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Google Calender gets updated on Android, adds location suggestions and video call

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Google Calender gets updated on Android, adds location suggestions and video call

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Google Calender is another core Android app that has received an update. Taking the version number to v201404011, the update adds the ability to add location suggestions from Google Maps of nearby places when creating a new event. The feature was already present on the web app and has been asked for in the Android version for quite a while now. The update adds new Access to Coarse Location permission for making suggestions based on your location. Earlier, the app could only suggest location of your contacts.

The update also adds support for video calls. You can right away join conference calls from your phone. However, users still can’t add video call support to a meeting created in the Android app.

You can find the Google Calender app in the Play Store here.

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YouTube pushed to version 5.6.31 on Android, doesn’t change much in terms of features

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YouTube pushed to version 5.6.31 on Android, doesn’t change much in terms of features

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Google has pushed out an update for the YouTube app on the Play Store taking the version to 5.6.31. Although, there’s not much in terms of new features that the update adds.

The update finally allows you to stream videos to Chromecast. The Watch Later section has also received an UI overhaul. Rather than simple list of videos, it now looks more like other playlists on the app now. There’s a list of other features that the update brings. Here’s the full list:

  • YouTube Mix automatic playlists for music videos
  • Reply to comments
  • Improved video quality for Android 4.2 and above
  • Delete your own comment
  • See if a comment was shared privately or publicly
  • Share and like playlists
  • Your liked and personal playlists appear in the left-hand guide drawer

You can pick the app on Play Store here, or can scan the QR below.

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Google Finance adds support for stock exchanges of Spain, Poland, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, and Argentina

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Google Finance adds support for stock exchanges of Spain, Poland, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, and Argentina

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Google Finance is a neat app available on Android to track the movement of all your stocks and equities at one place. Now, Google has expanded the reach of the app by adding exchanges from more markets. The new countries which will have their stock exchanges covered under Google Finance include Spain, Poland, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, and Argentina. Users will be able to get support for indices, stock price movements, trading volumes and more on the Google Finance app on Android, web search results and the Google Finance website.

The latest addition takes the tally of total countries tracked by Google Finance to 35. You can get Google Finance app on the Play Store here for free, or can scan the QR below.
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Flickr get a major overhaul on Android and iOS with version 3.0

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Flickr get a major overhaul on Android and iOS with version 3.0

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Yahoo’s popular photo sharing service Flickr is borrowing a page or two from Instagram for its app on Android and iOS. The app has been updated to version 3.0 on both platforms, adding features like filters and editing tools. Even the UI of the app now resembles more like Instagram. You can also now comment, like and share photos similar to Instagram. Then, you can shoot 30 seconds videos and add filters to them before sharing them with the world. The update also adds metadata to an image, revealing the make of the camera it was shot with, the aperture and ISO setting set for the image and more. Flickr has also added the ability to share these images through Dropbox and Google+.

Besides these changes, the update has also dropped the option to login through Facebook and Google account. You’ll need to have a Yahoo account if you plan on using all these new shiny features.

The update is live on the Play Store, but is yet to hit iOS. Although, we reckon it shouldn’t take long.

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Google Camera app hits Play Store

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Google Camera app hits Play Store

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Google has launched a camera app on the Android Play Store dubbed as Android Camera. The app adds a few features on the default camera app found on Android phones. It introduces a new feature called lens blur, that as the name suggests, blurs the objects in the background to give your photos a DSLR like look with shallow depth-of-field. As with the other similar apps from manufacturers being released these days, you can also change the objects in focus after taking the photograph.

The app also improves upon the panorama mode, allowing the camera to capture high resolution panoramas. Then there’s Photo Sphere. The feature allows you to click 360 degree photo spheres at up to 50 megapixels. the feature was earlier exclusive to Nexus devices.

The app is available in the Play Store for free and works with devices running Android 4.4 and up for now. Google has promised to add more devices in the future through updates. You can pick the app here.

Microsoft breaks the Games Hub on Windows Phone 8.1 with the latest update

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Microsoft breaks the Games Hub on Windows Phone 8.1 with the latest update

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With Windows Phone 8.1, Microsoft has separated the Games app from the core OS, making it easier to update in the future. The first update for the app is already here. Although there’s no changelog, we’re assuming general bug fixes and such. The update takes the version to 2.0.1404.11000.

