| ![]() Yahoo! has launched new apps today. Yahoo! Weather is a new app for iPhone that lets you view weather information and forecasts along with photos that match your location. It also has Interactive radar, satellite, heat, and wind maps. The Yahoo! Mail app has been updated to support iPad and Android tablets. The Yahoo! Mail app for iPhone was launched back in December 2012 along with an update for the Android app. The new tablet support for Mail apps adds new layout, Full screen Reading mode and advanced options for message actions. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojznznj5NFs Features of Yahoo! Weather for iPhone Beautiful photos that match your location, time of day, and current weather condition Detailed weather information and forecasts Interactive radar, satellite, heat, and wind maps, plus sunrise/sunset times Swipe vertically for detailed weather information Swipe horizontally for favorite locations Submit photos to the app at Project Weather on Flickr httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX6a3fD2en4 Features of Yahoo! Mail for iPad and Android Tablets New Layout for Tablets Full screen Reading mode: Email with photos, newsletters, and shared articles now appear beautifully in full screen at the tap of a button. Flip through messages as in a magazine. Advanced options for message actions: Select your messages, automatically group by sender, and with a swipe – delete, star, or move them all. New "Starred" ... ![]() |
| ![]() Twitter has launched the Twitter #music service and the iPhone app that offers music from iTunes, Spotify or Rdio. This service uses Twitter activity, including Tweets and engagement, to detect and surface the most popular tracks and emerging artists. You can search for an artist, visit the artist's page, follow them on twitter, listen to their songs, view artists they follow and also tweet the songs from the app. Features of Twitter music for iPhone Twitter charts - The most popular new music and emerging talent on Twitter right now. Follow artists - Follow your favorite artists and see which artists they follow. Tweet songs right from the app Previews from iTunes in the app Option to play full tracks for Rdio and Spotify subcribers Twitter #music is now available for iPhone from the Apple iTunes store. The web version would be available later today from music.twitter.com. It is available in select countries including US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Twitter promises an Android application soon. This service would be expanded to more countries soon. Read ![]() |
| ![]() Intex Aqua Marvel+, successor of the Aqua Marvel has surfaced on the official Intex website. The Intex Aqua Marvel+ has a 3.5-inch (480 x 320 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz processor and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbead), similar to its predecessor, but the Marvel+ has a 5-megapixels camera and the battery capacity is down to 1400 mAh from 1450 mAh. All the other features are similar. Intex Aqua Marvel+ specifications 3.5-inch (480×320 pixels) capacitive touch screen display 1 GHz MediaTek MTK6515 processor Android 2.3.6 (Gingerbread) Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) 5MP rear camera 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio 256MB RAM, 512 MB internal meory (95MB user memory), 32GB expandable memory with microSD 2G EDGE, WiFi, Bluetooth with A2DP 1400 mAh battery The Intex Aqua Marvel+ is priced at Rs. 3,990. On a related note, the Intex Aqua Glow and Aqua Active that were spotted on Intex website have been priced on the website at Rs. 4,990 and Rs. 3,790 respectively. No details about the availability of these handsets yet. Source: Intex ![]() |
| ![]() The LG Optimus L3 II Dual (E435) and the Optimus L7 II Dual (P715) officially launched in India earlier this month. The Optimus L5 II dual (E455) is now available from online retailer Infibeam in India. It has a 4-inch (800 × 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1 GHz processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5 MP camera with LED Flash. It has dual SIM support with dual standby, and a dedicated SIM switch key. LG unveiled the Optimus L Series II devices at the MWC 2013 back in February, and the Optimus L5 II dual went on sale last month starting from Brazil. It has a Quick Button that lets you personalize a hotkey to launch any app and QuickMemo to jot notes quickly.. LG Optimus L5 II Dual specifications 4-inch (800 × 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display 1 GHz processor Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) with a dedicated SIM switch key 5 MP camera with LED Flash 512MB RAM, 4GB of internal memory, expandable memory up to 32 GB with microSD 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth, aGPS 1700 mAh battery The LG Optimus L5 II dual is priced at Rs. 11,499 and is available from Infibeam. It is also listed on Flipkart for a similar price, but it is ... ![]() |
