Four Xbox games including Gravity Guy, Monster Island, iStunt 2 and Fragger from Miniclip are now free in the Windows Phone Store for a limited period. All these games usually costs $2.99 / Rs. 160 each. All these games work on Windows Phone 7.5 and above. Temple Run, Gravity Guy 2, Amazing Alex and more games arrived for Windows Phone 8 devices recently. Continue reading “Gravity Guy, Monster Island and more Windows Phone games free for limited time”
Google has announced the new Play Store for Android smartphones and Tablets. The new Google Play version 4.0.25 is a major update from the current version 3.10.14. This update brings a redesigned Holo-inspired user interface with new fonts, bigger images and lots more. This update also lets you discover things faster. The Google Play v4.0 sufaced in a leak last month, that revealed some of the features. Continue reading “Google Play v4.0 announced, brings redesigned UI”
Facebook announced the Facebook Home last week that comes pre-installed with the HTC First. It is expected to launch on Google Play for select Android devices on April 12th, but the pre-release version has been leaked ahead online. The Facebook Home is an Android Launcher with Cover feed that offers photos and updates from your newsfeed, Notifications, Chat Heads, App Launcher to launch Facebook apps and more. Continue reading “Facebook Home beta leaks out ahead of official release”
Gaudi Bruno or Bruno the brown bear is an interactive and narrative story book app for iPad. It is developed by Tales Factory, Italian digital publishing house who creates children’s stories. This tells the story of Bruno and his adventures in an interesting and interactive way. There are three different languages, English, Italian and Spanish to select from. This iPad app is aimed at children from 3-7 years of age. This also reads the book loud in the language you choose, and has interactive elements at several places of the book that would let the kids explore the world of bruno. If you are looking for an interactive story for the iPhone, check out Kitz, the Street Cat, an unique apptoon for kids. Continue reading “Gaudi Bruno for iPad is an interactive story book for Kids”
Evernote has updated their Hello app for iPhone to version 2.1 that brings lot of new features including a Passcode lock for premium users, Flash control that would let you scann glossy cards easier and lots more new features. Evernote introduced option to scan business cards, a premium feature in the previous version of Hello app with 2 months of free usage as a promotion. Now they have increased the free usage for one more month, after that it would be available only for premium users. Continue reading “Evernote Hello v2.1 update for iPhone brings Passcode Lock and more new features”
PhotoCal with Event, is a new application for iPhone and iPad that arrange and view your photos more efficiently, while keeping you up to date on your events. It lets you arrange your images in chronological order and displays them on your monthly calendar view along with all of your upcoming appointments and errands. This app would be much useful to view photos based on a date, since it arranges the images according to the date they were taken and displays them on your monthly calendar view, instead of searching for a picture in the default camera roll. Continue reading “PhotoCal with Event app for iPhone and iPad lets you arrange and view photos in a calendar view”
Rovio has announced that Angry Birds Friends would be available soon for Android, iPhone and iPad. Angry Birds Friends was released on Facebook last year. It has new weekly tournaments that would let you win bronze, silver and gold crown on the levels, play new weekly levels and earn power-ups through tournament mode. There are also daily rewards and option to send and receive gifts of power-ups with your friends. You can also share details about your accomplishments with friends. Continue reading “Angry Birds Friends coming soon to Android, iPhone and iPad”
Chrome for Android has been updated to version 26 that brings the password and autofill Sync that was available in the Chrome Beta for Android last month. The Password sync would let you sync passwords easily, and the auto fill option lets you fill out forms quickly on a small screen. The new experimental data compression feature from the beta version is also available for the this stable version of Chrome for Android. It is based on SPDY proxy running on Google servers that would improve the page loading. Continue reading “Chrome for Android updated with password and autofill sync”
Firefox browser for Android has been updated to version 20. This version brings better private browsing and Per-tab private browsing lets you switch between private and standard tabs within the same browsing session. You can also without closing or changing your current browsing session. This version also brings support for Android devices with 384MB of RAM and QVGA displays. The Firefox for Android version 17 update last November brought support for devices with ARMv6 processors. Continue reading “Firefox for Android updated with better private browsing and support for more devices”
Viber, cross platform VOIP (Voice Over IP) app for Windows Phone 8 has been updated to version 2.23.0.0 that brings support for voice calls, Option to pin conversations to your home screen, Lock screen notifications and lots more new features. Viber promises HD sound quality for voice calls that would offer crisp and clear sound. Viber also lets you send free texts including group conversations, share location in messages and also share photos from your phone’s gallery easily. It supports 30 languages. Continue reading “Viber for Windows Phone 8 gets VOIP calls with HD voice, lock screen notifications and more”
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2013 kicks off today. Here are some apps for your BlackBerry 10 smartphones. These apps offer detailed IPL scores, schedule, player info, current standings, photo gallery quiz and more. BlackBerry launched the BlackBerry Z10, the first BlackBerry 10 device in India back in February. Continue reading “IPL apps for BlackBerry 10 smartphones”
Futuremark has released 3DMark Cross-platform benchmarking tool for Android as they announced last year. 3DMark is popular benchmarking tool for PC, and the 3D Mark for Android has Ice Storm and Ice Storm Extreme tests that are based on OpenGL ES 2.0. It lets you compare scores across all these platforms, since the test content, settings and rendering resolution are similar. Continue reading “3DMark benchmark released for Android”
Joiku, a Finland-based company has launched the JoikuShare app for Android devices. This app lets you easily share and transfer your phone photos, music, videos and files with other WiFi devices. It uses uses local WiFi network or phone WiFi HotSpot to share files. It also acts as Media Player for remote WiFi playback of music and videos of your phone. AirDroid, a free app for Android offers similar features. Continue reading “JoikuShare for Android launched, lets you share files over WiFi”
Feedly reader for Android, iPhone and iPad has been updated, that brings lot of new features. The Feedly for Android 14.0.9 update gets a new transition interface, new widget, better optimization for tablets and lots more features. The Feedly app for iPhone and iPad version 14 has a new search and discover feature that lets you search and add feeds easily with the new topic completion feature, new search algorithm, Must Reads section and lots more. Continue reading “Feedly for Android, iPhone and iPad updated with new features”
Evernote for Windows Phone the Windows Phone app to version 3.0 that brings several new features including a new redesigned homescreen, shorctcuts, improved tag lists, premium document search feature and lots more. The Evernote app for Android got these features in a new update earlier this week. The new Notebook Stacks feature is a new way to visually group similar notebooks. The app has several tweaks that makes the app much smoother, faster and more responsive. Continue reading “Evernote for Windows Phone updated with new home screen, Notebook Stacks and more”
