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Jan 9, 2015

NFC, or near-field communications, is a hardware feature that has been built into most Android phones for the last four years. It's essentially a low-power data connection that can be used to initiate ...

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Jan 6, 2015

Left-handers only make up about ten percent of the world, which means they typically have to use things made for the majority, i.e., right-handed people. If that wasn't annoying enough, there are stud ...

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Jan 3, 2015

If you own multiple Android devices, you're surely familiar with the struggle of keeping apps and games in sync. While games with proper Google Play Games support will indeed sync progress across your ...

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Jan 2, 2015

Almost all modern Android devices have a gesture that will take you directly to Google Now. For most phones and tablets, it's a simple swipe up from the home button. With a Samsung or an older Android ...

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Dec 31, 2014

Sitting at home alone on Friday night, I'm often in the mood to watch something more recent than the offerings on Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime Video. And since the demise of video rental stores, tha ...

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Dec 31, 2014

Samsung phones have a pretty nifty little feature called Smart Stay that will prevent your screen from turning off while you're actively using your device. Trouble with this is that it's exclusive to ...

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Dec 31, 2014

Do you know how to use a Samsung Galaxy device as a TV remote control? So please watch the video. First download WatchOn from the playstore then Samsung WatchOn will use the IR blasters of your Samsun ...

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Dec 30, 2014

The first few times I posted on some of the Android forums out there, I asked things like "Does anybody how I can make my phone do this or that?" Without fail, the responses to these types of question ...

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Dec 29, 2014

Everyone has this problem once in a while: a terribly slow phone. Well there is something to do about it!The system cache partition stores temporary system data on your Android device. It's supposed t ...

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Dec 26, 2014

How to install flash player to galaxy tab 3 10.0 ...