We are back to this part of the day where we tell you about a popular application available on either Google Play Store or Apple App Store or both stores that has just made its way to the Windows Phone Store. Today, it is not the same case, but you would agree that it is one the same lines. Marvel Run Jump Smash!, yet another Marvel title has arrived on Windows Store and has been already available on the Windows Phone Store.
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Lack of popular apps doesn’t seem to be a problem anymore for the Windows Phone platform as they have lots of applications from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. They happen to have some exclusives for the platform and a fitness application exclusive for Windows Phones comes from the creators of Windows Phone themselves.
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LINE Corporation, popular for its cross-platform messaging app has partnered with Groupon, popular for their daily deals, to offer exclusive deals for users in India. Called LINE only deals, this offers weekly deals and one-of-a-kind Manic Monday deal that lets users stand a chance to win freebies. The new initiative is aimed at Indian youth. LINE has paired with Groupon to give the users an added treat of unbeatable deals, said LINE. Continue reading “LINE ties up with Groupon India for exclusive weekly deals for LINE users”
If you thought it was the end of “Flappy Bird”, then you were right and wrong. After having had enough with his immensely addictive and frustrating game, developer Dong Nyugen pulled the game from Google Play Store and Apple App Store. But because of the immense popularity that the game gained, developers and clone makes just can’t seem to get enough of the “Flappy Bird” sensation.
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Google is trying to compete with Yahoo in the acquisition spree and after a stellar purchase of Nest, a hardware company that produces smart home products, Google has now acquired a software startup – SlickLogin, whose chief area of expertise is a sound based login. Just six months after they showcased their product at TechCrunch Disrupt, Google acquired them.
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Rightware launched the Basemark OS II cross-platform benchmarking tool for Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone 8 last month. Today it updated the Basemark X cross-platform benchmarking tool to version 1.1 and has also released it on Windows Phone 8. Basemark X that was released last year was based on Unity 4.0 gaming engine, the version 1.1 Unity gaming engine version 4.2.2. This also adds new features and a new test called Hangar. As usual you get configurable settings and score breakdown in results screen in the full version. Continue reading “Basemark X updated to v1.1 for Android, iPhone and iPad, released for Windows Phone 8”
The very infamous Flappy Bird was introduced to smartphones and tablets back in 2013, but it gained widespread popularity only in the past couple of weeks. Ever since, almost everybody was complaining about the game saying that it was tough to play. A lot of raging tweets and posts filled social media. All these voices seemed to have reached the developer Dong Nguyen as he tweeted over the weekend saying that the game would be taken down within 22 hours.
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Last year Qualcomm released Battery Guru (Beta) application for Android that optimizes Snapdragon-powered devices to offer more battery life. Snapdragon Glance (Beta) is the new app from the leading chip maker that offers access to important information such as notifications, appointment , weather and more quickly on your smartphone’s lock screen. Continue reading “Qualcomm releases Snapdragon Glance, an intelligent lock screen app for Android”
Twiize, Tel-Aviv-based technology startup has launched WhatsApp Voice-Mail app for Android, couple of months after it released TalkSide, context-aware call screen replacement app. The new app lets you record a message and send it as a text message or a voice message directly to WhatsApp when your call is not answered. Continue reading “WhatsApp Voice-Mail app for Android lets you send WhatsApp voice messages when your call is not answered”
Opera has updated the beta version of Opera browser for Android to version 20 that brings a lot of new features including WebRTC (Real-Time Communications support) that lets the browser communicate peer-to-peer with encryption without plugins. Firefox for Android got the WebRTC support recently. This update also brings new article ticker on speed dial, simple search feature that auto completes your search results, option select phone, classic or tablet layout and more. Continue reading “Opera 20 beta for Android brings WebRTC support, simple search and more”
BlackBerry has updatedthe BBM app for Android and iPhone with new Find Friends feature that lets you add people you know who are using BBM. This detects which contacts in your smartphone’s contact list are already using BBM, so that you quickly send then an invite. Continue reading “BBM for Android and iPhone gets Find Friends feature”
Mozilla showed off Firefox Launcher for Android, the company’s upcoming launcher at the InContext Conference in San Francisco yesterday. This is a has a contextual mobile interface and uses EverythingMe’s contextual adaptive app search for a personalized and customizable Web experience. Continue reading “Mozilla teases Firefox Launcher for Android, beta testing to start soon”
Google Maps app for iPhone, iPad and Android already shows you alternate routes when you request for it while navigating. Google has updated these apps to show notifications if there’s a faster route. Google maps already shows bands of red, yellow and green along your route based on traffic conditions. The new notification option now lets you reach the destination faster with dynamic rerouting so that you can avoid heavy traffic in your chosen route. Continue reading “Google Maps for iOS and Android updated with faster route notification”
Gameloft is usually the game making company that brings around official games for Marvel Super Hero based movies and they will be doing it again. This time, it will be Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The second iteration of the Captain America movie series is all set to be released at the end of March. Gameloft has confirmed that they will be producing and releasing the official Captain America: The Winter Soldier game in late March. 
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