Thursday, October 31, 2013

Android KitKat 4.4. will reportedly focus on supporting TVs,wearable tech and tackling fragmentation

A leak published today suggests the next version of Android  – named ‘KitKat’ – will focus on catering for low-end smartphones, while also supporting wearable devices (including that rumored smartwatch) and Google-powered TVs. The author, ex-WSJ reporter...

Google Glass accessory store quietly comes online, selling chargers, earbuds, shades and shields

Google has updating Google Glass before the release of the device to its Explorer program later this year, and now an official accessory store has quietly come online, Marketing Land reports. There is now a section labeled ‘Accessories’ under the Google...

Report: Facebook Is Collecting Data on Your Cursor Movements

The social network is reportedly experimenting with new technology that tracks and collects data about a user's activity on the site, including cursor movements, according to the Wall Street Journal. The technology is being tested now with a small group of users. The...

Google celebrates Halloween with hocus-pocus witch doodle

Halloween, which is celebrated on October 31 ever year, Google has already updated its Australian homepage with its Halloween special doodle.  The Halloween doodle features an aged witch going through a huge manuscript that includes information related to witchcraft. After...

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

This is what the new Google Glass looks like [Photos]

Google is offering a preview of the refreshed Glass hardware that it plans to release to its Explorer program later this year. The company announced on Monday that testers will be able to swap to the new hardware, which has a mono earbud and will support prescription...

Google+ Claims 540m Active Users – Introduces Auto Awesome Video, Better Auto Enhance, and More

Google+ users, get ready for more Awesome. Thanks to updates announced this morning during a live Hangout, you can expect the photo and video experiences through Google’s social network to get additional muscle in the very near future. We’re talking Auto...

Google Announces New Hangouts Features: SMS, Location Sharing, and Animated GIFs

During this morning’s Google+ event, Vic Gundotra announced that they will introduce three major new features to Hangouts on Android. The first is SMS integration. Yes, “IT’S HAPPENING.” Gundotra didn’t say MMS, but at least you’ll finally be able to integrate the...

Facebook Intros Redesigned Messenger to Android Users, Looks Like a Mash of Kit Kat and iOS 7

This morning, Facebook is pushing out a newly-designed Messenger app to select Android users, one that is chock-full of butter and improvements. You will notice a new look, one that strongly reminds us of iOS 7 and a few of the leaked Kit Kat screenshots...

Download: New Google+ 4.2.0 With New Photo Features

A new Google+ update has already begun to rollout as build 4.2.0.55778941, and we’re only a couple of hours removed from Google’s event.    The update changes up a couple of items, most notably the photo area. That’s no surprise since today’s announcements all...

Motorola Announces Project Ara, An Open, Modular Smartphone Hardware Platform

Remember Phonebloks and how we all had a good laugh about how unworkable and idealistic it was? It turns out Motorola has been working on a similar project for the last year, and it's called Project Ara. This is really happening. Here's what Ara is, according to...

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Nokia Lumia 929 caught on a video

The rumored Lumia 929 didn't surface at Nokia's big event this past week. Don't worry -- WPCentral forum member Falorin has posted photos and a video (after the break) revealing more details of Verizon's Windows Phone flagship. As previous leaks...

Google Updates reCAPTCHA with Easier CAPTCHAs for Humans

Google released an update to its reCAPTCHA system that creates different classes of CAPTCHAs for different kinds of users. In short, it makes your life easier if you’re a human, and your work much harder if you’re a bot. For those who have encountered CAPTCHAs and...

Friday, October 25, 2013

'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' Trailer Unites a Trio of Heroes

The most patriotic comic book hero needs help fending off evil in Marvel's upcoming Captain America: The Winter Soldier movie, and as the new trailer shows, Captain America and ally Black Widow find that assistance in the wing-wielding Falcon. Captain America, played...

Microsoft Installs 27-Foot Wide Surface Tablet in Trafalgar Square

Microsoft promoted the launch of its Surface 2 tablet this week by installing what may be the largest tablet we've ever seen in the middle of London's Trafalgar Square. The tablet is 27 feet wide (yes, feet — not inches) and 17 feet tall. Apparently the tablet actually works,...

Thursday, October 24, 2013

LG Reveals the Fireweb, Its First Firefox Smartphone

LG launched its first Firefox OS smartphone on Wednesday, called the Fireweb — a 4-inch device that runs Mozilla's mobile operating system. Previously, Firefox OS has appeared on smartphones such as the ZTE Open, but this is the first full Firefox OS smartphone for LG. The...

T-Mobile Announces 200MB Free Tablet Data for Life, $0 Down on Tablet Purchases

T-Mobile told told This morning, they delivered that announcement, which involves 200MB of free tablet data for life, other affordable tablet plans, and $0 down on the purchases of new tablets. This is the latest move in this UnCarrier world that T-Mobile has...

Plants vs. Zombies 2 Now Available on Android!

We thought it was coming tomorrow, but no, PopCap and EA have surprised us with the launch of Plants vs. Zombies 2 on Android today. You can grab it from Google Play this minute for free. After an initial launch on iOS (and a rumor about truckloads...

Dead Trigger 2 Hits the Play Store, Time to Get Your Trigger Fingers Ready

It is always nice when a game company announces a launch date and sticks to it, unlike some games we know.Madfinger Games, the studio behind the popular Dead Trigger series, said that October 23 was the day that we could expect to get back to killing zombies and they...

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Nimbuzz makes international calling very cheap, charges 1 paisa per second

Nimbuzz, a cross platform instant messaging application has introduced the international calling feature that allows you to make ISD calls for as low as 1 paisa for every second. The company has joined hands with Spectranet for this service that has been dubbed Spectranet...

iPad Air will ship on November 1 in 41 countries, iPad mini with Retina coming later in November

Apple announced the iPad Air and the iPad mini with Retina. The successor to the iPad 4 will ship on November 1, 2013 in 41 countries, while the iPad mini successor will arrive later that in the month, though no specific date was given. Here’s the full country...

Download: Google Play Version 4.4.21, Features Pullout Navigation Bar

A new version of Google Play is currently circulating, so we figured we should give our readers the heads up and ability to try out the latest update for themselves. This is version 4.4.21, which brings a new navigation menu to the entire application. Much like...

 

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