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Google Wallet now available on Sprint’s HTC One, Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S4 and US Cellular’s Note II

Google keeps expanding the list of devices compatible with its Google Wallet service. The latest batch of phones that can sing along the search giant’s mobile payment service include Sprint’s HTC One, Samsung Galaxy Note II and Samsung Galaxy S4; as well as US Cellular’s Samsung Galaxy Note II. If you have one of those device and would like to benefit from NFC-based contactless payments, download the Google Wallet app (linked below) and try it out at the growing list of participating merchants. You’ll get as seamless as possible payment Read more

120,000 BlackBerry 10 apps now available in BlackBerry World

BlackBerry World app store now counts 120,000 BlackBerry 10 apps that work on the company’s Z10 and Q10 smartphones (as well as the upcoming Q5). The new platform was launched with 70,000 apps “on board” with another 50,000 submitted in the next four months. BlackBerry president and CEO Thorsten Heins didn’t hide its excitement, praising the “thriving ecosystem” and a great response from the developer community. He was also quick to add that synthesizer maker Moog has selected BlackBerry 10 as the second after iOS to offer its app. To Read more

Nokia Smart Camera, Hipstamatic coming to other Lumia devices

Alongside the Lumia 925 smartphone, Nokia also announced new software, including the new Nokia Smart Camera mode and Hipstamatic, both of which will be available for other smartphones in the Lumia series. The former is described as the “next generation imaging software” made to “capture clearer, sharper pictures and video, including the best low light images.” The Nokia Smart Camera mode will soon come with the so called Amber update to all Lumia Windows Phone 8 smartphones, offering an easy way to capture ten images at once and edit the Read more

This week @ Appscovery

A number of cool apps have been submitted at Appscovery during the last 7 days. Here are the ones that caught our eye: iMech Online Brings Real-Time Online Mech Combat for iOS WeDate VS Skout-A New Dating App with Truth Game will win[IOS] iDropCopy iOS/OSX HitMeUp – a new approach to local Eyes – the horror game Mobario On-Top-Widget SDK (beta) New App Tagger – Tag And Share Your Videos iOOTP Baseball 2013 Puts You in Charge of a Baseball Team NARR8 opens popular publishing platform to indie artists! Long-awaited Read more

Skype for Windows Phone updated, brings added reliability and other fixes

Skype for Windows Phone just got updated to version 2.6. This new update is predominantly filled with many fixes along with some new and changed features. Here’s how the full notes breakdown: increased chat reliability increased call notification reliability improvements in call reliability to phone numbers There’s also some problems in the earlier version software that was addressed such as known issues like calls keep ringing when answered on a different device, or ended by the caller, video stops when the call is in the background, reading a message on Read more

Flipboard for iOS Gets Improved Sharing Features in Update

Flipboard, the popular iOS and Android app that creates “personal magazines” that can be shared with users across the globe has rolled out an update today for its iOS version of the app. The new version, 2.0.2 brings some new features to Flipboard, making sharing content easier. Here’s what’s new in version 2.0.2: Get a window onto your readership and curation activity with new profile pages. Discover magazines by friends quickly in new Friends category in the Content Guide. Select a social network and access options more easily in the Read more

Ian Kersey

Google’s unified messaging platform to be called Google Hangouts? Launching at Google I/O?

You may’ve heard that Google is working on the unified messaging platform, which up until this point was known as Babel. Now we have a new source claiming that the application/service will actually be released as Google Hangouts. In terms of features, it will provide users with a consolidated view of Talk, Google+ Hangout and photo sharing services, making it that much easier to cyber-schmooze while on the go. According to the leaked information, Google Hangouts will launch on iOS, Android and Chrome, largely mirroring capabilities of apps like WhatsApp. Read more

Video: Samsung SideSync explained

You may’ve heard about Samsung SideSync, a neat software that practically connects your Samsung Galaxy smartphone with your PC, allowing you to use PC’s keyboard and mouse with the phone, as well as to copy text from computer and directly paste it in the phone. Moreover, SideSync also supports phone screen sharing so you can use the phone virtually on a PC. Yeah it sounds kinda confusing, but worry not – the Korean company released a short demo video to explain it all. There’s one important caveat, though. As I’m Read more

Uh-oh: Windows Phone Store just passes 145,000 apps with sluggish growth

Windows Phone news is always a mixed bag because you never know if you’re going to see something positive about how the OS is doing or something suggesting Microsoft has a problem on its hands. In this case, unfortunately, it’s the latter. As part of the official unveiling of the Nokia Lumia 928 for Verizon this morning, the folks in Redmond slipped in some revealing stats about the Windows Phone Store: it now has 145,000 apps in it. Worded in that way, that sounds like a pretty decent accomplishment. It’s a relatively Read more

Google Earth For Android Gets Update, Brings Google Maps Features

The Google Earth app for Android has received an update today, and brings some features from Google Maps into the app. The new update brings Google Street View functionality to the app, which up until now has only been available on the web version of Google Earth. Search results have been optimized to make searching for locations easier, and directions now let users obtain transit, biking and walking directions in 3D. The app also has a window that can be pulled up from the bottom of the screen, dubbed the Read more

Ian Kersey

Hipstamatic Releases Oggl, New Photo Sharing App

The creaters behind the well-known photo sharing app, Hipstamatic has announced the release of a new app called Oggl. Oggl is basically the same app as Hipstamatic, but with a bevy of new photo editing options. Oggl is free to use, with the free version coming pre-loaded with five “favorites” for shooting, including nightlife, food, portraits landscapes and sunsets. Users who would like to access more lens and film options will have to pay however, with a subscription service that costs $.99 a month or $9.99 a year. Oggl will be Read more

Ian Kersey