Dropbox for iOS improves accessibility, bigger thumbnails and more

Dropbox has updated iOS app with new features and improvements.  The app now focuses on making the service easier to use for people who rely on accessibility technology.

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WhatsApp allows users to turn off blue tick option in latest update

Last week, WhatsApp introduced a new feature where two blue ticks confirmed that a WhatsApp message has been read by the recipient. Today, the app has added a new option that allows users to disable the feature.

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Facebook Messenger for Windows Phone now syncs phone contacts and more

Facebook Messenger crossed 500 million user mark  last week.  Today, the app for Windows Phone has received a major update with bunch of new features.

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Angry Birds Go! crosses 100 million downloads, gets new team multiplayer

Angry Birds GO

Rovio launched Angry Birds Go! a kart racing game, different from other Angry Birds games in December last year. The games has crossed 100 million downloads across all the platforms and now stands at 107 million downloads. Continue reading “Angry Birds Go! crosses 100 million downloads, gets new team multiplayer”

SwiftKey debuts Chinese language support in beta on Android

SwiftKey has introduced Chinese language support for its keyboard in beta on Android. The popular third party keyboard said that Chinese is on of the most requested language and hence the company has launched the support for the same.

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VSCO Cam rolls out iPad version, debuts new features for iPhone

VSCO Cam has introduced a new iPad version taking advantage of the Retina Display in newer models. The version 4.0 brings full support for iOS 8 and larger screens on the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

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Gaana 5.0 for Android brings dark theme, playlists of the hour and referral program to earn talk time

Gaana 5.0 for Android

Gaana music app for Android has been updated to version 5.0 that brings a new dark theme, Playlists of the Hour that’ll offer professionally programmed playlists that change every few hours at the top of Gaana, starting from the third time a user opens Gaana. The company has partnered with Paytm that enables users earn Rs. 20 talk time through referral program for each friend who joins via Facebook. You can also invite friends through Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter, SMS, and email, and earn up to Rs. 100 talktime.  Continue reading “Gaana 5.0 for Android brings dark theme, playlists of the hour and referral program to earn talk time”

CPU-Z for Android updated, now shows battery capacity, Adreno GPU clock speed and more

CPU-Z 1.09 for Android

CPU-Z was released for Android back in June last year. Since then the app has been updated with new features and support for SoCs from several manufacturers. Few months back the app got improved support for Intel SoCs, option to view OpenGL ES version. Now the app has been updated to version 1.09 that brings improved support for processors based on big.LITTLE technology, adds new HiSilicon Kirin 920, Exynos 5433, Snapdragon 815 (could be upcoming chip) and SoCs, shows Adreno GPU clock speed and more.

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YouTube introduces Music Key subscription service for Android, iOS and web

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YouTube has introduced YouTube Music Key, the company’s new subscription service for web, Android and iOS that lets you watch and listen to music without ads, in the background or offline. This was leaked back in August. Continue reading “YouTube introduces Music Key subscription service for Android, iOS and web”

Google Search for Android gets Material Design and new features

After updating series of its core apps with Material Design, Google is now updating Search for Android. The Search app for Android is getting an array of new features and a revamped look.

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Google Keyboard 4.0 brings two new Material Design themes

Google Keyboard 4.0

Google has updated its keyboard app to version 4.0.2  that adds two new Material Design themes,  improved design for suggestions and corrections and more. This adds Material  dark and Material  light Material Design themes in addition to existing Holo White and Holo Blue themes. You can head to settings and go to themes to select new themes. Continue reading “Google Keyboard 4.0 brings two new Material Design themes”

Google releases standalone Messenger app for Android

Google Messenger for Android

Google removed messaging app on Nexus devices and released an updated Hangouts app that combines SMS and Hangouts conversation. Now Google has released a separate messaging app called Messenger instead of using Hangouts as the messaging app. It can handle both SMS and MMS and lets you share pictures and videos from the chat dialog, search contacts and conversations, block SMSs, send audio messages, send emjios and more. Continue reading “Google releases standalone Messenger app for Android”