March Madness is a special time of year here in the United States. It is a time when we cheer on our favorite college teams as they make the push to be the lone giant standing at the top of the mountain. During the 67 game spectacle, basketball lovers will experience a whole range of emotions. It is enough to make one go…well…mad. Thankfully Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. has a solution to help us transition through this stressful time in our lives. They have released the new NCAA March Madness Live application for Android. You can head over to the Google Play Store (source link below) and download your very own version for free and enjoy a pretty decent set of features to help you navigate through all the clutter and get the information that you need most to make your picks for the office pool or to simply impress your friends.
The application has gotten a bit of a facelift over last year’s application with a fresh new look and feel. The app will allow you to conduct research with the all-new team page. There is also a featured section that will enable you to check out some of the classic March Madness moments from tourneys past. They also added a list view for making a quick pick, or you can use bracket view for the classic look. The overhauled application will allow you to watch live coverage of all 67 games, so you do not have to miss out on the action while waiting in the grocery line or when you are out walking the dog. There is a caveat to this, however. You must have a TV subscription through your content provider to watch any game that is being aired on TBS, TNT, or truTV. Games that are on CBS are still able to be viewed without a TV provider subscription. They are offering a three hour pass so you can try it out, which will at least allow you to get in some buzzer time if you are not able to provide, or do not have a provider subscription.
It will also include up-to-the-minute scores and statistic data via the interactive bracket. You can also listen to live radio broadcast from the app, so if you can’t get the video, at least you will be able to hear what is going on as you remotely root for your favorite teams. Another neat feature is that it will allow you to enter the Capitol One NCAA March Madness Bracket Challenge and make your picks for the challenge right from the app. You can also head over to the Coke Arena to get social media experiences for Twitter and Instagram. There is also a team-specific video stream during the Final Four. If you are a basketball fan, this will be a must have app as you enjoy all that March Madness has to offer. You don’t want to miss out on the action because as we all know, anything is possible during March Madness. Will you be watching the tournament via mobile device? Who are some of your picks for this year? Let us know on out Google+ page or in the comment section below.
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Another app is getting some Material Design love. This time it’s the popular list-making and productivity app Wunderlist. The team has been hard at work the last few months building Wunderlist from the ground-up for Android Lollipop. Not only does it have a fresh coat of Material paint, but they’ve also added some really nice new features.
First and foremost is the new design. We’ve got colored status bars, floating buttons. meaningful animation, and a much more clean and refined look. It’s not a drastic re-design, but it’s just enough to make it feel at home in Android Lollipop.
Wunderlist has also added a few new handy features. First is the ability to put lists into folders. As you can see in the screenshots above I have two lists inside a “Shopping” folder. They’ve also made it much easier to add things from anywhere. You can create a new list or to-do with the floating (+) button, but also use the new widgets, or your voice with Google Now. All of these features are free for everyone.
If you’re looking for a great list-making app with sync across tons of devices and support for collaboration you can’t go wrong with Wunderlist. Download it for free from the Play Store today.
Google today have announced the closure of the Google Code project hosting service, which was launched in 2006. At the time, there were relatively few project hosting suppliers across the world and Google took it upon themselves to offer a service in order to improve stagnation and reliability across the sector. Since then, competitor – described by Google as “better” – project hosting services have been made available in the market such as GitHub and Bitbucket. Google themselves have moved a little under a thousand of their own open source projects away from Google Code across to GitHub, a sign of meeting developers where they are. Google supported the early project hosting service and rather than try to compete, have continued encouraging the services available by supporting the newer websites.
In Google’s blog post, Google’s Director of Open Source, Chris DiBona, explained that as developers moved their projects away from Google Code, the share of remaining projects that are spam or abuse has grown. Chris said this on the matter: “Lately, the administrative load has consisted almost exclusively of abuse management.” Essentially, after considering the level of non-abusive activity on Google Code, the decision has been taken to close down the service because it is no longer needed. The first part of this process is to disable project creation from today. The service will be shut down on the 25 January, 2016. Another significant date is the 24 August 2015, when the website goes to read-only mode. This means that clients may checkout and view project source code.
Google have worked on a number of project migration services designed to help developers move away from Google Code and to other service providers. Once the project hosting service is closed in January 2016, Google will make downloadable tarballs available (of project source, issues and wikis) for the rest of 2016. Of the migration services way, Google explains that the simplest way is to use the Google Code to GitHub exporter tool, which automates the project migration of source, issues and wikis into a new GitHub repo. Google will also offer stand-alone migration tools to GitHub and Bitbucket and would remind users that SourceForge provide a Google Code project import service.
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Back in December Google officially opened the doors for custom Android Wear watch faces. Since that day we’ve seen many creative and unique watch faces fill up the Play Store. Now, three months later, they have released their own watch face.
The watch face is called “Street Art,” and it brings artwork from dozens of artists within the Google Art Project. You won’t get a ton of customization options, but there are three different time modes: analog, digital, and minimal. With the different time modes and many backgrounds to choose from there are many configurations to choose from. There’s not a lot to say about this watch face. If you’re looking for something artsy and simple you can download Street Art below for free.
