Category: Android Daily News Wrap-Up

Rugged Galaxy S4 Active with Qualcomm S4 Plus and 8MP Camera Leaks on Video

A few pictures of the upcoming ruggedized Galaxy S4 Active device leaked yesterday, and I have to say I was quite impressed. Not only does it look like it has a pretty good design language, especially on the back, but it also finally brings some real color to Android devices. HTC had the Butterfly J [...]

Opera’s WebKit Based Browser Leaves Beta; Available on Android Now

  You might remember Opera well, for a long time it was a solid alternative to Mozilla’s Firefox and was a much better browser than Internet Explorer. In the last couple of years though, things have changed and whether you’re a user of Chrome or not, Google’s browser has quickly become the world’s most popular [...]

The Samsung Galaxy S IV Not Enough Of A Status Symbol For You? Pick Up This $2,200 Gold Model

There are people out there in the world that have more money than they know what to do with. These lucky SOBs are the ones that you can see on the Wealth channel in their fancy cars, planes, or yachts while on the way to a wicked cool vacation spot. The luxury products don’t stop [...]

Google to Close Down the Google Checkout Payments Service

Google has announced that its Checkout service will be closing down in about 6 months, while some of its features will transfer to the new Google Wallet service. I find this very disappointing, because it means Google is giving up on the fight with PayPal, which Google never actually took seriously, anyway. Merchants can continue [...]

Google Might Finally Allow Users to Reject Specific Permissions in Android

Google doesn’t vet every single app that lands on the Play Store the way Apple does it. This means that they need alternative solutions to keep users safe. One way to do that is through a permissions system. The developer creates an app with certain permissions that give his app certain “powers” over your phone, so [...]