{"id":21775,"date":"2014-05-09T03:08:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T01:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=21775"},"modified":"2014-05-09T03:08:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T01:08:00","slug":"popcorn-time-comes-to-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/09\/popcorn-time-comes-to-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Popcorn Time comes to Android"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lifehacker reports<\/a> some good news for movie loving owners of Android devices:<\/p>\n

Movie streaming service Popcorn Time has had some trouble staying in business (for obvious reasons), but it’s back on Android with a free, open source app that streams movies directly to your device.P<\/p>\n

The service works by downloading torrents in the background while you watch. As with any service like this, both legal films as well as illegal, copyrighted movies show up, so it’s up to you to decide how you use it. Unlike the web-based versions of the last couple months, though, it won’t be as easy to pull the plug on an open source app.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here is the direct link to Popcorn Time<\/a> on Google Play Store.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Lifehacker reports some good news for movie loving owners of Android devices: Movie streaming service Popcorn Time has had some trouble staying in business (for obvious reasons), but it’s back on Android with a free, open source app that streams movies directly to your device.P The service works by downloading torrents in the background while … Continue reading Popcorn Time comes to Android<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,24,62,1334],"tags":[2400,1141,2912,585],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-21775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-general","category-movies","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-google-android","tag-mobile","tag-open-source","tag-torrent","post_format-post-format-link"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17854,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/03\/11\/android-app-stores-alternative-to-google-play\/","url_meta":{"origin":21775,"position":0},"title":"Android app stores alternative to Google Play","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"March 11, 2013","format":"link","excerpt":"Android app stores alternative to Google Play","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":18677,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/10\/15\/helium-app-sync-and-backup-for-android\/","url_meta":{"origin":21775,"position":1},"title":"Helium – App Sync and Backup for Android","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"October 15, 2013","format":"link","excerpt":"Helium - App Sync and Backup for Android","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":18000,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/04\/14\/facebook-android-app-update-is-insane\/","url_meta":{"origin":21775,"position":2},"title":"Facebook Android app update is insane …","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"April 14, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"... even for me. \u00a0I've been saying for a while that the privacy is pretty much dead, but this new update of Facebook Android app is asking for way too may permissions even for my taste. \u00a0Some of the things that it \"needs\" now are: access to make phone calls\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24816,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2015\/10\/06\/android-6-0-marshmallow-thoroughly-reviewed\/","url_meta":{"origin":21775,"position":3},"title":"Android 6.0 Marshmallow, thoroughly reviewed","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"October 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Ars Technica has thoroughly reviewed Android 6.0 Marshmallow. \u00a0Read the whole 10+ page review, or satisfy yourself with this very short summary: The Good The new home screen adds tons of genuinely useful features. 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