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23 Mar 2015
Amazon’s ‘Unlocked’ service will give away paid apps for free
Amazon’s ‘Unlocked’ service will give away paid apps for free Amazon may soon introduce a new service dubbed ‘Amazon Unlocked’ which will offer paid apps for free. Along with free apps, the service will also make in-app purchases free. The report added that developers can leave Unlocked and when they do, users will have to begin paying
23 Mar 2015
BlackBerry launches BBM Protected for Android, iOS devices
BlackBerry launches BBM Protected for Android, iOS devices Blackberry has now decided to offer a secure server for its BBM enterprise users across platforms to exchange secure messages through a new IM service. To prevent anything similar to the FREAK vulnerability, this service will use encryption keys which are generated by the communicating mobile devices themselves.
23 Mar 2015
Facebook reportedly testing ‘Phone’ Caller ID app for Android
Facebook reportedly testing ‘Phone’ Caller ID app for Android In the bid to go all-mobile, Facebook is now said to be working on a new app that will display information about who is calling. The app dubbed ‘Phone’ will also feature automatic blocking of calls. Looks like, the company plans to launch a Truecaller competitor. Image: AndroidPolice
23 Mar 2015
Lollipop Update for Android One Phones in India “Gradually” Rolling Out: Users Mad
Lollipop Update for Android One Phones in India “Gradually” Rolling Out: Users Mad After having promised Indian Android One phone users a quick update to Android 5.1 Lollipop, Ceaser Sengupta, the Product Management Director at Google has given a status update on Google Plus, according to which the Lollipop update for Android One Phones has
23 Mar 2015
Samsung Galaxy S6 Comes with Microsoft’s Android Apps Pre-installed
Samsung Galaxy S6 Comes with Microsoft’s Android Apps Pre-installed The Samsung Galaxy S6 is here (we’re working on a review) and interestingly it comes bundled with a couple of Microsoft apps out of the box. While we’re accustomed to seeing Google apps pre-installed in almost all Android devices, Samsung’s decision comes as a surprise. However,
23 Mar 2015
Google exec: Here’s where Glass went wrong
Google exec: Here’s where Glass went wrong Google’s Astro Teller was on hand at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas recently to give a talk on the value of failure. It’s something he knows a bit about as the head of Google’s secretive Google X department. Teller, sometimes jokingly called “Captain of Moonshots,”
23 Mar 2015
Facebook now lets marketers target ads at its 92 million expats
Facebook now lets marketers target ads at its 92 million expats Facebook has announced a new targeting feature that allows marketers to reach expats with their ads on the social network. You can now target expats living within a given country and even those originating from a specific country. So, if you wanted to display ads
23 Mar 2015
Ten VPN Services You Should Know About
Ten VPN Services You Should Know About VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) are no longer just for work. VPN prevents snoops from eavesdropping on your online activity, whether that’s marketers, someone malicious, or even the government. People just want to be able to surf the Web or access remote services without worrying about attackers and
23 Mar 2015
Microsoft Intros Lumia 430
Microsoft Intros Lumia 430 Microsoft has unlocked the promise of smartphone ownership for many more people with the introduction of Lumia 430 Dual SIM, the latest addition to its affordable range of Lumia smartphones. Built with the latest Windows Phone 8.1 software, a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor featuring dual-core CPU running at 1.2GHz, and with Microsoft
23 Mar 2015
Google Launches New ‘On-Body’ Unlocking for Android
Google Launches New ‘On-Body’ Unlocking for Android Google appears to be slowly rolling out a new feature for some Android users that allows the phone to lock itself when it senses that it’s no longer near its owner. Presumably, the feature is designed for the many, many people who play with their phone, put it