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12 Mar 2015
Nexus 5 Smartphone No Longer Available via Google
Nexus 5 Smartphone No Longer Available via Google Google has finally discontinued the Nexus 5 smartphone, and appears to be doing the same for the Nexus 7 (2013) tablet. Both the devices are no longer available to buy from the new Google Store, the company’s new storefront for ‘Made with Google’ hardware offerings.A Google spokesperson
12 Mar 2015
WhatsApp Voice Calling Now Open to All Android Users: Report
WhatsApp Voice Calling Now Open to All Android Users: Report WhatsApp appears to have opened its voice calling feature to all Android users, with the invite window now open for several hours. The world’s most popular messaging app has been gradually rolling out this feature by opening the invite window only for a few hours
12 Mar 2015
Nokia Here Maps for iOS Now Available for Download
Nokia Here Maps for iOS Now Available for Download Nokia back in December promised that its Here maps app will be released for iOSplatform in early 2015 and finally the app is now available to download from the App Store. The Here app for iOS is compatible with iPhone 4 and above, and requires the
12 Mar 2015
Intel Science Talent Search Sees 3 Indian-Americans Win Medals
Intel Science Talent Search Sees 3 Indian-Americans Win Medals Three Indian-Americans who won medals in the Intel Science Talent Search 2015, America’s oldest and most prestigious pre-college science and math competition, met President Barack Obama at the White House with other finalists.They were among the 40 high school seniors, 13 of them of Indian origin,
12 Mar 2015
Google Chrome 41 for Android Brings Pull-Down Page Refresh and More
Google Chrome 41 for Android Brings Pull-Down Page Refresh and More Google on Wednesday started rolling out the updated Chrome 41 browser app for Android devices, bringing the pull-down refresh feature from Chrome Beta v41 apart from other changes.The updated Chrome v41 for Android along with the pull-down page refresh feature has also brought a
12 Mar 2015
Twitter Brings Revamped Profiles to iPhone; Unveils New Tools for Businesses
Twitter Brings Revamped Profiles to iPhone; Unveils New Tools for Businesses After rolling out the revamped profile layout to its Android app on Tuesday, Twitter has announced a similar ‘bigger photos’ layout for the iPhone on Thursday.Announcing the revamped layout in a tweet, the company wrote, “Today we’re introducing bigger photos to make browsing profiles
10 Mar 2015
Google, Mattel team up to offer View-Master VR in kid-friendly package
Google, Mattel team up to offer View-Master VR in kid-friendly package If you grew up from the 1960s through the 1980s, chances are you or someone you knew had a distinctive red image viewer and a stack of flimsy cardboard reels. The classic View-Master reels could depict scenery, movies, TV shows, or any other visual
10 Mar 2015
Which mobile apps drain your battery the most?
Which mobile apps drain your battery the most? The anti-virus company AVG Technologies has released its latest report on which Android applications are the most likely to chew through your phone’s data storage, battery life, and data plan. The combined data set is quite interesting, particularly since some of the worst offenders aren’t necessarily applications
10 Mar 2015
Apple unveils smallest and lightest MacBook ever with 12-inch Retina Display
Apple unveils smallest and lightest MacBook ever with 12-inch Retina Display Today Apple has unveiled its reinvented MacBook, a 12-inch model that’s thinner and lighter than any machine the company has made before. The all-new unibody structure has no internal fan for the first time ever, and it contains the smallest and densest logic board the
09 Mar 2015
Gmail for iOS updated with lock screen replies and Share Sheet extension
Gmail for iOS updated with lock screen replies and Share Sheet extension The Gmail app got a whole lot friendlier with iOS 8 today. The updated app now supports notification replies and archiving of messages from the lock screen, has an Open In extension and a new attachment viewer. The Open In extension lets users send