Once upon a time, an alarm clock was a simple, sharp sound played in a loop at a given time in order to wake one up. In the days of Android and iOS, however, the process of rising from sleep is something many developers are trying to nail down to a fine art, and as such, there are bunch of apps purporting to help you feel fresher, more alert, and less cranky when morning comes.
The battle for supremacy in the cloud computing market is hotting up, and although Apple was the first of the big companies to push forth its iCloud service last year, Microsoft and Google have both joined the party in the last couple of months with their SkyDrive and Google Drive services respectively.
If you check out any technology lover’s arsenal of gadgets, I am pretty sure it will contain pieces of kit that cover all aspects of the consumer electronics spectrum. In today’s day and age it isn't uncommon to walk into a home office and see a desktop computer as well as a laptop or notebook, also accompanied by a smart mobile device such as Apple's 'Post-PC' iPad tablet as well as the a smartphone like the iPhone.
Popular photo altering/sharing social app Instagram has enjoyed a pretty decent last few months by all accounts, and soon after releasing its long-awaited Android app, Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook came along and purchased it for an unbelievable $1 billion.
Within our phone books and contact lists, there'll always be those few people we only make short, uninteresting, mundane small-talk with, and most of us absolutely detest those conversations which scarcely deviate from "how are you?" "what are you doing?" or, "oh really, how is that going?"
Android users have been pining for system-wide Google Voice implementation for quite some time now, and that calling may have been heard by MDR Tools, Inc., which has created an app purporting to offer just that.
The various app hubs specific to each mobile operating system offer tens of thousands (or in the case of Apple and Google, hundreds of thousands) of apps and games enabling those using them to prosper, be more productive, organized and of course, entertained. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the apps on offer are pretty underwhelming, failing to really capture the imagination due to lack of thought, preparation, or execution.
Tablets are incredibly useful for productivity, and considering around 90% of computer users run Windows, it's safe to presume that when it comes to typing in a document or writing a spreadsheet, most are accustomed to Microsoft's Office suite.
The apps we cherish the most are usually those which improve our device's functionality, and if it manages to make an aspect of our smartphone or tablet more practical while also adding a touch of style to boot, then it's even better. 91 Locker, created by developer droid004 does both. It brings a neat inventory of tools to the Android lock screen in a stylish manner in-keeping with the rest of the UI.
If you're one of those people that finds the UI of Android to be a little bland, or indeed if you simply harbor the incessant need to tinker and modify aspects of your device, then the chances are, you will have encountered MIUI at some stage. Renowned for its iOS-esque interface, slick speeds, mountain of themes, it's hardly a surprise MIUI is one of the more popular aftermarket Android ROMs available.
