Posts by Vincent Messina

A group of developers have banded together to celebrate their freedom to price their games how they like within specific online stores. Most online app stores give developers this freedom, but others such as the Amazon App Store do not. Amazon allows a developer to set a recommended price for their app but reserves the right to change that price whenever they want. I can’t really think of another app store besides the Amazon App Store, so this coalition almost feels like an anti-Amazon App Store celebration to me.

We’ve entered the age of tiered data plans, and while the majority of carriers try to suck us dry, we’re looking for ways to hold on to our hard earned cash. Thankfully, we have a few nifty controls and options at our fingertips to help us conserve and monitor our data — while the carriers try to force us to consume it. Today I’m going to show you another simple tip you can perform to help save on your data usage. This one involves Google Play and a setting that allows you to update your apps only when on Wi-Fi.

We simply love wallpapers. They’re one of the first changes we make to our Android devices and often represent our moods, interests, or wicked alter egos. They’re as unique as the individuals who use them and while some people pick one and stick with it, others change them more often than a teenager’s Facebook status. Each day we’re going to feature a free wallpaper for you to download and use on your Android device. Depending on your device, you may want to use your favorite photo editing software to resize the image for a better fit. Once that’s done, apply and enjoy. Your homescreen can thank us later. Cheers!

Starting midnight PT tonight, Wirefly will begin offering the 32GB Motorola DROID Bionic for the low price of FREE for new accounts. Believe it or not, the DROID Bionic was once one of the most sought after devices and the first dual-core 4G LTE device on Verizon. It didn’t have the best of releases, enduring countless delays and launch issues, but that is all water under the bridge and the Bionic has since been updated numerous times and rid of its many bugs.

I’m sure a lot of jurors are happy to finally be rid of what Judge William Alsup deemed “the longest trial, civil trial, I’ve ever been in.” Today, the jury reached a decision, exonerating Google by finding Android did not infringe on any of Oracle’s patents. This is great news for Google, Android, and the Java community in general. So you can all take a brief breather as Oracle will no doubt start the appeals and waste more money on high priced lawyers.

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