Flipkart released a native Android app few months back, now the online retailer has released a new app for iPhone. The app lets you navigate through products, search using filters, read reviews, track your order and more. It is not clear when the company plans to launch an app for iPad. Flipkart launched eBooks app for Android last year and the appwas released for iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone 8 devices back in August. Continue reading “Flipkart shopping app now available for iPhone”
Futuremark released the 3D mark Android benchmark app earlier this year. Since a lot of mobile manufactures are said to be cheating to show up higher scores on several benchmarks, the company has released a new update and has also announced that the company would delist devices that are suspicious. When a device is suspected of breaking the rules it is delisted. 3DMark scores from delisted devices should not be used to compare devices. Delisted devices appear unranked, and without scores, at the bottom of the 3DMark Device Channel and the Best Mobile Devices list on our website, says the company. Continue reading “Futuremark updates 3DMark Android Benchmark app, delists devices with suspicious scores”
UK-based Inq Mobile has released SO.HO, a social app for Android smartphones earlier this year. The app brings all the social feeds – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc into one homescreen, that lets you conveniently view all the updates in a single place. The app is seamlessly integrated Android launcher app, and lets you tweet, update your status, ‘like’ and comment direct from your homescreen easily. It supports range of languages including Hindi. Continue reading “SO.HO is a free social homescreen for Android Smartphones”
LINE corporation, a Japanese-based company has announced that LINE has crossed over 300 million users worldwide, since its launch in June 2011. Back in June Whatsapp announced that they have crossed 250 million active users, LINE just says that they have achieved 300 million registered users. LINE was launched in India in July, and at that time the company claimed that they had 180 million users. LINE India says that they have reached 10 million users in the first 3 months after the launch, and plans to grab 20 million user share by the end of 2013. The company has posted an infographic that shows the growth of the users in numbers. Continue reading “LINE Messenger clocks 300 million users worldwide, 10 million users in India”
Dropbox has finally updated the app for iPhone and iPad that finally brings iOS 7 redesign, option to simply tap on files and photos to toggle full-screen mode. It also has AirDrop support and seamless saving of videos to the device library. It also has some bug fixes and better PDF viewing. Check out the complete changelog that lists all the new features in the latest update. Dropbox for Android got New notifications feed , option to send photos and videos to contacts in the v2.3.11 update earlier this week.
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Google has updated its Translate app for Android to version 3.0 that brings a complete new user interface that is much cleaner and simpler. The update also lets you translate from speech faster and simpler. Text translation also has gesture support that lets you switch back and forth between languages easily for better conversation. This update also brings fullscreen camera and picture translation, additional language support for Handwriting and Camera input. Continue reading “Google Translate 3.0 for Android brings a new UI, more language support for Handwriting and Camera”
UCWeb, a leading global mobile internet software and services has updated UC Browser for Android to version 9.4. The latest UC Browser comes with Auto Pager feature, an upgraded Speed Mode, increased download speeds, and more offering a faster browsing experience in a variety of settings. This update also brings support for Android 4.4 and Hindi language support. UC Browser 9.3 for Android released back in September brought Smart download capability with Smart Reconnection, Smart Preview and Smart Manager. Continue reading “UC Browser 9.4 for Android brings upgraded Speed Mode, Auto Pager, Hindi support and more”
Pocket 5.0 arrived for iPhone and iPad last week, now the Android app has been updated to version 5.0. The new update brings streamlined navigation and an enhanced user experience including Highlights that uses Pocket’s insights to surface the best and most relevant content that’s already saved in your list, new side navigation lets you Jump to your List, Highlights, Tags, Favorites and Archive, and quickly filter your content and simplified search. Highlights feature would be available to all the users over the coming weeks.
Google has released the Play Newsstand, new magazine app for Android tablets and smartphones. The app lets you discover more of the news and magazines. It also offers breaking news, blogs, and in-depth articles featuring images, audio, and video. It gathers news from range of categories such as sports, business, cooking, entertainment, fashion and more. It also offers both free and paid news and full HD magazines, all in one place. Continue reading “Google Play Newsstand launched for Android Smartphones and Tablets”
Nokia has finally released WhatsApp for Asha 501 through a software update as the company promised at the Nokia World last month. WhatsApp launcher will appear on your home screen after the update that lets you download and install the full app. In addition to the WhatsApp support, the major software update also brings the new UI and features present on the recently announced Nokia Asha 500, 502 and the 503 and WhatsApp comes pre-loaded on all these devices out of the box.
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Waze, the crowd sourced traffic navigation app, was recently bought by Google for its own mapping data. The Waze team however had launched their Beta testing well before the acquisition, so as a result, we now have a fully featured and bug-fixed Waze navigation app for Windows Phone. Waze works best by crowd sourcing real time traffic data to provide you the best navigation routes, which will save time as well as contribute your data to the community for better results for all. The app which can run in the background on Windows Phone will constantly collect traffic data when in the navigation mode, and will also report on speed traps and accident zones.
Download Waze for Windows Phone 8 here
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Easily the most awaited app launch for Windows Phone is here. Yes, Instagram is now available for download on the Windows Phone 8 platform. It has been conveniently labeled a “BETA” as it most definitely lacks video support at launch, but if the developers at Instagram are to be believed, the new feature are coming in fast, so there’s no reason to worry. Just ahead of the holiday season, it’s good that Windows Phone finally has the most wanted app, even though in a public BETA, on it’s store.
Download Instagram BETA for Windows Phone 8 here
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Twitter has updated both the Android (v 5.0) and iPhone (v5.13) apps with new Search Filters that help you quickly find exactly the Tweets and people you’re looking for. Twitter released v5.0 Beta for Android back in September for a closed group that brought new UI, Navigation menu and more, looks like it has dropped the idea to bring the new UI to 5.0 update in the stable version. The stable v5.0 update doesn’t have the new UI or any Navigation menu. Both these apps were updated with in-line image and video previews few weeks back. Continue reading “Twitter for Android and iPhone updated with new Search filters, Trending Timeline and more”
Opera has updated the Android browser to version 18 that brings a completely new UI for tablets specifically designed for tablet. It also has the smartphone features Off-Road mode, that compresses websites images and text on slow connection, Discover that lets you get news from magazines and newspapers, Speed Dial and more. This update also brings bug fixes and various stabilisation and performance improvements for Android devices. Continue reading “Opera 18 for Android brings Tablet support with new UI”
The Xbox One is all set to release on November 22nd in 13 countries, and as a precursor, Microsoft has unveiled the new Xbox One Smartglass app for Windows Phone and Windows 8 devices. The Smartglass v2 is a massive improvement over the previous version that worked with the Xbox 360. It now talks directly to the console via WiFi Direct, whereas previously, it needed internet and your live ID to talk to the console and there was always a bit of lag sending over commands or executing actions. Now that the latency is massively reduced, the handshake and resuming of connections between the game and the Smartglass app should be very quick and seamless. In case you didn’t know, Smartglass is the definitive second screen screen experience for the Xbox, with keyboard input, touch control and second screen apps for games and videos taking center stage.
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