I'll admit, while I'm skeptical about Google Glass, I am indeed very curious about how it all works. Luckily, someone over at the Glass Explorers Google+ page has managed to find a way for all Android users to run what is basically the Google Glass OS. Basically, some clever developers took a system dump of the Glass OS and repackaged parts of it as three APK files, that you just install like any other app. ...

I meant to post this one earlier this month when the Nokia Asha 501 was announced, but with the Lumia 925 launch following the next week, and the terrible weather here in Delhi, I've been pretty slow to post things, heh. Nokia's Head of Mobile Phones User Experience, Peter Skillman (who also worked on the Nokia N9 Harmattan UI) demonstrated the new Swipe-based UI on the Asha 501, on a giant screen, on a lad ...

So incase you havent heard of the drama yet, earlier this month, Microsoft made a pretty decent YouTube app for Windows Phone 8 but Google has issues with it because it did not show advertising and allowed users to download videos from YouTube, which is a strict no-no. Now Google themselves have stated officially that they're not going to make official apps for Windows Phone, so Microsoft's app was the only ...

Nokia released a Man of Steel App exclusively for their Lumia Windows Phones this week, in partnership with the Superman themed movie of the same name. It appears Nokia has struck a deal with the Man of Steel movie, which it has also started promoting in this new campaign. Lumia owners can enjoy media such as wallpapers, character information and even an interactive game that puts you soaring through the sk ...

Apple has been ranked as the world's most valuable brand, with Google in second place, in the 2013 BrandZ list of top global brands. The list is published by research agency Millward Brown Optimor, and puts Google's brand value at $113.669 billion, which is way behind Apple's $185.071 billion. Last year IBM was at number two, but is now in third place behind Google, with a brand value estimated at $112.536 ...

Inspite of Google not announcing it at I/O 2013 earlier this month, Android 4.3 appears to definitely be under development, popping up on server logs around the interwebs. And today, Android 4.3 was caught in the wild, running on a Nexus 4. Found at a Thai mobile expo, the images are of Android 4.3 build JWR45B and while it's not an exhaustive look at what's new, there are some interesting new tweaks like t ...

Today we have the Spice Pinnacle Pro with us for review. In today's day and age of literally hundreds of Android-powered devices in the market, from dozens of manufacturers, will this really stand out? Let's see. Our Indian smartphone landscape has an overwhelming majority of Samsung devices. You see plenty of Note and Galaxy series devices around you. MicroMax is one local player who has managed to make a ...

Rejoice true believers! The much-anticipated Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean Update for the Sony Xperia S is now finally rolling out. I'm so happy for Xperia S owners, that I'm not even going to mention how Android 4.1 is still not the latest version of Android out there..... Whoops. Still, good news for owners of last year's Sony flagship, and the update should bring it up to par with the Sony Xperia Z in terms o ...

Samsung launched a new cheap Android phone in India today. Say hello to the Samsung Galaxy Star. Aww. The Galaxy Star boasts a design similar to the Galaxy S3, Galaxy S4, Galaxy Grand, Galaxy Note II and various other recent Galaxy phones, and features a 3.0 inch display at QVGA resolution, a single core 1GHz processor with 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage with a microSD slot, 2 Megapixel camera, Wifi, ...

Nokia posted on their blog yesterday, detailing out how the antenna works in their new Lumia 925, and how the aluminium that wrapped around the sides of the Windows Phone is utilised. Apparently the entire 'ring' of metal around the phone, acts as it's radio system, with different stripes seperating the other sections of metal from the antennas, which consist of a main antenna at the bottom with two more to ...

Perhaps reeling from all the bad news lately, HTC has put up a new video over at their YouTube channel, reminding folks on how long they've been around and all the achievements they've managed to bag, from the world's first Android smartphone, to most recently, the HTC One. Check out the video, right below: A short film about how the smartphone evolved - from some of the early pioneering handhelds to today' ...

Right on schedule with their announcement last month, the Amazon App Store for Android is now available in India, Australia, Mexico and Brazil among almost 200 other countries. Previously the app store was only available in a handful of countries like the USA, UK, Germany and parts of Europe, so the international expansion is much appreciated. Once you enable 'installation of apps from unknown sources' in y ...

HTC did kinda deny this last week, but rumors of a 'Google Edition' HTC One running stock Android, are still making the rounds today. According to Russell Holly at Geek, HTC is working on a version of the HTC One without it's Sense software customizations, and is aiming for a US launch which is supposedly "imminent." The reason this is being considered as an actuality, is because Holly also previously leake ...

Apple's new commercial for the iPhone 5 plucks at heartstrings once again. In their "Music Every Day" ad, the company highlights the signature white earbuds and how 'more people listen to music on the iPhone than any other phone'. A statistic which I assume counts all the iPhones models out there. And ofcourse there's lotsa emotions and awwww moments. Check it out, right below: Every day, more people enjoy ...

Powermat announced today, that they will be acquiring Finnish wireless charging rival PowerKiss, which sees both companies combining under the Powermat brand. This brings together more than 2500 wireless charging spots in coffee shops, airports, and stores in the USA and Europe. Both companies had also once allied under the Power Matters Alliance (PMA), to combat against rival Wireless Power Consortium (WPC ...