Like many users that have written not so kind reviews for the app, as soon as we updated the app on our phone, it broke and isn’t showing any games that were already installed on the phone. We hope Microsoft addresses the issue soon.

If you still wish to update the app (though we would advise against it), you can find it on the Windows Phone Store here.

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Subway Surfer and Angry Birds Star Wars 2 updated on Windows Phone

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Subway Surfer and Angry Birds Star Wars 2 updated on Windows Phone

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Two games on Windows Phone have received some love from the developers, both being AAA titles. These are Subway Surfer and Angry Birds Star Wars 2. The updates add new features that were added to the Android and iOS version some days back.

Talking about Angry Birds Star Wars first, the update pushes the version number to 1.4.1. The update adds 1,000 coins cleverly hidden across all levels, waiting for you to plunder the loot. It also adds something called ‘CARBONITE REWARDS’, that according to the description says, “Wait for the carbonite to melt to win a new character!” The update also allows to play as either birds or pigs on any side (that is, either on the good side or the Pork side. You can buy the game on the Windows Phone Store here for $0.99, or can scan the QR below if you’re reading this on a PC.

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Subway Surfer update brings new city of Rome to the game. There’s also a new local racer named Roberto. Then there are new rewards for completing challenges. Get the game here.

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Clock Hub is an interesting app that puts time on a Live Tile on Windows Phone 8.1

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Clock Hub is an interesting app that puts time on a Live Tile on Windows Phone 8.1

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With Windows Phone 8.1, Microsoft has given developers the option to update Live Tile for their apps every minute. One of the most simple use of this could be to have the time displayed on it and with Clock Hub you can exactly do that.

The app puts the time on a Live Tile that gets updated every minute. You can either set it up in 12 hour or 24 hour format. What’s more the Live Tile for the app also supports custom background. Here: what the app has to offer in terms of features:

  • The only that updates every minute.
  • Supports 24 hours format based on your region.

Simple, just like the app. You can get Clock Hub for free from the Windows Phone Store here and pin it to the Start Screen to use it. The app requires Windows Phone 8.1, so it’ll only work if you’re using the developer preview version of the new OS.

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Group Play by Samsung updated to version 3.0

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Group Play by Samsung updated to version 3.0

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Group Play which is exclusive to Samsung flagships since the Galaxy S4 has received a major update, pushing the version number to 3.0. The app that allows users to share music, photos and documents with other devices by pairing up, sees many UI and functionality changes in the latest update.

With version 3.0, Samsung has gone for a flatter UI similar to what we’ve seen on other Samsung apps recently. The update also adds  Group Camcorder option to the Galaxy S5. The new feature allows to pair up to 4 devices and capture videos from the each devices. Later, the host can pick the best parts from each recorded video and stitch them together into one neat video. The feature isn’t available just yet on other devices like the Note 3 yet, but is expected to be added later.

The update hasn’t shown up on the Play Store just yet, but should be up and running soon enough. You can keeping looking for the update on the Play Store here.

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Microsoft announces new Office 365 Personal plan designed around the iPad app

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Microsoft announces new Office 365 Personal plan designed around the iPad app

If you find the Office 365 subscription a tad too expensive, but absolutely need to use Office on your iPad, Microsoft’s got a new pricing plan for you. Called Office 365 Personal, the plan costs $69.99/year or $6.99/month. An Office 365 Personal subscription allows creating and editing Word, PowerPoint and Excel files on one PC or Mac, and one tablet (including the iPad). If you find the number of devices that can be used with the subscription to be less, you can always opt for the Office 365 Home that supports up to five PCs/Macs and 5 tablets and costs $99.99/year or $9.99/month.

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Other features of the new plan are similar to the Office 365 Home plan, offering 20GB worth of cloud storage, 60 minutes of free Skype calling every month and the ability to edit documents on your smartphone (which could be either an iPhone, or an Android/Windows Phone device).

Does that make Office for the iPad like a more reasonable offer? Let us know in the comments below.

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