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Nokia is relying on its powerful mapping service and augmented reality to help college grads equipped with a Lumia smartphone land internship. It is estimated that 54% of recent U.S. college grads are either out of work, or underemployed. Presuming they have a compatible Windows Phone (made by Nokia), they get to benefit from this…
Instagram has been updated, making the app optimized for iOS 7. Version 4.2.0 brings mostly visual optimizations for the app, making the design of the app match the aesthetic stylings of iOS 7. The update increases the size of photos and videos in your feed to expand to the edge of the screen, which translates…
It looks like the Google Now-style card user interface is creeping into another application made by the Mountain View giant. That application would be Gmail. Today on Google+, it was announced that Gmail for Android would soon be getting a small revamp, offering up a more streamlined conversation view ala’ the now familiar cards we’ve…
Mobile apps are on the rise and Gartner predicts that this year mobile app stores will see annual downloads reaching 102 billion in 2013, up from 64 billion in 2012. Revenue-wise, the figure will hit $26 billion, up from $18 billion last year, though free apps will account for 91% of total downloads. Unsurprisingly, in-app…
Music discovery company SoundHound added cloud support to its mobile apps for iOS and Android devices. SoundHound users are now able to access their music search and discovery libraries across multiple devices, and restore the entire music library when installing SoundHound on a new smartphone or tablet. “While we all love to get our hands…
Philips has taken it sweet time to update the Android application for its Hue bulbs, but yesterday a new update finally rolled through that brings bug fixes, improved stability, and a few new tweaks that users have been waiting on for a long time now. Take a look at the “What’s New” section of the…
After making its results included in Siri answers, Microsoft’s Bing is going one step forward. The search engine also revamped its iOS app, bringing new UI and additional saving and sharing options to the mix. First things users will notice are four new tiles to the homepage that help users accomplish frequent tasks like checking…
Some of us expected to get the BBM from the Google Play Store and/or Apple’s App Store for the weekend. Alas, we’ll have to wait a little longer for that privilege. You see BBM did hit the App Store but its Android counterpart was leaked before “officially” hitting the Play Store. The Canadian company didn’t…
Samsung unveiled the My Galaxy app, which is made to “help Samsung Galaxy owners get the most from their smartphones.” Created in collaboration with Monitise Create, the application comes with the content that is “uniquely tailored” to offer the most personalized customer experience. Included in the deal is a range of exclusive offers from film…
BlackBerry has come up with a neat offering for users in its own backyard. Under the scheme, Canadian BlackBerry owners can get $25 worth of premium apps for free as long as they use the promo code “FALLAPPS” in the BlackBerry World. The deal will last until October 31st and who knows, you may get…