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LINE Messenger clocks 400 million users worldwide, 18 million users in India

Line Messenger 400 million

LINE corporation, a company based in Japan has announced that LINE Messenger has crossed over 400 million users worldwide across all its platforms. The company crossed 300 million users back in November. It has added 100 million users in about four months. The company also announced that they have reached 18 million users in India in just 7 months after the launch. It reached 10 million mark in India in the first three months. Continue reading “LINE Messenger clocks 400 million users worldwide, 18 million users in India”

HERE Drive+ with global navigation will be free for all Windows Phone 8.1 handsets

Here Maps Rebranding

HERE, the location-based service from Nokia announced HERE Drive, HERE Transit and HERE Drive+ last year. HERE Drive came pre-loaded with Nokia Lumia smartphones out of the box and was available for free from Nokia Store for other smartphones. HERE Drive+ app was launched for free with select 9 series and 8 series smartphone ,but it was paid with other Nokia Lumia and other Windows Phone 8 devices. Continue reading “HERE Drive+ with global navigation will be free for all Windows Phone 8.1 handsets”

Skype for Windows Phone 8.1 to bring Cortana control, Switch from voice to video

Skype for Windows Phone 8.1 voice to video

Microsoft announced the Windows Phone 8.1 at the build conference in San Francisco few hours back. Skype has announced that upcoming update for Windows Phone 8.1 would brings new features. This includes option to switch from a regular voice call to Skype video calls. Microsoft also unveiled Cortana Windows Phone 8.1 assistant to take on Siri and Google Now. New Skype will bring Cortana control to make Skype calls. Continue reading “Skype for Windows Phone 8.1 to bring Cortana control, Switch from voice to video”

BBM for BlackBerry, Android and iPhone gets Stickers, option to send larger files and more

BBM Stickers

BlackBerry has announced a new BBM 2.1 update for BlackBerry, Android and iPhone that would bring stickers through new BBM Shop. This offers sticker packs, similar to stickers on the Facebook Messenger. Each pack would have 20 to 25 stickers. BBM shop has both free and paid (about $1.99) stickers. This update also brings option to send larger files up to 16MB on BlackBerry 10, Android and iPhone. Continue reading “BBM for BlackBerry, Android and iPhone gets Stickers, option to send larger files and more”

Apple to increase iOS App Store prices in India, Australia and more countries

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Apple had already altered international App Store pricing to bring them in line with current exchange rates. This time Apple has decided to increase the price of apps in the App Store in order to compensate for changes in foreign exchange rates, reports TechCrunch. Apple would make changes to retail rates for Australian dollar, Indian rupee, Indonesian rupiah, Turkish lira, and South African rand. Apple current charges Rs. 55 for $0.99 as exchange rate in the Indian App Store. Continue reading “Apple to increase iOS App Store prices in India, Australia and more countries”

Cut the Rope 2 finally arrives for Android

Cut the Rope for Android

ZeptoLab, the creators of popular Cut the Rope games has released Cut the Rope 2 for Android finally. It was released for iPhone and iPad back in December last year, and the company promised to release the game for Android in early 2014. In this new game, Om Nom breaks out of his box and travels through lush forests, busy cities, junkyards and underground tunnels for Candy. The game also features little green monsters, Roto, Lick, Blue, Toss and Boo, that acts as candy collecting helpers. Continue reading “Cut the Rope 2 finally arrives for Android”

Facebook Messenger 4.0 for Android and iPhone brings Groups and Forwarding

Facebook has updated its Facebook Messenger app for Android and iPhone to version 4.0. This update finally brings group messaging, just like WhatsApp and Google Hangouts. You can also name the group. The new Forwarding feature lets you forward any message to others who are not in the conversation. Facebook Messenger for Android and iPhone got voice calling feature in India recently that lets you make calls over WiFi and 3G/2G. Continue reading “Facebook Messenger 4.0 for Android and iPhone brings Groups and Forwarding”

MapmyIndia Explore now available for iPhone

MapmyIndia Explore for iPhone

MapmyIndia, popular for its navigation and location-based services has launched the Explore app for Windows Phone back in October and the Android app arrived soon after. MapmyIndia Explore app is finally available for iPhone. It has an upgraded user interface and is also customizable, says MapmyIndia. It also offers social Recommendations and also lets you become Expert Explorers. Continue reading “MapmyIndia Explore now available for iPhone”

Microsoft Office Mobile for Android and iPhone goes free

Microsoft Office Mobile for iPhone and Android

Microsoft launched Office for iPad – Word, Excel and PowerPoint few hours back. The company launched the Microsoft Office Mobile for Office 365 for iPhone and Android smartphones last year. Both these apps have been renamed to Microsoft Office Mobile and is available for free from the respective app stores. Continue reading “Microsoft Office Mobile for Android and iPhone goes free”

Microsoft releases Microsoft Office for Apple iPad – Word , Excel and PowerPoint

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At an event in San Francisco today, Microsoft’s new CEO Satya Nadella announced the availability of Microsoft Office for the iPad. The company has released 3 new iPad apps for Word , Excel and PowerPoint . The news is not a big surprise considering this is a much expected move but instant availability on the App Store is a great piece of news of Office users especially those with a Office 365 subscription. The apps are free for download and event viewing office documents is free. But editing the documents requires an active Office 365 subscription. This is clearly Microsoft’s attempt at getting more users to sign up for their cloud based Office offering.

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Airtel Pocket TV app launched for Android, coming soon to iOS

Airtel Pocket TV for Android

Airtel Digital TV, the DTH service arm of Airtel has launched Airtel Pocket TV, the company’s latest mobile application, that lets users stream over 150 live TV channels and watch TV programs. It has over 10,000 hours of video content and over 13 channels on anytime TV, says the company. Continue reading “Airtel Pocket TV app launched for Android, coming soon to iOS”

Rovio and Raketspel bring a fun word game – Word Monsters

Rovio has just launched the RPG version of Angry birds in the form of Angry Birds Epic and now, they have tied hands with Raketspel to bring a fun word game with monsters – Word Monsters. Word Monsters tries to combine monsters with word search and this new fun filled gameplay allows you to play in a theme based word search or a timed game.

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Twitter for Android and iPhone to get photo tagging and multiple photo upload

Twitter has started rolling out two new features for the Android and iPhone apps. The photo tagging feature would let you tag up to 10 people in photos. Another feature is option to upload up to four images in a Tweet at a time. “Tagging doesn’t affect character count in the Tweet — you can tag up to 10 people in a photo and still have all 140 characters at your disposal”, says Twitter. Continue reading “Twitter for Android and iPhone to get photo tagging and multiple photo upload”

LINE Messenger offers free talk time to Indian users

Line Messenger Free Talk Time

LINE Corporation has introduced a new offer to users of messaging app LINE that lets them enjoy free talk time worth Rs. 50 to all its users in India. To redeem the talk time on the mobile phone, users need to download the LINE Characters in Love sticker pack and send stickers to five LINE friends. This offer is available for both prepaid and post-paid users on platforms such as iOS, Android and BlackBerry, but not available for Windows Phone. Continue reading “LINE Messenger offers free talk time to Indian users”

HTC BlinkFeed and Service Pack apps released on Google Play

HTC BlinkFeed

HTC is all set to unveil the All New HTC One in less than 10 hours . The company has released two new apps, HTC BlinkFeed and HTC Service Pack on Google Play. These apps doesn’t work with the HTC One yet (may be it’ll need the Sense 6.0). Popular HTC BlinkFeed that was introduced with the HTC One is expected to get an update when it launches on the All New HTC One. Continue reading “HTC BlinkFeed and Service Pack apps released on Google Play”