Praneeth Kancherla, Author at Android Fan Network

Chromecast Now Open to Developers with Latest Google Cast SDK

Feb

2014

Yesterday, Google made Google Cast SDK, the technology that enables you to stream the content from mobile devices to devices with larger displays like televisions, available for developing and publishing Google Cast-ready apps. Google says this SDK is simple to integrate into existing apps without any need to write a completely new app ...

Samsung Announces Galaxy S4 and S4 Mini Black Edition in Russia

Jan

2014

Are you waiting for the announcement of Galaxy S5 from Samsung? Well, though Samsung has not spilled the beans about Galaxy S5, it has unveiled a new variant of Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S4 Mini in Russia named Black Edition. Both these devices feature a black colored leather texture back, as design which seems to ...

Rovio Denies Sharing Angry Birds User Data With the NSA

Jan

2014

Rovio, the organization behind the Angry Birds series of games has denied the allegations on providing the user data to the NSA. In a statement released to press yesterday, Rovio claims that they does not share any data with any of government spy agencies anywhere in the world including NSA or GCHQ. Rovio says it might ...

Google Launches Chrome Apps for Android and iOS

Jan

2014

Chrome apps are now available for Android and iOS. Yesterday, Google launched a developer preview of a tool chain using open-source Apache Cordova platform for building native mobile applications using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Using this tool-set, programmers can wrap their already existing Chrome Apps in a native shell and submit them to Google Play ...

LG Officially Confirms G Pro 2, Unveiling in February at MWC 2014

Jan

2014

LG Electronics officially confirmed the existence of LG G Pro 2, successor of the LG Optimus G Pro. LG announced that it will be launching G Pro 2 this February, likely at Mobile World Congress 2014. LG drops the Optimus handle from the name of the device, advertising it as a continuation of its ‘G ...

Sony is Offering One Free Year of PlayStation Plus With Xperia Z1S

Jan

2014

Buy a Sony Xperia Z1S before 2/12 and get one free year of PlayStation Plus Sony is offering a one year free subscription to the PlayStation Plus service with purchase of its latest Android smartphone, the Xperia Z1S. This offer is valid on phones bought through either Sony or T-Mobile between 1/13/2014 and 2/12/2014. After ...

AOKP Founder Roman Birg is Joining Cyanogen Inc

Jan

2014

Roman Birg, founder of the Android Open Kang Project (AOKP) which is the second most popular aftermarket Android distribution, is joining Cyanogen, Inc. He is excited about this new journey but has tweeted that he will not stop contributing to AOKP even after joining Cyanogen, Inc. Alright, so before any rumor mills start: yes, I will be ...

Android 4.4.2 Kitkat Firmware Leaked for AT&T Galaxy Note 3

Jan

2014

Android 4.4.2 Firmware Leaked for AT&T Galaxy Note 3 (SM N900A) @DesignGears, a Recognized Developer at XDA Developers, has posted a yet-to-be-released Android 4.4.2 KitKat (KOT49H) firmware for the AT&T variant of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (SM N900A). Both One-click installer executable and flash-able zip files are available for download. N900AUCECMLG is the ...

LG G Flex Coming to More Than 20 European Countries This February

Jan

2014

LG G Flex Coming to Europe This February Earlier this month at their CES 2014 press conference, LG Electronics announced the US Carrier Line-up for the LG G Flex, the world’s first Android smartphone featuring flexible P-OLED (Plastic OLED) display and curved design. Today LG announced that they are rolling out the G Flex to ...

SIM Unlock Your Sprint HTC One Max for GSM

Jan

2014

Just like the Sprint HTC One, the Sprint HTC One Max can also be SIM unlocked for use on GSM networks. If you wish to use the One Max from Sprint on AT&T or T-Mobile, please note that it does not have compatible bands to get LTE on either of these networks. LTE will not ...