I’m sure many adults look back on their child at things they were learning and say to themselves “I wish I hadn’t stopped learning….”. Whatever it was, an instrument, a language, etc., there is at least something you can do about how you speak and what language you speak, on your phone, right now thanks to many great, mobile language learning apps and services. But today we’re focusing on one of our favorites – Duolingo. For those who...

HTC has a lot riding on the One. For starters, there’s their reputation and existence. HTC has been slacking the last couple of years and it’s gotten to the point where they’re a tiny percentage of the market that Samsung now dominates. Several devices have had the potential to succeed but missteps by HTC have killed any hope. And then there was the CEO infamously claiming he’d step down if the One didn’t sell well. Luckily for HTC and their...

Google’s Android app for their cloud storage service, Google Drive, has received a pretty hefty update today. The most noticeable change you’ll immediately see is the Google Now card style UI permeates the app. Visuals aside, Google has also tossed in some pretty useful functionality such as a document scanner for snapping pics of business cards and other important documents to store for later. The snapped documents are stored as PDFs from which Google Drive...

Google I/O dumped a ton of new goodies on the Android and Google+ world last week. And one of the biggest reveals was an all-new Google+ design for desktop and promise of a new mobile experience following not too soon after. Well, the day is already here as the Google+ Blog has announced the latest Google+ update is here. The update is billed as an “all new app”. A quick glance over the post detailing the changes does show that it is indeed a hefty update. That...

A rugged version of Samsung’s new Galaxy S4 has been teased in rumors for weeks now. But today, the first images of what a “tough” version of the latest Galaxy phone might be have allegedly leaked. GSM Arena has photos that they say are the upcoming S4 Active. Internally, specs are the same (5-inch 1080p display, quad-core Qualcomm 600 CPU, Adreno 320 GPU, 2 GB of RAM). However, the shell that surrounds those precious innards is now metal with visible...

Google I/O 2013 kicked off today in glorious San Fran. And while there was a ton of new stuff thrown out, a lot of it was dev focused. While highly important in its own regard, we know you want to know the most forward facing Google products and services you’re going to see as a consumer. That said, that is what we’re focusing on here. So let’s get to it… Google Play Games On iOS, users have Game Center and iCloud which if the developer makes use of,...