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Activision launches Call of Duty: Heroes on iOS

Sachin Sharma

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November 13, 2014

After releasing Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare on major consoles and its companion app on major platforms, Activision is back in action and has released a new game called Call of Duty: Heroes in the Apple App Store.

Features:
• Take control of and level up iconic heroes from the Call of Duty franchise, including Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, and more. Each hero has their own progression system and unique Killstreaks.
• Train and specialize your army using units directly from Call of Duty, such as Juggernauts, Dragonfires, and CLAWs.
• Unleash Killstreaks such as the drone strike, UAV, care package, and chopper gunner to devastate opponents.
• Build and upgrade your base into a fortress with sentry guns, Guardians, SAM turrets, howitzers, mines, and over 30 other upgradable structures.
• Team up with your friends to form alliances, donate troops, and dominate your enemies.

Based on the Call of Duty franchise, Heroes is a free to play combat strategy game that seems to be heavily inspired by Clash of Clans. The game tasks you with building your base and armies to unleash on your enemies. The game is available on iPod, iPad and iPhone and is not supported on devices iPhone 4 or iPod 4th generation and before.

You can download Call of Duty: Heroes from the App Store link below for free.

Call of Duty: Heroes – App Store

YouTube gets a new Music homepage on Android and iOS apps

Nityansh Seth

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November 13, 2014

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YouTube has pushed a new update for its Android and iOS apps. The update brings a new music homepage that shows your favorite music videos, recommended music playlists based on your preference and playlists of trending music acrossthe website. Also, in the coming days you’ll be able to see an artist’s discography on YouTube, as well as play a full album with both their official music videos and high-quality songs added by YouTube’s music partners.

And in case ads on the website are too much for your tolerance, you can also subscribe to YouTube Music Key that offers ad free unlimited music for a promotional price of $7.99/month (regular being $9.99/month). The subscription will also give you access to background play and offline viewing, as well as include a subscription for Google Play Music with its catalog of 30 million songs and expert curated playlists. YouTube Music Key is being launched as a beta for now and you can get to enjoy it for free for the fist six months if you see an invite in your app or email.

YouTube – Android

YouTube – iOS

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Google updates its search and keyboard app on Android

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Sharang Sharma

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November 13, 2014

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Google has pushed an update for its search and keyboard apps on Android. The common change among both the apps is of course the infusion of Material Design, including new animations and colors.

Moving past the cosmetic changes, Google Search app gets a couple of new features. Search app can now dig into your Gmail account and unearth earlier plans that you might have forgotten about. These will then be reminded to you using intuitive new Google Now cards. you will also be able to use the ‘OK Google’ commands within apps to search for content. Apps that are presently supported include Tumblr, YouTube, TripAdvisor, and TuneIn. That’s now all, since users will also be able to use the “OK Google” command when the screen is off and their device is unplugged on Nexus 6, Nexus 9 and Galaxy Note 4. Oh, you will now be able to flip a coin (virtual) by simply saying, “OK Google, flip a coin.”

As for the keyboard app, most of the changes are around its looks. It sports two themes, Material Light or Material Dark. You can go to the keyboard settings and pick either one of them.

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Google launches Messenger app in the Play Store

Sharang Sharma

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November 13, 2014

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While there are already a dozen or messaging apps on the Play Store, Google believes that there’s room for more. The company has launched Messenger app in the Play Store. Messenger is the default messaging app on Android Lollipop (and is also available for other versions) and allows you to send and receive SMS and MMS from any other phone. We’re still confused how that makes it different from the Hangouts app that pretty much does the same, but it’s not being offered as a replacement it seems and the former champ is still available.

Features:

• Faster sharing: Select or take pictures and videos directly from the app and share easily. You can even send audio messages to your contacts.
• Easy search: Search through contacts and conversation threads to find exactly what you are looking for.
• Purposeful design: New, fluid, material design that is intuitive and delightful.
• More control: Ability to block SMS senders. No interruptions when you don’t want them!
• More features: audio messages, emoji support, colored text threads, message archiving and more.

Messenger has been crafted in Material Design of course and works on devices with Android 4.1 and above. It also allows your to send audio messages. It also allows you to capture pictures and videos directly from the app and send them to your friends and family.

Messenger is free to download and can be picked from the Play Store here.

Bad Piggies goes free on Windows Phone, gets Xbox Live integration

Promil Bhardwaj

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November 12, 2014

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Angry Birds spin off Bad Piggies is a decent title that’s available on all three platforms. Although until now, the game was only free on Android and iOS, with Windows Phone users having to shell out a dollar to enjoy the game. That’s changed with the most recent update for the game though. Take a trip to the Windows Phone Store and you’ll discover version 1.5.4 of the game sitting. The game has been made free to download and has been given Xbox Live integration. Yes, that means Achievements.

