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Cortana appears on video, promises to

Cortana appears on video, promises to "make life a bit easier for you"

04 Mar 2014, 15:32 | by Alan F.
A video of Microsoft's virtual, voice-activated personal assistant for Windows Phone, Cortana, shows...

Google Play's two-year anniversary deals coming March 5th

Google Play's two-year anniversary deals coming March 5th

04 Mar 2014, 14:33 | by Michael H.
Time flies when you're having fun, it seems. Believe it or not, it has been two years since Google rebranded...

Viber might finally arrive on BlackBerry 10 devices

Viber might finally arrive on BlackBerry 10 devices

04 Mar 2014, 10:09 | by Peter K.
According to a recent post in Twitter, Viber is working closely with BlackBerry on bringing the popular...

Meet My Drive – an app that allows you to share files between an iOS device and a Windows PC

Meet My Drive – an app that allows you to share files between an iOS device and a Windows PC

04 Mar 2014, 10:07 | by Peter K.
Bored of always having to plug your iPhone into the PC when you want to copy a file? If the answer is...

Yahoo! now testing app-install advertisements across its mobile properties

Yahoo! now testing app-install advertisements across its mobile properties

04 Mar 2014, 02:32 | by Luis D.
A Yahoo! spokesperson confirmed that in-stream ads are being tested within an initial group of advertisers...

Xperia Z2 camera, media and phone apps ported to older Xperias (root req'd)

Xperia Z2 camera, media and phone apps ported to older Xperias (root req'd)

04 Mar 2014, 02:12 | by Daniel P.
Well, that didn't take long - as soon as the Xperia Z2 system dump appeared, the set of camera, media...

BlackBerry testing ads in BBM

BlackBerry testing ads in BBM

04 Mar 2014, 00:16 | by Alan F.
Don't say that we didn't warn you. From the moment that BlackBerry CEO John Chen said that BBM would...

Shazam to match iOS update with Android re-design

Shazam to match iOS update with Android re-design

03 Mar 2014, 19:42 | by Alan F.
Shazam! The other day the music discovery app announced some upcoming changes to its iOS app. Android...

Zynga making moves to bring more of its games to mobile

Zynga making moves to bring more of its games to mobile

03 Mar 2014, 18:24 | by Maxwell R.
The company that brought you Farmville and ruled the roost when it came to Facebook gaming has...

BlackBerry World apps for BlackBerry Z30 will work on the BlackBerry Z3

BlackBerry World apps for BlackBerry Z30 will work on the BlackBerry Z3

03 Mar 2014, 16:52 | by Alan F.
Here's an interesting little tidbit for developers with apps in BlackBerry World for the flagship BlackBerry...

Microsoft announces OneDrive for Business, taking on Dropbox and Box

Microsoft announces OneDrive for Business, taking on Dropbox and Box

03 Mar 2014, 16:43 | by Maxwell R.
Evolving from what used to be called SkyDrive Pro, OneDrive for Business makes it easier to get into...

Cortana to be 'absorbing the entire Internet,' more details on the voice-controlled WP assistant leak out

Cortana to be 'absorbing the entire Internet,' more details on the voice-controlled WP assistant leak out

03 Mar 2014, 09:31 | by Daniel P.
Microsoft's voice-activated virtual assistant Cortana will appear as a blue circular icon in the new...

Google's URL Shortener now available as an Android app

Google's URL Shortener now available as an Android app

02 Mar 2014, 15:36 | by Alan F.
Google's goo.gl is the Mountain View based tech giant's URL shortener website. Now, a third party developer...

It's "The End" for the HTC Watch movie service at the end of this month

02 Mar 2014, 14:48 | by Alan F.
At the end of this month, HTC is closing its HTC Watch movie sales and rental store. Users of the service...

Update to BBM will allow users to share pictures in multi-person chats

Update to BBM will allow users to share pictures in multi-person chats

01 Mar 2014, 22:57 | by Alan F.
The messaging apps are where the money is for now, and with BBM all of a sudden getting a lot of attention...

Cross platform messaging apps Tango and Telegram hit BlackBerry World, ported from Android

Cross platform messaging apps Tango and Telegram hit BlackBerry World, ported from Android

01 Mar 2014, 22:11 | by Alan F.
You might recall that when WhatsApp had server issues the other day, messaging app Telegram sent out...

Nokia's Developer Team apparently happy to see Nokia X hacked to run Google apps

Nokia's Developer Team apparently happy to see Nokia X hacked to run Google apps

01 Mar 2014, 13:54 | by Alan F.
A tweet from Nokia's Developer Team states that at least part of the Finnish based manufacturer is excited...

