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The month of October brought forth some major news and events in the tech world. The much-awaited Google Pixel 2 was launched, a major Whatsapp feature was released, and thousands of apps were added to Google Play Store. Top 7 Mindblowing Android App

Undoubtedly, the way to a good Android experience is often through a good launcher. While there are a few launchers like Nova, Action or the Apex Launchers which are way too popular, let’s not forget that the Android Play Store is not exactly a&nbs

No Android phone is complete without the look from a launcher app, a far cry from the stock Android looks. And among all the Android Launcher apps that I have tried my hands on, I can’t help but love the Nova Launcher. Most of the other launch

We as humans, love to give personal touches to our belongings – be it our home or a little notebook. So, why leave our smartphones behind? Thankfully, Android offers an amazing array of flexibility and customization options to jazz up the d

Google is famous for killing off it’s less used apps. It’s the only company to develop more than 200 products for online and offline use. And, half of them are dead already. Well, every company drops off it’s less used products (Like Microsoft

You must be thinking, why we are taking up another trigger based app where we already have quite a few of them already. We have already covered a few here on Guiding Tech using which you can trigger a particular app or action based upon your location

I have always liked the idea of getting things done using simple gestures, even if it’s just swipe to go back a screen. Really useful than pressing buttons. Many devices these days are coming out with the ability to launch apps using the on screen

Android is an open, infinitely customizable platform. This provides developers and users alike with many opportunities to try different things.

I honestly think that Android launchers are made to be a bigger deal than they should be. Sometimes I wish it was like iOS’s Springboard. Just one, awesome, well thought-out way of getting around. But of course, that’s not possible in Android. An

For as long as I’ve used Android, I’ve used third party launchers. From Nova to Apex to Aviate to Google’s own Now Launcher. My little geeky heart loved the process of trying new launchers, customizing them, changing fonts, icons, layouts, widg

After spending a better part of a year in beta, Aviate is finally ready to take off the training wheels. It is now available to download for free across the globe from the Google Play Store. If you follow the tech blogosphere, you must have read abou

If you proudly identify yourself as an Android fan, it must be for various reasons. I know a lot of people who swear by its flexibility, its ability to let you customize exactly how you get and deal with data. And the data can be anything. Notif

Launched with the Nexus series, most of the Android devices nowadays come with the option to use the swipe-up Google Now feature. Swipe your finger up from the bottom of any screen to launch it on your device. While I agree that Google Now, over

While Android and iOS get the most recognition and attention, there are plenty of other mobile OSes out there. Some of them are reasonably well known, like Blackberry and Windows Phone, while others are new or only serve a limited market.

There are quite a few types of Android users out there. First, we have fans of stock Android. These folks generally go with a Nexus device, or root and flash their Android tablets and phones to turn them into stock Android-powered devices. Next we h

Android is a robust platform that is designed for extreme versatility and flexibility. If a manufacturer wants to install a custom skin or fork the OS completely? Not a problem.

Few days back we covered an app for Android called Trigger using which one can launch any app or settings on Android without leaving or minimizing any running app the user might be working on. However, as the app was based on gesture recognition, not

There is no dearth of custom app launchers for Android and each has its set of merits and demerits. Like the TouchWiz launcher I was using on my Samsung Note 10.1 , which was otherwise pretty cool, kept troubling me with app sorting. If you have use

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We’ve previously covered Jumplist Launcher, a tool to launch applications quickly via Windows 7 taskbar, and FSL Launcher to remove desktop clutter by arranging all the desktop shortcuts in an organized manner and then launch them. Although Windows