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Last month a Korea Time report said that Samsung is planning to shut down its ChatOn messaging service. Soon after that Samsung denied saying that those were just rumors. Today Samsung has confirmed that it will shut down its ChatOn services in all markets except for the US in February 2015. Continue reading “Samsung to shut down ChatOn service in all markets except US in Feb 2015”
Gameloft has launched Brothers in Arms 3: Sons of War, the latest game in the Brothers in Arms franchise. In this you playSergeant Wright and lead your band of highly trained brothers and use their special abilities in the heat of battle. You can experience a dramatic, life-changing journey in the aftermath of the D-Day invasion, says Gameloft.
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Yahoo! has updated its Weather app for Android, iPhone and iPad with new animated effects. The Android app now shows animated effects for rain, snow, fog, heat, lightning and frost and the iOS app that already had some animated effects now shows lightning and frost in addition to those. These effects are animated through leveraging bleeding-edge graphics technology typically only seen in video games, says the company.
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Google has updated its Inbox app to version 1.2 that brings several new features, including Reminder suggestions as you type or tap so that you can create Reminders faster. Inbox has Assists,handy pieces of info that helps you with the next step. If a suggestion has an icon next to it, that means you’re guaranteed an assist. Continue reading “Inbox by Gmail gets Android Wear support, smart suggestions for Reminders and more”
Pebble released Firmware version 2.8.1 and Android app version 2.2 earlier this month that brought French, German, and Spanish support. The latest Android app update version 2.3 Beta brings the most expected Android Wear notifications that lets users reply and act on notifications right from your watch. Pebble has also added some unique features such as reply to Hangouts message with emoji and more. Continue reading “Pebble for Android v2.3 Beta brings Android Wear Notifications, Auto app updates and more”
LINE Corporation has updated its LINE Messenger app to version 4.8 that introduces new LINE Pay mobile money transfer and purchasing service that lets users make payments easily through LINE directly from the smartphone. This lets you add your credit card information to pay on e-commerce websites and apps easily. Continue reading “LINE 4.8 update adds LINE Pay Mobile Payment Service”
Instagram for Android and iPhone have been updated with five new photo filters – Slumber, Crema, Ludwig, Aden and Perpetua. It got Mayfair and Willow filters back in December 2012, it took two years for the company to add more filters. Continue reading “Instagram for Android and iPhone updated with five new filters”
Opera has updated its Coast browser for iPhone and iPad to version 4.0 that brings several new features, including Opera’s Turbo data-savings technology, which reduces webpages to a fraction of their original size, for speedier browsing, thus saving time and data charges when you are using GPRS/Edge networks or crowded Wi-Fi hotspots. The update also brings Handoff feature that lets you Handoff pages and continue browsing on your Mac’s default browser and lots more new features. Continue reading “Opera Coast 4.0 for iPhone and iPad brings Opera Turbo data compression, Handoff and more”
Skype today announced that Indian users can call any mobile or landline in the US and Canada for free using Skype. To call a number, you just need to open the dial pad in Skype and type the number. This limited period offer is available for both existing and new skype users and is valid till March 1st 2015. Continue reading “Skype offers unlimited free calls to mobiles and landlines in US and Canada for users in India”
BlackBerry has updated BBM for iOS, Android and BlackBerry Smartphones to version 2.6 that brings Group Stickers for all the platforms and also increases timed messages timer to last up to 60 seconds. Continue reading “BBM gets updated with Android Lollipop and iOS 8 support”
Swiftkey for Android has been updated to version 5.1.2 that brings major performance fixes including additional improvements to typing responsiveness, enhancements to the SwiftKey Store and multiple bug fixes. The update also brings new pack of themes called Gift Wrap. Check out the list of themes. These are priced at $1.99/99p/Rs.59 each or $4.99/£2.99/Rs.179 for the pack. Continue reading “SwiftKey for Android updated with more improvements, gets Gift Wrap Themes”
Yesterday we reported that Google has started rolling out YouTube Offline Playback in India for Android. Today Google has officially launched offline playback feature for both Android and iOS devices in India. This lets you take videos offline to watch later during short periods of low or no internet connectivity. You can update to the latest version of YouTube on Android and iOS to experience offline playback in India. Continue reading “Google officially launches YouTube Offline in India for Android and iOS”
Back in September at the Android One event Google announced that YouTube will get offline playback in India. Now the feature is available for YouTube for Android in India. This lets you add videos to watch it offline by selecting an icon below the video or by selecting Add to Offline from a video’s context menu. Once added, an available offline icon will be displayed below the video. There is a separate playlist called Offline, to view all the videos that are saved offline. Continue reading “YouTube for Android gets offline mode in India”
Rovio has announced that their RETRY game has clocked 10 million download within months after the launch. The game developed by Rovio Entertainment’s experimental publishing arm, Rovio LVL11 was released back in May for limited iOS users. Later in October it released the game for Android users and iOS users globally. Continue reading “Rovio RETRY clocks 10 million downloads, new levels coming soon”
Aircel has partnered with Hungama to offer the Hungama-Pro for free for the first two months. This enables customers to listen music and view full length HD quality music videos for free. Hungama offers Indian, International and Regional music. Hungama has multi-lingual transliteration feature in five languages that includes, English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Punjabi, allowing users to interact with the app in their preferred language. After the offer, the service will later be available to the users at a price of Rs. 120 per month. Continue reading “Aircel subscribers get Hungama PRO service free for two months”
