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Google’s Niantic Labs is probably most well known for their augmented reality game Ingress, but the hard-working team has their grubby hands in more pots than one. Niantic’s virtual tour guide Field Trip has been updated, bringing users on iOS and Android a slew of new features. Here are the features that Niantic Labs has packed…
BlackBerry is launching 25 Days of Gifts giveaways at BlackBerry World, offering one premium app for free to BlackBerry 10 users. Through December 25th, if you have a BlackBerry 10 device, you can visit BlackBerry World each day to get your freebie. Each free app, game or movie will be available for only 24 hours,…
Google has removed the CyanogenMod Installer app from its Play Store, citing violation of terms of service as reason. For those unfamiliar with the application, it’s made to guide users to enable “ADB”, a built in development and debugging tool, and then navigates the user to the desktop installer. The desktop application then performs the…
If Google can do it, so can Samsung. After the Hangouts app got the ability to manage SMS, Samsung is doing the same with its ChatON client. The application, however, is still not available all around the world, with users in Germany and Brazil being among the first ones to be able try out the…
BlackBerry has managed to convince 12 international OEMs to preinstall its BBM app onto their Android smartphones. These are not household names in the West, but then again these days most of BlackBerry’s customers don’t live in North America and Europe. The companies that agreed to preload BBM on their phones include Be, Brightstar, Celkon,…
iHeartRadio has updated its Android app today, introducing some awesome new features for Android users who use the streaming service. The iHeartRadio Android app brings you live internet radio, custom music stations in the vein of Google Play Music, Pandora and Spotify. You can even set an alarm to alert you when your favorite radio…
Google-owned Waze has teamed-up with Universal Pictures to spice-up its navigation service. The deal is to bring Hollywood actors to the mix, delivering the voices you know (and love?) into your vehicle. The first star that will guide you along the streets is comedian Kevin Hart, who is using this opportunity to promote his aptly…
Nokia has yet again updated its Camera app to make its phones the best option for savvy photo takers. The latest new feature includes support for RAW DNG images which may be bigger at start, but allow users to be “more creative and do more with the images from their Nokia Lumia than ever before.”…
If you’re an Android gamer looking to save a little cash on those game purchases, a new website called ikoid.com could just be your answer. The site, which launched on November, 23rd offers bundles of four to six games every one to three weeks. “ikoid.com’s central goal is to rethink the way Android games get…
Last week, Google added some deals and reward program benefits to its Android and iOS apps. Google also announced that customers in the U.S. will be able to obtain a Google Wallet card, complete with a MasterCard logo. Just a few short days later, Google added the ability to add cards to Google Wallet simply by…