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Xiaomi launched their Mi Band in India only last month at a price of Rs 999. Now Micromax’s YU has announced their own fitness band called the YuFit which is also priced at Rs 999. Let us take a look at both of them and see which one offers a better deal.
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Samsung has released yet another update for users of the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. The XXU1AOE3 build is around 159 MB in size and will be available as an OTA update.
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Halfbrick Studios, popular for its Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride games has launched its first educational app Fruit Ninja Academy: Math Master for children between 5 to 7 years of age. This teaches children Grade 1 math skills in the form of simple Fruit Ninja gameplay that lets players slice their way through different math challenges presented in an engaging comic-style format. Continue reading “Fruit Ninja Academy: Math Master for Android, iPhone and iPad released for Kids”
Samsung has started rolling out Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop) for both the Wi-Fi (SM-T530) and LTE (SM-T535) variants of Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 tablets. Update for the WiFi variant is now available in Spain and the 4G variant has received the update in Nordic Countries. The Tab 4 series was introduced a year back running Android 4.4 (KitKat). The Galaxy Tab S series got the Lollipop update recently. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 Android 5.0 Lollipop update starts rolling out”
Sources say that Google is planning to give users more control over privacy on their Android phones. They will be able to determine what sort of information a particular application can access.
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Google has announced over twitter that the Nexus 9 will soon be receiving an update to version 5.1, starting today. Until today, the latest software version that was available for the Nexus 9 was Andoird Lollipop 5.0.2 while most of it’s counterparts received 5.1 quite a while back.
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Rovio has launched its Angry Birds Fight!, the first cultural mash-up game from the company in Asia Pacific countries, including India after it was launched in Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. It is a match-3 frenzy where you take on other players in real-time battles of strategic, bird swapping agility.You need to race against the clock to match as many panels as possible to power up your bird for the fight. Continue reading “Angry Birds Fight! for Android, iPhone and iPad launched in Asia Pacific”
Crossy Road, popular addictive endless Arcade Hopper game has finally launched on Windows Phone and Windows platforms. It was released on iOS back in November last year and became an instant hit. Later it was launched on Amazon app store in December and it arrived on Google Play in January this year. Continue reading “Crossy Road released for Windows and Windows Phone”
Microsoft has released public preview of Office 2016 for Windows users, couple of months after it released Office for Mac Preview. Office 2016 brings smart tools for individuals, teams, and businesses, says the company. You can create, open, edit and save files in the cloud from your desktop. Continue reading “Microsoft releases Office 2016 consumer preview for Windows”
Meerkat started taking registrations for Android public beta few weeks back, now the beta version of the app is available for download for everyone. The app was launched on iPhone back in February. Twitter’s Periscope live streaming app was launched for iPhone in March, but it is yet to launch on Android. Continue reading “Meerkat (beta) live streaming app now available for Android”
Monument Valley, one of the popular puzzle games is now available for Windows Phone. It was first released for iOS and was launched for Android back in May last year. Developed by indie studio Ustwo from UK, in the game, you need to guide a silent princess Ida through a land of mysterious monuments and fantastical architecture you manipulate. Continue reading “Monument Valley finally arrives for Windows Phone”
In a surprising move, Microsoft is now letting developers repackage their Android and iOS apps for Windows 10. Developers will be able to quickly port their app over, with equivalent system-level APIs in Windows that will support as well as extend the app’s functionality. Microsoft will include an Android subsystem on Windows 10 for phones and have supporting APIs for iOS apps. The above image is a demo of an Android app, accessing Windows phone’s native controls and APIs, but the remaining code is the same. This way, it drastically cuts down development costs which companies just can’t afford, to re-write for a platform without substantial market share.
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Shifty Jelly, the company behind the most popular Pocket Casts app for Android and iOS platforms has finally launched the app for Windows Phone. It has all the important features such as cross platform syncing, variable playback speed, auto download, filters and more. This is the first version, and the company will improve the app based on feedback from the users.
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Google on Tuesday started rolling out the updated Play Newsstand app for Android devices. The update brings overall performance and UI improvements, more articles from the sources, smarter recommendations, bug fixes and more. Continue reading “Google Play Newsstand update brings smarter recommendations and more”
Opera Software on Tuesday updated its mobile browser for Android with a new Turbo mode that essentially is an upgrade to the previously available Off-Road mode. Continue reading “Opera for Android gets Turbo mode, Tab syncing and more”
