Author: Andy Medders

  • Art with HTC Vive like you’ve never seen it before

    Art with HTC Vive like you’ve never seen it before

    On the HTC Vive Live Tour we got a taste of the art experience and it really got our brains tingling with all sorts of creativity vibes. We were really given the sense that the possibilities to create something out of nothing ran endlessly in this artistic virtual space. In a recently shared video, the…

  • Android app of the week: YouTube Gaming

    Android app of the week: YouTube Gaming

    This week, straight outta the belly of Google is the YouTube Gaming app, a formal competitor to Twitch the popular live streaming service. If you have a console or a really nice PC that you use to play video games then you probably already heard about this app, but just in case you should still…

  • HTC Re Camera brings home top award from IDSA

    HTC Re Camera brings home top award from IDSA

    HTC recently received an award for one very innovative product, the HTC Re. The camera’s compact design contributed to its success when reviewed by the judges of the IDSA Awards panel who gave the product a top award in the computer accessory category. The HTC Re camera is one of HTC’s first products to be…

  • Android app of the week: Google Opinion Rewards

    Android app of the week: Google Opinion Rewards

    This week’s app wasn’t developed by HTC, but Google Opinion Rewards will offer you surveys that are run by market researchers for some extra pocket change in your Google Play account. Survey frequency may vary, and you don’t have to answer every survey you receive, but most have rewards that eventually add up to Google…

  • What to do while waiting for the Stagefright patch?

    What to do while waiting for the Stagefright patch?

    The Stagefright bug is a big deal to just about every Android owner out there. There’s an estimated 95% of Android powered devices that qualify as susceptible to such an exploit through the Stagefright module in Android. And the scary part is that the older your Android phone or tablet is, the less secure and…

  • Will your HTC phone receive a patch for the Stagefright vulnerability?

    Will your HTC phone receive a patch for the Stagefright vulnerability?

    At a recent convention, a huge vulnerability with MMS on the Android platform was announced publicly. Joshua Drake, from the security company Zimperiem discovered the loophole and reported it to Google in July. The exploit targets an area of Android called Stagefright giving anyone with your phone number the ability to send a multimedia message with a…

  • Hands on with the HTC Vive

    Hands on with the HTC Vive

    For HTC, virtual reality is here and as the holiday season draws nearer a hands-on marketing campaign has kicked off in the US for potential consumers to get a taste of a new reality that is well within their grasp. The HTC Vive World Tour is live in the US, headed to France and Germany…