Earlier today, Google launched its Google Play Music All Access streaming service in Ecuador, Guatemala, Uruguay, Paraguay, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Panama, El Salvador and Nicaragua. However, there have been some reports suggesting that the service is not yet live in all nine countries.

Most Android devices, unfortunately, don’t ship with a battery percentage indicator enabled by default. This can prove to be an issue for a number of people who need to know exactly just how much juice their smartphone has on board throughout the day.

Many turn to downloading third-party applications to arm themselves with this information, but they don’t need to. There’s actually a battery meter hidden within the operating system’s settings and it’s super easy to activate.

Today, Google started pushing out an update for its official Google+ application via the Play Store. In terms of added functionality, this upgrade brings users the ability to cast their timeline to any Chromecast connected TV, in addition to a handful of bug fixes, stability improvements and speed optimizations.

HTC has just announced that it’s latest mid-to-high end smartphone, the Desire 816, is now officially available in the United States through Virgin Mobile USA for $299 off-contract on any of its Beyond Talk prepaid plans.

Nearly all of us have at least one or two applications we’d hate to be without, unfortunately, these are the ones that spam us with a ton of useless notifications. Sadly, more often than not, this causes us to delete the apps, in an effort to restore some peace in our Notification Panel. However, you may like to know that there is a much simpler fix out there, which allows you to keep the applications and thankfully disable their notifications.