Tag: HTC BlinkFeed

  • Sense Home app now available for Sense 7

    Sense Home app now available for Sense 7

    We knew it’d only be a matter of time before HTC added some of the main features of Sense 8 to the previous version of Sense and as of late yesterday the release came down through Google Play. HTC has updated the Sense Home app for HTC phones with Sense 7 to include changes to…

  • Android app of the week: News Republic

    Android app of the week: News Republic

    When HTC Sense Home app for Android was updated a few weeks ago, BlinkFeed shifted from a native news aggregate source to a feed for outside news aggregates. So far News Republic is the first partner HTC has integrated with BlinkFeed so let’s take a look at the app and how it works with HTC Sense…

  • HTC Sense Home update retires BlinkFeed news aggregate service

    HTC Sense Home update retires BlinkFeed news aggregate service

    The HTC Sense Home app received an update earlier this week and usually that’s a good thing, but that’s no so much the case as far as BlinkFeed users are concerned. HTC was on a good path when BlinkFeed was born. It has been a popular source for broadcasting news to us that we might…

  • HTC Sense Home gets a big update

    HTC Sense Home gets a big update

    Wow! HTC is on a roll with these updates this week and today we have a nice roll out of some new features for HTC Sense Home particularly to HTC Themes as well as some attention to BlinkFeed. The update came to my phone this morning and while I haven’t had that much time to explore…

  • How to turn off BlinkFeed ads

    How to turn off BlinkFeed ads

    If you haven’t already heard, HTC is testing sponsored content within BlinkFeed in a handful of markets so see if the new ads will be a viable source of income for the company. While we’re all used to seeing ads in Facebook, Twitter and Instagram by now, BlinkFeed has been a safe place to enjoy…

  • Latest Sense Home update brings ads to BlinkFeed

    Latest Sense Home update brings ads to BlinkFeed

    HTC has turned to the blog to let users know that those who use BlinkFeed in areas like the US, UK, Germany, Taiwan, and China will now see an occasional promotion. These promotions are said to hope to introduce viewers to useful apps, products, and/or services including some of HTC’s own products. Ads will have…

  • HTC pulls the plug on Sense TV

    HTC pulls the plug on Sense TV

    If you haven’t opened the Sense TV app in a while then you may not have received notice that HTC is cutting the service off sometime tonight. Those with the HTC One M9 won’t be affected, because the On M9 was shipped without Sense TV on board. Mostly, HTC One M7 & One M8 users will…