Yesterday Facebook announced the release of Facebook Home, a social overlay for the Android operating system. If you’re an avid Facebooker then this is well worth a look… Getting Social When Zuckerberg & Co announced Facebook home, they pushed it as an easy to use, fully immersive social media experience. Allowing users to communicate, interact and share with their friends righ... »
This week we wrote about the Samsung announcement of the countdown to “the next big thing“. That next big thing turned out to be the announcement of the Samsung Galaxy S4. So the big question on everyone’s lips is, what are the Samsung Galaxy S4 specs? Well, rather than giving you a load of text to wade through about the Galaxy S4 specs, we decided to give you a handy infograph... »
Last week in Barcelona, Asus showed us their newest devices: The FonePad and the Padfone who are booth based on Android… Now the company just unveiled another device dubbed the Asus Transformer AiO. The Asus Transformer AiO boasts a 18.4 full HD LED 1920×1080 touchscreen display and at the same time the device can un-dock from a Windows 8 base unit personal computer to turn into a str... »
Why wait for the President to create jobs when the Internet can do it just as well? When a Java programmer leaves college, does he or she have to be concerned with employment opportunities? Google Play is more than a place to get your apps, movies, books, or other content. It is a method that allows virtually anyone to make money in the form of apps for Android devices. For a small fee, developers... »
As an avid reader of RefuGeeks, it’s probably quite likely that you’re an avid fan of all things technology ” from wanting to get the low-down on all of the latest updates for your beloved laptop, to testing out the latest apps on your can’t-live-without smartphone or your brand spanking new tablet. If you’re more interested in the latter then you’ll know that t... »
Is Unity for your laptop not enough? Do you want classic GNOME 2 on your phone? Two launchers for Android currently working through beta phase are available in Google’s Play Store and both let you skin your device to look and feel like an Ubuntu desktop. Ubuntu Launcher is the simpler of the two and consists of a single home screen, complete with Ubuntu 12.04′s default purple ... »
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Recently we brought you an infographic about the history of Microsoft, and being the technologically diverse site that we are here at RefuGeeks we thought we would now hit you with another cool infographic that outlines a brief history of the Android operating system. Everything from Androids inception back in 2003 (yes, 10 years ago!) to the release of Jelly Bean in 2012. We certainly enjoyed r... »
Most of you Android users out there probably have no need for anything other than Google’s own outstanding Gmail application. It has nearly everything you’d hope from a mail client, including conversation threading and full access to your web mail folders, etc. But there are a few thing that Gmail doesn’t quite do and for that I need to find a better email client. Gmail generally... »