Video: How to enable developer options on Android in less than 60 seconds
The first video on our brand new YouTube channel concerns a common problem for Android users on newer versions of the operating system (4.2+): how do you enable developer options? They were there in Android 4.1 and earlier, but they were removed from sight in newer editions.
Read moreAndroid Wear: Google jumps into smartwatch arena, Apple close behind
After teasing in a few speaking engagements, Google Senior VP Sundar Pichai announced via the official Google blog that Android will now be featured on a series of wearables, in addition to their existing presence in the phone and tablet markets. This foray will begin with at least two smartwatches made by LG and Motorola.
Read moreBest root apps for Android 2014: our favorites
Rooting your Android phone or tablet doesn’t mean a whole lot unless you have the right apps to take advantage of your newly gained root access. Nowadays, there is so much you can do with the best root apps for Android that you can often achieve all of the customization of custom ROMs without the all of the hassle.
Read moreGoogle Drive is now dirt cheap
There are lots of options for cloud storage, something we here at GettingThingsTech are planning to cover in more detail later. DropBox is the giant in the industry while anyone with a Windows 8 computer probably knows a thing or two about OneDrive (the artist formerly known as SkyDrive). If you have a Google account, then guess what – you have Google Drive. And if you want more than 15GB of space on that account, it will be cheaper to get it from Google than virtually anywhere else.
Read moreOn Internet’s 25th birthday, we’re at risk of losing it
Today, the World Wide Web turns 25 years old. In that time, it has made over the basic human experience more profoundly and rapidly than anything we have ever known. More than just a monolithic revolution, the Internet had been a gateway for large-scale corporate communication and optimization. Later, it became a general consumer’s dream, a wealth of information and amusement. More recently, it has led us to the point where the Internet is accessed more by mobile devices than it is by laptops and desktops.
What if the next step in this information revolution is that the Internet becomes a venture that is corporate-run and world governments’ main tool for spying and control?
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