• DROID Zap update brings image send support to all Android devices

  Motorola has updated the DROID Zap app, and this time those using the app will notice a new feature. Perhaps more important though, Motorola has opened things up and the … Continue reading

• Flappy Bird creator threatens to kill game over controversy

  The creator of controversial and addictive mobile game Flappy Bird has said he plans to yank it from the App Store and Google Play within a day, claiming he "cannot … Continue reading

• 'Flappy Bird' creator says he's pulling the game offline tomorrow

  Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen has said that he will take the game down — presumably removing it from the iOS and Android app stores — tomorrow for reasons unknown. On Twitter, Nguyen, whose surprise hit is  making $50,000 a day in ad revenue, said that he "cannot take this anymore"…

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• [The Android Police Podcast] Episode 98: A Horse, A Goat, And A Car On Blocks

  Welcome back to another week of the Android Police Podcast. To catch us live on Hangouts On Air every Thursday at 5PM PST (subject to change as per the calendar widget below), just head over to androidpolice.com/podcast. For the unedited video show, click here . The Cast: Matthew Smith: Host Bob…

• Minuum picks up a cool $500,000 in funding, hints at wearables 'beyond smartwatches'

  Remember Minuum, the IndieGoGo campaign that promised to re-invent the keyboard? On release, the app was met with a lot of tilted gazes and stuttered commentary. Though interesting, backers and … Continue reading

• [Weekend Poll] Do You Have A Chromecast? Did You Have To Buy It From A 3rd Party / Import It?

  Google made a whole lot of folks happy this week, particularly Chromecast owners, by finally opening up the SDK for the media stick to the public. This means some of your favorite apps will likely be receiving updates in the near (or not so near, as the case may be) future allowing them to stream…

• Apps World: Hands-on with the new and improved Zeebox TV app

  Updated features expected to hit within the next few days We travelled to this week's App World event in San Francisco to learn about new and interesting apps coming to Android. One section of the show – TV Hackfest - specifically showcased apps relating to television and video viewing. Inside…

• Candy Crush, Outlook among top battery-sucking Android apps?

  An analysis of which apps most suck the life out of your phone's battery claims that two well-known names are near the top. [Read more]        

• Here's the first trailer for HBO's new Silicon Valley comedy

  Great company name, no? (Credit: HBO screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET) There's one thing the 30 seconds of footage below have made clear: this will be better than " Start-Ups: Silicon Valley ." That may be akin to saying that two grains of warm rice are better than rat's tail…

• Google Now refresh adds a Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics card

  If you're looking for information regarding the Olympics, Google Now may be a good place to start. Coming by way of a recent refresh, cards for the Sochi 2014 Winter … Continue reading

• Top Play Store apps revealed in Distimo study

  The apps we use can tell us a lot about ourselves. Are we gamers, productivity fiends, or social media junkies? Distimo has released their latest quarterly numbers about the top … Continue reading