Android 4.4 KitKat leak shows tweaked but familiar Android interface

Will Google announce KitKat and the Nexus 5 next week? Maybe. Is the latest leak enough to hold you over? Probably not, but here it is anyway. This is purported to be Android 4.4 running on the upcoming Nexus 5, and if it seems to look a lot like Jelly Bean, that’s because it does.

There are a few tweaks: a transparent notification bar, a tweaked app drawer showing five rows of four apps each over your phone’s background instead of black, and the ability to access Google Now by swiping left past the leftmost home screen. The Nexus 5 also reportedly features the same “OK, Google Now” voice commands as the Moto X.

There are likely to be plenty of other changes — some on the surface, some under it — that will be revealed when Google unveils the latest update.  It’s Android 4.4 version number, however, seems to be more and more fitting. Despite getting a new codename with KitKat, the build will share a lot in common with Jelly Bean.

Rumors point to Google unveiling KitKat and the Nexus 5 next week, possibly on October 15th. Keep it tuned here for all of the latest developments.

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Greed for Glory: War Strategy for Android Review

Greed for Glory: War Strategy enters the freemium field with exciting but strangely run-of-the-mill gameplay. It's similar to titles like Battle Dragons and Clash of Clans: the only real difference being a new setting and art style. But despite lacking any sort of innovation, PerBlue's medieval-themed building/combat sim will keep you strangely captivated for weeks on end. Just go easy on the diamonds, okay?

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Greed for Glory puts you at the helm of a small village looking to become more than a collection of wooden huts. Build new structures as you mine iron and gold, collecting as much currency as you can so you can raise a massive army of archers, knights, and wizards. With all of those trained soldiers milling around, might as well head out and attack nearby villages, right? Increase your fame (and your loot) by sacking other towns, slowly expanding and upgrading your base to accommodate your newfound power and glory.

Amazon Kindle Fire HD refresh sports new look, same specs

Amazon has just unleashed two new Android tablets to add to its Kindle Fire HD line, so it’s kind of expected that all eyes would be on the new Kindle Fire HDX devices. But if the high specs and relatively higher prices aren’t your kind of thing, then maybe Amazon’s second take on the Kindle Fire HD might make you feel less left out.

The Kindle Fire HD, itself an evolution of the original Kindle Fire, is already a year old. Everyone has been expecting Amazon to bring out new tablets, which it did today, but it seems that the retailer giant has other plans for the old 7-inch device. Instead of completely replacing it with the new Kindle Fire HDX 7, Amazon has decided to instead repackage the original Kindle Fire HD with a new look, both inside and outside.

T-Mobile Moto X getting software update to improve camera quality

The Moto X is an excellent phone, but if there is was anything holding it back, it’s the camera quality. The perception from myself and many other reviewers is that it’s a software issue, and it looks like we were right. An update is now ready to roll and T-Mobile’s Moto X is going to be the first to get it. The changelog is as follows:

Designing a custom Moto X with a 4-year old using Motomaker

Most of the tech bloggers were given an opportunity yesterday to customize a Moto X using a Beta version of Motomaker. We already did a thorough hands on at the Motorola event a couple of weeks ago so I didn’t take this opportunity to give you another boring hands on. I decided to bring my 4-year old son along for the ride and let him customize it the way he wanted. This video isn’t going to be as professional as my other videos, but it is an example of someone diving right in without playing with it for an hour before turning on the camera. We just opened the site, went through our selections, and order it. We didn’t get into the engravings or the wallpapers, but you can see more about that stuff in our previous hands on.

Motorola Skip for Moto X formally announced, includes three Skip Dots and is free with custom Moto X purchases

Last night, a new accessory for the Moto X called Motorola Skip showed up and vanished just as quickly. We already had an idea that it was designed to clip to your pants to unlock your Moto X easier, at least for those that use a security PIN or pattern lock. This is the case, but Motorola just formally introduced it and gave us a little more information.

If you remember, back in May at D11, Regina Dugan showed off some futuristic ways people will be able to use to authenticate their devices. The Motorola Skip isn’t that futuristic, but it is an example of some of the early progress that Motorola is making. Even though it is something that every smartphone/tablet owner should do, often times people don’t set a security lock screen since it’s such a pain to unlock the device just to read a quick email. Motorola Skip was designed to allow Moto X owners to implement this security, but still be able to unlock their device with ease.