| ![]() Idea Cellular has launched the AURUS 2, successor of the first AURUS phone that was launched last year. It has a 3.5 inch (320 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display similar its predecessor, but this runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and is powered by a 1 GHz processor, instead of 800MHz processor. It has a 3.2MP rear camera and a VGA front-facing camera for video calling. It is aimed at 3G users in semi-urban and rural markets. It has Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) support, 515 MB RAM, 4 GB of internal memory and expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD. The connectivity features include, 3G , Bluetooth and WiFi. It has Idea TV, Idea Mall and other Social Media Apps. The Idea Aurus 2 is priced at Rs.6490 and is available from major mobile retail stores and Idea outlets across India. Idea users can recharge for Rs. 261 and get 1.6 GB of 3G data and Idea TV subscription free for the first 3 months worth Rs. 1,200. ![]() |
| ![]() Micromax unveiled the A116 Canvas HD, the company's latest flagship back in January. Images of the A115 Canvas 3D surfaced earlier this month, now images of the another smartphone in the Canvas series, the Micromax A111 has appeared online. According to MMXNewscaster, the phone would feature a 5.3-inch qHD (960 x 540 pixels) display with 5 point multi-touch that would also let you operate the phone with gloves. The phone would be powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8225Q processor and run on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It would come with a 8MP rear camera with dual LED Flash and a 1.2MP front-facing camera. It would also have a 3D Graphics Accelerator. Micromax A111 rumored specifications 5.3-inch (960 x 540 pixels) capactivie touch screen display Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon MSM8225Q procssor Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) with dual standby 8MP Auto Focus Camera with dual LED Flash 1.2MP front-facing camera 9.9mm thick 512 RAM, 4GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD 3G , Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS 2100 mAh battery No details about the launch date yet. Hope we can see both the Micromax A111 and the A115 Canvas 3D soon. Source: @MMXNewscaster ![]() |
| ![]() As part of its quarterly earnings report, Nokia has revealed its device shipments for the 1st quarter of 2013. Reporting an operating loss of $150 million, the Finnish smartphone manufacturer has declared 30% lower shipments. This can be attributed to increasing competition and sales in upper segments of smartphones. "At the highest level, we are pleased that Nokia Group achieved underlying operating profitability for the third quarter in a row. While operating in a highly competitive environment, Nokia is executing our strategy withurgency and managing our costs very well." Despite significant marketing efforts, sales in North America accounted for just 400,000 units out of the total 61.9 million units sold worldwide. This comes as a contrast to the 700,000 units sold in the last quarter. Total sales for Lumia devices have been 5.6 million in the last quarter which exhibits a 27% QoQ increase while Nokia's entry level Asha series doesn't seem to have caught with volumes touching 5 million. This along with 0.5 million units of Symbian smartphones (expected to be the Nokia 808) brought the total for 'smart' devices to 11.1 million. Over all shipments are 61.9 million due to the 55.8 million feature phones shipped. The ARPU is reported to ... ![]() |
| ![]() Nokia is working on a large sized phablet that would launch later this year, according to a recent report from The Financial Times. The report also says that Nokia plans to launch a Lumia PureView device equipped with a 41MP sensor similar to the Nokia 808 is expected to come in July. Rumors of the Nokia Lumia PureView device codenamed EOS surfaced earlier this year. Nokia announced the Lumia 808 at the MWC 2012. The 41MP Lumia was expected to launch at the MWC 2013, but Nokia announced entry-level devices and mid-range Lumia devices at the MWC earlier this year. Nokia is also expected to release the Lumia 920's successor codenamed Catwalk with a aluminium body and a PureView camera in June 2013. The report doesn't say anything about the Windows RT tablet from Nokia, that has been rumored since last year. A recent report says Microsoft will add support for third column of mid-size-tiled apps in the start screen to support 5 to 6-inch devices with 1080p support in the upcoming update. So anything is possible. Samsung introduced the Galaxy Note with a 5.3-inch HD screen at the IFA 2011, the Galaxy Note 2 followed it. The Galaxy Note 3 is expected to be announced at the IFA 2013 in ... ![]() |
