Sony’s new flagship Xperia Z2 was released late last month at MWC in Barcelona. Improving on its predecessor in every aspect that counts, the Z2 is quite the tempting proposition for those looking for a new high-end device in early 2014.

Earlier this month, XDA Recognized Developer DooMLoRD provided a firmware dump for Sony’s latest flagship. While this was obviously not intended for end users, it was released with the intention of helping other developers port various parts of the Z2′s firmware to other devices. Now, XDA Senior Member Aman_Arora and Recognized Contributor Jishnu Sur™ have gone ahead and done exactly that.

Their first ported app is the Z2′s calendar app, which can now be used on any device running Android 4.0 or greater. (Android 4.1+ has been tested, but it is assumed that this will also work on 4.0.) Currently, most of the app’s features work, but there are a few minor problems here and there. For example, you are unable to add contacts to event attendee lists because they hook into Xperia-specific contacts files.

While the port isn’t 100% complete yet, those looking for an aesthetically appealing calendar with lots of event and display customization may find the Z2 calendar app worth a shot. Head over to the ported application thread to get started.

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Sometimes, we all like to sit back and enjoy a bit of diversion with our favorite mobile apps. Be it chatting with friends on Facebook, binge watching every episode of House of Cards on Netflix, or sitting down for a few hours with Flappy Birds, we all find ourselves wasting a bit more time than we’d like from time to time. Wouldn’t it be great if you could track your time spent in individual apps to better optimize your day? Now you can.

Frequency by XDA Forum Member AggieDev is a simple application that shows you  a list of your installed applications and how long you’ve spent in each. The list is presented in descending order, in order to best highlight the apps that consume the greatest amount of your time.

Frequency offers a good amount of customization to better fit your needs. It allows you to display which apps you’ve used most in the current day, past week, past month, past three months, past year, and all time. Additionally, it allows you to hide certain applications that you want excluded from consideration such as, let’s say, your launcher. The application also allows you to configure its accuracy. And since increasing accuracy also consumes more battery, so lower accuracy may be a better choice for some.

If you’ve ever wondered about your time-sucks, head over to the application thread and objectively track them down!

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Few things tell us more than an image. Our brains decode image much faster than other forms of information such as text, sound, and so on. Even when meeting new people, first impressions are largely based on visual cues. Android is no different, and the XDA community is home to lots of themes, mods, and wallpapers to make our favorite operating system look better.

You can do countless things with image, but you require good software to apply some effects or filters. Sadly, most of this software is available only on traditional computers, and can’t be done with a phone. It’s a shame because nowadays, Android devices are capable of doing almost everything from make calls to controlling cars. If you ever wanted to play with your images directly on your device, XDA Recognized Contributor Chris95X8, made a simple application that allows you to dim, blur, and save the modified images on your phone. The app is very minimal, and can do wonders with your favorite wallpapers to make them even better.

You can find Tholotis by visiting the application thread. So if you are interested, pick your favorite image and make it even more beautiful with ease.

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Google announced the Google Play Games services back in May at the Google I/O. Now the Google Play Games app is live in the Play Store that lets you invite a friend and start challenging gamers around the world, compete for top achievements, and race to the top of the leaderboard. You can also discover new games and play with friends and join supported multiplayer games. It also shows notifications and friend’s requests. By default only users from your Google Play circles can send requests, but you can change it from the settings.

Under the recommended games section, you can view featured games, popular games and popular multiplayer titles. It also recommends people to added in your Google+ circles so that you can play with them.

Features of Google Play Games

• Discover great games
• Play with your friends, and see what they’re playing
• Join multiplayer games
• Track your achievements
• Compare scores with other players

Download Google Play Games from the Google Play Store for free. This doesn’t have any country restriction and is available for all the users with Google account globally.

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App analytics company Flurry has outed a report earlier today pointing towards a continuing trend of apps gone free. Showcasing how pricing of apps has been changing the past four years, the authors of the report offer an insight into why, and this one is actually a no-brainer – people like free stuff, so naturally – more free stuff is becoming available.

Choosing the iTunes Store over Google's Play Store for its seniority, Flurry's analysis reinforces this notion:

As you can see, 90% of all iOS apps are now offered for free, with 6% going for $0.99 a pop while the remainder is split among the higher price tier. “But why?” is a natural thing to wonder, and on this account we have to agree with the report – consumers have made their choice. Yes, ads are annoying, but they're a necessary evil and, as this turn of event exemplifies, preferred over paid content.

With Android aiming to reach consumers across the entire price spectrum, the next finding of the report should be of no surprise to anybody: Android users, on average, are less willing to pay for content. In fact, when compared to their iOS counterparts, they spent three times less on apps:

What's more, iPad owners really are the cash-cows that iOS devs should be targeting – and they do: according to Flurry, iPad apps on average cost over two and a half times more than iPhone apps, and over eight times as much as Android apps. The company notes that this is, at least partially, due to the higher income class iPad owners usually belong to.

No one likes getting skinned for their money, and the company's research agrees. According to an experiment it ran, many previously paid-for apps went free after significant testing of the price elasticity of demand for their apps. In simpler terms, that's simply how much demand for apps fluctuates according to a price change. The results indicate that an increasing amount of paid apps, even the ones that cost as little as $0.99, have decided to go free after testing the waters and finding out that even a dollar is a significant roadblock to demand. Demand that they can otherwise monetize via ads.

So what does this all mean? The guys behind the company put it plainly: 

While consumers may not like in-app advertising, their behavior makes it clear that they are willing to accept it in exchange for free content, just as we have in radio, TV and online for decades. In light of that, it seems that the conversation about whether apps should have ads is largely over. Developers of some specialized apps may be able to monetize through paid downloads, and game apps sometimes generate significant revenue through in-app purchases, but since consumers are unwilling to pay for most apps, and most app developers need to make money somehow, it seems clear that ads in apps are a sure thing for the foreseeable future. Given that, we believe it’s time to shift the conversation away from whether there should be ads in apps at all, and instead determine how to make ads in apps as interesting and relevant as possible for consumers, and as efficient and effective as possible for advertisers and developers. 

source: Flurry via TechCrunch

Courtesy: PhoneArena

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DUAL Camera is a similar app which looks similar to Galaxy S4's Dual Cam Feature.........But Functions and Tries are limited + its a bit laggy as of now....

Download HERE

The Shot's are limited to few tries so i can help to overcome this issue...

Just go to Settings>Apps>All>Dual Camera> and then Clear Data

Repeat whenever it shows "Trial Out"

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Fruit ninja is a highly entertaining game available for Android & IOS...Enjoy playing it...


Direct Link Android - Download

Direct Link IOS - Download

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