Land of Droid

Facebook and Facebook Messenger have just received an update on the Play Store (as in a few minutes before this was posted) - it may not have populated in all devices yet, but will in a few hours.   Read More »

Many of you would have seen leaks of the new Play Store already, but a blog post on Android’s official blog just confirmed that it is now rolling out - it will take some time before it hits everyones phone, but I would expect an APK to be avaliable soon. Read More »

Catch is a free note-taking app designed to make sure you never miss an idea. It lets you capture ideas and discoveries across all your devices and when you’re ready, turn your ideas into action with friends and colleagues using simple, mobile collaboration. With Google having Google Keep out I’m not so sure if Catch Notes will be able to ... Read More »

Many of you will have heard of the hugely popular WhatsApp, a smartphone messenger communication app. An update of the Android app has been on the way with a new user interface and that update finally arrived at Google Play yesterday. Read on for more news on the app and how it has changed. The WhatsApp Messenger app by WhatsApp ... Read More »

Gmail for android has received an update today to add some new features, most noticeably ”reply and delete” options for Jellybean notifications. Check after the break for full update information. Read More »

Various users of Facebook for Android have been reporting that the app has been trying to prompt them to apply an update (Build 141046) without going through Google Play. It seems that this happens via a notification, and if you click on it, you are taken to the Facebook app. There it allows you to directly download the latest version. ... Read More »

Gumtree the classified ad site has finally released an Android app yesterday, which is drawing attention from Android users as the word gets around. Android users have been waiting for some time to get their hands on a mobile app. The iOS version was launched in February and has also been refreshed along with the Android release. Gumtree carries over ... Read More »

News-reading app Flipboard, now been updated to take advantage of Android tablets. Although it’s already popular among Android smartphones users, bringing it to the tablet community has been long overdue. Flipboard said the app, which will now work on most if not all tablets, was “a top request from Flipboard readers around the world.” Depending on where you are in ... Read More »

Google has been working hard on its apps bringing them closer together in looks and feel. YouTube has received a significant redesign that puts subscriptions front and centre  Google has over the past several months, been pushing a cleaner, simpler design language on all its sites and apps, and now it’s YouTube turn in getting a spruce up with the same ... Read More »

Skype redesigned its Android app to work better on tablets, well, apparently they haven’t done it good enough as users are complaining that the update is affecting performance. Skype for Android 3.0, released on Tuesday, has been built to take advantage of the extra screen size offered by tablets, the company said. But users on smartphones are now also having ... Read More »