Play Store Team Acknowledges Pervasive Package File Invalid Error When Installing Or Updating Apps, No Fix Yet

Update: The issue (#10230007) has been marked as resolved by the Play Store team. Apps should install and update fine now.

For the last week or so, a great number of Android users have become increasingly frustrated with frequent "Package file is invalid" errors when updating or installing apps. A variety of supposed fixes have been put forward by the community, but have proven to be merely placebos. Now Google has confirmed there is an issue. So no, it's not just you.

[New Game] Double Fine's Middle Manager Of Justice Hits Google Play, Saves The World One TPS Report At A Time

Superheroes are good at fighting evil directly and getting the girl, but have you ever thought about the valuable and experienced support staff behind the hero? Of course you haven't, because a good middle manager is invisible – like a ghost loaded down with busy work. In Double Fine's Middle Manager of Justice, you can build and manage a team of superheroes to save the world in a roundabout way.

The game invites you to hire heroes and keep them busy around the office to increase their skills. When the time comes to do battle with the forces of evil, you direct the action. Your base of operations (read: the office) can be customized to make your team the best it can be.

Middle Manager of Justice features cool animated art visuals and a wacky sense of humor. It's optimized for Tegra devices (and includes some extra content), but should run on any Android device. It is free to download, but there are in-app purchases.

VLC for Android

How to use VPN on Android

VPN services

You can also subscribe to VPN services that will allow you to browse securely and/or anonymously through public Wi-Fi hotspots from your phone for a monthly fee. You can even get an IP address that’s out of a different country, so that you can access online TV services and other services that are restricted to users from that particular area. 

Built-in Android VPN client

Android phones generally include a built-in VPN client, which you’ll find in the Settings | Wireless & networks menu. It’s labeled VPN settings: Set up and manage Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), as shown in Figure 1. The phone used for the screenshots is an HTC Thunderbolt running Android 2.2.1 (Froyo). However, Android has included VPN support since version 1.6 (Donut).

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VLC for Android APK download

The VLC media player or popularly known as the VLC is a portable application made by VideoLAN – the project that develops software for playing video and other media formats across a LAN (local area network) as well as DVD, audio CD, VCD and other streaming protocols. VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player with different versions for different operating systems like Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and others.

VLC supports a wide range of formats. It is a good hotkey support and easy to use. It is very flexible and lightweight. It integrates with web channel streaming services. VLC player is ranked to be the best among hundreds of media players available in the market out there.

Before, VLC stood for VideoLAN Client not until VideoLAN developed a more improved VLC. Now, VLC is not just simply a client. VideoLAN always make innovations to improve VLC through developing another version.

VLC Features

As VLC was improved to another version, advanced features are also added to this multimedia player application. VLC can support almost all sorts of formats but it will also depend on what OS you are using.

The advanced VLC version can’t just only do control, manage and customize media files regardless of the format but can also have the empowerment of a massive amount of playback, recording, and streaming options.

VLC allows you to play damaged, incomplete, and/or broken content. You can install it through a CD or flash disk unlike other programs. You can also personalize your VLC skin. You can choose from a long range of languages installed in the system and set the streaming capacities of the multimedia player. There are available skin editors and interface that you may need. You can use VLC as an online video downloader for YouTube and many others. It can also rip DVDs. It provides you a basic DVD ripper that can help you rip a movie for you. You can listen to online radio through VLC’s hundreds of radio stations. Just enable the feature and open the playlist to browse for your favorite radio stations. Another feat, you can convert audio and video files from a certain format to another.

For playback features, readable formats include: Input (HTTP, MMS, DVDs, VCD, SVCD, audio CD, RSS feeds, and other files stored on the user’s computer), Container format (3GP, ASF, AVI, FLV, Musical Instrument Digital Interface, QuickTime, MP4, WAV, MPEG-2, AIFF, raw DV, VOB), video formats (DV, MPEG-4 AVC, MJPEG, MPEG-4, RealVideo, and some WMV), subtitles (MPEG-4 Timed Text, Text file), audio formats (AAC, MP3, WMA), audio/video filters (deinterlace, cropping, image adjust, logo overlay, magnification, image distortion, visualization, equalizer), audio/video outputs (Native), interfaces (skins, web, command line, mouse gestures), and other miscellaneous (localization, CPU acceleration).