Features:

● Over 200 levels crammed with flying/driving/crashing fun!
● 36 additional levels unlocked by getting three stars!
● Free updates!
● 8 sandbox levels to stretch your creativity, plus Junkyard available as IAP!
● Ultra-special, ultra-secret, ultra-difficult sandbox level to unlock by collecting ten skulls!
● 36 objects to create the ultimate machine: motors, wings, fans, bottle rockets, umbrellas, balloons, and much more!

You can grab Bad Piggies from the Windows Phone Store here. The game is also supported on devices with just 512MB RAM.

eBay app updated on Windows Store with multiple improvements

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Sachin Sharma

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November 12, 2014

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While the eBay app for Windows Phone hasn’t been updated in months, eBay does’t ignore everything Microsoft. The company has pushed an update for its app in the Windows Store. The update takes eBay to version 1.6 on Windows and brings several changes.

Changelog:

* New and improved search with faster results.

* More search refinements and a new search carousel.

* Category browsing.

* New personalized feed of followed interests and sellers to explore.

* View a user’s ratings and recent Feedback.

* Find your own user profile and Feedback via Settings.

* Image zoom and new image gallery.

* View bidding history.

* Sellers in Germany may now list their items for sale via the app!

* Support for the eBay Global Shipping Program.

* Other fixes and updates.

As the changelog mentions, the app now offers personalized feed and homescreen based on your preferences, search improvements, image zoom and gallery, ability to view bidding history and more.

Grab the app for free from the link below.

eBay – Windows

Netflix brings 1080p content on the iPhone 6 Plus

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Nityansh Seth

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November 12, 2014

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Netflix has pushed an update for its iOS app on the App Store taking it to version 7.0. The biggest change that the new version brings is streaming shows in 1080p for the iPhone 6 Plus. That’s obviously due to the fact that the new iPhone actually has a 1080p display so it makes sense to display the higher quality content. All your favorite shows including Netflix originals Orange is the New Black and House of Cards will be streaming in 1080p.

Besides this, the update also optimizes the app for the larger screens on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. That means more titles on the screen and bigger imagery. The update also brings improved performance and support for iOS 8.

Grab Netflix from the App Store below.

Netflix – App Store

Walking Dead: Season 2 goes free on iOS, upcoming Game of Thrones game teased

Sharang Sharma

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November 11, 2014

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Telltale games have just made their Walking Dead: Season 2 game available on the App Store free of cost. That means users can download the game for free and start playing the first episode in the game. Walking Dead: Season 2 is the sequel to last year’s critically acclaimed Walking Dead: Season 1. The series is based on Robert Kirkman‘s The Walking Dead comic book series. Telltale has already announced Walking Dead: Season 3, which is the next installment in the game.

Each season consists of 5 episodes. The game’s first episode has been free to play on other platforms, but this wasn’t the case on iOS. However, now users can download Season 2 for free and finish episode 1. The other episodes can be purchased via an in-app purchase for $4.99 per episode. All four episodes can also be purchased for $14.99.

That’s not all though, since Telltale also teased about the upcoming game based on “Game of Thrones” through its Twitter channel. The game will be released with its first episode called “Iron from Ice” very soon. In all, there will be six chapters in the game. Can’t say we’re not excited.

The Walking Dead: Season 2 – App Store

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Instagram for iOS finally allows you to edit your photo captions and location [Updated]

iOS
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Sharang Sharma

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November 11, 2014

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We’ve all been through that disappointment which comes with uploading one of our favorite pics to Instagram and putting up the wrong caption along with it. Well, that would all be history now, since Instagram’s new 6.2 version on iOS finally allows you to edit captions to your photos after posting them. You can even change the location tags.

That’s not all, since the new update also adds new People tab in the explore section that allows you to follow interesting individuals on the platform. The app also gets typeahead search functionality that enables faster searches. Then, there are new icons and other design changes made to the app as well.

Previously, the app was updated in October with support for the iPhone models. We also noticed an update for Instagram in the Play Store, but the changelog doesn’t mention anything other than bugfixes. [Update: The same changes apply to the Android version of the app as well]

Instagram – App Store

Changelog for Instagram 6.2:

· Discover new people: Find interesting accounts to follow in the People tab on Explore.
· Search faster: Get quicker results with typeahead search.
· Edit captions: Fix typos or change your location.
· New icons: Updated Explore and Profile icons, plus other design updates

Firefox updated on Android with emphasis on privacy

Android
News

Sharang Sharma

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November 10, 2014

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With news about private data getting into wrong hands or going public becoming frequent in the recent past, Firefox has decided to take things in its own hands. The company has pushed an update for its browser on Android. Version 33.1 is now live in the Play Store and lays emphasis on privacy.

The new version on Android comes with a Forget button in the front that wipes out your recent browsing history without deleting other information. This enables you to quickly delete cookies or embarrassing browsing sessions with just a flick of a button. The browser also comes loaded with the new DuckDuckGo anti-tracking search engine. Users will also find a new privacy tour and a coaching add-on.

The update is available in the Play Store and can be picked at the link below.

Firefox – Android

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