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Fast Burst Camera Lite – Give any Android phone’s camera a burst mode!

Posted on January 16, 2015

Do you get frustrated at the slow response from the camera on your Android phone? Lots of folks do, especially if they have older, slower phones.

I have an ancient Samsung Galaxy S 4G and it seems like it takes forever for the picture to take after I tap the shutter release button. Well, at least it used to…

I recently installed a free app called Fast Burst Camera Lite, and let me tell you, it put my phone’s camera on steroids!

Fast Burst Camera Lite actually does two things to improve your Android phone’s camera: [Read more…]

Display notifications from your Android device on your computer screen

Posted on December 3, 2014

Have you ever found yourself in a situation similar to the following?

You’re expecting an important text message that you really can’t afford to miss, but you’re at work and you simply don’t have time to pull your phone out of your pocket or purse every time it buzzes to see if it’s the message you’ve been waiting for.

Well, now you don’t have to.

Desktop Notifications is a free Android app / Google Chrome or Firefox browser extension combo that lets you display all of your Android device’s notifications right in the corner of your web browser! [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I load the full Facebook site on my Android tablet?

Posted on November 17, 2014

Question from Lanie F.: I have an el cheapo tablet running Android and I really like it for the most part, but it insists on loading the mobile version of Facebook instead of the full site.

I really need to view the full Facebook site every now and then because there are a couple of things that the mobile site won’t let me do. Is there any way to force the full site to load on my tablet? Thanks in advance!

Rick’s answer: Yes there us Lanie, and it’s very easy to do. After you have logged into Facebook with the mobile site, type the following into the address bar (you might want to bookmark it): [Read more…]

How to make your Android phone’s screen turn on just by picking up the phone

Posted on June 11, 2014

If you’re like me, you usually only pick up your phone when you actually want to use it, and having to press the power button to turn on the screen every time can be a bit irritating.

A few days ago I heard about a nifty free app called WakeUp that causes your Android phone’s screen to come on automatically whenever you pick up the phone and hold it at the correct angle. After using it for a while I can say that it has quickly become one of my favorites! [Read more…]

Android users beware: SimpleLocker malware ecrypts the files on your Android device and holds them for ransom

Posted on June 10, 2014

A while back I wrote about the nasty CryptoLocker ransomeware that was encrypts the hard drives on PCs. Hackers then demand a ransom in exchange for decrypting the locked files. Not a good thing!

Now, a similar piece of ransomeware is attacking Android devices. It’s called SimpleLocker, and it does basically the same thing as CrytoLocker.

So far there have been no reports of SimpleLocker attacking devices in the United States, but it’s only a matter of time before it hits our shores as well. [Read more…]