For streaming features, these includes: inputs, output, miscellaneous, interfaces and more; output method muxer, audio and video format muxer; and possible output formats for the transcoding module.

Furthermore, as Blu-Ray discs are in the limelight, VLC can now also plays files without any troubles but it depends upon your computer’s capacity to handle the format as well as the size of the file. The player handles different device formats and the optimization built in the program allows you to have the best quality of sound, speed, and images. No need for codec anymore, you can play your entire album through VLC media player.

In conclusion, VLC media player is a professional grade multimedia player with all the possible features users might be searching for – all for free.

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Cheap Android Phones

The line between feature phones and smartphones continues to blur further as the new and promising smart feature phones make their way to the market. Priced attractively at a sub Rs 5,000 range, these devices carry strong specs, giving tough competition to some of the even mid-budget smartphones.

1. Micromax Smarty A65

Micromax's first Android smartphone to feature Spreadtrum’s chipset, Smarty A65 flaunts a impressive 4.3-inch WVGA display, which is not seen too often specially in this low-priced market segment and a Android Gingerbread 2.3.5 OS. Add to that a 1GHz single-core Cortex A5 processor, 2-megapixel camera with flash, Wi-Fi support, 512MB RAM and dual SIM capability and we truly have a winner. Measuring 69.7x130x10.95 mm in dimensions, the device is backed by a 1,350mAh battery which promises 5 hours of talktime along with 200 hours of standby time.

Price: Available for Rs 4,999 on Saholic

2. Fly F40

This entry-level F40 phone runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread and sports a 4-inch HVGA display with 320×480 pixels resolution. Powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor, this Dual-SIM phone also comes equipped with a 3.2-megapixel rear along with a VGA front camera. With170MB internal memory and a microSD card slot support for expansion, the device provides a descent 1,400mAH battery backup for all your multimedia needs.

Price: Rs 4,500

3. Intex Aqua Marvel+

Intex is another manufacturer who is gaining grounds with consumers. The company has launched a interesting choice for the budget conscious Android consumer with the Dual-SIM Aqua Marvel+. The device comes fitted with a 3.5-inch HVGA with a 320×480 pixels resolution and is fueled by a 1GHz MTK6515 processor and Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread coupled with a 256MB of RAM. It also comes with a basic 3-megapixel rear camera and a 1,400mAH battery life. On the storage front, there is a 95MB of internal storage with a microSD card support for further expansion. Available in grey, white and yellow color choices, the device also houses connectivity options like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and USB ports.

Price: Rs 3,990

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Fast and Furious 6 for Android Free Download

If you've watched television, browsed the Internet, seen any movies, used the highway or mass transit, or generally made any attempt to leave your house in the last two weeks, you know that the Fast & Furious film series has come 'round for another entry. Naturally that means a new line of toys, games, and licensed fuzzy dice, but only the Android version of the game has garnered our attention. Fast & Furious 6 is available as a free download for devices running Gingerbread or higher.

Naturally, the game focuses on the drag-style racing and over-the-top stunts seen in the movies. Licensed vehicles are up for grabs, including the iconic models and supercars shown off in the movie trailers, and cars can be upgraded and customized inside and out. Gameplay itself is split into standard street racing and "heist mode," wherein you'll have to achieve specific moves and stunts to take in your less than legal earnings.
 
Fast & Furious 6 features the standard free-to-play model: two types of in-app currency, one nigh-useless credit that you get for playing and winning, and another crazy overpowered credit that's so rare it can only reliably be had with real money. But that's not the oddest thing about the game. No, the strange thing is that there's no actual driving. A series of buttons and sliders let you choose when to launch, shift, activate nitrous oxide, drift, and perform stunts, but the game itself handles the steering (or lack thereof), gas, brake, and everything else.

It's a novel way to tackle the issue of poor on-screen controls. It's sort of the driving equivalent of the Infinity Blade/Blood and Glory "fighting" genre. But those who want a little, you know, racing in their racing game might want to look elsewhere.