Street Art Watch Face | Google Play Store
Android app selections have grown significantly over the last few years and there is literally apps now for everything. If you are into cats, then there is no shortage of supply when it comes to cat based and themed apps. These includes simulators, games, wallpapers, sounds and even apps for your cat. To try and narrow down the selection for you, here is a quick look at ten cat based apps you should think about checking out.
Kicking off today’s list is for those out there who want a more interactive cat experience. Daily Kitten is a virtual cat pet app and allows for you to more directly interact with your own virtual pet. You can feed them, talk to them and pet them. Perfect for a virtual cat on the go
Talking Tom will not need much introduction to a lot of users out there. The app has reportedly been downloaded over 500 million times. With that in mind, it must be worth checking out. As the name suggests, Talking Tom is a talking cat who will actually repeat everything you say to him. However, that is not where the limit of interaction ends. This is a much more involved app offering for those looking for a cute cat based app and game.
If you like cat apps then maybe you would like to try your hand at being a cat. If that is the case, then Cat Simulator has you covered. This app will allow you to simulate being a cat, explore your environment and generally get up to some much-needed cat mischief.
Looking for a more game-like game, the Battle Cats might be a better option for you. This one offers a more pencil drawn looking game where you build up your army of cats to take over the world. And don’t worry, no cats were harmed in the making of this game.
If you are looking for a softer option to kill some time then Tile Puzzle is a typical tile shifting and moving game. However, this one does revolve around cat images with some of them being just about as cute as they can get.
Speaking of which, if you are in the market for some new wallpapers for your android device and fancy something a bit more cat orientated then this might be the offering for you. Cute Cats is full of cat based HD wallpapers for you to choose from and set on your device.
Looking for wallpapers but cute is not cute enough? If that sounds right then you might want to check out these funny cat wallpapers. These should need little explaining. They are simply cats making funny faces which makes them look even cuter than cute.
This app is for those out there who love to pretty up their pets. Cat Caring and Moreover allows you to play with and groom your cat. With this app, the idea is the prettier your cat looks the better you are doing and the cat feels.
Of course, one of the most famous cats in the android world is Nyan Cat. if you have yet to give this game a try then you should. This one has been downloaded a few million times and has even become a bit of a cultural icon. Definitely worth a try for any cat fan.
So far all the apps have been for you, but closing out today’s list is an app more for your cat. If you are looking for an app in which your cat can interact with, then Cat Alone is the one for you. There are a number of settings available in this one offering screens which will make the cat interact and play with. Great to keep your cat busy.
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Another color option of the Motorola DROID Turbo has made its way to Verizon. The carrier announced today the availability of the handset in Sapphire Blue Ballistic Nylon.
Right now, customers of Verizon can purchase the very capable handset in this new color option for $199 with a two-year contract or $24.00 per month when using the carrier’s Edge program. The latter choice spreads payments of the full retail price over twenty-four months. Verizon also notes that customers can get $100 bill credit when a new smartphone is activated on its Edge program. Those who go for the two-year contract option can hand over their current smartphone and receive the same amount.
We agree in saying that “Sapphire Blue Ballistic Nylon” is likely one of the longest names possible for a color option.
Source: Verizon
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Continuing its focus on emerging markets, HTC has launched the Desire 820s for consumers in India. The mid-range handset promises quality specifications along with the ability to house two SIM cards simultaneously. The display resolution may only be 720p, but everything else is impressive. The processor inside is an octa-core from MediaTek and the cameras are both comparable or better than its competition. Some of HTC’s key features, such as BlinkFeed and BoomSound, are included with the Desire 820s as well.
Hit the break for more.
Faisal Siddigui, HTC South Asia President, had this to say about the handset’s launch:
“Our customers are gradually looking for bigger screens, faster processors, network speeds and outstanding battery life. They are creating and consuming rich video content and want greater freedom to personalise their smartphones. We know they love the flexibility that comes with expandable memory. At a very remarkable price, the HTC Desire 820s dual sim delivers the latest technical features with an outstanding user experience in a sleek, chic, slim package.”
Key specifications:
The HTC Desire 820s retails for Rs. 24,890.
Via: Fone Arena
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Since last summer, we have seen Android makes its way to new form factors. The operating system now works with phones, tablets, wearables, and vehicles. With so many form factors now supported, it makes sense that Google wants apps to have seamless experiences. The company has introduced a sample multi-device application called Universal Music Player that offers a continuous experience across Android, Android Wear, Android Auto, and Google Cast devices.
Hit the break for looks at the mult-device approach in action.
The sample uses features such as MediaStyle notifications, MediaSession, and MediaBrowserService. These features are what allows content to be spread from device to device.
Source: Android Developers Blog
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Google has announced the end of another service, and this one is a shocker—Google Code is going away on January 25th, 2016. That gives you about ten months to get your code off of Google's servers before it's gone forever. Why is Google breaking your heart like this? According to the company, Google Code simply isn't very popular anymore.
When Google Code was launched in 2006, there weren't many options for open source code repositories.
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