Microsoft has updated OneNote for Mac, iPhone and iPad to make it more organized and productive. The note taking app from Microsoft allows users to insert documents, PDFs and audio and video files into their notes from Mac as well as iOS devices.
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In a bid to increase users engagement on its platform, Facebook has unveiled ‘Mentions’ app for celebrities on iPhone. The app is exclusive only to verified public figures such as actors, athletes, musicians, and government officials.
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Vine has introduced a new feature that will let a user know how many times their 6 second video has been views. Dubbed as Loop Counts, the feature will work as a metric to track the popularity of your video. This sounds similar to Like button on YouTube.
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Facebook officially launched its self destructing messaging app Slingshot last week. The app which enables users to send and receive photos and 15 second videos that disappear after they are viewed was only available in the US. Today, the app has gone global is available for download worldwide for Android(Jelly Bean and KitKat) and iPhone (iOS 7).
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Twitter will now let you share the ever popular GIF images on its desktop site Twitter.com along with Android and iPhone apps. Users can spice up conversations on Twitter as they can view and share GIFs on all these platforms.
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After accidentally launching Slingshot app on the Apple App store last week and taking it down, Facebook has officially released the app. Available on iOS and Android, the app will enables user to send disappearing photo and video messages. However, there is a catch as Slingshot requires users to share something before they can view any images from others.
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LINE had released Line Selfie Sticker app for iPhone which lets users create selfie sticker. This means a user can take their own photo aka ‘selfie’ and choose from over 130 character templates. Finally, they have to fit the illustration to the original picture and tap it when they are done.
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Microsoft has announced that it will soon give Skype for iPhone a major makeover in about a week’s time. The latest 5.0 update will make the Skype app for iPhone five times faster than the current app along with fewer lags.
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Apple held its annual developer conference WWDC 2014 at San Francisco yesterday and at the event, Apple made a lot of announcements about the upcoming software features. During the keynote, Apple also mentioned that they had sold more than 800 million iOS devices and well on course for hitting a billion iOS devices.
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Google has enhanced offering on its iOS app and added several features. The recent 4.0 updates brings improved voice question capabilities that allows users to ask Google basic questions like “What is the weather” and so on. Conversations are initiated with “Ok Google” command. This feature was already available on Android devices.
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Google has been pumping up its Glass offerings lately by adding 4.4 Android update along with several features. Today, the company has announced that it will soon bring SMS support for iPhone users which will enable them to receive text message on the Glass.This service has been available for Android users for quite some time now.
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Apple is rumored to be entering the personal health and fitness tracking segment with the upcoming iPhone and/or supposed iWatch. Earlier this month, 9To5Mac leaked a screenshot from iOS 8 revealing the upcoming Healthbook application for iPhone. Today, 9To5Mac have posted an extensive coverage of the upcoming Healthbook.
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GT Advanced, manufacturer of sapphire crystal components for Apple is ramping up production. According to SEC Filings, the company entered a partnership with Apple last year which came with an exclusivity clause for “Consumer Electronics Products”. The company currently manufactures sapphire crystal components like Apple Touch ID fingerprint readers and caps for camera sensors. GT Advanced already has 518 sapphire crystal furnace units and has placed orders for 420 additional units. Continue reading “GT Advanced ramps up production capacity for Sapphire Crystal iPhone displays”
comScore published its quarterly report for the period of Q4 2013 today and the results show a slight dip in market share for Android. Compared to Q3 2013, Android showed a 0.3 percent dip to reach 51.5 percent market penetration. Trailing Android is Apple with 41.8 percent of the smartphone market being powered by iOS. This was a slight rise from the 40.60% market share it enjoyed in Q3 2013. The launch of the iPhone 5s and 5c are expected to have played a role in this rise. The remaining marketshare was split between with BlackBerry and Microsoft which are at third and fourth spots respectively with 3.4%, 3.1% penetration. Continue reading “Android leads with 51.8% US Smartphone market share, Motorola jumps to 3rd place”
Apple is reportedly pushing a new update, iOS 7.0.5, that will fix persistent software issues with the iPhone 5s and 5c being sold in China. There have been reports of problems around network provisioning for units of the iPhone 5s and 5c being sold in China and the update is expected to be a fix for that. The popular phones launched on the biggest operator in China, China Mobile, to much success and the numbers reflected in Apple’s sales figures. Apple managed to push a record 51 million units of the iPhone in Q1 2014. Continue reading “Apple releases iOS 7.0.5 to tackle network provisioning error”
