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Get ChatHeads Floating Notifications on Any Android app
Facebook Messenger started a new concept of Facebook Messenger heads that provide an interactive and non-obstructive way of delivering notifications to you.
Instead of hiding notifications in the notification bar, you can get them as floating Notification ChatHeads right on your Homescreen. Thanks to XDA developer crazyfool_1, the app delivers chatHEads like floating notifications for every android app out there.
On first run, you will have to enable it from accessibility settings,...
Install Doom 3 on Android [Download APK]
The legendary First person Shooter has finally landed on Android and brings the same awesome feel to the Android phones and Tablets.
The Doom 3 port doesn’t scale down graphics, and it runs decently well on modern Android phones. In our tests it ran smooth on Dual core Galaxy Note N7000 and super smooth on Note II, Nexus 10.
In our gameplay we found Doom 3 to run fine most of the time. There were few snags here and there but nothing that would make it a no go. The Onscreen controls are...
Download Google Play v4 APK
The new Google Play is out with massive UI overhaul.
Most of the apps are now shown as Cards on the home screen, and everything now looks very well organized and polished. Its snappier and easy and beautiful to look at any day.
Google Play v4 organizes Apps, Music, Book, Movies on the home screen pretty nicely. Content recommendations are better, and more engaging. The whole interface is streamlined.
Download Google Play v4.0
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Here’s a Video Preview of Google Play 4.0 Features:
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Install, Update Official Android 4.1.2 JellyBean on Galaxy Note N7000 [XXLSZ]
The official Android 4.1.2 Jelly bean has arrive for the Original Galaxy Note N7000. Galaxy Note was Samsung’s first phablet, and also industry’s phablet to catch mass market. Original Galaxy Note reached 10million sales within few months of launch. The crown was later passed to Galaxy Note II.
Note II came with several new set of features like Multi-View (multiwindow), SmartRotate, etc. Good news is that all of these features (minus AirView) are now available on Note 1 N7000 with the Jelly Bean 4.1.2 update.
Some of the Enhancements in...
Embed Native YouTube Videos in Android apps [YouTube Player API]
Google Demoed YoutTube APIs at Google IO 2012 promising strong integration of YouTube video components into android applications and iOS at a later stage.
Google had opened up access to limited set of developers like Flipboard, which had been using and helping Google improve the Youtube API. YouTube native API for Android is finally out, and it hopes to simplify all types of YouTube integrations.
YouTube player API offers these benefits:
High-quality video playback supported on Android 2.2 (Froyo)...
Add Custom Toggles to Android 4.2 QuickSettings
Android 4.2 JellyBean brought lots of goodies to the plate. One of them was the most awaited QuickToggles / QuickSettings that let you quickly change power toggles, settings right from the Notifications bar.
If you’re a programmer/developer, ROM maker/developer, you can learn how you can add your custom Toggles to QuickSettings on Android 4.2 Jellybean.
The guide explains step-by-step how to mod your favorite ROMs and add your own Toggles to QuickSettings.
How to Add your Own Custom Toggles to Android...
OneClick Root Nexus 10 on Windows, OSX, Linux
Nexus 10 kicks some solid ass, with state of the art 300ppi display on a large 10″ screen. Thats way higher than anything we had ever seen on screen of such a size. To unleash the full potential of the device, one must Root it. Although there are several ways to root Nexus 10, One-Click root for the Nexus 10 works on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX. The OneClick root method uses Superboot, the same tool that roots wide variety of devices including Nexus 7, HTC One X, etc. Superboot pushes a custom boot.img file onto the device that automatically installs su binaries and the Superuser APK upon the first boot. What you need: Superboot r4 for Nexus 10. Android debugging enabled in Settings. Checkout...


