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Flipkart eBooks app now available for iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone 8 devices

Flipkart eBooks iPhone and Windows Phone 8

Flipkart eBooks app is now available for iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone 8 devices. Flipkart launched eBooks services called Flyte back in November last year and launched their Android app along with that. Eventually Flipkart lost the Flyte branding and also shut down the music store recently. The eBooks app for these new platforms offer similar features as the Android app, including, option to preview books to purchase, offline support and personalized reading experience. Flipkart has also released a web app called Web Reader to read the eBooks in your Flipkart library. Continue reading “Flipkart eBooks app now available for iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone 8 devices”

You can now send Voice Messages on WhatsApp

WhatsApp has added an interesting new feature to the service in the form of push-to-talk Voice Messaging. You can send and receive voice messages with your contacts on WhatsApp for free.Users must start seeing a microphone icon next to the text input area and you can press and record your voice message and send it. You can play the messages too once they are sent.I’m wondering how operators would react to this considering this might have an impact on traditional calls. Continue reading “You can now send Voice Messages on WhatsApp”

LinkedIn app arrives for Nokia Asha full touch devices

LinkedIn has finally launched the native LinkedIn app for Nokia Asha full touch devices, including the latest Asha 501. The app offers rich, personalized stream of industry news and updates, Get to know who you are meeting by checking out their LinkedIn profile and quickly follow up with someone you’ve just met with connect on LinkedIn. The app was launched for Windows Phone devices back in April 2012 and got updated with Live Tile support, Speech recognition and more earlier this year. Continue reading “LinkedIn app arrives for Nokia Asha full touch devices”

Bing gets a facelift on Windows Phone, adds new design and features

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Bing, Microsoft’s answer to Google, is the default search app on Windows Phone with a dedicated key. The service received a substantial upgrade with the Windows Phone 8 update that brought panoramic quick access to relevant stories at that point in time. Otherwise the results have been similar since the inception of the OS and that has finally changed, with the new rollout that has started for the Bing Search app in Windows Phone. The new update brings a new layout and new features based on the Bing Neural network that works similar to the Knowledge graph from Google.

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Android 4.3 update starts rolling out for the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One Google Play editions

Android 4.3 Google Play Edition HTC One and S4

Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) update for the Google Play editions of the HTC One and the Samsung Galaxy S4 has finally started rolling out. This comes soon after both the HTC and Samsung releases the Kernel source code online. The Android 4.3 update for the Google Nexus devices started rolling out last week, soon after the announcement. Both these devices were running on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) when it released. Continue reading “Android 4.3 update starts rolling out for the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One Google Play editions”

Wrap Camera is a photo editing app for iPhone and iPad

Wrap Camera for iPhone and iPad

Wrap Camera is an new app that lets you edit your photos on iPhone and iPad. The app is easy to use and lets you add effects to your photos in few taps.It has hundreds of filters, special effects and photo editing options . You can capture and image or import the pictures from the camera roll. There are lot of options including Undo and Redo buttons to check for a perfect image. Continue reading “Wrap Camera is a photo editing app for iPhone and iPad”

Twine, a flirting app for Android and iPhone launched

Twine for Android and iPhone

Twine is a new flirting app for Android and iPhone. The app has been developed by strategy and design firm called Sourcebits and the tagline of the app reads “Never miss an interesting stranger”. The app connects you with people nearby that share similar interests with you. It signs in with your Facebook account matches your account with a suitable stragner of the opposite gender based common interests and also gives you interesting things to chat about with them. The company calls it gender-balanced flirting app since it provides spam-free experience with an even ratio of guys to girls to always get the perfect match. Continue reading “Twine, a flirting app for Android and iPhone launched”

