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10 must-try apps for you
Google acquires Instagram rival, Snapseed
Google has agreed to acquire Nik Software, the development company behind the popular photo editing app Snapseed. The search giant has picked up the German app developer for an undisclosed amount.
Siri to speak new languages?
A job listing on Apple’s website indicates that Siri, the iPhone and iPad’s voice controlled personal assistant, will be learning new languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Korean, Norwegian and Swedish.
Google updates its Blogger apps for Android, iOS; adds support for iPad
The most notable update that has been rolled out is the support for iPad. Now users can choose landscape mode to compose posts, share posts on Google+ and have the ability to view a scheduled post time. Google has added support for over 30 international languages.
Finally, Facebook is adding the ‘Share’ button to its iOS and Android apps
Just like its desktop counterpart, the share button will let people repost links and photos. The share button is like retweeting someone’s photo, status or link as it gives credit to the person who originally posted it.
Saavn adds English music to its catalogue, brings over 250,000 songs
The music streaming service has tied up with music labels such as Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group for this. Currently, the English songs are only available online and will reflect in the Saavn mobile apps in the days to come.
Microsoft Office for Android and iOS due in March 2013?
Word is that Office Mobile will first come to iOS, and will be in the form of individual apps that will allow the opening and viewing of documents only. For any kind of editing capabilities, an Office 365 subscription would be required and this subscription will be an in-app purchase.
Google Play Store seller support
Google has finally included India in its list of countries from where developers can register as Google
Checkout merchants and sell paid applications on the Play Store.
10 Android Apps You Must Try
- 1. Angry Birds Star Wars – Free Join the Angry Birds in their biggest adventure yet! New game play mechanics include the use of lightsabers, blasters and Jedi powers to wreak havoc on the imperial pigs!
- 2. Need for Speed Most Wanted – `250 With awesome graphics, EA’s Most Wanted pushes the mobile platform to its utmost limits. Buckle up, hit the gas and hold on tight, you’re in for the ride of your life.
- 3. Blood Brothers – Free Blood Brothers is a dark fantasy game, a tale of a hero turned vampire, who must bind an army in a pact of blood in order to exact vengeance on a corrupt empire. Choose one of eight heroes – knight, samurai, high elf, dark elf, ape, lizardman, dwarf or goblin – to lead your army to victory.
- 4. AppGarden Lite – Free The interface looks dated, but AppGarden Lite is a lightweight, backwards-compatible container with dozens of useful utilities – from conversion charts to a bar barcode scanner to a password generator. You can bookmark your favorite utilities for quick access. My Favorites folder includes the QR scanner, stopwatch, tip calculator, currency calculator, Urban Dictionary lookup and a calorie calculator.
- 5. BBC – Free BBC’s mobile app doesn’t disappoint, letting you watch video reports, listen to live radio, clip articles for offline reading and read the latest updates on the fly.
- 6. Bump – Free Bump lets two users tap their phones together to immediately share photos, contacts and apps. Amazingly, it works cross-platform between iOS and Android users as well.
- 7. GO SMS Pro – Free Go SMS Pro is the SMS/MMS app for power Android users. You can send “short” messages containing text, voice, doodles and photos. There’s a lot of room for tinkerers to customise themes, messages and folders for storage.
- 8. Gibberbot – Free Armed with the right software, it’s pretty easy for someone to tap into your cellphone network and read all the text messages and chatting you’re doing over your device. Gibberbot obscures all this data so that it looks like ‘gibberish’ to a hacker. This free, open-source chat client offers fully encrypted chatting over Gchat, Facebook and Jabber. Must be used in conjunction with Orbot, the official Tor client for Android.
- 9. Audiogalaxy – Free This app, still in beta, streams all the music stored on your local drive, for as long as the latter is turned on.
- 10. FxCamera – Free Not every smartphone running Android has a great camera, so get better photos with the help of a little software. FxCamera adds filters and effects such as ‘toy’ and ‘fish-eye lens’, to enhance even modest of pictures. It also helps to arm yourself with additional tips for getting better.
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