Google Search for Android has been updated to version 3.3.11, that finally brings support for cricket, just in time for the upcoming ICC World T20, starting tomorrow in Bangladesh. This lets you get live updates of your favorite teams, just by adding them in the Sports Team list. It offers upcoming fixtures of your favorite teams too. This also had IPL teams. Continue reading “Google Search for Android updated with cricket support”
Google has started rolling out a new Google Play update for Android, that brings option to always require the account password for purchases, option to batch install applications from the my apps section and more minor changes. It also brings option to force update the app to check for the latest version. Continue reading “Google Play v4.6.16 brings require password option for in-app purchases and more”
Google Drive service was started by Google to tackle the many cloud storage companies like Dropbox, Box. Now it is one among the important Google products and is closely tied to your Google Plus profile and GMail. Each time you open a GMail account, you get 15GB free storage option that includes the size of your attachments and your files in Google Drive. Beyond the free 15GB, users had to pay to get more storage from Google.
Continue reading “Google slashes Google Drive prices, likely starting a price war of cloud storage”
Nokia has updated its Nokia Refocus app, that now brings support to all Nokia Lumia smartphones running on Windows Phone 8. The app was demoed back at the Nokia event in Abu Dhabi, back in October, and the app was launched in the Windows Phone Store in November. It was launched for PureView smartphones, the Lumia 920, Lumia 925, Lumia 928 and the Lumia 1020 running the Windows Phone 8 Amber update. Continue reading “Nokia Refocus app updated to support all Lumia Windows Phone 8 smartphones”
Rovio teased the next Angry Birds game sometime back and today, we have information that the next game – Angry Birds Epic will see a soft launch in Australia and Canada this week. The soft launch will see a very early form of the game in iTunes store only and then when the game is ready, Rovio will launch the game globally across Android, iOS and Windows Phone platforms.
Continue reading “Angry Birds Epic – an RPG title, set to launch this week in Australia and Canada”
Minuum, a small and smart keyboard for Android is out of beta. Minuum 2.0 is now available on Google Play for a free 30-day trial. The updated app has an updated UI, multi-language support, quick access to emoji symbols, option to share text between applications, and improvements to speed and accuracy. Continue reading “Minuum Keyboard for Android out of beta, free trial version arrives on Google Play”
Google has updated YouTube app for Android to version 5.5.27, that brings some features such as better search results, that now shows videos, playlists and channels, new tabs such as activity, videos and playlists on a channel and some bugfixes related to Google Cast. This version also has a range of improvements. Continue reading “YouTube 5.5 for Android brings better search, new tabs on pages and more”
Whatsapp recently updated their Android version with very welcome privacy settings that allows you to disable others the ability to see your last seen time and your profile. Today, they have updated their BlackBerry version to reflect the same.
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After successfully finishing the Kickstarter campaign with a back in December last year, VideoLAN has released the first beta version of the VLC media player in the Windows Store. It can play all the video and audio files, similar to the desktop version. It currently supports x86 and x64 platforms, but it would soon be available for ARM-based tablets running Windows RT, VideoLAN promised last year. Continue reading “VLC for Windows 8 Beta arrives in Windows Store”
Opera has updated Opera Mini for Java and BlackBerry to version 8, that brings a range of new features, including a new user interface, better private browsing, that was first introduced in Opera Mini 4.5, night mode for better reading in dark and lots more new features. Continue reading “Opera Mini 8 for Java and BlackBerry brings new UI, night mode and more”
McAfee has updated their Android and iOS apps, making its premium features such as app privacy, anti-theft features and much more for free. The app is targeted at making security a more integrated part of the Indian consumer experience, says McAfee India. It also offers in-app purchases, that lets you purchase premium account, that adds few more features such as 2GB of cloud storage, phone support and promo-free experience. Continue reading “McAfee Mobile Security for Android and iOS now offers premium features for free”
Gameloft released The Amazing Spider-Man Mobile game back in 2012, when the first Amazing Spider-Man movie released. Gameloft has once again teamed up with Marvel to bring the new Amazing Spider-Man 2 mobile game. The sequel would have new, original story inspired by the movie and has new features. This has villains such as Electro and the Green Goblin, introduces new combos and more action. Continue reading “The Amazing Spider-Man 2 game coming to Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone 8 in April”
Instagram for Android has been updated to version 5.1, that brings a completely new user interface. It also makes the app more responsive with a range of under the hood improvements. Instagram for Android was introduced back in April 2012, since then the app has received a range of new features such as tablet support, video support, option to import from library, automatic straightening and more. Continue reading “Instagram for Android gets a UI refresh, now faster and more responsive”
Whatsapp has been acquired by Facebook is slowly sinking into everybody and now, Whatsapp have updated their Android application with features that were there in the beta version. The latest update to Whatsapp adds some very important privacy options like letting you to disable “last seen” feature.
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Last month BitTorrent for Android got a major update, that brought UI refresh and new features, today uTorrent app for Android has been updated to version 2.03, that brings a new user interface, similar to the BitTorrent. Now you can select files to download, inside a torrent, choose download location and also delete the torrent alone or delete the files too, along with the torrent. Continue reading “uTorrent for Android gets a major update, brings UI refresh and new features”
