• Facebook update auto-enhances photo uploads, allows users to fine tune adjustments

  In an update rolling out to both iOS and Android versions of the Facebook app, the social network is making it easier to tweak photos to your liking. You wont find a robust set of tools as found inside their Instagram app (and nothing near Google+), but Facebook will soon auto-enhance photos using…

• There's a new version of Google Maps for Android that you can grab right now

  After recently updating Google Maps for Android to Material Design and releasing a bunch of interesting new features in a subsequent update, Google has again updated its popular mapping application for Android. And there's more good news: You can download it right now. FROM EARLIER: Google Maps…

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• Hearthstone Heroes of Warcraft finally battles its way onto Android tablets

  Good news for you Blizzard fans out there: Hearthstone Heroes of Warcraft has finally landed on Android tablets! Blizzard announced today that it has officially launched the game on Google Play — and though it was initially limited to those in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand it's now widely…

• Android 5.0 Lollipop bugs got you down? Here's how you (might be able to) fix them

  These few fixes may help you fight those Lollipop bugs The rush to update Android phones and tablets to Lollipop has just begun. The obvious players — Google's Nexus devices and Motorola — are getting Lollipop updates to all eligible devices now, and we've already seen LG and Samsung dip…

• Google says Text-to-Speech no longer needs high quality voices in latest update

  Google has recently updated its Text-to-Speech app on the Play Store to take away features. With the update, you can no longer download the high quality voices on the Text-to-Speech app, and this isn't exactly a bad thing. According to Google, the standard voice engine "now surpass[es] the…

• Brazil's new app content ratings make a little more sense than ours

  Brazil does (at least) a few things better than us here in the U.S. Beaches for one (and I say that as a Gulf Coast native, albeit one for more casual nudity and fewer beer bellies), soccer for another (though we're getting better on that front) — and now Android app ratings. Google today…

• Chromecast support comes to Lyve, Fitnet, and musiXmatch

  Google announced today that a few new apps have picked up Chromecast support. You can now look forward to slinging music, pictures, and workouts to your big screen from musiXmatch, Lyve, and Fitnet respectively.

• Facebook has started automatically enhancing your mobile photos

  One of the few strongpoints of Google+ is that it  automatically enhances all of your photos in an attempt to make them look even better, and now Facebook is starting to test the waters with a similar feature. Photos uploaded to Facebook on an iPhone will now be gently enhanced by default, with the…

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• Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition makes its Android tablet debut for $9.99

  BioWare's classic Dungeons and Dragons-based roleplaying game sequel Baldur's Gate II, first released way back in 2000 for the PC, has finally arrived for Android tablets via the Google Play Store . Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition is now available to download for $9.99.

• You'll soon be able search for Drive files using the "Ok Google" voice command

  After gaining control of your Nest thermostat, you'll soon be able to search for Google Drive files using "OK Google" command in Search. Only on Android.

• Pebble now lets you interact via Android Wear notifications

  With some slight variation, most smartwatches are essentially the same. The face shape and specs may change, but the overall interaction is equal, with notifications being the main reason people like them. One of the first smartwatches around, Pebble, has done a remarkable job staying relevant in…

• Google Drive gets Gmail attachment support, Google voice search on Android, uploading from other apps on iOS

  Gmail now finally lets you attach Google Drive files.

• Google Drive adds 'OK, Google' voice search to help you find files

  Google is rolling out an update to Google Drive that will hit Android devices in the next week or so bringing additional features to the cloud storage app. The new update upgrade Google Now search so you can command "OK, Google" to search for your files without having to launch the app.…

• Motorola brings holiday cheer with big savings

  Motorola is offering up a pretty sweet deal for the holidays. You can currently land some huge savings by purchasing directly from the company's online store. What kind of savings, you ask? How about $50 off purchases of $350, or $100 off purchases of $500 or more.

• Top 10 Android Stories of 2014

  As the calendar gets closer to 2015 it's time to look back and recap the past year. 2014 will go down as one of the most important years in the history of Android. Here are the top 10 Android stories from 2014.

• Google Stars: bookmarking gone material

  Bookmarks are something that we somewhat take for granted. We click, click, click away on them like there's not tomorrow. I think I used 20 bookmarks today, and that's not counting personal browsing. They're not exactly classy, but they're there for us when we need them. Heck, they…

• Cheating at Android games? Your scores can now automatically be squelched

  Google today gave word that developers can now use automatic leaderboard tamper protection "to automatically hide suspicious leaderboard scores." That'll keep cheaters from seeing their scores shoot to the top faster than they should. (Though obviously my Sky Force 2014 process is…