| ![]() Google has always been improving the search feature on mobile phones. Google search is now faster and easier than before. The new quick link feature for searches lets you jump to a particular information you need quickly, instead of browsing through several pages. Google has also introduced new Quick view feature. Google changed the home page design for mobile similar to Google+ last year. Google introduced movie timings if you search for a movie on Google Search for desktop, now you get consolidated results from sites on main topic. If you search for rotten tomatoes and meta critic, you get in theaters, top movies and more lists in search results, so that you can jump into the particular topic without entering the website. The new Quick view feature shows quick previews of the Wikipedia page listing, which you search for topics. It is still in experimental stage, and is available only when you search in English on Google.com. It would be enabled for additional websites soon. ![]() |
| ![]() First alleged images of the Nokia's upcoming Windows Phone device codenamed Catwalk has surfaced online. This would be a follow up to the Lumia 920, but it would reportedly come with a aluminium body, making it thinner and lighter than the Lumia 920. Specifications of the device surfaced earlier this month. Renders of the Lumia 928 codename Laser with Xenon Flash for Verizon USA surfaced earlier this month. The phone has a SIM card slot on the top, but the micro USB slot is on the top next to the 3.5mm audio jack. The camera protrudes out a bit, which indicates that the phone would have OIS feature similar to the Lumia 920. There are wireless charging points on the back, just above the speakers, similar to the Lumia 720. According to the earlier rumors, the Nokia Catwalk would come with a 4-5-inch (1280x768 pixels) display with octa (On-Cell Touch Active-Matrix Light-Emitting Diode) AMOLED panel, powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor, 8.7 megapixel rear-facing camera with OIS, 1GB RAM, 16GB of Internal memory and a 2000mAh not removable bettery. It would be 8.4mm thick and weigh just 132 grams. According to earlier rumors, the phone is expected to launch in June. Source: Weibo, Baidu | Via: wpcentral.com ![]() |
| ![]() ZeptoLab, the creators of popular game Cut the Rope has finally released the Cut The Rope Experiments for the Windows Phone. Cut The Rope arrived for Windows Phone back in November 2012. . The Cut the Rope Experiments was launched for iPhone and iPad on August 2011 and the game was released on Android last March. This is also available for Windows Phone 8 devices. You Team up with the Professor, a mad (but not bad!) scientist determined to study Om Nom's candy-loving behavior through a series of experiments on Om Nom, and you feed him. You can use suction cups and other funny devices t collect shiny gold stars, uncover hidden prizes and unlock new levels! It has 150 levels, and more levels would be added in upcoming updates. Download Cut The Rope Experiments for the Windows Phone 7.5 devices and later from the Windows Phone Store for $2.99 / Rs. 160. Read ![]() |
| ![]() LinkedIn has updated the Android and iPhone apps. This brings new features such as revamped user interface, richer stream that offers tailored updates, news, original posts from influencers, deeper personalization options with a new navigation page. This update also bring new languages including Dutch and Norwegian for the iPhone, and Turkish, Dutch and Norwegian for Android. The iPad app is not updated yet, but it has some minor bug crash fixes that improves the overall performance of the app. LinkedIn for Windows Phone got updated with Live Tile support and speech recognition yesterday. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k32xyP3KuWE New features in LinkedIn for Android and iPhone New beautiful and simpler design Now you can to invite, follow, like, share and comment on content right from the updates stream New personalized and customizable navigation for quicker access to your favorite features on LinkedIn Ability to follow Influencers to get access to original insights and content Download LinkedIn for iPhone from the Apple iTunes Store and for Android from the Google Play Store for free. Read ![]() |
| ![]() Microsoft has updated the Outlook.com application for Android with a completely new user interface and lot of new features. This is a major update since the launch of the app back in November 2012. The new update bring a simple user interface similar to the Windows 8 and the outlook.com web application. Additionally this update also adds new features including conversation threading, filters for unread and flagged mail, as well as the ability to mark messages as junk. In a blog post Microsoft says, We believe that the best mobile experience is enabled through Exchange ActiveSync--which provides a rich, powerful, network-optimized experience for Windows Phone, iOS and other mobile devices. However, native support for Exchange ActiveSync on Android devices varies significantly and so we build a separate app to ensure as many people as possible can have a great Outlook.com experience across all their devices. New features in Outlook for Android New look and feel Filters for unread and flagged messages Conversation threading Marking messages as junk Download Outlook.com app for Android from the Google Play for free. ![]() |
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