WhatsApp today announced that will no longer charge subscription fees for using the service. It also said it will not be introducing third-party ads to compensate. Instead, it will start testing tools so that you can use WhatsApp to communicate with businesses and organizations such as banks, to know if your recent transaction was fraudulent, or chat with an airline to ask about a delayed flight.
Continue reading “WhatsApp goes completely free, not planning to introduce ads”
Facebook is testing a new browser for its mobile app that will allow users to browse within the app. According to a report from The Next Web, users will be able to access new web pages without leaving the app.
Apple has announced that it is killing its ad-supported iTunes Radio online music service on January 29. The service which was announced in 2013, will no longer be free.
Continue reading “Apple to pull the plug on free ad-supported iTunes Radio on January 29”
SKRWT, the popular lens correction app that was available for iOS since 2014 has now finally arrived on Android. The app focuses on perspective correction while using a smartphone’s camera.
Continue reading “SKRWT lens correction app now available on Android”
Foursquare has raised $45 million in a Series E round of funding from existing investors Union Square Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and new investor Morgan Stanley. The popular location based app company is also getting a new CEO.
Continue reading “Foursquare secures $45M in funding, CEO Dennis Crowley steps down”
Google has started rolling out support for Promo Codes in the Play Store. Developers will now have the ability to create promo codes for paid apps and in-app purchases.
Continue reading “Google Play now supports promo codes for paid apps and in-app purchases”
Google has updated Drive in a bid to make it easier for users to organize their files. At the time of browsing files, you will now see a ‘Move’ button for the files that are present on the Drive and ‘Add to my Drive’ icon for other files.
Continue reading “Google Drive updated with new file organization features”
Google Cardboard, the budget VR headset has received an update that will improve the audio experience. The Cardboard SDKs for Unity and Android is getting support for spatial audio for a realistic audio experience in virtual reality (VR) apps.
Continue reading “Google Cardboard SDK update brings support for Spatial Audio”
Skype has just announced that its Translator feature will be available for all users on the Windows platform starting today. This move comes within a year after Skype launched a Translator preview in partnership with Microsoft Translator.
Continue reading “Skype Translator now available for all Windows users”
Google has updated the Google Now launcher with landscape support on phones, which is now back after it was tested in Marshmallow developer preview. You can enable the new feature by enabling the ‘Allow rotation’ option in the settings. Some on-screen elements like the persistent search bar will adjust to accommodate each layout and the items in the dock also rotate individually to stack along the right side of the screen. Continue reading “Google Now launcher updated with landscape support”
Google has just started rolling out v7.0.0 of the Google+ app for Android devices. The new update brings about quite a lot of fixes as well as updated features.
Continue reading “Google+ v7.0.0 for Android now rolling out”
Like every year, AnTuTu has released a chart of the best performing smartphones of the year 2015. Now, with the release of AnTuTu 6.0, other platforms are also included and that is good because the Apple iPhone 6s and 6s Plus top the chart.
Flipkart has launched its shopping app for Windows 10 PCs and mobile devices, which promises richer, seamless experience across Windows 10 devices. Flipkart said that it has worked closely with the Microsoft team to develop the app for a universal Windows platform.
Continue reading “Flipkart app released for Windows 10, Windows 10 Mobile”
Google has just release v9.19 of its Maps application for Android devices and it brings in a host of new features and improvements including a driving mode and audio toggle for navigation among other things.
Back in July 2014 Facebook introduced Mentions, a new app for iOS for celebrities and public figures with verified profiles to talk to their followers. Later it was expanded to India and 40 other countries. Now it has launched the app for Android. The app has Live stream feature so that musicians, athletes, actors, journalists and other celebrities can share live video with their fans. Continue reading “Facebook Mentions app launched for Android”