Nokia X's Nokia Store ported over to other Android devices

Nokia X's Nokia Store ported over to other Android devices

01 Mar 2014, 12:45 | by Alan F.
If Android users could port over any particular app from the forked version of the OS used on the Nokia...

Answer scientific calculations and get exchange rates using your Bing search app on Windows Phone

Answer scientific calculations and get exchange rates using your Bing search app on Windows Phone

01 Mar 2014, 12:16 | by Alan F.
Need to know the answer to a calculation? Those with Google Search know that they can get the answer...

Friday game and app deals

Friday game and app deals

28 Feb 2014, 10:00 | by Victor H.
What better way to start off the weekend than getting some of the best games and apps for a fraction...

Poki, a Pocket client for Windows Phone, updated with a ton of new features

Poki, a Pocket client for Windows Phone, updated with a ton of new features

28 Feb 2014, 10:00 | by Peter K.
Poki is one of the most popular Pocket clients for the Windows Phone platform. Pocket, if you do not...

Maps ok to read on cellphones while driving, says California's 5th district Court of Appeal

Maps ok to read on cellphones while driving, says California's 5th district Court of Appeal

28 Feb 2014, 09:49 | by Alan F.
A California state appeals court threw out a $165 ticket given to Steven Spriggs back in 2012, for looking...

European Comission meets with Apple and Google to end misleading in-app purchases

European Comission meets with Apple and Google to end misleading in-app purchases

28 Feb 2014, 08:49 | by Luis D.
On 27 and 28 February, the European Comission is meeting with national authorities and large technological...

Motorola Active Display and Motorola Assist are updated in the Google Play Store

Motorola Active Display and Motorola Assist are updated in the Google Play Store

27 Feb 2014, 20:57 | by Alan F.
Motorola put some of its features on the Google Play Store as individual apps. This makes it easier and...

Academy Award to be streamed live to Watch ABC app

Academy Award to be streamed live to Watch ABC app

27 Feb 2014, 20:09 | by Alan F.
The 86th Academy Awards will be streamed live this Sunday to those using the Watch ABC app. But ABC will...

Google Hangouts v2 for iOS gets an iOS 7 redesign and iPad support

Google Hangouts v2 for iOS gets an iOS 7 redesign and iPad support

27 Feb 2014, 19:25 | by Michael H.
Every week, there are new app updates from Google, and most are little more than bug fixes and minor...

Apple Maps keeps sending skiers to granny's house

Apple Maps keeps sending skiers to granny's house

27 Feb 2014, 19:14 | by Alan F.
For the last 18 months, Apple Maps has been sending iPhone wielding skiers to a grandmother's house in...

Toolbox on the Samsung Galaxy S5 quickly takes you to your five favorite apps

Toolbox on the Samsung Galaxy S5 quickly takes you to your five favorite apps

27 Feb 2014, 15:10 | by Alan F.
If you use the same five apps over and over and over again, a new feature on the Samsung Galaxy S5 can...

Next Google Play services update will allow Verify Apps to monitor for malware in the background

Next Google Play services update will allow Verify Apps to monitor for malware in the background

27 Feb 2014, 13:43 | by Michael H.
Google's Verify Apps service is one of the more important features of Android that many may not even...

IBM wants to bring the computing power of the Watson supercomputer to mobile devices

IBM wants to bring the computing power of the Watson supercomputer to mobile devices

27 Feb 2014, 09:38 | by Peter K.
Siri and Google Now, beware! IBM is determined to bring the power of its artificially intelligent NLP...

How to get the new Google Now launcher on any Android phone or tablet

How to get the new Google Now launcher on any Android phone or tablet

27 Feb 2014, 07:31 | by Daniel P.
Google just released its new stock launcher in the Play Store, but it appears for download only on Nexus...

Get 100GB of OneDrive storage for a year, just use Bing Rewards

Get 100GB of OneDrive storage for a year, just use Bing Rewards

27 Feb 2014, 03:15 | by Maxwell R.
With the rebranding of SkyDrive to OneDrive, Microsoft gave away 100GB of free storage to 100,000...

Parking ticket troubles? There's an app for that

Parking ticket troubles? There's an app for that

27 Feb 2014, 01:40 | by Maxwell R.
In this day and age, we really should not be surprised that we will find an app for pretty much...

Skype for Windows Phone now requires a Microsoft account

Skype for Windows Phone now requires a Microsoft account

26 Feb 2014, 19:20 | by Michael H.
Ever since Microsoft acquired Skype, Microsoft has been very slow to take over the app. Skype was integrated...

