Plex Inc. has slashed 50% off all of its mobile apps for Android and iOS for a limited time, including Plex for Google TV. “This sale will last about as long as most relationships,” the company says, so you’ll need to get in quick to take advantage of the offer.
Themer from MyColorScreen has returned to Google Play after it was suspended for infringing Apple’s intellectual property — but its popular iOS 7 theme is no more.
The CyanogenMod team have this week released CyanogenMod 11 builds for the Sony Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z Ultra Google Play Editions. Based on Android 4.4 KitKat, the ROMs include everything you’d expect from Google latest operating system, coupled with all the tweaks and add-ons that come with CyanogenMod.
While Android’s notification system is far superior to the iPhone’s in almost every way, Google could certainly make some improvements to the way in which we receive alerts when our smartphones are locked. All we get with stock Android is a tone and a blinking LED.
Fortunately, there are some third-party solutions that offer a lot more. SlideLock displays iPhone-style notifications on your lock screen so that you can read messages and emails without having to unlock.
Google is designing a new system that could help keep pirated apps out of Google Play. By scanning each app as it is submitted and comparing its assets against those used in other apps, the search giant could detect illegal clones before they make their way into users’ hands.
