Androidifying

In less than three weeks, thousands of software and hardware developers will be coming to Mountain View, California, and its Shoreline Amphitheater, to attend Google I/O 2017 . The company’s annual developer conference, from May 17-19, is one of the biggest highlights of the year for Android fans, and now Google has posted some more details of the event’s schedule so that attendees can plan which ones they want to check out ahead of time. See also: Google Play Awards 2017 nominees are in 5 days ago Google points out that while it has posted more information on the sessions it will run during I/O 2017, not all of them have been revealed yet. That’s because the company is keeping a few of them secret until after the opening keynote for the conference, which will happen on May 17 starting at 10 a.m. Pacific time (1 p.m. Eastern time). In addition, some sessions will allow for attendees to reserve their seat ahead of time, to help cut down on lines. However, there will be a f

  The speakers built into most phones aren’t exactly the best sounding things in the world. Especially with the lack of dual-speaker devices, the single tweeter in a phone usually outputs audio that is both a bit tinny and usually not so customizable. The Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus may still only have one speaker, but Samsung has included some pretty intricate settings for those who want to get the best audio experience from their device. These settings are quite hidden however, so we’ve listed here how you can tweak your audio to your heart’s delight.   Read more The Samsung Galaxy S8’s one flaw… How to customize the audio profile Unlock your device and swipe down the notification shade Tap the gear icon on the top right to access the settings Tap on “Sounds and vibration” Scroll down and tap “Sound quality and effects” From here you can adjust the Bass, Treble, Instrument, and Vocal settings, or tap the advanced button to access more finite controls Tap “Adapt sound” to use

T-Mobile will be rolling out the big  Android 7.0 Nougat  OS update for another one of the company’s major devices very soon. This time, it’s for the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus , the curved smartphone that was first launched in the fall of 2015. See also: Galaxy Note 5 vs Galaxy S6 Edge Plus December 15, 2015 Earlier this week, the carrier rolled out the same update to the Galaxy Note 5 , which also first launched in the fall of 2015. Today, T-Mobile’s  project manager Des Smith posted on his Twitter account that the Nougat update has been approved for the carrier’s version of the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus, and it should start rolling out to its owners sometime early next week. SOFTWARE UPDATE: @TMobile Engineers have approved the #GalaxyS6EdgePlus Nougat build! Should start pushing early next week! http://pic.twitter.com/GPEadUQ26j — Des (@askdes) April 28, 2017 We don’t expect to see any major differences in this Nougat update for T-Mobile’s Galaxy S6 Edge P

Many big companies wait until Friday to announce news that would be considered negative by the world at large. Today is no different as Amazon is letting Android app developers know today it will be phasing out its Underground Actually Free app store program. See also: 7 things the Google Play Store does better than the Apple App Store January 27, 2017 Amazon first announced the Actually Free program in August 2015 . It was meant to replace the company’s previous “Free app of the day” and other free app promotions that it ran though the Amazon App Store. The Underground Actually Free program gave Android device owners a way to get thousands of dollars in apps, games and in-app items for free. In exchange, developers who signed up to have their apps and in-app purchases be part of this program got some money back from Amazon, based on how much time their apps were played on a per-minute basis. Today, Amazon noted that since Underground Actually Free began, its app store

The recently released LG G6 might have a little brother in the near future. A new report claims that the company is working on the LG G6 mini, and it might have the same display ratio as its big brother. See also: Best LG G6 cases 3 weeks ago The report comes from TechnoBuffalo , who claims to have seen an internal LG document about the phone. It says that the LG G6 mini (which is not an official code name, by the way) will have a 5.4-inch display, compared to the 5.7-inch screen on the LG G6. However, it will retain the 18:9 display ratio. It also states that the screen-to-body ratio of the smaller phone will be just below 80 percent. The LG G6 has a 78.6 percent screen-to-body ratio. Other than that, there’s no other information about this alleged LG G6 mini on its hardware specs, its price tag, and its possible release date. The story does say that the document it saw has a reference to early 2016, so it’s possible that this phone might have been planned and later sc

John McAfee is one of those folks that many people label as “colorful” if they are being polite, while others might use the term “crazy” or even worse if they don’t care for him. Like McAfee or not, he definitely is one of the most outspoken figures in the tech world. This week, he officially announced his next venture, which is to release a smartphone that he claims will be the most hack-proof device ever launched. See also: Best security apps for Android 3 weeks ago First, a quick history lesson on McAfee. He is best known for founding McAfee Associates in 1987, which released the first commercial computer anti-virus software, also called McAfee. He left the company he founded in 1994, and since then he has put money in a number of other tech ventures, as well as other investments. He also lived in the country of Belize for several years, and in 2012 he came into the international spotlight when the Belizean Police Department started searching for him as a “person of

We are constantly reminded that there are tons of internet scam artists out there, just waiting for us to make a mistake. These errors could result in stolen money, identify theft and more. As it turns out, two of the biggest technology businesses in the world, Google and Facebook , are not immune to such tactics. A new report claims both have admitted to becoming victims of fraud, allegedly masterminded by someone who took a total of over $100 million from those companies. See also: Online scammers are now trying to get you to sign up for false VPN services 3 weeks ago According to Fortune , the US Justice Department arrested Evaldas Rimasauskas of Lithuania in March. The agency claims Rimasauskas launched a fraud scheme in 2013 that centered on impersonating a major Asian-based hardware maker, Quanta Computer. Allegedly, Rimasauskas created fake emails, invoices and corporate stamps, and sent them to two unnamed US tech companies. The idea was that they would send him