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Pebble, the wildly popular smartwatch, has updated its Android app with support for Google Hangouts notifications. Version 1.8.2 basically mimics the same kind of functionality that was found with the old Google Talk app. In the near future, users can expect to see the Hangouts app bring more alert features such as the ability to…
During the last 7 days a number of apps have been submitted to our mobile app portal, Appscovery. Here are the titles worth checking out: New Clean Master App v3.6 Virtual Currency Brings in Real Business for NARR8 Feed the Sheep: the Woolly Puzzle for Android Extra Space Storage Releases New App for Self-Storage Management…
Microsoft today announced the availability of the official LivingSocial app for Windows Phone 8. Now users get all they can handle from one of the top daily deals sites around. This isn’t just some half-assed mobile application, as many of the key WP8 features come with it such as the ability to see deals on…
Last week at the NBA Finals, Samsung and Jay-Z announced that Jay-Z’s upcoming album, Magna Carta Holy Grail, would be available for free for owners of a Samsung Galaxy S 3, Galaxy S 4 and Galaxy Note 2 who download the app and are one of the first million people to install it. The album…
After the US and UK, Google Play Store gift cards are now available in two additional countries – Germany and France. Those of you interested to share some mobile app/content love with others can choose between 5, 25 and 50 EUR cards and let the recipient choose what he/she will be doing with all that…
Following Google’s announcement to shut down its Google Reader, few companies reacted and launched similar services, including Feedly and Digg. AOL, which has gone a long way from ISP to content provider/maker, will try its chances with the upcoming AOL Reader, launching in private beta tomorrow. According to Engadget, the service will work across devices,…
Only a day after launching its video capabilities, Instagram users have uploaded over 5 million videos in the last 24 hours. That’s a whole lot of moving selfies. According to a report from Tech Crunch, the spike in video uploads didn’t occur around the early morning launch time, but rather in the evening when the…
The latest update to Siri is capable to field suicide-related requests with an approach designed to drive users to seek help. If the software detects someone’s having serious issues and is thinking to end his/her life, it will react with a two-fold approach, offering the number of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline along with the…
It’s all happening, folks, the age of cat selfies is upon us! A new app called Snapcat lets your cat become the photographer in your next super cute cat pic on your Android device. The app starts up displaying a black screen with a small erratically moving red circle darting around the screen. The idea…
Once upon a time there were two separate social networking apps that lived in harmony on our smartphones. Instagram was an app for creative photography and Vine was an app for creative video clips. If you wanted to snap a photo, you knew instantly to tap Instagram. If a moment you wanted to share required…