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MapmyIndia, popular for its navigation and location-based services has launched the Explore app for Windows Phone back in October and the Android app arrived soon after. MapmyIndia Explore app is finally available for iPhone. It has an upgraded user interface and is also customizable, says MapmyIndia. It also offers social Recommendations and also lets you become Expert Explorers. Continue reading “MapmyIndia Explore now available for iPhone”
Microsoft launched Office for iPad – Word, Excel and PowerPoint few hours back. The company launched the Microsoft Office Mobile for Office 365 for iPhone and Android smartphones last year. Both these apps have been renamed to Microsoft Office Mobile and is available for free from the respective app stores. Continue reading “Microsoft Office Mobile for Android and iPhone goes free”
At an event in San Francisco today, Microsoft’s new CEO Satya Nadella announced the availability of Microsoft Office for the iPad. The company has released 3 new iPad apps for Word , Excel and PowerPoint . The news is not a big surprise considering this is a much expected move but instant availability on the App Store is a great piece of news of Office users especially those with a Office 365 subscription. The apps are free for download and event viewing office documents is free. But editing the documents requires an active Office 365 subscription. This is clearly Microsoft’s attempt at getting more users to sign up for their cloud based Office offering.
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Microsoft unveiled the much awaited Microsoft Office suite for iPad with 3 separate apps for Word , Excel and Powerpoint. The apps just went live on the US iTunes App Store at 11AM Pacific time and 2PM Eastern time. The apps are free to download and viewing office documents is free. However to edit the documents, an Office 365 subscription is required.
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Dell is not just one of the biggest PC makers out there, but also a close ally to Microsoft, with the latter recently helping out when the company went private. But being an independent company, Dell did make its foray into other platforms, with Android, and eventually even Chrome OS, both Google products. So, naturally, much like any other OEM, Dell is now in a patent licensing agreement with Microsoft where it will pay royalties for its products based on Android and Chrome OS. But surprisingly, even Microsoft is licensing some patents from Dell for its Xbox gaming consoles, making this deal more balanced than usual.
Continue reading “Dell to pay Microsoft tax for its Android and Chrome OS devices”
Airtel Digital TV, the DTH service arm of Airtel has launched Airtel Pocket TV, the company’s latest mobile application, that lets users stream over 150 live TV channels and watch TV programs. It has over 10,000 hours of video content and over 13 channels on anytime TV, says the company. Continue reading “Airtel Pocket TV app launched for Android, coming soon to iOS”
Twitter has started rolling out two new features for the Android and iPhone apps. The photo tagging feature would let you tag up to 10 people in photos. Another feature is option to upload up to four images in a Tweet at a time. “Tagging doesn’t affect character count in the Tweet — you can tag up to 10 people in a photo and still have all 140 characters at your disposal”, says Twitter. Continue reading “Twitter for Android and iPhone to get photo tagging and multiple photo upload”
Last month LG UK promised that the Android 4.4.2 (KitKat) update would be available in UK starting mid-March. The international variant of the LG G2 got the KitKat update last week, now the update is available for the Indian G2 users. The KitKat update for the G2 would bring battery-saving location mode, speed improvements for 17% percent faster performance compared to Jelly Bean, Google Cloud Print and lots more new features. Continue reading “LG G2 gets the Android 4.4.2 KitKat update in India”
HTC has finally revealed its most awaited flagship phone, the One (M8), at an event in New York today. The flagship phone takes on a countless number of other Android flagship devices with an upgraded design and internals, bringing it up to speed, literally. The new One improves upon the older one in a lot of ways, and one of them is by innovating(again) on the camera side. The original One had the industry’s first Ultrapixel sensor, a 4.1 MP camera with pixels sized at 2 microns, which is back on the new HTC One (M8) but it is also accompanied by a secondary camera. While the Ultrapixel is all about gathering more light, this curious little camera that sits above the main unit enables a whole lot of enhancements that HTC proudly portrayed at their event. So what is this “Duo Camera” all about, and how does it really work? Let’s find out.
ICYMI earlier – HTC One (M8) Hands on and our live blog.
LINE Corporation has introduced a new offer to users of messaging app LINE that lets them enjoy free talk time worth Rs. 50 to all its users in India. To redeem the talk time on the mobile phone, users need to download the LINE Characters in Love sticker pack and send stickers to five LINE friends. This offer is available for both prepaid and post-paid users on platforms such as iOS, Android and BlackBerry, but not available for Windows Phone. Continue reading “LINE Messenger offers free talk time to Indian users”
Nokia has started rolling out a minor software update for the Nokia X, the company’s first Android smartphone based on Android Open Source Project (AOSP
HTC is all set to unveil the All New HTC One in less than 10 hours . The company has released two new apps, HTC BlinkFeed and HTC Service Pack on Google Play. These apps doesn’t work with the HTC One yet (may be it’ll need the Sense 6.0). Popular HTC BlinkFeed that was introduced with the HTC One is expected to get an update when it launches on the All New HTC One. Continue reading “HTC BlinkFeed and Service Pack apps released on Google Play”
Genesys International Corporation launched WoNoBo.com, a website to view 360-degree walkthroughs of India’s most visited monuments and streets, back in October last year. The company has finally released the WoNoBo app for Android as promised. The Android app lets you search for places, share the places you view easily, switch between 360-degree and maps views, browse heritage sites and more. Continue reading “WoNoBo 360-degree street view app released for Android”
BlackBerry started rolling out OS 10.2.1 for its OS 10 devices earlier this year that brought new software features, FM Radio and more. BlackBerry OS 10.3, an upcoming version of the BlackBerry OS has leaked. BlackBerry Empire has got hold of the BlackBerry 10.3.0.140 ROM for the BlackBerry Z10 (STL 100-3), soon after ZonaBlackBerry posted screenshots of the new BlackBerry OS 10.3 features. Continue reading “BlackBerry OS 10.3 leaks, reportedly brings new UI and features”
Asphalt 8: Airborne for Android and iOS has received its second major update since the launch. The new update for these platforms adds six new tracks around Asian-inspired location, the Great Wall and four new cars. The new iOS update v1.3 also has Twitch integration to connect with the Asphalt community on Twitch.tv to broadcast your gameplay online. This update also adds new events in career mode, new soundtrack and an improved Main Menu. Continue reading “Asphalt 8: Airborne for Android and iOS updated with 6 new tracks, new cars and more”
