Bethesda Softworks has released Fallout Shelter, a free strategy game for Android, as it promised. It was released on iOS back in June. In this game you need to build a Vault using the tools given to you, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland. Continue reading “Fallout Shelter strategy game released for Android”
Yahoo officially launched its Livetext video messaging app for Android and iPhone last month. Today it has launched the the app globally, including India. T allows you to send a short live video with text that does not have an audio. As you enter text, a live video starts and soon as your contact enters the chat you can see the person on the screen. Continue reading “Yahoo Livetext video messaging app for Android and iPhone launched globally”
Google has launched Android Experiments, a new website that showcases unique and innovative apps for Android devices such as smartphones, tablets, and Android Wear smartwatches.
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Paytm has surpassed 100 million mobile wallet users in India who are carrying out 75 million transactions every month. The popular mobile commerce marketplace and digital wallet company claims that its wallet is now accepted by over 80,000 merchants across the country.
Periscope has announced that it currently has 10 million registered users. The live streaming app from Twitter said that users are watching 40 years worth of content on its platform on a daily basis.
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Google has finally started rolling out Hangouts 4.0 for Android after it was leaked in June. It brings material design UI, improved message delivery speed and new features such as option to use Hangouts on Android Wear to send a Hangouts message using your smartwatch, outbound caller ID that lets you use your verified number as Caller ID so your friends know who is calling and more. It also brings back custom status messages. Continue reading “Google Hangouts 4.0 for Android brings material design UI, new features and improvements”
Google has introduced a new feature for Google Maps on iOS. The new feature is called Night Mode and it will make navigation a whole lot less strenuous on the eyes when people are driving at night or when its dark.
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Zimperium had discovered the Stagefright vulnerability which was said to affect over 95% of Android devices. The mobile security company has now launched a Stagefright Detector Android App that checks devices for the vulnerability.
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Microsoft has released Translator app for Android, Android Wear, iOS devices and Apple Watch. The app is mainly for smartwatches since the Android and iOS apps have a simple layout. It lets you translate instantly in 50 languages using voice or text. You can translate even faster by pinning your most commonly used translations and settings to your watch screen for easy access, and browse your history of recently used phrases, said the company. It has option to select English accents spoken in Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States. Continue reading “Microsoft Translator for Android, iOS, Apple Watch and Android Wear released”
Google has updated Slides app for Android with the ability to share presentations via Hangouts video call. The update will let you start a presentation from your smartphone or tablet instantly.
Viber has updated its mobile apps on Android and iOS with a couple of new features. The update that bumps the apps to version 5.5 brings easier video calling, animated stickers, contact sharing and more.
In a bid to increase user engagement on its platform, Twitter is experimenting a new feature that will highlight top news on its mobile apps, as per a latest report from BuzzFeed.
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ES File Explorer is a nice and reliable file manager for Android but its interface was something that not many people liked. However the new update to v4.0 brings about the Material Design UI to the application.
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Twitter has added support for four new languages – Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi and Tamil for the web and Android. This joins Hindi and Bengali that were added more than a year back. This makes Twitter more accessible to Indians across the country. To change the language on Twitter for web, you can change to the particular language in the drop down menu on the profile from the settings. Continue reading “Twitter for web and Android gets support for Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi and Tamil”
Google has officially launched Maps for Android Wear. Users with a smartwatch running on Android Wear can now easily navigate from point A to B with the help of Google Maps on their wrist.
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