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Humble Mobile Bundle 11 rolls in with six games, more following

If you don’t know what the Humble Bundle is all about, we ask you to come out of that rock you’ve been hiding in for this long. The Humble Bundle is not just about giving gamers video games on the cheap, it’s about getting the gamers to give money to great causes and charities – something you wouldn’t have thought possible. Now they’re back with the Humble Mobile Bundle 11 – giving you (initially) 6 games in the bundle, depending on how much you give.



As always, Humble Bundle will give you the chance to pay what you want – and give you three games for that. This includes “Bounden”, “Auro”, and “Avernum: Escape from the Pit”. Bounden is a funky little multi-player dance game, you might want to play this with a friend. Auro is more of a tactical/strategy game. The big boy in this bundle is Avernum, a huge RPG that would normally cost you USD$9.99.



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If you pay more than the average, which at time of writing is at USD$4.32, you get very good game apps in “80 Days”, “Kingdom Rush: Origins”, and “Riddick: The Merc Files”. As a bonus, you will get any other game they may want to add in the next few days, and trust us, they will add games.


So if you’re feeling a little generous now, head on over to the Humble Bundle site to get this package of games. Pay as little as USD$0.01 to get some games, but why stop there? Pay over the average and get all of the available games.


SOURCE: Humble Bundle





Random Heroes 3 2D shooter game now available on Android

They say that all great film franchises come in trilogies (well, most of them that are great anyways) and maybe that can apply to games too. The final part of the popular and critically praised Random Heroes trilogy has finally made its way to Android smartphones and tablets. Now you can blast your way into saving the earth from invading aliens through this 2D shooter game.



The side-scrolling shooter game has the same storyline as the two previous installments. You need to save the earth from these alien invaders, but you and your teammates are the most unlikely of heroes (hence, the name of the game). But as long as you shoot everything on sight and get the job done, who cares if you look or seem weird for a hero? There are over 75 levels in this third game, plus more than 25 weapons and 25 unlikely heroes as well. Each of these characters have different abilities that may serve you well in some parts of the game.


While you're just running and shooting all throughout the game, there are also stars and crystal skulls to be collected, an upgrade system to follow your progression, plus large maps and hidden areas to explore. If you don't feel like doing much thinking when you're playing games, then this is something you might enjoy (if you like shooting guns and killing things, that is).


You can buy Random Heroes 3 for just $0.99 from the Google Play Store. There are also several in-app purchases available.




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AutoMate app on beta, brings Android Auto-like UI in app form

If you’ve followed our reports on Android Auto, you will understand that Google’s efforts towards reaching your car’s dash control is only available in head units at this time – and some very expensive ones to boot. AutoMate may just be the answer to that – it provides a sort of control hub for you while driving your car, but it’s still in beta release at this point.



App developer Kahtaf Alam has made AutoMate available via the Google Play Store, but only for those who want to do beta testing. The app delivers an Android Auto-like experience – bringing messaging, call, navigation and music capabilities together so you can access it while driving.


When you test out the app, it looks very much like Android Auto – that is intentional. AutoMate wants to capture a piece of that experience in app format. The features are still rough, you would expect that in a beta release. But basically, it does everything Android Auto can do – it can read back your text messages (via Google’s text-to-speech), navigate via Google Maps and other navigation apps, play music, and make calls.


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If you want to test this out, there is a dedicated Google+ group (see source link) that you can join, and ask how to be part of the beta test. The developers have been very open in their need for quality user feedback, so maybe you can help.


SOURCE: +KahtafAlam


Twitter’s revamped “quote tweet” functionality coming soon to Android

This is a common occurrence for Twitter users. You see a tweet that you really, really like but instead of just retweeting it, you'd like to add a short comment or reaction. Unfortunately, the 140 character rule means that you can't fully express your comment, which defeats the purpose of the quote tweet. Or you sometimes just use an emoji, which is always not enough. The micro-blogging giant has announced they are revamping this functionality, and hopefully, it will reach Android soon.



Instead of quoting it as text, meaning it eats up your characters, the actual tweet will now just be embedded into your tweet. So you now have 116 more characters to add to tell the world how you feel about the tweet you're quoting. Don't worry, the twitter account you're quoting will still be able to receive a notification that you quoted/retweeted them, so your favorite celebrity can still react to your comment if he/she/they want to.


For those who are using third-party apps for the web or mobile device versions, the link to the original tweet will be included, but not as an embedded tweet. However, developers will probably be able to add support for their own apps later on.


