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Amazing Weather HD, one of the most popular apps on Windows Phone 8, just got updated today. The application delivers high-definition both through the app’s interface and the phone’s lock screen. Like Android, Windows Phone user’s are able to view the weather for the day or week without even unlocking their phone, which is a…
For those of you out there still doing video calls through the fourth generation iPad, Skype has some great news for you. Today Skype for iPad rolled out a fresh new 4.1 update which enables the long-awaited HD video calling feature. There’s nothing else that this upgrade to the application brings, except for the usual…
Nokia released an update to the Extras+Info app to include Call and SMS filters. Unfortunately though, new capabilities will only work with devices running Windows Phone 8 GDR2, which at the moment means only Nokia Lumia 925. Other Lumias will follow shortly as soon as Nokia launches its Amber update. The new features work as…
Twitter’s #Music app for iOS has been updated today, helping users discover new music through their Twitter followers and local music files. The #Music app helps users find favorite music tracks by scanning a user’s device for existing music files, as well scanning a user’s Twitter account for followed artists. The update also allows users…
Google updated its iOS version of Google Play Books yesterday, bringing with it access to over 4 million books from the Google Play Book Store and some new note taking features. Users will now be able to take advantage of Google’s digital textbook library, which allows students to rent textbooks from the service. Here’s what’s…
Roku has updated its iOS app today, which will allow users to stream video from their iDevices directly to their Roku set-top box. The update includes support for the Roku 2, Roku 3, Roku HD, Roku LT and Roku Streaming Stick. The update also brings a few minor bug fixes, and brings the app up…
Good news or bad news? We’re not so sure yet. Google has updated its iOS and Android Google Maps app to include local advertisements when using the app for directions. Google Maps will now display relevant ads at the bottom of the screen when a search is conducted. If a user deems the ad interesting,…
Microsoft launched a series of Bing apps for its mobile platform, Windows Phone 8. These apps are already available for the desktop systems running Windows 8 and we guess making their mobile counterparts fits into the Redmond giant’s strategy to bring the two platforms (mobile and desktop) closer together. The new apps include Bing News,…
Instagram announced an update to its app today that brings improvements to the functionality of both image and video uploading. Starting off by fulfilling one of the biggest requests since the addition of video, Instagram is adding the ability to import videos from the library. If you filmed a video ahead of time from the…
Microsoft launched an easy-to-use online tool called App Studio that allows anyone to create an app without any programming skills. Yup that means you will be able to create your very own application for Windows Phone without owning a copy of Visual Studio. To be fair, such web tools (that make app creation easy) already…