Eric, Author at Droid Life

DEAD TRIGGER 2 Officially Announced for October 23 Launch

Eric September 18, 2013 9

Need some more zombies in your life? Who doesn't? A lot of readers will be excited to hear that Madfinger Games, the masterminds behind the original DEAD TRIGGER, have announced a release date for the sequel. Players are only going to have until October 23 to...

Google Looking to Add Offline Video Viewing to YouTube Mobile App Soon

Eric September 18, 2013 32

YouTube may do some questionable things every now and then, like changing their video settings user interface every 6th months, but for the most part Google likes to keep YouTube as a pretty high priority in their app lineup. Late last night, YouTube took to a...

Samsung Exec Promises 64-bit Architecture in Upcoming Phones

Eric September 12, 2013 88

One of the more interesting announcements to come out of the iPhone debut earlier this week was that Apple has put the work in to make sure their upcoming flagships would be on the 64-bit standard. True to form, we saw the rest of the mobile industry reacting...

Terraria Builds Itself a Home in Google Play, Available for Free Right Now

Eric September 12, 2013 24

There are three types of people in this world: those who play Minecraft, those who play Terraria and those who have never heard of either. As much as the two games have their differences, they are quite similar. Each world in Terraria is randomly generated and...

Motorola is Pumping Out 100,000 Moto Xs a Week From Its New Texas Plant

Eric September 11, 2013 87

There had been a few rumors floating around that Google and Motorola had an event planned for September 10, but no one really knew what it was going to end up being. An official launch and unveiling of Motorola's new Texas plant was what took place yesterday,...

Temporary Root Achieved on Verizon Moto X and 2013 DROID Line Up

Eric September 11, 2013 99

Some carriers in the US are nice enough to allow companies to unlock bootloaders of their flagship devices when they launch on their networks. Unfortunately for most of us here, Verizon is not one of those nice carriers. Locked bootloaders and the struggle to...

Seagate Moves Into Mobile Tablet Storage, Intros New Ultra Mobile HDD Offering 500GB of Memory

Eric September 9, 2013 108

When you think of mobile storage and in terms of GB, there are only a few options that really come to mind: 8, 16, 32, 64 and 128 (if the device is extra fancy). It has been that way for a while now, but Seagate, a popular maker of storage devices for PCs, is...

Bad Decision Alert: Snapchat Releases App for Samsung Galaxy Gear

Eric September 9, 2013 17

I use Snapchat almost daily, sending and receiving absolutely meaningless photos and videos between my friends from my phone. The only thing that sounds worse to me than opening a loud video or stupid photo in public on my phone is opening one of those on a...