With Android wear you can update your watch face daily to match your mood or style...

Did you ever want to run full blown Android on your PC? Now you can thanks to Jide's new Multi Window Android for PCs and Macs. This is much more than just Android. It actually has the look and feel of a traditional PC OS, but brings all that you love from Android to the PC including the Google...

Cyanogen announced a partnership with Microsoft back in September which would bring a deeply integrated version of Cortana to Cyanogen OS in future builds. Cortana has been spotted in Cyanogen OS 12.1. The personal assistant is included in Cyanoge OS as a means to replace Google Now. You can...

If you are going to mod or root your device chances are you are going to need to get it to talk with your PC at some point in the process. Your PC can't talk to your phone if the proper USB drivers are not installed. Normally installing your USB drivers is as simple as turning on USB debugging...

Another month means another security patch for Android. Just as Google has promised we have our update for Nexus devices. This has not began to roll out over the air, instead the update is being distributed as factory images for each device. This is still Android version 6.0.1 but the specific...

We are only a few hours away from the New Year! You can begin the countdown right now with the Official Times Square Ball App for Android. The app will give you the current countdown to 2016. This app allows you to watch the ball drop live as it happens as well so you won't have to battle the...

One of the biggest features in Android 6.0 Marshmallow is "Doze". It is the feature that allows me to get through a full day and still have some battery left when I plug my Nexus 6P up to charge in the evening. The only issue with Doze is that it is only available in Android Marshmallow. You can...

With Christmas just around the corner there is a chance that you will be receiving some Google Play Gift Cards! Hopefully if that is what Santa is bringing you for Christmas he has already stopped by your house, because right now the Play Store is discounting 75 Android Games up to 90%! There...

It kind of seems like a shoot yourself in the foot moment, but according to sources ASUS will be utilizing their partnership with AdBlock Plus to natively block ads in their stock Android browser. The trend for OEMs to block internet ads is kind of stupid in my opinion. The internet as it stands...

I finally had the chance to see Star Wars The Force Awakens yesterday! I think it goes without saying that this was the best movie I have seen all year! I have heard a lot of non Star Wars fans tell me they weren't going to see this movie because they just aren't into Star Wars, but I think...