Sony Xperia Z Ultra gets its first software update

Sony Xperia Z Ultra 14.1.B.0.471 Update

Sony Mobile has started rolling out the first firmware update v14.1.B.0.471 for the recently launched Xperia Z Ultra (C6802). The stock firmware is 14.1.B.0.461, so this might be a minor change. The baseband version and the kernel version has a minor change. The new firmware has a build date of July 19th. There is no changelog so this might be a an update to fix some bugs and improve the performance of the device. We did not notice any changes or any new apps on the device after the update. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z Ultra gets its first software update”

TimesCity acquires restaurant recommendation app Gawbl

TimesCity Gawbl

TimesCity, part of Times Internet has announced that they have acquired Gawbl, an Android app that lets users discover places to eat based on their mood. Gawbl was a start-up that began 7 months ago by Pune based team, led by its founder, ChiraghKirpalani. The Android app was launched back in April that offered recommendations in Pune. Continue reading “TimesCity acquires restaurant recommendation app Gawbl”

Google extends Windows Phone calendar and contact syncing deadline to December 31st

There was huge uproar after Google announced its plans to drop EAS support for all non-corporate GMail accounts, mainly because that affected Windows Phone, which has no in-built support for the new CardDAV and CalDAV technologies. Hence Microsoft and Google decided to extend the support for Windows Phone devices until July 31st, yesterday, a date from which devices without the GDR2 update would have stopped supporting syncing to Google servers. Thankfully, the companies have extended the date yet again, to December 31st, since most devices haven’t got the update yet.

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Microsoft Office for Office 365 launched for Android phones

Microsoft Office for Andorid

Microsoft has finally launched the Office app for Office 365 users using Android smartphones. Microsoft launched the Office Mobile for iPhone back in June. This would let you open and edit Microsoft Office documets such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. It also has support for charts, animations, SmartArt Graphics, and shapes just like the desktop app. You can open documents in the cloud on SkyDrive or SkyDrive Pro. You can edit and view documents offline but you need to be connected to the internet to save the changes on the cloud. Continue reading “Microsoft Office for Office 365 launched for Android phones”

Viber for Android v3.1 update brings doodle, new emoticons and more

Viber for Android v3.1 Doodle

Viber, cross platform VOIP (Voice Over IP) app for Android has been updated to version 3.1 that brings new features including option to send doodles over photos or create drawings, new emoticons, option to see when a message have been viewed by the recipient, support for more languages and lots more. Viber for other mobile platforms go updated to version 3.0 back in May and Viber apps for PCs and Macs were launched. This update also brings support for the Viber Desktop application on Windows and Mac. Continue reading “Viber for Android v3.1 update brings doodle, new emoticons and more”

BlackBerry OS 10.1 maintenance release starts rolling out

BlackBerry Z10 10.1.0.4181 update

BlackBerry has started rolling out a new BlackBerry OS 10.1 maintenance release update for both the BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 devices. The BlackBerry 10.1 update was announced back in May at the BlackBerry Live conference in Orlando that brought HDR Camera, Better BlackBerry Hub features Support for PIN to PIN messages, Fine Cursor Control and lots more. The BlackBerry 10.1 started rolling out soon after the announcement. Now the BlackBerry 10.1 maintenance update brings BlackBerry Hub enhancements, Imprvements to BlackBerry World, New BlackBerry Balance features and more. The New BB 10.1 OS has version number of 10.1.0.4181 / 10.1.0.4537 depending on the device and region. Continue reading “BlackBerry OS 10.1 maintenance release starts rolling out”

Saavn Pro for Android officially launched, offers ad-free offline listening

Saavn Pro for Android

Saavan, global music service announced their premium music service, Saavn Pro with offline and ad-free music listening back in February. The iPhone and iPad app got updated with Saavn Pro and new UI back in March, the Android app got updated earlier this month with Saavn Pro and New UI. This brings ad-free listening, offline downloads, improved audio quality and lots more. Unlike many other subscription services, users can opt-in to Saavn Pro directly on their mobiles. In addition to these features the app has received a new UI and lot of improvements and bug fixes. Continue reading “Saavn Pro for Android officially launched, offers ad-free offline listening”