DashClock is one of the more popular Android extensions out there, and for good reason. It makes lock screen notifications look cool. Instead of pulling down the notification bar like some plebeian, you can see what you missed laid out right there below the clock. There is even a huge amount of support for it. DashClock has extensions for SMS, Reddit, K9 Mail, and Facebook. However, it doesn't have an extension for quite everything yet. Until then, we can make do with a temporary solution based on Tasker. Everyone’s favorite task-managing app thankfully does have ...

Do you have an Android device and like the widgets on your home screen? Want something similar on your Windows desktop? Google Desktop is the way to add them. These gadgets are an easy way to have your important information right in a sidebar. When you are on your computer and a bit of information, it can be inconvenient to open up the browser simply to search for a ...

Creating Android apps is easy enough for developers. For the rest of us, not so much. Making your own app requires a quick hand in Java, XML, and a properly set up IDE for development and testing. Well, technically you could work without the IDE, but nobody does that. They’d have to be crazy. But we digress. The real point is making your own Android apps takes work. Ultimate Custom Clock Widget (UCCW) aims to solve that ...

One of the unquestioned advantages of Android over iOS is the constant option of widgets. Sure, jailbreakers might have one or two options, but when it comes down to who has more widgets of better quality, Android wins. There’s just no competing with the huge selection of customizable free and paid widgets available in the Market. These days, it’s considered a little weird if an app doesn’t ...

While rooting your Android phone and flashing cool custom ROMs are ways of enhancing your Android phone experience, these two processes are however not easy to carry out. For the uninitiated, these two tasks can become too daunting and frustrating. So, if you can’t root your Android phone and use custom ROMs, are you left with the stock features of your phone forever? Thankfully, you’re not. There are third-party apps which will allow you to change the look, appearance, settings, and behavior of your Android phone, without ...

The number of apps that we install on our Android device is ever-increasing. Accessing these apps by browsing  through the app drawer is not the most convenient solution. A convenient options  is to add widgets or shortcuts to the homescreen. Adding shortcuts to the phone's homescreen is an easy way out but you will soon feel a space crunch there too. There is no dearth of customizable widget apps but not all ...