Diner Dash for Android

* Play the world’s #1 hit time management game for FREE on your Android!
Help spunky Flo grow her signature diner from a greasy spoon to a five-star restaurant. Delight eager customers by seating, serving, and clearing tables quickly to earn big tips. Soothe impatient guests before they get angry and skip out on the bill. Seat and serve your way to the top of the restaurant ladder in this worldwide hit game!

Game Features:
* Get hours of free, fast-paced fun with tons of challenging levels!
* Serve fun and quirky guests including business women, cell phone addicts, vampires, and more!
* Explore colorful themed restaurants
* Shop the Dash Mart for boosts and upgrades
* Show off your Diner Dash expertise by earning special Achievements
* Unlock exclusive additional restaurants, including the Courtyard Cafe and Undersea Adventure, through in-App purchase.
* Join millions of Diner Dash fans world wide in this chart topping game!

Diner Dash for Android

Top free photo editing app for Android

The fun award winning photo editor. Color-correct your pictures and add word balloons, titles, graphics, and effects like distortion. All in a fun, intuitive, and easy-to-use interface.

This is the free Lite edition, buy PicSay Pro and get a host of extra tools, special effects, styles, stickers, and much more.

PicSay is an app that combines basic editing features and a few extra perks to produce interesting photos. The app lets you perform basics adjustments on exposure, contrast, temperature, tint, saturation, brightness, and hue under the “Add Effects” tab. The following features are also under the same tab:

• Distort for creating a bulge, sphere, stretch, or twirl effect
• Spotlight
• Pixelize
• Dizziness
• Rainbow
• Invert.

Most of the aforementioned effects are unique to PicSay but what really sets it apart is the ability to add Word Balloons, Titles, and Stickers. These additions have customizable fonts and colors and you can arrange them anywhere on photos.

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Download WeChat Android App Free

Free texting, voice messages, and video calls in your pocket. 300 million people love WeChat because it's fast, reliable, private, and always on.
• Talk faster on the go with voice messages
• Crystal clear voice and video calls
• Instant messaging with group chats and animated smileys
• Chat with your friends or with people nearby
• Sending photos and videos has never been simpler
• Real walkie talkie mode with up to 40 friends
• Always on, no logouts, never miss a message
• Get message alerts instantly with push notifications
• Share, like, and comment on photos with your friends
• Import contacts and add friends instantly
• Available on Android and all other smartphones, all for free

WeChat works over your phone's existing data plan or any WiFi connection.

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Kingdom Rush for Android

Kingdom Rush Mobile Game Free!

The kingdom is under attack! Defend your realm against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends; armed with a mighty arsenal of warriors and mages of your own!

Fight on forests, mountains, and wastelands. Upgrade your towers with special powers, rain fire upon your enemies, summon additional troops, recruit elven warriors and face legendary monsters.
Earn up to 51 achievements and much more in this epic fantasy defense game 

Controls:
Build towers to attack incoming enemies and stop them from getting past your defenses.
Earn gold by defeating enemies and use it to build more towers.

[1] - Select/Cancel Rain of Fire spell.
[2] - Select/Cancel Reinforcements spell.
[3] - Select/Cancel Lightning Bolt spell (Premium content only)
[4] - Activate/Cancel Sunray Tower.

Features:
* Build Archer towers, Mages Guilds, Barracks and Artillery to establish your defense!
* All basic towers can further be upgraded to specialized towers like: Rangers, Paladins, Arcane Wizards, Tesla and more...
* Customize your towers by adding special abilities to them like: Poison, Sniper Shot, Teleport and Desintegrate to name a few.
* Rain fire upon your enemies or call for reinforcements to help your towers!
* Fight your enemies and face different challenges across beautifully illustrated forests, mountains and wastelands!
* Face armies of different enemies with special abilities that bring a new dimension to the TD genre!
* Over 30 upgrades to further enhance your arsenal of towers and powers!
* Can you unlock them all?
* Access information about your enemies and your Towers any time!
* Deploy your troops! Take command of your infantry men while raining fire upon your enemies and reinforcing your weak spots.
Make constant tactical choices to endure the challenges and protect your Kingdom!

