Rovio announces Angry Birds Transformers

Angry Birds Transformers

Rovio, creators of popular Angry Birds game has announced Angry Birds Transformers, their new game in the Angry Birds franchise. It will have new story and characters, in which the characters split into Autobirds and Deceptihogs. Rovio is also teaming up with Hasbro for Telepods similar to Angry Birds Star Wars and Angry Birds Go!, which will let you teleport your favorite character into the game. It also plans to introduce consumer licensed goods based on the game. Continue reading “Rovio announces Angry Birds Transformers”

BlackBerry launches BBM Protected for secure enterprise messaging

BBM Protected

BlackBerry announced BBM Protected, secure and reliable instant messaging service at the MWC 2014 earlier this year. It even showed up in a demo video last month. Today BlackBerry has launched BBM Protected as the first solution in the eBBM Suite for secure enterprise messaging. This is built for business that brings convenience and usability of BBM with the additional security and compliance for enterprise customers. Continue reading “BlackBerry launches BBM Protected for secure enterprise messaging”

Hike Messenger surpasses 20 million user mark

Bharti Soft Bank’s hike messenger has crossed 20 million users of which 5 million were added during last three months. The instant messenger announced in February that its had clocked 15 million users.

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Twitter allows mobile users to embed tweet within tweet

Twitter is testing a new tweet embedding functionality for its mobile apps on iOS and Android. According to a report from The Next Web, the micro blogging site is testing a new feature that allows you to embed individual tweets within your tweets. Twitter Embedded Tweets

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Open Web Apps now run as Native Apps on Android, courtesy Firefox of Android

Firefox OS was targeted at the lower end smartphone segment, but it hasn’t really made an impact yet as no phones running on Firefox OS has been launched in India. As Mozilla mentioned, the Firefox OS is based on Open Web Standards and any web app can be wrapped into a Firefox App with just a few lines of code.

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Skitch 3.2 for iPhone and iPad brings new design and features

Skitch 3.2 for iPhone

Evernote has updated its Skitch for iPhone and iPad to version 3.2. The new version brings up a major redesign to the app. You can now swipe  to pick the content you want to annotate, easily preview different tabs that you want to markup, faster annotation and just swipe to share.  Continue reading “Skitch 3.2 for iPhone and iPad brings new design and features”

Apple App Store gets new ‘Browse by Category’ section for Apps

Apple has made app browsing simplified by adding ‘Browse by Category’ section to both the desktop and iOS App Store. The introduction of this section enables users to easily click on a certain category. Prior to this, users had to ad to select their chosen category from a drop-down list in the top-left of the App Store .

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Facebook Messenger for iOS gets instant video message, coming to Android soon

Facebook is adding more power to Messenger with updates and features. Today, the social network has rolled out instant video messaging feature that will enable users to send 15 second videos within the app. Currently, the video messaging feature has launched to the Facebook Messenger’s iOS app and it will soon land on Android as well.

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Angry Birds Epic released for Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone

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After a soft launch of the iOS version of the game in a few countries, Rovio has released the Angry Birds Epic for iOS more widely and the game is also available for Android and Windows Phone devices. The gameplay is set in a fantasy version of the Piggy island where users enjoy themselves in an adventure role-playing game. Continue reading “Angry Birds Epic released for Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone”

Facebook for Android gets offline likes, iOS app gets Nearby Friends

Facebook has updated its Android and iOS apps with few features. The version 11.0 update for iOS brings the ‘Nearby Friends’ feature that  enable users to see which friends are close to you. Launched in April, the feature not only lets you check out nearby friends but also makes it possible to share your exact location with others.nearby-freidns-search-and-plus Continue reading “Facebook for Android gets offline likes, iOS app gets Nearby Friends”

Candy Crush Soda Saga for Android releases in selected countries

Mobile gaming phenomenon Candy Crush Saga maker King is back with the sequel of the popular game. Dubbed as Candy Crush Soda Saga, the game is currently available in Canada, Sweden, Spain and the Netherlands.

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1Password app finally arrives for Android

1Password, the popular password management app has finally landed on Android. The app which had been exclusive to OSX and iOS for a very long time has also been revamped with a new look and performance improvements. It is free on the Google Play Store until 1st August but users will to have to pay for some features after that.

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Google I/O 2014 app for Android released

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Google I/O, the company’s annual event for developers is scheduled for June 25th and 26th later this month. Google has finally launched the official Google I/O app couple of weeks before the event. This lets you watch keynote sessions live from your device, read details about speakers, get reminders before the event and more. Continue reading “Google I/O 2014 app for Android released”

Pinterest finally lands on Windows Phone in beta

Pinterest has finally launched it official app for Windows Phone 8. The app which is still in beta will enable users to pin, share and plan events similar to its iOS and Android counterpart.

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