First alleged images of the Nokia’s upcoming Windows Phone device codenamed Catwalk has surfaced online. This would be a follow up to the Lumia 920, but it would reportedly come with a aluminium body, making it thinner and lighter than the Lumia 920. Specifications of the device surfaced earlier this month. Renders of the Lumia 928 codename Laser with Xenon Flash for Verizon USA surfaced earlier this month.
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ZeptoLab, the creators of popular game Cut the Rope has finally released the Cut The Rope Experiments for the Windows Phone. Cut The Rope arrived for Windows Phone back in November 2012. . The Cut the Rope Experiments was launched for iPhone and iPad on August 2011 and the game was released on Android last March. This is also available for Windows Phone 8 devices. Continue reading “Cut The Rope Experiments now available for Windows Phone”
LinkedIn has updated the Android and iPhone apps. This brings new features such as revamped user interface, richer stream that offers tailored updates, news, original posts from influencers, deeper personalization options with a new navigation page. This update also bring new languages including Dutch and Norwegian for the iPhone, and Turkish, Dutch and Norwegian for Android. Continue reading “LinkedIn for Android and iPhone updated with revamped UI, better personalization and more”
Microsoft has updated the Outlook.com application for Android with a completely new user interface and lot of new features. This is a major update since the launch of the app back in November 2012. The new update bring a simple user interface similar to the Windows 8 and the outlook.com web application. Additionally this update also adds new features including conversation threading, filters for unread and flagged mail, as well as the ability to mark messages as junk. Continue reading “Outlook app for Android updated with new UI and features”
Vodafone India has partnered with ICICI Bank to launch M-Pesa, a mobile money transfer and payment service. It offers a simple and secure way to transfer money and make payments with the security of financial transactions provided by ICICI Bank. Vodafone India through its subsidiary, Mobile Commerce Solutions Ltd. (MCSL) and ICICI Bank announced the M-Pesa back in November 2012. It is aimed at unbanked and underserviced sections of the country. Continue reading “Vodafone and ICICI Bank partner to launch M-Pesa mobile money transfer and payment service”
Aircel has launched a new Pocket Internet 24 pack which costs just Rs. 24. This pack offers 100 MB of data with 30 days validity, so you spend less than Re. 1/day for data. This plan would enable customers to experience and experiment internet on their mobile phones for the whole month at an economical price. Vodafone launched a similar trial plan for 2G and 3G customers recently. Continue reading “Aircel launches Pocket Internet 24 affordable data pack at Rs. 24”
Sony launched the Xperia SP in India last week at an MRP of Rs. 27490. The phone is now on sale from online retailer Infibeam. The Sony Xperia SP was announced last month and packs a 4.6-inch 720p HD Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2, powered by a 1.7 GHz Dual-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8960Pro processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8MP auto focus camera with LED Flash, Exmor RS sensor and a VGA front-facing camera. It also comes with pre-loaded Sony Music music streaming app that would offer 6 months unlimited music streaming and the Sony LIV video streaming app that would let you watch over 77 Sony TV shows. Continue reading “Sony Xperia SP goes on sale in India for Rs. 25490”
Amazon has announced that they would expand their App Store for Android to more than 200 countries including India, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, Papua New Guinea, Vatican City and more. Amazon is asking the international developers to submit their apps through the Amazon Mobile App Distribution Portal, and these apps would be available when the Amazon App Store for Android launches internationally. The Amazon app store for Android was first launched in the U.S back in 2011. The Android app was updated to support ICS devices back in January 2012. It rolled out in UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Japan recently. Continue reading “Amazon Android App Store coming to 200 countries including India”
LinkedIn for Windows Phone has been updated to version 1.5 that brings lot of new features including Live Tile support, speech recognition that lets you speak out commands, lock screen support that shows images right on your lock screen and lots more. This update also brings support for 4 new languages. LinkedIn for Windows Phone was first launched back in May 2012. Continue reading “LinkedIn for Windows Phone updated with Live Tile support, Speech recognition and more”
Facebook released the Facebook Home app for Android on the Google Play last Friday, but it was only available in the U.S. Google Play Store.The Facebook Home launcher is now available for International users on select Android devices. It was announced earlier this month, and the HTC First is the first device to come pre-loaded with Facebook Home launcher. Facebook Home has Cover feed that offers photos and updates from your newsfeed, Notifications, Chat Heads, App Launcher to launch Facebook apps and more. Continue reading “Facebook Home for Android now available for International users”
Facebook for iPhone and iPad received the major update to version 6.0. This update brings Chat Heads feature for Messaging that was available for Facebook Messenger for Android last week. You can’t use chat heads outside the Facebook application like Android, but you can use it when you’re doing other stuff on Facebook, like checking your News Feed. This update also brings option to add large stickers to Facebook messages, instead of smileys. Facebook is also rolling out improved News Feed design that was announced last month. Continue reading “Facebook for iPhone and iPad v6.0 update brings Chat Heads and Stickers”
Nokia Lumia 720 finally goes on sale in India from the official Nokia India Online Shop. It was unveiled at the MWC 2013 back in February. Nokia launched the Lumia 720 in India last month along with the Lumia 520. It went on pre-order online from Flipkart couple of days back. It has a 4.3-inch (800 x 480 pixels) ClearBlack display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8227 processor and runs on the latest Windows Phone 8 OS. It has a 6.7-megapixel auto focus camera at the back with LED Flash, Carl Zeiss optics and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 720 goes on sale in India at a price of Rs. 18999”
Nokia has announced their partnership with BigFlix, India’s first movie-on-demand service from Reliance Group to offer 3 months free subscription for their recently launched devices Lumia 520, Lumia 620 and the Lumia 720. BigFlix has a huge catalogue of more than 1500 films in more than 6 Indian languages including English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali and more. Continue reading “Nokia to offer 3 months free BigFlix subscription with Lumia 520, 620 and 720”
SetMyCamPro is an app for iPhone and iPad that offers the best settings to capture a perfect photograph by accessing the camera. You need an IR Transmitter to remotely trigger your DSLR (select Canon and Nikon cameras only). It has Field of View (FoV) utility with image stabilization, brightness adjustment and image enhancement features that has been introduced in the latest version 1.1 update last week. It also assists in camera configurations for both Depth of Field (DoF) and minimum shutter speed recommendations. Continue reading “SetMyCamPro for iPhone and iPad lets you remotely access your DSLR”
Smartphone running on the Firefox OS would start shipping in 9 countries including Brazil, Colombia, Hungary, Mexico, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Spain, and Venezuela, according to a recent report from Business Insider. At AllThingsD’s D: Dive Into Mobile conference, Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs said that the Firefox OS would launch in five countries, but Mozilla PR confirmed to Business Insider that it would be available in 9 countries starting from June 2013. Continue reading “Firefox Smartphone devices to launch in 9 countries starting from June 2013”
