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Apps That Can Help You Be More Efficient

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Although you may sometimes feel like you spend too much time on your phone just like everyone else does in this technology-driven world, it’s important to remember that if you allow it to and can be firm with yourself, technology can actually make your life a bit easier and help […]
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Microsoft’s dual-screen tablet could run Android apps

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Google bans developer with half a billion app downloads from Play Store

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Essential Online Apps for 21st Century Men

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Google Chrome can now run Android Apps on PCs

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Google has been hard at work to make Android apps available on Chrome OS, but a hacker took advantage of this functionality, and now apps can be used on the browser itself.

Google’s App Runtime for Chrome (ARC) has allowed some clever users to revolutionize the app world, and thanks to the brains, hacks and ideas of software developer Vlad Filippov (known online as Vladikoff) even the regular Google Chrome browser can run any app. What this means is that now users get to use their favorite apps on desktop and laptop computers all around the world.

This Chrome modification is called ARChon, and requires at least Chrome 37 set in Developer mode to work. Users only need to install ARChon as a Chrome extension, and then run the apps from there. It sounds more complicated than it is, and users interested in this only have to refer to YouTuber FuturGamerX’s tutorial to see exactly how it works. Although the narration is in Spanish, the instructions are crystal clear.

Vladikoff’s ARChon is, obviously, not available in the Chrome store but can be acquired for free at his GitHub page. Keep in mind, this project is incredibly recent and new, so expect bugs, crashes and program failures as the internet irons out the code. For starters, apps that require Google Play services (for example, Twitter) are not usable just yet, but this door has just opened, and who knows what else is coming.

Via Technabob

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Turn your TV into a Smart TV with the MK903V TV dongle

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Meet the MK903V, an alternative to TV boxes that rocks incredible power in such a small size that it could fit right into your pocket.

The MK903V TV stick is a small device that looks like a USB drive and connects to any HDTV via the HDMI port. It features only an HDMI port on one side, and an antenna on the other, and enables any particular TV to host Android apps in it. This on its own is not that special, except for the fact that it uses a Rockchip ARM Cortex-A17 quad-core processor (that is, a hell of a lot of power) for a device that is surprisingly light.

This TV stick requires only to be plugged to the TV, and to a power source at the same time. In turn, it will allow users to run any number of Android apps on their TV for the relatively low price of  $122 USD, with a remote control included. The MK903V TV has 2GB of RAM, 8GB of built-in storage, one microSD card slot, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, HDMI 2.0, and USB and micro USB ports running Android 4.4 KitKat software. Basically, the MK903V TV runs on hardware comparable to that of Google’s Nexus 5. This allows it to even support 4K video output.

Google has gone on record speaking of their own ideas to develop an eventual Android TV, but until anything comes from that, this is a great device to get any TV to run apps and function as a Smart TV for only a fraction of the price.

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7 Great Apps To Help You Work On Your Phone

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Microsoft Rumored to Bring Android Apps to Windows Phone

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Having realized how big of an app deficit Windows and Windows Phone have in comparison to Google’s mobile OS, Microsoft might bring Android apps to both of its operating systems.

One of the greatest shocks anyone can have while moving from iOS or Android to Windows Phone is that their favorite apps and games may not have a correspondent on smartphones running Microsoft’s OS. One such example is Flappy Bird, an addictive game that brought Android and iOS users to exasperation, especially when the developer decided to retire it and the price of smartphones carrying it skyrocketed.

Microsoft already collects license fees for every Android phone that is sold, but the Redmond company wants to tighten its connection to Google’s OS even more. Unnamed sources told The Verge that Microsoft is considering implementing support for Android Apps both in its desktop and mobile versions of its operating system. This would be a great change, and Microsoft needs to tread softly, especially since there are mixed feelings about this inside the company.

In terms of market share and adoption rate, Android is for mobile what Windows is for PCs, and despite the fact that Google and Microsoft are competitors, it might be good that the latter wants to adopt the former’s ecosystem. The Windows 8 Store is also extremely poor if compared to the Play Store, and making Android apps compatible with the desktop OS would be a radical move.

To make this happen, Microsoft might ask Intel and BlueStacks for help. AMD has partnered with the latter, a company in which Intel has also invested, in order to bring Android apps to Windows with the help of AMD’s chipsets that pack an ARM processor. BlueStacks also made a deal with Asus and Lenovo to ship its Android-emulating software on the PCs made by these two manufacturers.

The fact that Microsoft has been anything but successful at convincing developers to create apps for its operating systems doesn’t have to mean the death of Windows and Windows 8. In fact, this strategy might help Microsoft retain customers by preventing them to move to Android. Despite the “embrace, extend, and extinguish” phrase that Microsoft used internally for naming the actions required for competitors, the Redmond company may be able to embrace Android and extend its current operating systems by doing so, but I find it hard to believe that it will ever manage to extinguish Google’s OS.

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BlackBerry opening up to native Android apps

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Apparently, it is confirmed that the next BlackBerry firmware update is going to support the native Android APK files directly into BlackBerry smart phones, and then porting them over might require a...

Google Buys Nest, The $3 Billion Distraction

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One of the most surprising things about Google and its purchase of Nest is the price. Over $3 billion! That’s what you’d pay for a fast growing social network. But seriously, Nest hardly has the...