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How to change app’s display DPI and UI without Paranoid Android

Introduction Seasoned Android users possessing highly moddable phones with immense developer support have often come across Paranoid Android, a custom firmware series that allows your phone to run in hybrid UI mode. This means your apps can be run in any UI style or DPI you want, irrespective of the device’s UI layout. Paranoid has […]

Editorial

Android has lost choice in hardware: physical keyboards

Does anyone remember the Motorola Milestone? This phone brought Android and Motorola to the fore of the smartphone race with its wild popularity on account of it being the anti-iPhone in several ways. It had a larger screen, a 5MP camera, ran stock Android Eclair 2.1 at launch and had a hardware keyboard. Sure, the […]

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Temple Run 2: Old wine, new bottle

‘Guy Dangerous’ is back and now is exploring another temple with his life in our hands (no pun intended). The original game was a smash hit with over 170 MILLION downloads across iOS and Android devices, and now the sequel is here – Temple Run 2.         Old wine in a new dazzling bottle. […]

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Guide: How to use WhatsApp on your PC

Most teenagers and young adults today who own smartphones or s40 devices are aware of the popular cross-platform IM service known as WhatsApp Messenger. It is available on Android, Windows Phone, iOS, Symbian, Series 40 and BlackBerry OS. WhatsApp is free to download and try for the first year for all platforms it’s available on […]

Mobile devices

Rooting Android devices: what, why and how?

  What is rooting? Last week, one of my friends asked me what exactly rooting is. He rooted his Android device but he doesn’t know what rooting is, and its pros and cons. This is one of the most common gaps of knowledge among Android users. Every day we get to hear about it from […]

Mobile devices

Android and Its Joy Ride with Nexus

Google shook the market this Halloween by announcing a slew of Nexus devices this year along with a refresh of the last Nexus. Devices with flagship specs to be specific (no pun intended). We now have Nexus in three sizes and Google has named them appropriately as the Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10. […]