Take 3D pictures using your Apple iPhone, with Seene

Take 3D pictures using your Apple iPhone, with Seene

26 Feb 2014, 18:41 | by Alan F.
Just named the most innovative U.K.mobile company at MWC, Seene is an app that allows you to take and...

Google+ Photos for Android updated with better editing and Snapseed features

Google+ Photos for Android updated with better editing and Snapseed features

26 Feb 2014, 18:28 | by Michael H.
Google just released the Google Now Launcher into the Play Store, and now it is pushing an update to...

Sundar Pichai claims Google never attempted to buy WhatsApp

Sundar Pichai claims Google never attempted to buy WhatsApp

26 Feb 2014, 17:46 | by Michael H.
Last week, we heard the news that Facebook had agreed to pay an astonishing $19 billion in cash and stock...

Google Now Launcher hits the Play Store, only supports Nexus and GPE devices, unless you're into sideloading

Google Now Launcher hits the Play Store, only supports Nexus and GPE devices, unless you're into sideloading

26 Feb 2014, 16:55 | by Michael H.
Google has been working on the Google Now Launcher (formerly known as the Google Experience Launcher)...

BBM could become a mobile payment system, allowing users to send money to each other

BBM could become a mobile payment system, allowing users to send money to each other

26 Feb 2014, 14:07 | by Alan F.
BlackBerry might just have a crown jewel in BBM, especially in the aftermath of the WhatsApp-Facebook...

Kurrants, a social media aggregator, is now available on the iTunes App Store

Kurrants, a social media aggregator, is now available on the iTunes App Store

26 Feb 2014, 09:18 | by Peter K.
Meet Kurrants - a social media search engine, which was launched for iOS devices today. The application,...

Samsung Knox 2.0 brings two-factor authentication and better sandboxing

Samsung Knox 2.0 brings two-factor authentication and better sandboxing

26 Feb 2014, 01:20 | by Michael H.
You may have thought that you could get away from more Samsung news after the tsunami of Galaxy S5 coverage,...

FCC Speed Test app now available for iOS flavored devices

FCC Speed Test app now available for iOS flavored devices

25 Feb 2014, 22:08 | by Alan F.
Bck in November, we told you about a crowdsourced FCC app that was available only in the Google Play...

Kaspersky Safe Browser now available for Windows Phone

Kaspersky Safe Browser now available for Windows Phone

25 Feb 2014, 17:07 | by Maxwell R.
Designed to protect you from phishing attacks or other exploit if you find yourself at some less than...

Here's how sideloaded apps and widgets should behave on the Nokia X and Nokia XL

Here's how sideloaded apps and widgets should behave on the Nokia X and Nokia XL

25 Feb 2014, 11:56 | by Nick T.
One of the several things that make the Nokia X and Nokia XL smartphones awesome is that they can run...

Disney Movies Anywhere for iOS gives you your Disney fix anywhere, anytime

Disney Movies Anywhere for iOS gives you your Disney fix anywhere, anytime

25 Feb 2014, 09:56 | by Alan F.
Disney has just announced Disney Movies Anywhere, a new iOS app that will allow users to select a Disney,...

BlackBerry CEO John Chen:

BlackBerry CEO John Chen: "If someone comes to me with $19 billion, I would definitely sell BBM"

25 Feb 2014, 09:24 | by Peter K.
The CEO of BlackBerry, John Chen, admitted in an interview that he would sell the popular BBM messenger...

BBM might go "beyond handsets and the phone", BlackBerry CEO John Chen admits

25 Feb 2014, 04:23 | by Peter K.
Yesterday, Canadian smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry announced two new devices and a new version of...

Sony SmartBand to beat the Gear Fit to market, available in March

Sony SmartBand to beat the Gear Fit to market, available in March

24 Feb 2014, 22:35 | by Michael H.
The biggest news from Sony so far at MWC has been the unveiling of the Xperia Z2, but that isn't the...

BBM could come preloaded on some Windows Phone and Nokia X models

BBM could come preloaded on some Windows Phone and Nokia X models

24 Feb 2014, 13:24 | by Alan F.
Despite earlier comments made by David Proulx, BlackBerry’s Senior Director of BBM Business Development,...

Nokia X lineup will get free version of SwiftKey keyboard

Nokia X lineup will get free version of SwiftKey keyboard

24 Feb 2014, 10:24 | by Michael H.
Any time a company announces a forked version of Android that will not be including Google Mobile Services,...

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