• HackerRank Expands Its Technical Recruiting Platform To Mobile With DroidRank

   HackerRank, a technical recruiting platform and former TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield finalist, today announced it is expanding into mobile with the launch of DroidRank. Recruiters could already test for Java skills on the service (in addition to 15 other languages). While that's the basis for…

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• Barnes and Noble debuts Nook Audiobooks app on Android

  For those times you'd rather have someone else read to you, Barnes and Noble is outfitting Android devices with an app that does just that. Nook Audiobooks taps into the retailer's library of over 50,000 titles via the aforementioned phones and...

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• Android Lollipop might have another serious bug affecting Nexus smartphones

  The recently released Android 5.0 Lollipop update is Google's most important OS upgrade in recent years, bringing users a completely new design language as well as many new features. But it appears that Lollipop also comes with a serious bug that affects some Nexus smartphone owners who already…

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• T-Mobile Says The LTE-Equipped Nexus 9 Is Coming In Early December

  As is the tradition with tablets, Google launched the Nexus 9 recently as a WiFi-only device. The LTE version would be along later, we were told, but no one knew when. Now with T-Mobile's Nexus 6 announcement, they're throwing in an update on the Nexus 9 with LTE—it'll be out in early…

• Meizu brings 2K display to MX4 Pro, puts 'Retina' in your ears

  Meizu is teasing their next smartphone, the MX4 Pro, boasting a new 20nm A15 octa-core processor, mTouch fingerprint scanner, and "Retina Sound", whatever that means. It's probably a speaker so sublime it makes your eyes pop out of your head. We're still trying to figure that part…

• An (Official) Introduction To APK Mirror

  Over the past month or two, you may have noticed a change in our "APK Download" posts. Previously, we went through an admittedly tedious process of first hunting down the APK we wanted, and then uploading it to a selection of various mirroring services, each with their own interfaces, ad…

• Watch this: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 running Android 5.0 LolliWiz, er – Lollipop [VIDEO]

  Curious to see what Samsung's done with Android 5.0 Lollipop on the Galaxy Note 3? Spoiler: it's still very much TouchWiz.

• Withings updates its Health Mate app with a new Material Design look and more

  Withings, the maker of fitness smartbands such as the recently-released Pulse O2 has updated its Health Mate app, which not only supports Android 5.0 Lollipop but also has a new user interface inspired by Lollipop's Material Design. The app even throws in some new features as well.

• Nexus Player Review [VIDEO]

  Google is taking another stab at entering your living room with the introduction of Android TV and its flagship device, the Nexus Player. The new platform promises a simplified, content-driven approach to home entertainment, but will a lack of options ultimately doom the Nexus Player's chances to…

• [Deal Alert] Unlocked Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (32GB) On Sale For $419.99 On eBay Daily Deals

  The Galaxy Note 4 is Samsung's new baby, but last year's Note 3 is still a fine phone if you're into that whole phablet thing. You can snag an unlocked AT&T Note 3 with 32GB of storage on eBay today for $419.99. It's popped up for less, but those deals were all for the 16GB…

• 36 Best New Android Apps And Live Wallpapers From The Last 2 Weeks (11/6/14 - 11/19/14)

  Welcome to the roundup of the best new Android applications, games, and live wallpapers that went live in the Play Store or were spotted by us in the previous 2 weeks or so. Please wait for this page to load in full in order to see the widgets, which include ratings and pricing info. Looking for the…

• Motorola Keylink fob pairs with your phone so you can always find it

  Motorola has launched a handy little Bluetooth accessory that pairs up with your Android or iOS device so you can find your keys or your phone with minimal hassle. Hit the button the Keylink and your phone will ring, or tap the button in the app for the Keylink to ring.

• Want To Buy A Nexus 6 From T-Mobile? You Can Now Do That On The Internet, Supposedly

  T-Mobile is now accepting orders (as opposed to pre-orders) for the Nexus 6 through the T-Mobile website in both 32 and 64GB trims, though the only color option remains Midnight Blue, as it will likely always be for carrier-bought versions of the device. Selecting either storage variant allows you…

• Leaked Screenshots Of Lollipop On The HTC One M8 Show How Sense May Look On Top Of Android 5.0

  Our Nexus phones and tablets may have tasted Lollipop now, but we're still waiting for other devices to get to the sweetness of Android 5.0. This update brings the most significant changes we've seen since Ice Cream Sandwich, only much of Google's visual overhaul will disappear behind…

• Iterate 78: Google designers talk Material Design

  Iterate brings together the best designers and app producers in the business to talk user interface, human interaction, icon design, and user experience from concept to implementation. On this episode — Richard Fuller, Nicholas Jikoff, designers at Google, talk to Marc, Seth, and Rene about the…

• Big Cerberus 3.0 Update Hits Beta Channel, Adds Tons Of Stuff, Material Design

  If you use the device security suite Cerberus, the app is getting one of its biggest updates ever in a couple of weeks, but you can grab it on the beta channel right now if you're not inclined to wait / be a guinea pig. Version 3.0 overhauls the design of the app to meet Google's material…

• HTC One (M8) screenshots show Sense 6.0, Lollipop

  HTC is on the clock about when they'll update their One lineup, having already noted they'd push Android Lollipop out within three months of it hitting AOSP. If a series of screenshots posted to Twitter are accurate, they've already begun the process. Released to the world by @LlabTooFeR, the…

• The 7 best features of Inbox, Google's new email killer

  Naming your revolutionary new email product after the central feature in traditional email — the inbox — is peculiar at best, but that doesn't make Google's new Inbox app any less nifty. The new invite-only mobile and web app attempts to take the sting out of traditional email by skimming…

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• Black Friday 2014 Deals

  The biggest shopping day of the year is fast approaching. They call it Black Friday, the day after American Thanksgiving, and while the origin of the name as the point where retailers' balance books shift from being in the red (running a loss) for the year to black (profit!) is dubious (any…

• Netflix Is Coming To Australia And New Zealand In March Of Next Year

  Netflix has announced that its TV and movie streaming service is coming to Australia and New Zealand in 2015. The wait shouldn't be long either—we're talking a period of just a few months, with Netflix set to go live Down Under sometime in March. At that point, folks living in Australia…