Spotify on Monday announced a new ‘family’ plan that will allow up to five members of a family to jointly subscribe to the music steaming service’s premium offering at almost half the…
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Skype for Windows Phone gets new features including drawing tool, HD screen support
Skype Windows Phone version has been updated to include a host of new features and performance improvements including a new drawing tool, automatic, better support for HD screens, Microsoft account sign-in and…
BlackBerry adds timer, retract messages feature to BBM
BlackBerry’s revamped instant messaging service BBM will see addition of new ‘ultra-private’ features to its list. Currently in beta for users on Android and BlackBerry 10, the new update will debut ephemeral…
Snapchat’s first in-app ad is from Hollywood – Ouija’s trailer
Snapchat has started showing its first ad within its app and the first advertiser is Universal for their upcoming horror flick Ouija. The 20-sec trailer shows up in users’ ‘Recent Updates’ and…
Flickr for iPad updated with live filters, editing tools, search feature
Flickr for iPad has been updated with live filters, set of professional editing tools as well as a new search feature. Yahoo, while announcing the update revealed, “users all over the world…
Ads will start appearing on Snapchat this weekend
Reports of Snapchat opting to add advertisements to its platform is soon heading to reality as the popular instant messaging app on Friday announced it will begin offering advertisements to its users…
Twitpic closing. This time for good!
Twitpic’s acquisition talks haven’t gone as planned and the photo sharing site is finally going to close down for good on October 25, the site has announced. “It’s with a heavy heart…
Microsoft Cortana gets smarter with concert recommendations, flights and app suggestions, more
Microsoft is adding more smartness to Cortana in its upcoming update for its digital assistant by bringing in concert recommendations, flights and app suggestions, evening updates and more. Cortana is already known…
Twitter announces ‘audio card’; feature that lets you discover and listen to music
Twitter has announced a new feature dubbed ‘audio card’ that allows users to discover and listen to music directly from the twitter stream on mobile devices. The feature has been developed by…
Microsoft releases Surface Hub app for Surface Pro 3 Pen
Microsoft has released Surface Hub App featuring custom pressure sensitivity and button control features to improve functionality of Surface Pro 3 stylus and to make it more sensible and operable. With the…
Android wear smartwatches get “analog keyboard” courtesy Microsoft
Microsoft has launched a prototype version of its analog custom keyboard for Android Wear smartwatches just a month after releaseing an OneNote app for the wearable gadget platform. The main feature about…
Snapchat to welcome ads ‘soon’, says Evan Spiegel
Popular instant messaging app Snapchat will no longer be an ad-free platform as advertisements are soon heading to the app. Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel announced Wednesday at the Vanity Fair New Establishment…
Microsoft rolls out new photo sharing app ‘Xim’
Microsoft on Wednesday rolled out a new photo sharing app for Android, iOS and Windows Phone dubbed ‘Xim’. The new app allows users to create temporary photo slideshows that can be shared…
Microsoft rolls out new education platform ‘OneNote Class Notebooks’
Microsoft has rolled out its own new education platform for teachers and students dubbed OneNote Class Notebooks which it claims will make teaching – especially assigning and collecting homework – easier than…
Facebook Messenger code reveals payment option
Mark Zuckerberg: Over time there will be some overlap between [Messenger] and payments. […] The payments piece will be a part of what will help drive the overall success and help people share with each other and interact with businesses.