Twitter will be dropping the #Discover and activity tabs in favour of new ‘Tailored Trends’ section. The ‘Discover’ tab showed users topics which were trending or popular within their network. Dropping the…
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Amazon rolls out Prime Instant Video app for Android tablets
Amazon has rolled out its Prime Instant Video service for Android tablet users enabling Prime subscribers in the US, UK and Germany to stream some of their favorite movie and TV shows…
Twitter rolls out ‘quote tweet’ feature
Twitter has rolled out a new feature dubbed “Quote Tweet” which will let users embed a tweet in their own tweets. “Say more with revamped quote tweet! Rolling out on iPhone and…
Google Wallet gets Google Maps integration
Google has updated Google Wallet for Android to add support for Google Maps integration and more. Google revealed through a post that it is incorporating this feature in a bid to enable…
Facebook testing WhatsApp integration with its Android app: Report
After almost one year of acquiring wildly popular mobile messaging service WhatsApp, Facebook has reportedly begun testing WhatsApp integration into its ‘Facebook for Android’ app. According to a report on the Geek…
Snapchat publishes first-ever transparency report
Instant messaging service Snapchat has published its first-ever transparency report on government request for user data. Snapchat’s data request report covers a four-month period starting November 1, 2014 to February 28, 2015…
Skype for Android gets chat bubbles, emojis and more
Microsoft has announced updates for its video-calling app Skype for both Android and iOS as well as for its Skype Qik video app. As part of the update, the Android Skype 5.3…
Microsoft updates Outlook for Android and iOS with new features
Microsoft on Wednesday updated Android and iOS Outlook email apps to add an array of new features including unified address book and search directory, Calendar improvements and more. One of the most…
Microsoft’s document scanner app ‘Office Lens’ lands on iOS and Android
Microsoft on Thursday rolled out its mobile document scanner app ‘Office Lens’ for iOS and Android smartphones. The app is already available on phones running Windows. Office Lens basically turns a phone…
Facebook rolls out new video making app ‘Riff’
Facebook on Wednesday rolled out a new video-focused app dubbed ‘Riff’ which will let users create videos collaboratively. The free to download Riff app allows users to log into Facebook and record…
Twitter announces new media tool ‘Curator’
Twitter, on Tuesday, announced the launch of a new media tool dubbed ‘Curator’ which will let media organizations, publishers, and broadcasters to search, filter and embed real-time tweets and Vine videos into…
New app ‘RakEM’ promises no more ‘text regret’ to users
A new app dubbed RakEM will save users from embarrassment of sending an ‘unwanted’ text message. Developed by Raketu, the new application’s reciprocal message deletion feature enables users to ‘unsend’ a text…
WhatsApp voice calling feature to land on iOS soon
WhatsApp voice calling feature will land on iOS devices in a couple of weeks’ time. The news was confirmed by WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton at the 2015 Facebook F8 developers’ conference in…
Facebook’s ‘On This Day’ feature will take users down the memory lane
Facebook has rolled out a new feature dubbed “On This Day” which will allow users to recall previous “memories” that were logged onto the social networking website on a given date. The…
TomTom goes free on Android, but there’s a catch
TomTom has rolled out a new Android navigation app dubbed ‘TomTom Go Mobile’ that offers free navigation feature to Android devices, but those of you who are thinking of downloading it right…