Kingdom Rush for Android

Carmageddon for Android APK

Mark your calendars - Carmageddon will appear on Google Play next Friday, May 10th. The fine developers working on this decade-old port have announced that the game will be available free for the first 24 hours. If you need help remembering, they've offered to send you an email reminder. How nice.

Carmageddon first debuted in 1997 for Windows and Macintosh computers. It has since been ported to the original Playstation, the Nintendo 64, and the Game Boy Color. A modern port appeared on iOS in October of last year, but the Android port remained MIA. That's no longer the case.

The game features 11 environments, 36 levels, and 30 playable cars. If you do choose to sign-up at Carmageddon.com before release day, you will be entered into a contest to win a free t-shirt and a free copy of Carmageddon on GOG.

Note: Considering free apps can't turn paid in the Play Store, we've reached out to the Carmageddon team to figure out what their plans were in that department. Their response was:
Sure, the free version will be removed after 24 hours and the Paid for version will be released. The same game but different apps. The  guys are determined to get a free version out, in line with their Kickstarter campaign, so this is a nice solution.

Since removed apps still show up for users who have already downloaded them, it may be an acceptable solution, as long as the removed free version and the paid version will receive the same updates. We have our doubts, but we've reached out for more info yet again.

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Now Playing for Android APK Download

Google Now is an Android app designed to deliver information to you when you need it, from traffic or weather reports to appointments, sports scores, or flight information. It’s also one of the best looking apps for Android, thanks to its simple, understated design.

If you’ve been wondering why there aren’t more apps that follow that pattern, well, now there’s at least one more. Now Playing is a new music player which borrows heavily from Google Now for its look and feel.

Now Playing is still beta software, but it looks great and works almost as well. You can grab the latest beta from developer Jack Underwood.

He drew inspiration from the project from a reddit post with some concept art for a similar music player. But Now Playing beta is more than just some pretty artwork featuring lots of white space and a card-style theme.

The app also automatically downloads artwork for artists in your collection, grabs song lyrics, and automatically generates playlists for Favorites and Last added. You can also add tracks to a playlist or queue by long-pressing, or use a song as a ringtone.

Now Playing also has a built-in equalizer, a couple home screen widget options, and lock screen controls.

What it doesn’t have is support for landscape orientation, which makes it a bit awkward to use on tablets. But the developer is working on landscape mode.

Also, like most third party music apps, it can only access music stored on your device, not tracks uploaded to your Google Music account.

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Dark Avenger for Android APK download

Dark Avenger - go down into a dark dungeon and gain immortality in a lot of fights. An ancient evil, after all, was awakened from sleep by giving a chance to a true hero to show his prowess, beating the darkness and sending it back into the darkness. The game has three classes of characters - Templar (the guy with the sword), Mage and Archer. Examine the land of hell, collect rare items, pump your character and go to the PvP arena to prove all his power and skill of fighting. This game is aimed at those who love endless series of dark dungeon with monsters!

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Windows 8 Theme for Android APK Download

Windows 8 Theme APK v4.2.0,- Thank you for stop by at our blog, well on this occasion I will present a arikel called  Windows 8 Theme APK v4.2.0, also available in this articledownload link which when you are interested in this game, if you want to know a wholeplease read this article through to completion.

Compatible Launcher Themes

• Apex Launcher
• Nova Launcher
• ADW Launcher
• ADWEX Launcher

Applying Themes Using Launcher

1. Open Launcher
2. Select which Apply Button, Based on what launcher you like
3. Follow the dialog instructions

Apply Using Apex Launcher

1. Download and install Apex Launcher
2. Hit Menu from home and click "Theme Settings"
3. Click "Look And Feel"
4. Click "Icon Theme"
5. Choose "Windows 8 Theme"
6. Press OK

Apply Using Nova Launcher

• Please Use Launcher to Apply Theme

Apply Using ADW or ADWLauncher EX

• Hit Menu from either launchers home screen
• Choose "ADW/EX Settings"
• Locate theme and click "Apply"

What's in this version : (Updated : Dec 28, 2012)

• NOVA LAUNCHER UPDATES 
• Fixed issue's with manual icon selection 
• Theme applies successfully from launcher icon or manually Downsized icons to help devices load all the icons

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