29 July, 2015
The Google Translate app for both iOS and Android is receiving a big update over the next few days.
First off, Google has added 20 more languages to the app's instant video translation feature. This lets you point your mobile device's camera to...
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29 July, 2015
Earlier this month we saw a new mobile app by Yahoo go live in the iTunes App Store in a few markets - namely Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Ireland. And now the company is ready to launch Livetext in five additional countries.
This is notable because...
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28 July, 2015
Ever since it launched on Android, Google Now has allowed you to send texts with your voice. But so far this has used Hangouts, Google's default texting application on Android. Up until today you have not been able to use Google Now's voice...
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28 July, 2015
A couple of years after it was first launched, the eBay Now same-day shipping service is being retired by the company in the United States.
"While we saw encouraging results with the eBay Now service, we always intended it as a pilot, and we are...
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28 July, 2015
Twitter has updated the iOS version of its Periscope video streaming app with a couple of new features, including the ability to mute notifications and control language settings. The update bumps the app to version 1.1.3.
The updated app...
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28 July, 2015
Twitter's iOS app has received an update, bumping it to version 6.33. The update brings along a couple of new features, including support for interactive notifications and the ability to access saved drafts while composing a tweet.
The...
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25 July, 2015
After weeks and weeks of building hype, OnePlus is finally ready to fully out its next smartphone this coming Monday, on July 27. And in anticipation of its big event on that date, the Chinese company has now released its official launch app for the...
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24 July, 2015
YouTube has updated its mobile apps with several new features, including three new tabs and a new set of video creation tools. The update is available now on Android and mobile web, and will roll out to iOS users soon.
The new tabs that the...
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23 July, 2015
Dropbox has acquired Clementine, a San Francisco-based start-up that was founded just last year and focuses on providing workplace communication services (like text chat and conference calls) in a secure way - users can communicate with each other...
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22 July, 2015
Google has released a new feature for Maps that lets you easily view all the places you’ve been on a given day, month, or year. Dubbed Your Timeline, the feature is only available on desktop and Android, and is gradually rolling out.
"Your...
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18 July, 2015
We are pretty confident that by now most of you have met Cortana. And if you haven't had the chance to, it is now easier than ever thanks to an early leaked APK of the Android version, Microsoft promised a while back. The upbeat voice assistance can...
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18 July, 2015
Nearly a couple of months after it removed its Messenger app from iTunes, Yahoo has launched a new mobile messaging app dubbed LiveText, although it's currently only available in the Hong Kong iTunes Store.
What makes LiveText different from its...
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17 July, 2015
Google has made the Snooze feature in its Inbox email app a bit more convenient by allowing you to snooze time-sensitive emails to exactly the right time.
This means that now you can snooze emails containing things like event confirmation or...
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17 July, 2015
Last month, when Facebook rolled-out a feature allowing those without an account to sign up for its Messenger app, it was only available in the US, Canada, Peru, and Venezuela. However, the company has just announced that the functionality is now...
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16 July, 2015
Looks like Apple's virtual assistant Siri has an interesting response to a certain command. When you ask it to "charge my phone 100 percent," the software instead begins calling emergency services.
At the face of it, this may seem to...
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15 July, 2015
Microsoft has released an update to its Skype for Android app, bumping it to version 5.5. The updated app now remembers your log-in details, making it easy for you to sign back in - all you need to do is to just tap on the arrow (shown in the image...
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14 July, 2015
Facebook is developing its own virtual assistant, according to a report from The Information. Internally codenamed as Moneypenny, it will be available as a feature within the company's Messenger app.
However, unlike some of the popular digital...
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14 July, 2015
The Inbox app by Google, which was launched back in October last year, now offers you an option to create a reminder whenever you try sending an email to yourself.
As you can see in the screen-shot above, the reminder option pops up as soon...
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10 July, 2015
While the Nokia sub-unit that Microsoft acquired is going through some hard times, the Nokia company still musters some excitement and continues to develop its launcher replacement, the Nokia Z Launcher.
The latest update brings a short changelog...
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