NARR8 For Android & iPad Adds Animation & Interactivity To Comic Book Reading

Comics know no age or genre, which is one of the reasons of their appeal. If you’re a fan of comics, and not just specific series by giants like Marvel or DC, but of the art itself, NARR8 (read ‘narrate’) for Android and iOS will definitely keep you occupied with its collection of amazing graphic novels made by skilled artists and story writers. Most of you probably aren’t new to the concept of digital comics, but NARR8 brings something more to the table. Elements like animations, music and sound effects make sure that your experience is more than interactive, much like in Madefire for iOS. NARR8 has been around on the iPad for a while now and recently made its way to Android smartphones and tablets...

The strongest attribute of NARR8 is its free collection of comics that have obviously had a lot of effort put into them. For those with a tablet, the experience should be even more exciting...

  

Boot Into & Run Linux Distros On Your PC From An Android Device With DriveDroid

We’ve all heard of live USBs that allow the user to boot right into an operating system on a PC without actually having to install it, a trend that has garnered limelight with Linux distributions. Keeping the need to casually test a Linux distro aside, you might find yourself in a situation where your PC’s current OS is failing to boot, you need a live disk to fix the issue or salvage your data, and your USB drive has everything in it but a live disk image. One solution would be to get your hands on another PC, but what if you could boot into a Linux distro (like Ubuntu or Fedora) straight from your rooted Android device?DriveDroid lets you do just that. What’s more, this nifty tool will download the distro of your choice straight to the device, ridding you of the need to have access to a second PC. We take a closer look at how DroidDrive works and what makes it so special after the jump...

Not all of us carry a Linux live USB drive or rescue disk around at all times. Mobile phones, on the other hand, are a constant for most. The ability to boot into an OS on your PC using your Android phone makes DriveDroid an excellent tool to be used as a rescue disk in case of emergencies. That’s not all; there are a few other tricks the app brings to the table.

  

GO TouchHelper Is A Gorgeous Quick-Access Add-on For GO Launcher EX

Seldom does one come across an app so beautiful that you just want to keep staring at its UI, even if you have no use for it whatsoever. And needless to say, it’s even better when the app is useful and intuitive as well. The name of GO Dev Team is familiar to most Android users, and the guys have done it again! While the name GO TouchHelper may sound a bit misleading at first – I thought it was a touch calibration tool – you will see that it serves an entirely different purpose. According to the GO Launcher Dev Team, it’s a tool built to “Mix core features into all-in-one app”, and not only does it hold true to that purpose, but also does so while looking amazing! Acting like a dropdown menu containing frequently accessed settings and shortcuts, the app is a simple ‘two-finger downward swipe’ gesture away when using GO Launcher EX. So what exactly does it have to offer? Let’s find out!!!

Before you begin, you will need to have GO Launcher EX v3.29 or above installed for the app to work. Once the app is installed, you can access it from any GO Launcher home screen with a two-finger downward swipe anywhere below the status bar and above the dock. You may think for a moment that the app will be replicating Android’s notification drawer, but that is not the its purpose – well, not for now at least. Instead, it provides you with what you can consider an entirely different, beautifully crafted mini-launcher within the launcher.

 

Asana Brings Its Official Mobile Project Management App To Android

After a successful run on iOS, the official Asana Mobile app has been released for Android as well. Asana is easily one of the most sought after project management web apps, and its availability on the mobile platform gives any team of people working together, the ability to keep themselves and others updated with every development regarding a task or project. Having been just released for Android, I feel the app’s UI needs to be slightly more user friendly for those who have just started with Asana. That said, the app brings almost all the Asana features you’ll require for collaboration on the go. We take a look at the app and how it functions after the break...

 

UNCOPT File Browser For Android Offers Holo UI, Dual-Pane View & Root Access

Dual-pane file managers for Android have been around for a while, and so have others that let you access root level system files. Both these elements offered in one single app for free however, is a rarity that UNCOPT File Browser aims to offer. To build on that, the app sports fantastic aesthetics with a dark Holo theme, along with the ability of browsing  the contents of compressed files like any other folder, support for plugins and much more. Let’s take a look at what makes UNCOPT File browser a worthy opponent to most Android file managers out there...

