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There are too m any apps in the Google Play Store and it will be very impossible to keep abreast them all and yet new ones are constantly being added on a daily basis. However, we try to point your attention to good apps that may interest you. Here are few new apps that you may like going by general review and completely free. 1. Street Fighter Hero 2014 This is a 2D game that follows the classic arcade style game and just as the name suggest, you fight your way through the streets. Popular user review gives the 13MB size game 4 stars. You should try it out since it's lightweight and free then give us a feedback. 2. CSR Racing When it comes to racing games on smartphones, the number of names you can call aren't too much however CSR racing is one of those names that's in the list of worthy names. The game is a racing game with powerful graphics and cars. Stability is also very good and it's completely free. If you are in the mood for a car...

A new Google Play Store apk with version number 4.8.19 was just recently released with a number of updates. One of the update is the PayPal support when making purchases. Also, slight UI changes have been made to the Play Store app to give it a more polished look with bigger header images in video and book section. You can download the new Google Play Store apk for your Android phone or tablet from here . Like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter for more smartphone gist.

Have you ever wanted to download a file and couldn't because its not available in your country yet or not compatible for your device at that point in time? Google does this because perhaps the developer wants to roll out the app country by country or its not just compatible with some devices. Well, there is a work around for such issues and the workaround involves downloading the actual apk file from Play Store to your computer or phone and then install normally as you would do for apk files. One catch though is that it works for free apps and not paid applications; we don't want to condone using cracked apps too. Developers must chop! Follow the steps below to get apk files from Google Play Procedures 1. Go to Google Play Store and search for the free app of your choice. 2. Click on any free app you wish to download its apk file. just as in the image below which I selected 2go app.   3. Now copy the URL at the top of your browser shown in red i...

The rumor that BlackBerry was about to put Google Play Store on their new BlackBerry 10.2.1 OS was huge and it obviously got to BlackBerry which eventually prompt them to give a respond to the guys at N4BB when asked concerning the issue. Guys from N4BB authorized BlackBerry personnel on this matter and he gave statement saying that the rumor of Google Play App Store to be embedded on BlackBerry phones is false. below is a copy of the statement by BlackBerry. "We can confirm that there is no planned support for Google Play on BlackBerry. BlackBerry World remains the primary source for trusted and curated BlackBerry applications and we continue to support open standards and open source tools so BlackBerry developers can continue to create apps on any of the development platforms we support.” There you have it folks, directly from the horses' mouth. Sorry, Google Play store app isn't coming with BlackBerry 10.2.1. However, some android features are obv...

Apple's iMessage messaging service just got spotted on Google Play Store and its available for download for Android devices. Like the name suggest, it allows you to send iMessages to not only Apple devices but also to other Android users that have the app installed. This is actually surprising seeing that the app had been in the store since September 12th according to the information on Google Play Store. Not only that, there are reviews being written which suggests that the app is performing as intended. Jay Freeman, creator of Cydia, a popular Hacker and Developer on the iOS platform has this to say "as far as I can tell the way it works is that the client does directly connect to Apple, but the data is all processed on the developer's server in China. This not only means that Apple can't just block them by IP address, but also that they get to keep the "secret sauce" on their servers (and potentially just run Apple code: there...

Apple App Store offers more useful apps Than Google Play Store and the reason isn't far fetched.  While we live in an age where software and applications have become more relevant than ever, any smartphone maker that do not have a huge application base in its app store is doomed and would suffer in sales of its devices, this is especially glaring with BlackBerry and Windows Phone devices.  That being said, having huge applications present in the app store isn't only the factor that determines the high adoption of a mobile operating system. What is the point of having over one million apps and 70% are not really useful to mankind? Definitely no point and this why having the largest application in the store is not enough.  Considering Google Play Store and Apple App Store boasting of almost a million apps each in its app store, there's nothing that can't be installed on an Android & iOS device thereby making devices running these Operating Systems m...

You can now share apps you downloaded to your device directly from Google Play Store . Naturally, when apps are downloaded from the Play Store and it is installed to a device, it is almost impossible to know where the installation file is saved and it is not possible to share the app like you would share normal apps with the normal .apk extension. The purpose of this guide is to show how you can convert these directly downloaded apps to apk and share to other Android devices. Procedures 1. Download MyAppSharer app and install to your device 2. Launch application and you will see all your installed apps.  3. Select the app you want to convert to apk by checking the box at the right hand side and wait for it to process.   4. Select APK  by tapping the circular icon and click Share. 5. Scroll left or right to view sharing options, either via email, Bluetooth etc. All apps converted to APK can are saved to a folder called ...