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HTC has released yet another app in the Google Play Store – Dot View Case. It’s nothing you can use now, but it’s an important step in HTC’s new strategy to offer its apps through Google Play allowing for faster updates in the future. No longer will the process of updating a number of apps…
Google may be looking to bring its Chrome browser to Windows Phone. The rumor started when a Google software engineer, Carlos Pizano, opened a ticket regarding a port of the Chrome browser to the Microsoft mobile platform. It’s important to add that this is only a request for another developer to look into this possibility,…
Yesterday’s top news was Office for iPad; but that was only a part of the story – Microsoft also released Office for Android and made it free to download, requiring no Office 365 subscription whatsoever. Yes, you will be able to view AND edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint files while on the go for free.…
We’ve told you about HTC’s decision to launch many of its apps in the Google Play Store. This in turn would allow the company to more easily launch updates, bypassing carrier approval process altogether. Sony and Motorola are already doing this and with HTC on board, we hope that other vendors will join this trend,…
HTC has launched BlinkFeed, SenseTV and Service Pack apps in the Google Play Store, though at the moment they seem unavailable for most devices, including the last year’s HTC One. It could be that HTC will first launch some sort of firmware update before these apps can run on other phones; or these apps will…
Apple may be thinking to launch the iTunes app for Android. According to the Billboard report, the Cupertino giant is facing declining revenues from music sales on iTunes and that fact may force it to do unthinkable – support the Android community. Apple is already supporting other platforms, namely Windows, where its iTunes app has…
Just when we’ve told you about “take a picture” and “take a video,” Google has added another voice command to its Search app. Now your beloved search engine will be able to “Play Some Music” when you say it to do so. If you also happen to be an All Access subscriber, you’ll get a…
On the heels of the recently launched Toq SDK, Augmented Views is adding support for Qualcomm’s smart watch to its Augmented SmartWatch Pro app. Using the application, Toq owners can quickly get real-time alerts on their wrist, as well as up to three Tasker tasks, with opening the card serving as the trigger. However, the SDK…
You know how it can be daunting to quickly fire-up camera when you need it the most. Google knows this hence it decided to make it easier for Android users to take a photo or record a video. The newly launched update to Google Search adds two new commands to the mix, “take a picture”…
Sony has launched a new Android app for select Xperia smartphones – Voice Balloon Photo, which won’t make your photos better but could make them more entertaining. The application will not only capture a photo but also voices around you and turn them into speech bubbles in real-time. Pretty neat and, of course, if the…