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This Week in the Life of DROID: 4/18/2014

Tim April 18, 2014 1

It's Friday, meaning it is time for the DL crew to close the laptops and head back into our trollish caves we call home. This week was packed with exciting headlines, including plenty of news on the LG G3 front, as well as further confirmations from OnePlus...

Friday App Sales: Today Calendar, Assassin’s Creed Pirates, Riptide GP2, and More

Rithvik April 18, 2014 12

Before we leave you for the weekend, we thought we would fix you all up with a ton of good deals on apps and games to play until Monday. This week's list, after last week's display of heavy modesty, is quite the extensive one, boasting great apps such as Today...

AllCast Now Available for Fire TV – Cast Your Photos, Videos, and Music to the Box

Tim April 18, 2014 7

AllCast, the application from Koush that allows users to Cast a wider variety of content to the Chromecast dongle, is now available on Amazon's Appstore for the Fire TV. With AllCast, users can play music, watch videos, and view photos from their Android...

Ads Inbound for Samsung’s Milk Music App, $4 Monthly Fee for Ad-free Streaming

Tim April 18, 2014 20

Samsung's free-to-use, ad-free music service, Milk Music is about to receive a shakeup. As stated by Samsung when it was first launched, advertisements are coming to the service, as well as a subscription price if users don't wish to see or hear ads. Before...

Friday Poll: What is Your Daily Driver?

Tim April 18, 2014 276

We showed you ours, and now it's time for you to do the same. Every once in a while, we like to get an idea as to which devices our lovely community is running. Since a few new flagship devices have been launched this year, it's time to update our numbers. We...

DL Daily Driver: The Android Phones We’re Using Today

Kellen April 18, 2014 96

In this business, we change phones a lot. From one month to the next, we could go through three phones or we may be waiting for the next wave, which means we're locked into a single personal favorite for an extended amount of time. Since we are always testing...

Droid Life Q&A Sessions: Volume 20 Answers

Tim April 18, 2014 23

This past Monday, we called upon our fantastic community for Volume 20 of the DL Q&A Sessions. We received a ton of questions, so we are back today with our answers. The questions we received had a lot to do with people's upgrades, but you will have to...

OnePlus One Camera Photo Samples Released, Show High Details and Promise

Tim April 18, 2014 85

More news regarding the One from OnePlus arrived today, this time focused on the back-facing 13MP shooter featured on the device. The photos, from what was posted, do look to be quite good. Luckily, the person who took the photos wasn't an amateur, and...

Galaxy Z TriFold Sells Out Quick in South Korea, Even With High Price Tag

Tim December 12, 2025 85

We shouldn't be surprised, folks. Samsung launched the Galaxy Z TriFold this week in its home country of South Korea, with in...

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YouTube TV Will Offer 10 Genre-Specific Plans in 2026

Tim December 10, 2025 85

More choice and more flexibility. That's what everyone has been clamoring for lately. If you'll recall, YouTube TV used to be...

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December Pixel Watch Update Rolls Out to Pixel Watch 2 and Above

Kellen December 9, 2025 85

Google announced new features for the Pixel Watch 3 and Pixel Watch 4 this morning, but didn't tell us exactly how those...

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Pixel Watch 4 Updates Bring New Gestures, Smarter Smart Replies

Kellen December 9, 2025 85

The Pixel Watch 4 is seeing its own little Feature Drop this morning with a handful of new features. Google is adding a...

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Google Sends First Big Update to Android XR and Galaxy XR With PC Connect, More

Kellen December 8, 2025 85

Google finished hosting the latest in "The Android Show" today and the topic at hand was Android XR. We knew this show was...

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Samsung Launches One UI 8.5 Beta on Galaxy S25 Ultra

Kellen December 8, 2025 85

The signs suggesting that Samsung was about to release One UI 8.5 in some form were there, like this massive changelog and a...

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Samsung Pulls Out Galaxy S25 Ultra Deal I’ve Never Seen Before

Kellen December 7, 2025 85

Even with last weekend well behind us, there are still Cyber Week deals to be had through places like Samsung. They appear to...

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Google Added 9 Sweet New Features to Your Pixel in Big Update

Kellen December 2, 2025 85

Following the release of several beta builds over a number of months, Google released Android 16 QPR2 today in stable as the...

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Google’s Latest Ad Pokes at iPhone for Copying Its Features, iPhone 17 Rumors

Kellen May 6, 2025 1

The iPhone 17 won't arrive for months, likely after Google releases its Pixel 10 series. For the most part, all talk around...

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Kellen October 11, 2023 1

Some of you have been lucky enough to receive your Pixel 8 or Pixel 8 Pro pre-orders a day early, thanks to Google's wildly...

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Pixel Watch 2 Unboxing and Tour!

Kellen October 11, 2023 1

The Pixel Watch 2 has been on my wrist for a full week and my list of notes has only grown. I've tested sleep tracking, put...

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Tim July 27, 2023 1

Samsung was gracious enough to send us its latest foldables devices, the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5. Naturally,...

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Kellen May 10, 2023 1

Because the Google Pixel 7a is available today for you to run out and buy at $499, you may not want to wait around for our...

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Tim February 3, 2023 1

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Tim October 13, 2022 1

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Pixel Watch: First 10 Things To Do!

Kellen October 13, 2022 1

The day that most of you will receive your Google Pixel Watch from pre-orders is here. It's time for you to slap Google's...

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