After a couple odd months and a bumpy beta process with tribulation induced from Google for avoiding the revenue knife, Fortnite is available for all.
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Essential Phone can now enter Android 8.1 beta with simple OTA update
It's less hassle, even if it takes a little while to get into. But if you don't happen to have a good hand at ADB and still want to trial beta software, this is the way to go.
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Latest Google Play Services APK should force Google Assistant onto your phone
If you're hearing about other people in your area getting Google Assistant and you still don't have it, you can rush it onto your phone.
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Android Nougat knows where your apps came from
There are plenty of places to get your apps these days, many of which are not the Google Play Store. Thing is, if you hand off your phone to your friends or family and they start wreaking app havoc on you from all corners of the internet, you would like to know where those apps came from.Well, you might get to know without the help of said friends or family if you’re getting on the latest preview ...
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You’re gonna have to sideload Samsung Pay onto the Verizon Galaxy S7 and S7 edge
Mobile payments are growing, but Verizon’s already grown into the US’s number one cellular network. And it thinks it can do plenty of things for and to its customers (like implementing special trackers into their web browsing and not telling them about it).Now comes word that the Verizon
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Old problem, new name: iOS third-party app stores now dubbed “DarkSideLoader”
There are few people who are in the know of how sideloading basically works. Those who are trying to find an app outside of the traditional (and official) stores will find third-party marketplaces and entities like APKMirror useful. iOS users who wanted to sideload apps have traditionally gone to jailbreaking ...
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Apple gives iOS a workable sideloading option through Xcode
There’s no shortage of reasons to choose one mobile operating system over another, and we could compare platform features or supported apps until the cows come home. But for some users, the choice of platform comes down to a matter of principle, and if you strongly feel that users should be able to run the software of their choice, it’s hard to recommend iOS. After all, while Google gives Android users the freedom to install third-party apps without any Play Store oversight, with Apple it’s the App Store or nothing – no sideloading (
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How safe is sideloading APKs?
As Android users, most of us have the ability to sideload apps directly onto our smartphones and tablets – no app store needed! People who use other operating systems on their mobile devices aren’t always so lucky. To load apps on their devices from sources other than those officially sanctioned by the company that makes their phone, many have to go through a jailbreaking or unlocking process. While not necessarily a “bad” thing, jailbreaking brings with it many other implications that reach significantly deeper than simply installing an app. Most Android-powered ...
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How-to sideload apps on the Amazon Fire Phone (video)
The Amazon Fire Phone is a pretty interesting device, but it comes with the Amazon Appstore instead of the Google Play Store. What if you want some other apps? Because the Fire Phone is based on Android, you’re in luck! Just like other Android-powered devices, you can sideload applications right onto the device, but the process looks a little different than you may be used to. Here’s how you can sideload apps on the Amazon Fire Phone.Enable SideloadingHead into the Settings by pulling down ...
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Would sideloading Android apps help Windows Phone, or hurt it?
Boy was I in for a shock. I had no idea the backlash I would face writing an innocent editorial about some features of the soon-to-be-defunct Blackberry I would love to see on Windows Phone. It was a throw-away bullet point – the fifth and a half of five. It was based on a one-line email I got from a colleague here at Pocketnow (no names, lest they be flamed). It seemed like a decent idea, so I ran with it. Sideloading Android apps on Windows phone would be a good idea right? Well, if the commenters here and folks on twitter are to be believed – heck no. No Garbage Zone It was almost ...
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