Last week, Facebook announced Messenger platform and Businesses on Messenger tools at F8 conference. Today, the social network has released a couple of apps for Messenger platform.
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Twitter has finally improved the video quality of Vine from 480p to 720p, offering a better video quality. You will automatically see the quality improvements when you are watching Vines on our iOS and Android apps and also on the web. This is rolling out over the coming days, said the company. Continue reading “Vine gets support for 720p HD videos”
Microsoft has scooped up LiveLoop startup, that offers Office collaboration tools, according to a report from Zdnet. LiveLoop’s service will shut down on April 24, as a result of the acquisition.
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Twitter has launched Periscope, a new app for iPhone that lets you stream live videos. You can sign up using Twitter and share the broadcast link to your followers, but you can’t watch the stream directly on Twitter yet. Twitter silently acquired Periscope earlier this year. This app competes directly with Meerkat, and the Periscope app lets you replay the broadcasts when it’s over, which the Meerkat app lacks. Continue reading “Twitter launches Periscope live streaming app for iPhone”
Google has released Cloud Console” app for Google Cloud Platform. Available in beta, the app will let users manage cloud services from Android devices like smartphones and tablets.
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Google Keep app has received a significant update that brings up much needed functionality. The app is finally adding the ability to label and add recurring reminders to your Keep notes.
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Opera Mini app for Windows Phone which is still in beta has received an update. The latest update brings the app to version 8.0.0.6730 and adds a couple of UI changes.
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Google is working on a tool that will allow Gmail users to manage, pay, and receive all their bills directly within Gmail according to a report from Re/Code. Dubbed as “Pony Express” the service is expected to roll out in the fourth quarter of 2015.
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Gameloft made the Modern Combat 5: Blackout for iOS platform free last week, now the game for Android is available for free. The new spring update adds controller support, more weapons, a new class and more. Those who had purchased the game earlier will get Veteran status, with unlimited energy and 200 credits. The switch to free-to-play means the game will have a longer lifetime, so we can invest more in the long-term update plan and in the servers which need to support a significantly larger player base, said Valeriu Ispir, Product Manager, Gameloft. Continue reading “Modern Combat 5: Blackout goes free for Android and iOS”
GottaGo is a new app that lets you find nearby public restrooms and will direct you to it using GPS. These restrooms are displayed on a map with the distance from your location and directions of how to get there. This is definitely a useful and much need app for a country like India where it is hard to find restrooms.
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Apple and IBM are rolling out MobileFirst suit for iOS apps in Japan. The move comes from the duo after launching the suit in the U.S in December.
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Samsung and Microsoft has collaborated to expand later’s service on Android devices. Under the partnership, the Office apps will be pre-installed on some Samsung tablets running Android.
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Twitter has teamed up with Foursquare to provide tweets more precise locations, the micro logging site announced via a tweet. With the latest partnership users can tag specific locations to Tweets via official apps and the web.
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Although Instagram is a great photo sharing app it lacks one of the important feature of making photo collages. But this is about to change as the app has finally responded to every users constant request and launched a collage app. Dubbed as Layout, the app lets iPhone users combine up to nine photos in a single shot.
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With an aim to bolster its Appstore installs, Amazon is said to be launching a new “Unlocked” program, as per Tech Crunch. This service will offer paid apps and games absolutely free.
The report describes Unlocked as “Amazon Prime for apps,” and it would offer paid apps for free, and even unlock all in-app purchases for “free-to-play” games. Developers can leave Unlocked, and when they do, users will have to begin paying for in-app purchases again. Continue reading “Amazon planning to offer paid apps for free via “Unlocked” program”
