LINE corporation, popular for its messaging service has launched LINE Music in Japan. It has a catalog of over 1.5 million tracks from top labels including Sony, Universal, and Japan’s Avex. It plans to expand the catalog to 5 million tracks by the end of 2015 and 30 million by 2016. Line messenger users can also send tracks and playlists to their contacts.
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Opera Mini has exited beta and is now officially available for Windows Phone. The popular mobile browser was launched in beta last year.
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Inbox, then standalone email app from Gmail has been updated with a new feature that makes it easy for users to compose mails and create reminders.
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Popular third party keyboard SwiftKey has released a new report that puts light on emoji usage of Hinglish users. SwiftKey analyzed more than a billion pieces of emoji data to learn how speakers of different languages use emoji.
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Apple has confirmed that it will bring Maps vehicle program to the streets of UK and Ireland. Google will photograph the streets in these two locations for better Maps, as per a latest Guardian report.
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Vine has updated iOS app with improved search results. The six seconds video sharing platform will now make it easier for users to browse more for content.
Google Maps for iOS have received an update that allows users to send any place you search for with Google Maps on your desktop browser right to an iPhone or iPad.
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David Marcus who is the VP of product Messaging at Facebook has posted a photo on Facebook that shows that the Messenger app for Android devices has crossed 1 billion downloads.
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Google is bringing new version of Google Maps app for Android that adds gallery view for photos, car rental bookings and more to the interface.
Microsoft is now bringing Skype Translator preview technology to Skype for Windows desktop app. The company last month had removed sign-up requirement for the app, and now it is targeting the end of summer 2015 for the roll-out to begin. Continue reading “Skype Translator preview coming to Skype for Windows desktop this summer”
At the WWDC 2015, Apple also announced an all-new News app alongside previewing the next version of its mobile operating system, iOS 9. The News app essentially collects all the stories in one place in a customized newsfeed called ‘For You’. It will ship with iOS 9 this fall and will be first available in the US, UK, and Australia Continue reading “Apple introduces News app for iPhone and iPad, coming with iOS 9 this fall”
Apple announced iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan at the WWDC yesterday. In addition, the company revealed a new app ‘Move to iOS’, that makes the transition from Android to iOS easy.
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SwiftKey has updated iPhone app that brings a range of new emojis to the popular third party keyboard. The latest update bumps the SwiftKey app to version 1.3.3.
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Google will not collect any transaction fees from credit card companies for Android Pay transactions, according to a latest Wall Street Journal report.
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Nokia had launched the Z launcher for Android in June last year following which it was available for download in beta. Today, the mobile launcher has been updated with widget support.
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