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Apple releases iOS 9.0.2 update with bug fixes and improvements, iOS 9.1 beta 3

Apple iOS 9.0.2 update

Apple has released minor iOS 9.0.2 update (Build 13A452) for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices, a week after releasing iOS 9.0.1 update and two weeks after releasing major iOS 9.0 update for these devices. The 72.5MB update includes several bug fixes and improvements for these devices that are related to app cellular data usage, iMessage activation, iCloud backup, notifications and Podcasts app. Check out the complete changelog. Continue reading “Apple releases iOS 9.0.2 update with bug fixes and improvements, iOS 9.1 beta 3”

Huawei Honor 4C and Honor 6 get Android 5.1 Lollipop update in India

Huawei Honor 6 Android 5.1 Lollipop

Huawei has released Android 5.1 (Lollipop) update for the Honor 4C and Honor 6 smartphones in India. The Honor 4C actually got the update on September 21st, earlier this week, and the Honor 6 got the update today, as the company promised last month. The Android 5.1 update brings new features, functionalities and improved user experience with visual refinements along with the new Emotion UI 3.1 update. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 4C and Honor 6 get Android 5.1 Lollipop update in India”

Apple releases iOS 9.0.1 update with bug fixes, iOS 9.1 beta 2 for developers

Apple iOS 9.0.1

Apple has released minor iOS 9.0.1 update for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices, a week after it released the major iOS 9.0 update for these devices that is already running on more than 50% of iOS devices. The 35MB update includes several bug fixes for these devices that are related to set up resistant, alarms, Safari browser, Photos and APN setup. Check out the complete changelog. Continue reading “Apple releases iOS 9.0.1 update with bug fixes, iOS 9.1 beta 2 for developers”

Gmail for Android gets block senders and unsubscribe option

Gmail for Android Block and Unsubscribe

Google has introduced two new features for Gmail. The new block feature lets you block specific email addresses and the unsubscribe option will enable you to opt out of eligible mailing lists directly from the Gmail app, which comes handy for unnecessary newsletters. Once you block someone, future emails from them will directly go to spam folder, skipping inbox, but you can unblock them anytime from the Settings. Continue reading “Gmail for Android gets block senders and unsubscribe option”

Google’s Clock app for Android gets gradually increasing volume, timer ringtone and more

Google published its Clock app for Android on Google Play Store back in June. Few hours back the app got updated to version 4.2 from version 4.0.2 that brings several new features and visual changes. Some of the visual changes that were spotted by Android police earlier this week, include accessibility of overflow menu button from all parts of the app, transparent navigation bar on compatible phones, smaller icons within the central floating action button and more. Continue reading “Google’s Clock app for Android gets gradually increasing volume, timer ringtone and more”

Microsoft Office 2016 released, starts at Rs. 5999

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Microsoft has released Office 2016 worldwide, as it promised. This brings new features such as real-time typing, easy sharing, new Excel charts, Skype for Business, modern attachments in Outlook and more. It also has several enterprise features such as built-in Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Multifactor Authentication and more. Continue reading “Microsoft Office 2016 released, starts at Rs. 5999”

Apple releases watchOS 2 with new watch faces, enhanced communication options and more

Apple watchOS 2

Apple announced the watchOS 2 at the WWDC back in June. At the iPhone event earlier this month, Apple said that it will release watchOS 2 on September 16th, along with the iOS 9, but it got delayed due to bugs that was discovered at the last moment. Now it has rolled out the update for the Apple Watch that brings new features such as native support for third-party apps such as News, Weather, Facebook Messenger, GoPro with viewfinder support on Watch, new ‘Time Travel’ feature lets you rotate the digital crown to move forward or backwards in your appointments, Transit option in maps for finding public transportation and several improvements. Continue reading “Apple releases watchOS 2 with new watch faces, enhanced communication options and more”

Apple releases Move to iOS app for Android

Apple Move to iOS

Apple has released Move to iOS app for Android that allows Android users to move to iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. The app was showcased at the WWDC back in June and lets you transfer Contacts, Message history, Camera photos and videos, Web bookmarks, Mail accounts and Calendars from your Android device. Continue reading “Apple releases Move to iOS app for Android”

Top 10 features of UC Browser 10.7

UC Browser by UCWeb is the top used mobile browser in India with a market share of 49% according to StatCounter as of August 2015. We take a closer look at the latest version of UC Browser 10.7 to see what are the top features that makes this the top browser in its category.

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Motorola starts rolling out Stagefright patches for its smartphones globally

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Motorola announced last month that it will offer patches for Stagefright exploit. Few days back it announced that it has started rolling out updates with Stagefright fixes for its smartphones globally. The Moto X Play and Moto X Style smartphones come with security patches out of the box. Motorola is rolling out new updates for Moto X (1st Gen, 2nd Gen), Moto G (1st Gen, 2nd Gen, 3rd Gen) Moto G with 4G LTE 1st Gen, Moto E (1st Gen, 2nd Gen) and Moto E 4G LTE (2nd Gen). All these include fixes for the latest vulnerability in the Stagefright library (CVE-2015-3864).
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Axis Bank launches LIME app with Wallet, Shopping, Payments and Banking

Axis Bank LIME

Axis bank today launched LIME, a lifestyle app that enables you to pay bills, transfer money and shop. It also has features like splitting bills, sharing wallet, creating a goal, tracking your spends and more. It lets you open a full-fledged savings account digitally, by completing the KYC process, using mobile.

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Android Lollipop 5.1.1 now rolling out to Sony Xperia C3

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Sony Xperia C3 users have something to rejoice about as their handsets will soon receive the update to Android Lollipop 5.1.1 if they haven’t received it already.

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Periscope live streaming app finally gets landscape support

Periscope landscape

Periscope was launched for iPhone back in March and it arrived for Android in May. Twitter had been adding new features for Periscope every few weeks, since the launch, now it has finally added support for landscape mode. If you watch a landscape stream in portrait mode, it will not be available in full screen, as you can see in the image below. It also adds few more features such as share indication in your home feed, mutual follow for Android and more. Continue reading “Periscope live streaming app finally gets landscape support”

Opera Mini for Android updated with new compression modes

Opera Mini 11 for Android Extreme and High modes

Opera has updated its Opera Mini app to version 11 that brings option to swtich between two compression modes, high and extreme. The High-compression mode offers richer experiences and to see webpages how they are supposed to look, without any hefty compression, but it still offers the old data savings, says Opera.

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Pushbullet’s Portal now available for iOS

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Portal is an app from Pushbullet that allows quick and easy exchange of files between your computer and smartphone using Wi-Fi networks. Portal has already been out for Android for a while and now it is making its way to iOS devices.

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