Foursquare, popular location-based social network announced Swarm, its upcoming location-based app. Today, it has detailed some of the features of the app. The new Swarm app would offer Insights, have Stickers, new mayorship and streaks. Continue reading “Foursquare Swarm releasing next week with stickers, new mayorships and more”
BBC has rolled out app for the Horizons series that discovers the latest technologies and innovations that could revolutionize the way we live. The popular series is returning to BBC in its fourth season and will be available on Android and iOS as a free download.
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Adobe has launched a storytelling app for iPad that enables users to make animated videos which can be turned into stories. Dubbed as Adobe Voice, the app creates a video story by adding elements like music, graphics, voice recordings and images. This animated engaging video story can then be shared easily on social media, email, personal blogs, websites and Adobe’s Creative Cloud platform.
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In a bid to enhance its offerings, Gaana has updated its app on Android and iPhone with several features. The app has integrated music videos and lyrics into its popular music streaming service. Gaana has added a music videos section that features hand-picked, popular music videos that can be accessed from the home screen of the app.
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Yahoo News Digest, a product of its Summly acquisition, took form as an iOS app back in January, when it debuted as a beautiful news reader with many sources. The same app is now available for Android, and it looks almost exactly like its iOS counterpart, pixel to pixel, which is a good thing because we think the app is beautiful. However, you do get a really nice home screen widget that lets you browse the feed at a glance. Previously limited only to the US and the UK, the News Digest app goes global this time around with an International Edition and another country-focused Canadian edition. Users in US, UK and Canada will all get local editions along with the International edition, which in turn will be available for all the worldwide users.
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Unlockar Apps, a startup based in New Delhi has released its first app Unlockar, a lock screen for Android smartphone with uScreen. This is an intelligent lock screen that pays you in the form of rupees or uCoins every time you unlock the phone. You can use these to obtain deals, discounts, shopping vouchers, or even bid at auctions at the uShop, its own online shopping portal. Continue reading “Unlockar lock screen app for Android pays you to unlock your device”
Amar Chitra Katha has forayed into the digital world by launching official digital store app for across platforms — Windows 8, iOS and Android. Dubbed as ACK Comics, the store will offer more than 300 titles on personalities such as Akbar, Chanakya, Jawaharlal Nehru and JRD Tata to users.
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Microsoft which recently renamed its cloud storage service as OneDrive has updated the Android app with several features. The latest 2.5 version of the app allows users to share files by inviting people, sending a link, or you can even send files to another app.
Google has pumped up more power into its mobile apps on Android and iOS. For starters, the company has added support to save maps for offline viewing. Users can now save and even name multiple maps by signing in through Gmail account and access them later when in need.
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Flappy Bird created a lot of buzz in the handheld gaming industry and Angry Birds creator Rovio has decided to use the hype to create a similar game. Rovio has just launched ‘RETRY’ game that looks like Flappy Bird.
Whatsapp, the massively popular instant messaging application, was recently acquired by Facebook for a huge sum of 19 billion dollars. The deal has not even closed, but troubles already seem to be starting to pile up for the company, starting with this – Iran, officially known as the Islamic Republic of Iran, has censored Whatsapp in its country, citing “Zionist” Zuckerberg as the reason for the ban.
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File management is one of the most underrated features of a mobile operating system. For any platform to be truly independent, a file manager that allows local storage and management of any kind of file, is a necessity and with Windows Phone 8.1, this is finally happening. After moving to WinRT APIs for its latest mobile release, Microsoft has finally added the ability to download or upload files on the phone’s browser or through various apps, using the file picker. The file picker naturally necessitates a file manager, which will be released as a standalone app by Microsoft, as revealed and teased on a Reddit AMA, by the company’s Windows Phone champion, Joe Belfiore. The app is almost ready and is reportedly set to release this month.
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Google has updated Drive app for iOS with passcode lock feature. The new feature will let users protect their documents library with a four digit code.
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BlackBerry has updated its Twitter app for BlackBerry 10 users to make it come on line with its other apps. Now, users can draft tweets and post them later.
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Twitter which announced recently that its has over 255 million monthly active users is now experimenting with a feature. The microblogging site is testing a function that allows users to mute account you’re following without actually unfollowing that account.
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