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If you’re the type who loves to sharpen your English skills every chance you get, then the news of Oxford launching their app on Windows Phone should excite you. The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app contains a full A-Z dictionary and samples of British and North American speakers to help tailor your desired skill set.…
Everyday smartphone users grow more confident in the use of mobile payments. In fact, mobile payments is projected to reach $1.3 trillion annually by 2017, according to a recent study by Juniper Research. Many notable companies are taking the necessary steps in making it much more easier for you to spend your hard-earned cash. In…
Facebook proudly announced that its App Center has been used by more than 150 million people following its global rollout. Moreover, the service is driving 2.4 times more installs than its previous apps and games dashboard. But that’s not all – the social network is claiming users are also more engaged, with those installing via…
Nordstrom wants to take part in the growing couch commerce hype, hence it launched a new iPad app to give customers what they want – convenience to shop all of the products they would otherwise buy at a local Nordstrom store (or online) from their beloved tablet. Available as a free download, the application packs…
Evernote Food got nice update with both iOS and Android apps getting the new features. First there’s the improved sharing to Facebook, with your entries now appearing in the timeline. In the previous versions of the application, the post would have a small thumbnail accompanied by some descriptive text and now your meals can really…
SwiftKey has once again updated its Android app, introducing two new themes, continuous voice typing, along with a number of bug fixes as reported by the ever-active SwiftKey community. The two new summer-inspired themes are Sky (blue) and Fuchsia (pink), both of which you can see from the image above. As for the mentioned voice…
Good ol’ Google keeps improving its products and services. Their latest gig involves the Voice Search, which just got support for 13 new languages, including Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, European Portuguese, Finnish, Galician, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak and Swedish. This brings the total language count to 42 languages and accents in 46 countries. Pretty…
NAVIGON has updated its Windows Phone app to make it on par with its iOS and Android offerings. New version of the application(s) come with few handy features which provide users with a better navigation experience. First, there’s Traffic Check that informs drivers of current traffic conditions with an easy-to-read gage graphic appearing after entering…
Popular augmented reality browser Wikitude has been updated with several handy features, including the ability to scan your money and instantly get exchange rates. Yup, you can test it out with your dollars and euros and see how much they’re worth today. Alongside the app update — which BTW is now in version 7.5 —…
Thought that the new Google Play Store update only brought gift cards and wishlists to the table? You’d be wrong, as the 3.8.15 build of the Google Play Store also offers up the new Smart App Updates feature. Smart App Updates are just what they sound like. Well, in that it’s a pretty smart feature.…