For system level/root access, a rooted device is required, obviously. Though the app will still work as a conventional file manager even if your device isn’t rooted.,,

  

TheftSpy Has Everything You Need In An Android Anti-Theft & Remote Management Tool [Review]

We have previously reviewed quite a few remote device management, location tracking, and anti-theft solutions for Android, but it’s hard to recall a tool that matches the proficiency of TheftSpy. Fresh to the Play Store, TheftSpy (Alpha) is a multipurpose Android tool offering web-based remote management, location tracking and anti-theft features. Besides offering services like remote contact list, call logs & message inbox access, location tracking via GPS, data wiping, device locking, and system rebooting & shutting down, the app brings several relatively new features to the table, such as the option to remotely take device screenshots, snap images via front-facing camera, push custom text messages as full-screen pop-up alerts, toast messages or as Text-To-Speech (TTS), encrypt entire mobile content, read & delete WhatsApp messages, secretly record audio via your device’s microphone and lots more, all from your desktop web browser...

Pixplit Is A Collaborative, Social Photo Collage App For Android & iOS

Initially released in iTunes App Store and just recently made available to Android users, Pixplit is among the few cross-platform social photo sharing apps that actually justify their purpose of being truly ‘social’ and ‘interactive’. The app is built around the simple concept of social photo collage making, where a user starts a collage with a photo of their choice and then anyone from anywhere can contribute to the collage by adding images of their own. A typical Pixplit collage is referred to as a ‘split’, and comprises 2-4 empty slots that can be filled by that many different users. Like any quality photo editing app, Pixplit offers a wide array of filters and borders that you can apply to your images prior to sharing. In addition, the app boasts an extensive set of featured content shared by worldwide users who you can socialize with using various conventional socializing tools...

Adobe Photoshop Touch Brings Desktop-Level Photo-Editing To iPhone & Android

Photoshop is the undisputed king of professional-grade photo-editing on the desktop. Now, Adobe has brought over a host of the most popular features of its desktop photo-editing application to smartphones with Photoshop Touch for both iPhone and Android. Check out our hands-on look at it after the jump...

First, a little background history: Photoshop Touch was initially released for the iPad around a year ago. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews for successfully bringing the Photoshop experience to tablet-form; it made Photoshop accessible without significantly dumbing down features...

You’ll be happy to know that Photoshop Touch’s transition from a tablet app to a smartphone app is surprisingly smooth. This writer’s only big gripe with it has more to do with smartphones’, especially the iPhone’s, limiting display size than anything else...

Yandex.Store Promises To Be A Great Alternative To Android Play Store

Whether you’re tired of not being able to access several Play Store apps in your country due to Google’s regional restrictions or just looking for a worthy alternative to Play Store and Amazon Appstore, we have some great news for you! Yandex – Russia’s largest search engine (often dubbed as Russia’s Google) – has just released an Android app store of its own fittingly titled Yandex.Store. With a UI and functionality quite similar to that of Google’s own offering, Yandex.Store is already home to more than 50,000 free and paid Android apps as well as games upon launch, with many communication, socializing and navigation-based apps aimed particularly at the local user community. That being said, you are also going to find the likes of Twitter, Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja, SoundHound, TuneIn Radio, Skype, Opera Browser and many other other big names in the package. Just like Play Store, you can view detailed information about the apps before installation, and update notifications as well as automatic updates of installed apps are supported as well...

The services of Yandex.Store are already available in a number of countries where you can easily purchase apps and games using your credit card or via cell phone bill payments. For those worried about the security of the apps featured on the store, all apps are verified by the trusted services of Kaspersky before making it to Yandex.Store.

  

snaplife Saves Clips, GIFs & Collages Of Best Moments In Videos On Android

It’s been a while since we last caught hold of a noteworthy photography app in the Play Store, but it seems the wait was well worth it, as we’ve just come across a remarkable tool in the form of snaplife. Available for free, snaplife is a multipurpose Android app that automatically analyzes your video recordings to present you with multiple thumbnails of some of the most significant moments in the entire clip, which can be saved as photo collages, GIF animations or MP4 video files. In addition, the app offers plenty of vintage-style filters so that you can make your life’s most memorable moments even more vivid and appealing. The images or video created with snaplife can then be shared with your friends and family members from within the app in just a few taps. Unlike a timelapse-oriented photography app or a routine video recording tool, snaplife puts you in complete control over selection of the moments from your video recordings that you wish to retain. Details to follow...