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Update (9/30):  EA has finally released Need for Speed: No Limits to the Play Store. If you’d like to download the new racing title, follow the Google Play link below to get started! Download Need for Speed: No Limits from Google Play Original post (9/28):  EA’s next big mobile racing game, Need for Speed: No Limits, was first announced way back in November 2014. If you’ve been itching to try out this title on your Android device ever since then, we have some good news. EA has finally announced that Need for Speed: No Limits will make its way to the Google Play Store on Wednesday, September 30th. This new free-to-play racing title will offer up all of the things you already love about the Need for Speed series. You can collect and customize real-world cars to make your vehicle faster and all-around better than the competition. There are over 250 million combinations of parts to choose from, including body kits from Rocket Bunny, Vaughn Gittin Jr. and Mad Mike. There are also a fe

Fast charging technology is a really helpful feature for the heavy mobile user. Qualcomm recently announced its new Quick Charge 3.0 technology, promising a number of improvements over its previous generation speedy charging circuitry. So let’s break down exactly what’s new. What is Quick Charge? If you’re new to the concept of quick charging, the result is in the name: your smartphone charges up faster than it would without Quick Charge technology. At its most simple level, Quick Charge allows for high levels of current to flow to the battery, in an attempt to maximise its charging efficiency. The latest Quick Charge products also tend to charge their batteries at higher voltages, allowing for a higher rate of power transfer through commonly found cables. However, both the phone and the charger must be compatible with the same charging voltages and currents. Your phone may support charging at 9V/2A, but if you only have a 1A charger then the process will take longer. Likewise,

Following an extensive beta test in France, Germany and the Netherlands over the past few months, Huawei has finally announced that its Honor 6 and 6 Plus smartphones in Europe are getting the update to Android 5.1 Lollipop . Not only will the software update bring the latest version of Huawei’s custom software overlay EMUI 3.1, it should also include better Wi-Fi connectivity, better notification management, a convenient one-handed mode and device protection functionality. Overall, the Honor 6 and 6 Plus should be much more responsive and reliable after this update. Huawei in video Huawei Mate S review Honor 7 vs Honor 6 Plus Huawei Honor 6 Plus Review Huawei Honor 6 Plus First Im... If you’d like to take a better look at what EMUI 3.1 will look like on your device, be sure to check out our full review of the Huawei Mate S . Despite the fact that there’s no application drawer, we quite like Huawei’s custom software UI. And with the added benefits that A

Please enable Javascript to watch this video The last quarter of the year is upon us! People are going back to school, the weather is starting to change, and we're getting ready to head into the holiday season. We're also at the end of September which means it's time to round up the best Android apps and games from September 2015! Adblock Browser [Price: Free] Adblock has become a commonplace occurrence and it was only a matter of time before a browser was released that had this functionality built in. The Adblock Browser is, overall, a simple browser that does most of the basic browser stuff like bookmarks and, of course, browsing the web. It does have the ad-blocking built in which will remove most ads from most sites. There are some bugs here and there but overall it seems to be pretty solid. Get it now on Google Play! Eternity Warriors 4 [Price: Free with in-app purchases] Eternity Warriors 4 is the newest in the famous franchise of hack-and-slash RPGs

NVIDIA’s GRID game streaming service has been around for some time now, but only in beta form. Owners of SHIELD devices have been able to test out the service over the past few months, and now the company is finally ready to make it an official product. GeForce NOW is the new name for the cloud gaming service, and NVIDIA GRID is a thing of the past. Despite the name change, GeForce NOW aims to offer users the same great features that we saw in GRID, but with a few extra enhancements we think many folks will enjoy. You’ll be able to stream over 50 popular PC games at launch from the cloud, and even purchase and play other titles in an instant. These games will can be streamed at full high-definition 1080p quality at 60 frames per second. GeForce NOW will be available exclusively for SHIELD devices at launch. That means unless you own a SHIELD Android TV , SHIELD Tablet or SHIELD Portable , you won’t be able to take advantage of the new service right away. Game streaming through Ge

While Google had originally told us that Now on Tap wouldn’t be active in the Android M Developer Previews, a few week ago a new version of the Google app started rolling out, and with it came support for Now on Tap for those running the preview . Less than a half day later, Google turned off support with users receiving the message “Google can’t be reached”. If you are currently running the preview, the good news is that Now on Tap is back! For now, the only devices that can utilize the service are the Nexus 5, Nexus 6, or the Nexus 9. Of course, both the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P will also offer support when they arrive later next month. As a refresher, Now on Tap is basically an extension of Google’s Now and Search functions. With Google Now On Tap, you can more easily get access to information when you need it, without having to leave what you’re doing to go into Search. For example, if you are in your email client and a friend asks you about going to a movie, you can long press t

Smartphone manufacturing is the most competitive industry in the world, and phone makers will try to use every little opportunity to gain an edge over their adversaries. In the arsenal of tools and tricks that electronics companies use to gain a lead, one in particular stands out: good old-fashioned bragging. High-flying Xiaomi is reportedly under investigation for violating newly passed Chinese legislation that forbids the use of superlative wording in advertising. Companies operating in China can no longer claim that their devices are “the best” or “the most advanced.” Xiaomi did just that, reports China Daily , incurring the wrath of competition regulators in the country. Apparently, said regulators haven’t just stumbled onto Xiaomi’s hyperboles on their own. A rival phone maker called Cong reported Xiaomi to the authorities, citing a concern for consumers who might be duped into believing that Xiaomi phones really feature “the king of screens.” As Tech in Asia reports , this