Unfortunately for Android users, Twitter did not make us the priority in the update roll-out. It is already available for the web version and the iOS apps. They did promise that it will be "coming soon" for Android, although we don't know how long that "soon" is.


SOURCE: Twitter





Adobe Reader gets major redesign, now called Acrobat DC

You've been using the PDF format for decades now, and when mobile devices started getting smarter, you eventually got an app as well. But it's been some years since anything major happened to the Adobe Reader app, but now they're making up for almost 5 years of inactivity by redesigning the entire Android app, and renaming it to Acrobat DC. No, the company has not been bought by a comic book publisher, but it stands for Document Cloud.



Adobe and all its products part of the Creative Cloud have been pushing for users to save their documents, photos, and projects onto their cloud server so that you can access them, whether you're on your smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop. With the conversion of Adobe Reader to Acrobat Document Cloud, you'll now be able to access features on your mobile device that were just previously found for desktop clients.


But the major change is also more on the user interface for the Android app, which is the first big update since 2010. The new Tools menu is easier to use and you can even see there the tasks that you frequently use. You can also now organize the pages in your PDF file, and even rotate and delete pages as well. Another update is that you can now use Adobe Fill & Sign to fill up, send and sign forms, if your device is on Android 5 and up.


The app itself is still free to download from the Google Play Store, but if you'd like to do more, you'd have to pay up through in-app purchases or sign up for a monthly subscription. For example, for the feature to create PDF files from scratch, you need to cough up $9.99. To export PDF files, you need to pay $1.99 a month. To be able to do use all the features, you can sign up for a Pro Document Cloud subscription for $24.99.


VIA: Android Police


Instagram’s first Android-first update brings Color and Fade tools

Usually, photo sharing juggernaut Instagram brings its updates to that other platform first before rolling it out to Android users. But for some reason, they chose to go Android first with their newest update. And not only does it have the usual bug fixes and improvements, it comes with two new tools that you can use to make your pictures prettier, all without having to use a third-party app to touch them up.



While Instagram continues to be one of the biggest social networks in terms of photo-sharing, its limited photo editing capabilities has led other people to seek out other photo editing apps to enhance the photos they take of their food, their travels, and of course, the ever-important selfies. VSCO Cam, Afterlight and even Photoshop are just some of the go-to apps for mobile photo enthusiasts. But Instagram is listening to its users and has been adding and enhancing features so that they won't need to go outside the app anymore.


The latest update, version 6.19.0 for Android, brings two new tools to the plate. Color allows you to tint the highlights and shadows of your photos to various colors like yellow, orange, red, pink, purple, blue, cyan or green. Meanwhile, the Fade tool is for when you want your photos to have a quieter, calmer tone, perfect for the contemplative, emo kind of pictures.


Instagram still has a long way to go to be able to catch up to other mobile photo editing apps, but with a network like theirs, they need not be too worried. But it will be great to have more editing features, and maybe that constantly requested re-gram/re-post capability will arrive someday soon.


SOURCE: Instagram





MultiROM arrives for the Nexus 6

It’s been a while since we talked about MultiROM – that wonderful Android tweak that allows you to boot off different custom ROMs each time. We’ve mentioned that the development team of MultiROM has made it available for a good number of devices, including Sony Xperia devices, the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy S4, even the HTC One M8. Now, MultiROM makes its way to Google’s flagship smartphone, the Nexus 6.



MultiROM, now at v32, supports the Motorola-made Nexus 6, codename “Shamu”. If you’re a user who likes to tweak, and if you've ever thought about being able to boot from multiple Android ROMs on your Nexus 6 – or even Ubuntu Touch firmware – this hack is for you. MultiROM features a boot manager that asks you on startup to choose which OS to run for your device. You can add and managing your available ROMs through a built-in ROM manager app.



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As you may imagine, the possibilities from MultiROM are seemingly infinite, and the only thing that would give you pause is how much storage you have left. MultiROM also does not work with data encryption – for the obvious reason that you will most likely be changing from one ROM to another on a regular basis.


Also, have we told you? Smartphones ARE NOT designed to run multiple OS’s like this – so you better be knowledgeable about bringing bricked phones back to life if you want to try this. It’s pretty stable, but still it’s one big giant hack – and as tweakers always have to know, crap happens. Make sure you have a working backup of your phone if you want to try this. Other than that, head on to the source link for more information and complete instructions.


SOURCE: XDA





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