Google has updated the Google Search app for Android devices running on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). This brings new Google Now cards for nearby events, Travel cards with boarding passes (US only), Weather cards with weather alert at upcoming travel destination, Birthday cards that lets you know about your friends’ Birthdays, New voice actions to find out the songs and to scan a bar code. Continue reading “Google Search for Android updated with improved Google Now suggestions, new Voice actions”
Facebook for BlackBerry has been updated to version 3.3.0.11 that brings new features including a new look with refreshed icons and navigation, better BBM integration that lets you share BBM, discover and add BBM friends and initiate BBM chats from the app, Photo enchancements and more. Facebook for Blackberry got BBM integration earlier this year to share your latest Facebook status and location check-in as your BBM Personal Message. Continue reading “Facebook for BlackBerry updated with better BBM integration, Improved Photo viewing and more”
Gameloft has released Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour for iPhone and iPad. The new installment in the First Person Shooter (FPS) has even better graphics and more life-like animations than the previous versions. This is the first Gameloft title that is powered by the Havok Engine that offers amazing effects and the most realistic-feeling vehicles ever. It also has improved sound and voice acting. Continue reading “Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour released for iPhone and iPad”
Foursquare for iPhone has been updated to version 5.3.5 that brings faster check-ins, new check-in screen with map of the location with photo attachment at the top and the check-in button at the bottom. This update also has check-in highlights under the friends’ check-ins and notifications of newly updated places. The previous v5.3.3 update for iPhone brought ratings for places. Continue reading “Foursquare for iPhone updated with new check-in screen, check-in highlights and more”
Zite Personalized Magazine for iPhone and iPad has been update to version 2.0 that add lot of new features including new explore page that has a catalog of over 40,000 topics from 2,500, Facebook integration to get topic suggestions based on your Facebook history, and more. Zite for Android was released earlier this March. Zite has promised an update for the Android and Windows Phone apps in 2013. Continue reading “Zite for iPhone and iPad v2.0 update brings New Explore page, Facebook integration and more”
Facebook has updated their Messenger app for Android to version 2.2.1. Even though this is a minor update to fix some bugs, this update adds new feature that enables new users to sign up using their name and phone number. Facebook launched the Messenger app for Android and iPhone last year, that lets you send messages to your Facebook friends or friends in your phone contacts. Continue reading “Facebook Messenger for Android updated, lets you Sign Up using your mobile number”
Google has updated the Gmail app for iPhone and iPad to version 2.0. The new Gmail v2.0 for iOS brings redesigned UI, Multiple account support, search predictions and more new features. Google released the Gmail app for iPhone and iPad last November. Google acquired Sparrow, a popular email app for Mac and iOS earlier this year, but the new Gmail app lacks several features that sparrow had such as universal inbox and gestures. Continue reading “Gmail for iPhone and iPad v2.0 update brings redesigned UI, Multiple account support and more”
Google has updated Gmail for Android to version 4.2.1 that brings pinch-to-zoom feature for emails and a swipe to archive or delete to quickly delete or archive a mail from you inbox or sent for Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) devices . You can also attach photos and videos within Gmail and view larger photo previews in attachments. The update leaked few months back and it was available in the Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) on Google Nexus devices. Continue reading “Gmail v4.2.1 update for Android 4.0 and 4.1 brings pinch-to-zoom, Swipe to delete and more features”
Evernote has updated their Skitch app for Android to version 2.0.4 that brings new features including options to customize annotations on Skitch images and make annotations easier, two-finger pan support, bug fixes and more. Evernote Skitch. The Skitch app for Android got a major update recently that brought new UI, tools and powerful Evernote integration. Continue reading “Skitch for Android v2.0.4 update brings new features”
Facebook started testing Photo Sync feature for their Android, iPhone and iPad apps back in August. Now they have started rolling out the feature to everyone. There is no app update for this feature, you just get a notification when you open the Facebook app to enable Photo Sync feature. This automatically uploads entire photos in your phone as you capture. You can also sync your entire phone photos, and you get 2GB of storage for it. The auto photo upload feature is already available on Google+ as instant upload and in Dropbox as Camera Upload. Continue reading “Facebook Photo Sync feature starts rolling out for Android, iPhone and iPad apps”
Nokia has launched PhotoBeamer app exclusively for Lumia phones (Lumia 820 and Lumia 920) running on Windows Phone 8. This app lets you to share images from the phone easily just by pointing the device on the QR code on photobeamer.com. This uses Scalado’s technology that was first released on PhotoBeamer iPhone back in May. After Nokia acquired Scalado, the team has worked hard to bring the app to Windows Phone 8 devices. Continue reading “Nokia launches PhotoBeamer image sharing app for Lumia Windows Phone 8 devices”
Symantec has released Norton Mobile Security for iPhone and iPad. It lets users keep their device secure, recover a lost or stolen device and prevent strangers from accessing their information. Unlike the Norton Mobile Security for Android, you can’t lock the device remotely or Block calls or SMS yet. Continue reading “Norton Mobile Security released for iPhone and iPad”
Google has updated the Google Drive app for Android to version 1.1.470.11 that brings native Spreadsheet editor finally, which enables you to edit spreadsheets easily, switch fonts, resize columns, sort data, and more. This update also brings better editing in the documents editor, option to add homescreen shortcuts for files and folders and more new features. Continue reading “Google Drive for Android updated, brings native Spreadsheet editor and more new features”
Flipkart has launched Flyte eBooks for Android. The company launched Flyte MP3 downloads earlier this year along with a Flyte MP3 Android app. The new Flyte eBooks for Android that lets you download eBook on your Android device from a collection of over 60,000 paid books and about 4000 free eBooks. You can sign in to your Flipkart account, add money to your wallet and start buying the book from the app or purchase it online. Unlike the Amazon’s Kindle format (.azw or .mobi), this uses Flipkart’s propitiatory format (.fkb). You can download each Flipkart eBook to a maximum of six devices, similar to Amazon Kindle books. Continue reading “Flipkart launches Flyte eBooks for Android”
Microsoft has updated the Bing Translator app to version 2.5 that brings support Windows Phone 8 devices. This brings new translator camera lens for Windows Phone 8 devices that lets to access the camera mode translation functionality in the translator app quickly when you launch the camera. Continue reading “Bing Translator app now available for Windows Phone 8, gets new translator camera lens”
