Simple Mobile Tools is the developer behind a suite of open source Android apps that live up to their name, with simple, ad-free user interfaces and features. Simple Voice Recorder has long been my go ...

App widgets can be thought of as a small window or controller for an Android app that can be embedded in another application (like the homescreen). They can be very useful, allowing users to view or ...

Fair warning: The tip you’re about to ingest has nothing to do with any of the fancy-schmancy, accuracy-challenged AI ballyhoo that dominates most tech news coverage at the moment. Nope — it’s just a ...

Notifications are a powerful tool in the Android developer’s toolkit, helping to keep your users up-to-date on events that are happening inside your application, even when they’re not looking at your ...

Chicago-based but Israeli-founded Future Simple, a startup that creates products aimed at small businesses, has released an Android app which hooks into their small business CRM. It’s the first Small ...

Many people use sticky notes at home and work to act as simple reminders. Their ease of use and high visibility make them perfect for creating a daily task list, keeping a shopping list for the ...

Android developer Ryan Bateman has launched a new Instapaper client for Android called Papermill, and it might be the best Instapaper app yet for Android users. Android developer Ryan Bateman has ...

Interested in developing your own Android app? We’ll walk you through getting your computer set up for app development and how to get started. Image: Peter Holden/TalkAndroid Editorial Note: Talk ...

It’s no secret that developing and testing Android applications can be difficult, but a newly launched solution called DeployGate intends to take the pain out of part of the process. In a nutshell, ...

Jaymar Cabebe covers mobile apps and Windows software for CNET. While he may be a former host of the Android Atlas Weekly podcast, he doesn't hate iOS or Mac. Jaymar has worked in online media since ...