Five Easy Ways to Improve User Experience

Rather than focusing time and energy on the extremely complicated ways to improve user experience (which is typically the case for most people), try a few of the simple ideas below.

1. Speed is a Key Component – Make it Faster

It is a well-known fact that page load time affects user abandonment; if your site takes too long to load, people will either go to another page or just leave.  According to Jason Fried, “Improving speed to make something 25% faster [...]

Google Video With Root Check Disabled Leaked

Many users were excited when they upgraded to the new Android Market and Google Videos app, only to find that Google had blocked viewing rented videos on any rooted device.

A modified version of the Google Videos app has been leaked online, which enables rooted users to play rented movies on their devices.  (requires Android 2.2+)

This APK is a modified version of the com.google.android.videos-1.apk that bypasses the root & tamper checks. This apk file will fix both the standalone version of [...]

How to Manually Update To New Android Market

If you just can’t wait for the Android Market to automatically update on your phone over the next few weeks, follow these simple steps below to manually install the updated Market on your phone (no root required).

Download the Market App HERE
Open the file on your SD Card using a file manager
Select the file, then click OK to replace the old market app
Select Install

Movies cannot be played on rooted devices at this time, however there are a number of [...]

New Android Market Released

Google released an update to the Android Market, which bring books and movie rentals as well as a ton of other changes.  The new market also sports a new UI, top picks, Editor’s Choice, and Staff Pics.

This update will start rolling out in the next few weeks and is only available for Android 2.2 or higher and for the US only; however Google has stated they have plans to roll this out to other countries in the future.Check out the [...]