When it first came out, WhatsApp was being dubbed as the cross-platform sibling of BlackBerry Messenger but unlike the latter, WhatsApp didn’t show you when your message had been read. However that has all changed with WhatsApp now displaying 2 blue ticks when your message has been read. Continue reading “WhatsApp blue check marks mean your message has been read”
Wally, a finance management app has launched on Android platform as Wally+. Available in beta the app allows users to keep a track of their expenses, specify monthly incomes, create budgets and so on.
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Microsoft has teamed with Dropbox in order to improve integration between Microsoft Office and Dropbox. Users can now easily access Dropbox directly from Office apps and edit Office files from the Dropbox app.
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Disney and Google has entered into a new partnership to allow access to all its movies including Pixar and Marvel on Android device. All the movies can be watched via Disney’s “Movies Anywhere” app that is available on Google Play Store.
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SwiftKey for iOS 8 has been updated with support for more languages. The new languages included in this update are Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Dutch.
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Google is continuing the updating process of its core apps with a fresh look thanks to Material Design. Earlier today, it gave Gmail a revamp and now the company is adding a slew of features to its Calendar app.
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Developers can now publish apps for Android TV on the Google Play Store. Google has published some guidelines for developing apps for Android TV, which can be found on the Android Developer Blog.
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Gmail for Android has been updated with Material Design and a bunch of new features. The version 5.0 gets a modern design along with more cleaner and colorful UI.
Samsung has added Stamp Cards service to Samsung Wallet that was launched last year. Stamp Cards are loyalty cards that allows a customer either discounts on a current purchase or allots points for future purchases.
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Flipkart, India’s e-commerce giant has launched its app for Android Wear platform. This lets users receive push notifications from Flipkart app pushed to the smartwatch and viewing Flipkart wishlist, but the company plans to include accessing order tracking related information, price drop notification and personalized offer notification for the Android Wear app soon. Flipkart becomes the first e-commerce website in the country to launch Android Wear app. Continue reading “Flipkart launches Android Wear app”
Details about Gmail 5.0 for Android with support for IMAP, POP3 email accounts like Yahoo and Outlook surfaced couple of weeks back. Even a promo video of the new Gmail app showed up. Now Android Police has got hold of the APK of the Gmail 5.0 app that brings all these new features, including support for Exchange accounts. Continue reading “Gmail 5.0 for Android with support for Exchange and other email accounts now available”
BlackBerry has rolled out an update for its BBM app on BlackBerry 10, Android and iPhone that gets new privacy features such as Timed Messages feature that lets you set a timer to control how long messages and pictures you share with contacts can be viewed and Message retraction feature that lets you cancel the message in case if you had sent it to the wrong person. Both these features were rolled out for limited beta users on Android and BlackBerry 10. Continue reading “BBM for BlackBerry 10, Android and iPhone gets Timed Messages, Message Retraction and more”
1Password for iOS is getting few enhancements and features in latest update. The 5.1.1 version of the 1Password iPhone and iPad app gets Touch ID support.
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Google Camera app version 2.4.008 that was present in the Android Lollipop Developer Preview has Material design elements. Today Google has updated the Google Camera app to version 2.4.023 on the Play Store that brings the same material design elements to the app. This update also brings compatibility with Android 5.0 (Lollipop) that would roll out for Nexus devices in coming weeks and includes some improvements and bug fixes. Continue reading “Google Camera updated with Material Design, Android 5.0 Lollipop compatibility”
Google is updating a bunch of new features to Wallet. One of the key features is the ability to add money to your Wallet through recurring bank transfers.
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