News from Androidosphere

How about a little bit of positive news for HTC today? According to the Wall Street Journal, HTC has already sold 5 million units of the HTC One flagship smartphone. While this is about half of what Samsung has done with the Galaxy S4, it’s a commendable figure nonetheless. “Orders are pretty good so far and are still more than ...The post WSJ: 5 million HTC One sales so far appeared first on AndroidGuys.

In news that should surprise no one, 10 million Samsung Galaxy S4‘s have been sold in the first month since its launch. That is insanely fast. And that’s only in 110 of the 155 countries that the Galaxy S4 will be eventually available in. For the record, the Galaxy S3 took 50 days to match ...

LoJack, if you’re familiar with their software for computers and laptops, have made the jump into mobile device territory with the Samsung Galaxy S4 as their first supported device. With this software you’ll be able to trace, lock, and of course, remotely wipe your device if you choose to do so. Unlike other soft wares, ... Come comment on this article: LoJack launches phone recovery service with the Samsung Galaxy S4 as its first supported device Visit TalkAndroid for Android ...

Today LG announced their high-end waterproof handset called the Optimus GJ. The device is just slightly larger than the original Optimus G at 131.9 x 68.9 x 8.5 mm vs. 136.9 x 68.9 x 9.9 mm. It can stay underwater up to 1 meter for as long as 3 minutes. It also features a 4.7 inch IPS ... Come comment on this article: Waterproof LG Optimus GJ E975W officially announced, will be priced at $600 Visit TalkAndroid for Android news, Android guides, and much more!

In the wake of the various hacking stories of high profile Twitter accounts being hacked and abused, Twitter has begun the roll out of its new Two-Factor Authentication service. Similar to Google’s Two-Factor Authentication, users will need to enter a 6 digit code, which is sent by SMS to the users verified mobile phone number ...

Opera for Android recently updated their mobile browser and dropped their beta tags, and today Chrome answered with some updates of their own. Updates include performance enhancements and some bug fixes. Search queries are now included in the omnibox. Users can view and refine more results in their query directly in the omnibox, previously displayed ...

Welcome to the latest entry in our Bonus Round series, wherein we tell you all about the new Android games of the day that we couldn't get to during our regular news rounds. Consider this a quick update for the dedicated gamers who can't wait for our bi-weekly roundups, and don't want to wade through a whole day's worth of news just to get their pixelated fix. Today we've got a new puzzle game from noted developer ustwo, Zynga's latest attempt to enslave minions via word games, and another li...

Love using Skype and Hangouts but have friends or family that are rarely available to video chat? Glide is an attempt to solve that problem by taking an asynchronous approach to instant messaging. Here's the concept: conversationalists can login with their Facebook credentials, join a chat room, and respond to one another with videos up to 42 seconds in length. Videos are stored in the cloud, available for playback either immediately or some time after their initial posting. There isn't any m...

Google is continuing its recent streak of updating core apps and services on Android today, rolling out updates to Chrome, Google Drive and Google Play Magazines. Following major updates to Talk (Hangouts), Google Play Music and Google Plus over the last week, a new batch of Android apps, including Chrome, Google Drive and Play Magazines, ...    

Anyone catch Verizon’s VivaMovil announcement earlier today? Do not worry if you missed it. It was kind of confusing on just what they were trying to do with that. For the good news that was talked about today, Verizon wants to improve their already dominant network coverage, with something called “Small Cells.” As you can see from the ...