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Should I download Mario Kart Tour?
Mobile October 2, 2019
Nintendoâs latest mobile game Mario Kart Tour has landed on iOS and android and has already started splitting opinion. The Nintendo app already has impressive ratings of 4.5 and 4,8 on the Google Play Store and App Store respectively, but something still feels off about the smartphone game and... Read more
After you tell an app that it does not have permission to collect any of your data, you expect that to be the end of the story. However, a recent article from CNN says that these apps continue to collect your information even after you told them to stop. According... Read more
Android and iOS smartphone users warned about ‘Exodus’ malware
MobileNewsPrivacy and Security April 26, 2019
Technological advancements are being made every day. Unfortunately, with every step forward there seems to be greater dangers out there in the tech world. The latest comes in the form of âExodusâ malware, targeting Android and iOS users. It has been reported that this type of cyberattack can steal... Read more
Fine is second multi billion levy by EU against Google in less than a year. The penalty follows a major investigation over Android dominance of how Google links its Google Search and Chrome operations on Android devices. Technically speaking, the European Union have issued a $5.06 billion fine against Alphabet, Google’s parent company for the alleged abusive dominance... Read more
Google’s IoT Platform Android âThingsâ Out Of Beta And Free For All Developers
DevelopmentNews May 14, 2018
Google goes all in to try and steal back market share from competitors. Google says itâs developer platform for Internet-Of-Things (IoT) devices, ‘Android Things‘ is now out of beta and version 1.0 is free to be downloaded. In a bid to attract as many developers and hardware manufacturers as possible,... Read more
Nox App Player: Free, And One Of The Best Android Emulators Around
DesktopSoftware Reviews December 31, 2017
Nox App Player is a free Android operating system emulator that lets you run the Android operating system you use on your smartphone or tablet on your PC or Mac. Of all the Android emulators we’ve tried over the years, (and thereâs been quite a few) Nox is by... Read more
Another week, another antitrust case. Google has found itself facing a second record fine from European regulators in another antitrust case, in as many weeks, according to a report by Reuters. As the dust still settles over the EUâs 2.4 billion Euro fine against Googleâs comparison search practices, last... Read more
MoboPlay added to FileHippo
DesktopMobileSoftware Reviews May 15, 2017
The all-in-one Android and iOS manager. MoboPlay for PC has been added to FileHippoâs massive range of great free software. This powerful multi-file manager makes it easier than ever to manage your devices. You can now freely backup, restore, and manage your files, apps, ringtones, wallpapers, music, and images... Read more
Android has nudged ahead to become the worldâs most popular OS. OK, so it might have only squeaked ahead by just 0.02%, but Android usage has beaten all other combined versions of Microsoftâs Windows into second place, for the first time. That is, at least according to Irish analytics firm StatCounter.... Read more
âNokiaâ is set to release the first of its new Android based smartphones later this year, exclusively in China. “With over 552 million smartphone users in China in 2016, a figure that is predicted to grow to more than 593 million users by 2017, it is a strategically important... Read more
Nostalgia may be about to make something of a comeback if former executives of former global phone titan manufacturer, Nokia, get their way. Yes, thatâs right, Nokia is coming back in to the market and are to launch a new Android smartphone in early 2017. HMD Global, the company... Read more
Google To Shut Down Map Maker In March 2017
News November 11, 2016
Google has announced that it is to close its Google Map Maker, the online tool that allows anyone from anywhere to add or edit information in Google Maps. Map Maker will be retired in March 2017. But it is not the end of the road for anyone who wants... Read more
Why Choose BlueStacks App Player?
MobileNewsSoftware Reviews October 17, 2016
The power of smartphones is really amazing. In an awe-inspiring level of techno-evolution, we’ve gone from the pleather-encased bag phone of the ’90s to a palm-sized supercomputer in the course of one consumer generation. But there are still some limitations on the smartphone of today that makes them just... Read more
Blackberry, once the market leader when it came to business mobile phone solutions has announced it will stop designing and manufacturing smartphones. The company has struggled to compete with smartphone competitors such as Appleâs iPhone and Googleâs Android based solution. The Blackberry phone will most probably be remembered for its... Read more
So it probably came as no surprise that when Microsoft announced they were leaving the smart phone business earlier this year, that there would be job losses. What has come as a surprise however is that the company has revealed that number of staff facing the axe is more... Read more
In the world of malware, there’s some tricky games afoot. But a new malware called HummingBad is so bad that it’s almost a genius move by its developers. Chinese ad tracking and business firm Yingmob has a legitimate business informing advertisers of how their efforts are resonating with consumers,... Read more
FileHippo Smashes The 3,000,000,000 Download Barrier
News April 27, 2016
Yep, thatâs right, FileHippo passed a very significant milestone recently. Last month we officially passed the 3 billion download mark, and if you donât mind us saying, we do feel quite proud of that figure. Where It All Began FileHippo.com was started by two software enthusiasts in 2004. We’re really proud of... Read more
2015 has been the year that the phrase âCyber Crimeâ went mainstream, became cool, and also the year that saw next to exponential growth with everything and anything to do with cybersecurity. That is at least according to Kaspersky in their overall summary for the last 12 months. Â The... Read more