Minuum Keyboard for Android out of beta, free trial version arrives on Google Play

Minuum keyboard for Android

Minuum, a small and smart keyboard for Android is out of beta. Minuum 2.0 is now available on Google Play for a free 30-day trial. The updated app has an updated UI, multi-language support, quick access to emoji symbols, option to share text between applications, and improvements to speed and accuracy. Continue reading “Minuum Keyboard for Android out of beta, free trial version arrives on Google Play”

YouTube 5.5 for Android brings better search, new tabs on pages and more

YouTube 5.5 for Android

Google has updated YouTube app for Android to version 5.5.27, that brings some features such as better search results, that now shows videos, playlists and channels, new tabs such as activity, videos and playlists on a channel and some bugfixes related to Google Cast. This version also has a range of improvements. Continue reading “YouTube 5.5 for Android brings better search, new tabs on pages and more”

VLC for Windows 8 Beta arrives in Windows Store

VLC for Windows

After successfully finishing the Kickstarter campaign with a back in December last year, VideoLAN  has released the first beta version of the VLC media player in the Windows Store. It can play all the video and audio files, similar to the desktop version. It currently supports x86 and x64 platforms, but it would soon be available for ARM-based tablets running Windows RT, VideoLAN promised last year. Continue reading “VLC for Windows 8 Beta arrives in Windows Store”

Opera Mini 8 for Java and BlackBerry brings new UI, night mode and more

Opera Mini 8 for BlackBerry

Opera has updated Opera Mini for Java and BlackBerry to version 8, that brings a range of new features, including a new user interface, better private browsing, that was first introduced in Opera Mini 4.5, night mode for better reading in dark and lots more new features. Continue reading “Opera Mini 8 for Java and BlackBerry brings new UI, night mode and more”

McAfee Mobile Security for Android and iOS now offers premium features for free

McAfee Mobile Security for Android and iPhone

McAfee has updated their Android and iOS apps, making its premium features such as app privacy, anti-theft features and much more for free. The app is targeted at making security a more integrated part of the Indian consumer experience, says McAfee India. It also offers in-app purchases, that lets you purchase premium account, that adds few more features such as 2GB of cloud storage, phone support and promo-free experience. Continue reading “McAfee Mobile Security for Android and iOS now offers premium features for free”

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 game coming to Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone 8 in April

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 game

Gameloft released The Amazing Spider-Man Mobile game back in 2012, when the first Amazing Spider-Man movie released. Gameloft has once again teamed up with Marvel to bring the new Amazing Spider-Man 2 mobile game. The sequel would have new, original story inspired by the movie and has new features. This has villains such as Electro and the Green Goblin, introduces new combos and more action. Continue reading “The Amazing Spider-Man 2 game coming to Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone 8 in April”

Instagram for Android gets a UI refresh, now faster and more responsive

Instagram 5.1 for Android

Instagram for Android has been updated to version 5.1, that brings a completely new user interface. It also makes the app more responsive with a range of under the hood improvements. Instagram for Android was introduced back in April 2012, since then the app has received a range of new features such as tablet support, video support, option to import from library, automatic straightening and more. Continue reading “Instagram for Android gets a UI refresh, now faster and more responsive”

Sony introduces Xperia Themes as a part of Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update

Sony Xperia Themes

Sony has introduced Xperia Themes, a new feature  to skin your Xperia smartphones and tablets as a part of Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) update. New theme changes Homescreen indicators, Volume bars, Navigation bars, Switches and also changes the wallpaper for the home screen and lock screen. The Xperia Themes work on top of Sony’s skin in Xperia devices, and offers over hundreds of graphical elements. Continue reading “Sony introduces Xperia Themes as a part of Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update”

uTorrent for Android gets a major update, brings UI refresh and new features

uTorrent 2.03 for Android

Last month BitTorrent for Android got a major update, that brought UI refresh and new features, today uTorrent app for Android has been updated to version 2.03, that brings a new user interface, similar to the BitTorrent. Now you can select files to download, inside a torrent, choose download location and also delete the torrent alone or delete the files too, along with the torrent. Continue reading “uTorrent for Android gets a major update, brings UI refresh and new features”

Apple iOS 7.1 update released, brings CarPlay, Siri improvements and more

Apple iOS 7.1 features

Apple has released iOS 7.1 update for iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone. This update brings several new features such as CarPlay support, that lets you connect your phone to supported cars, new improvements to Siri, new features in iTunes Radio, Calendar, Accessibility, option to automatically enable HDR for iPhone 5s and more. It also has new user interface enhancements, that brings more rounded icons, more polished control center and notification center. It also brings performance improvements to iPhone 4.
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Samsung Galaxy S5 to come with exclusive app subscriptions worth over $600

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Samsung Galaxy Gifts, exclusive gifts for the Samsung Galaxy S5 appeared on the official website last week. Today, Samsung has detailed these offers with their new partners, that would come bundled with the smartphone. Total value of these pre-paid and discounted subscriptions are worth $600. These include popular apps like Dropbox, Box and Evernote. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S5 to come with exclusive app subscriptions worth over $600”

UC Browser HD 3.0 for Android brings built-in video player, gesture controls and more

UC Browser HD

UCWeb has updated UC Browser HD for Android to version 3.0, a major update, that brings gesture control on tablets and large screen phones. The new update also adds intelligent text zoom for easier reading, page preloader, cloud sync and more. Continue reading “UC Browser HD 3.0 for Android brings built-in video player, gesture controls and more”

Samsung launches Milk Music ad-free radio service for select Galaxy smartphones in the US

Samsung Milk Music

Samsung has launched Milk Music, a new ad-free radio service with 200 radio stations in the U.S. It is powered by Slacker Radio. It has a new design, that lets you change station with a turn of a dial, and doesn’t require any set up or registration. It would be ad-free only for a limited period. Continue reading “Samsung launches Milk Music ad-free radio service for select Galaxy smartphones in the US”

Pebble app store arrives for Android, Gets eBay and Evernote apps

Pebble App Store for Android

Pebble, the company’s behind the most popular smartwatch has finally released their app store for Android on Google Play. The Pebble app store for iOS was released last month, and a beta version of the Android app was introduced alongside. The company had been updating the Pebble beta app for Android with new features and fixes since then, and the Android Beta 11 was the most recent beta version, that was released earlier this week. Continue reading “Pebble app store arrives for Android, Gets eBay and Evernote apps”

Kindle Paperwhite (First gen) finally gets Goodreads integration, Kindle FreeTime and more


Amazon unveiled the New Kindle Paperwhite back in September last year, and announced that it would get Goodreads and FreeTime features in a software update. The New Paperwhite got the these features in an update in November, but the company did not announce these features for the first Generation Paperwhite. Amazon has rolled out a new update (version 5.4.4) to the first generation Paperwhite, that brings Goodreads integration, Kindle FreeTime feature and more features, that were available in the New Kindle Paperwhite. Continue reading “Kindle Paperwhite (First gen) finally gets Goodreads integration, Kindle FreeTime and more”