Eric, Author at Droid Life

Sprint Bolsters Its Total Equipment Plan With Help From Asurion

Eric May 19, 2014 22

Once we get our hands on a shiny new phone or tablet, top priority is keeping it safe. Sprint is helping to keep its customers even more safe starting today, with the announcement of its upgraded Total Equipment Protection Plus plan. The addition of Sprint's...

Reports Suggest Google Planning Acqusition of Twitch for $1 Billion

Eric May 19, 2014 14

Over the weekend, a report from Variety suggested that Google was in the final stages to announce plans to buy video game streaming service Twitch for roughly $1 billion. A separate report from the Wall Street Journal, who must have much different sources,...

Foursquare’s Swarm Now Available on Google Play

Eric May 15, 2014 11

A few weeks back, Foursquare announced that they would be breaking their application into two separate ones. Foursquare found that a lot of users hopped into its app to check where a restaurant was or to read reviews, but were not using many of the social...

BillGuard Comes to Android, Brings Easy Budgeting and Fraud Management to Phone and Tablets

Eric May 15, 2014 25

We know it is hard to keep track of all of the monthly subscriptions, online transactions, and bills in this day and age of direct deposit and online banking. Thankfully, BillGuard has released for Android through Google Play, and wants to help us all keep...

Xiaomi Announces Mi Pad, Android-powered Tablet with NVIDIA Tegra K1 Processor

Eric May 15, 2014 41

Late last night, Xiaomi announced a new Android-powered tablet, the Mi Pad, featuring specs that will make you turn your head. Xiaomi's iPad Mini look-alike, is headlined by NVIDIA's newest Tegra K1 processor, as well as a design which is sure to stir up Apple...

Samsung Reportedly Preparing Gear Glass for Debut in September

Eric May 14, 2014 43

New reports out of Korea claim that Samsung will be announcing their own Google Glass-like wearable units in September of this year. The news comes from Business Korea, who spoke with a Samsung representative that stated the company will be ready to "roll out...

HTC One “Remix” Name Tipped, Headed to Verizon

Eric May 14, 2014 33

It has been a couple of months now since the One (M8) from HTC launched, yet it appears we are not yet done hearing about new variants of the phone. Thanks to @evleaks, we are hearing rumors of an HTC One Remix to be coming to Verizon sometime in the near...

Plex for Android Updated, Automatic Camera Uploads Introduced

Eric May 13, 2014 9

Users of the media server service Plex will be excited to hear about the latest update to the Android application, which went live on Google Play today. Starting with the update, if you are a Plex Pass user, you will now have the option to automatically upload...