Author: Preetish Gumber

New Update For Viber Brings Push To Talk and More For Android and iOS

Viber recently announced some new updates for Windows Phone and BlackBerry devices as well, the company also announced a new update for the application on Android and iOS platforms.

With the Viber 4.0 update for iOS and Android, it adds push-to-talk voice feature services to both platforms. Along with the addition to push to talk service, Viber also bundled in a new sticker market, in addition to some extra customization options on iPhone and improved notifications on Android. The new update brings some good change, so update your Viber application on your iOS and Android device.

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November 13, 2013
UC Browser for Windows Phone Now Supports Background Download

UCWeb today released UC Browser 3.2 for Windows Phone with some enhancements, the latest update fot the browser brings some much awaited features.

The UC Browser 3.2 for windows phone brings some features which were missing before like the Background Download, the company has also added an enhanced Download Management, UDisk branded cloud storage service, optimized Preloading, the company also claims improved User Interface, and many more new features. The company claims that the UC Browser is loaded with unique features, which have made it the most popular alternative to the default IE browser and the No.1 browser on the Windows Phone Store. The latest version is now available on the WP Store (for both WP8 and 7.x).

November 12, 2013
Aircel Starts 4G Trials in Andhra Pradesh

Aircel has been into talks for 4G services in India, and the company is currently conducting trials of 4G services in Andhra Pradesh as said by an official these are trials and it can take a while before it is available for the general masses.

“The trials are currently on but we don’t have the required ecosystem, including the 4G-enabled mobile handsets, to launch the services commercially,” Data services are growing exponentially in Andhra Pradesh. About 44% of our 1.85 million subscribers in AP use data services, including 12% for 3G. This has enabled us to double our revenues in 2013 compared to the previous year,” Deepinder Tiwana, AP circle business head of Aircel.

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However, Aircel is not the first telecom company to do this, as Reliance has also got the license for this service in the AP circle. Aircel has always kept competitive prices for its services and said that they will be coming up with new voice and data plans to give more value for money. The company was in a loss of 250 crore INR till last year, the business head says that the company has plans to identify the priority segments and are accordingly drawing up on the strategies to drive future growth.

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November 9, 2013
Internet Explorer 11 Now Officially Available on Windows 7

Internet Explorer 11 was already available on Windows 7 as a Release Preview, however, today the latest version of internet explorer is official is available for download.

Starting today, you can download the final make of internet explorer 11 which brings some security and performance improvements, along with some features like Pre-fetch and Pre-render for faster load times. It seems Microsoft wants to improve its web browser which is generally ignored by masses. Overall, the browser seems to have improved with this update and works faster than any previous version of of explorer, only if you have used one lately. You might want to update your internet explorer, click the source to download the latest version.

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November 8, 2013
Google Brings Hangouts With SMS and Updated Keyboard To Play Store

Google has always added some great application to its Play Store making the user experience great, with the launch of the latest Android aka Kitkat the company has now launched the much awaited application.

The new Hangouts app with integrated SMS that was promised by Google last week is now available on the Play Store. In addition to the SMS and MMS integration, it also adds support for animated GIFs, device status and the ability to share your location in your conversations. The application for the stock Android keyboard has received an update to version 2.0 will only be available to users with the new OS installed on their device. So this will not be of great use to everyone right now, but might come in handy once your device updates to the latest OS.

November 8, 2013
SocialGiri The Celeb Network

Everyone follows one or more of our favorite celebrities on the various social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. It is sometimes not possible to get updates about what all is new, so here is something that might help you.

SocialGiri is yet another application which is available on PlayStore and Apple store as well, this application targets people who would like to know anything and everything about there favorite celebrities around the globe. SocialGiri allows users to follow the celebrities they like and want to know more about them, the newsfeed in the app shows the information from the celebrities directly through various social media websites.

These are some basic features of the app:

• Investigate Individual Social Media contributors from Hollywood, Bollywood, Music and Fashion.

• Pick your faves to create your custom social stream of celebs you would like to follow.

• Love, Like and Share updates directly on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

November 7, 2013
Google Celebrates 125th Birthday Of CV Raman With Today’s Doodle

CV Raman’s 125th birthday has been honored by Google, as the today’s Google Doodle showcases his portrait in the form of Google letters.

Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was an Indian physicist whose work was influential in the growth of science. He was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930 for the discovery that when light traverses a transparent material, some of the deflected light changes in wavelength. This phenomenon is now called Raman scattering and is the result of the Raman effect.

Definition of Raman effect on Encyclopedia Britinnica: When a beam of light traverses a dust-free, transparent sample of a chemical compound, a small fraction of the light emerges in directions other than that of the incident beam. Most of this scattered light is of unchanged wavelength. A small part, however, has wavelengths different from that of the incident light; its presence is a result of the Raman effect. Google continues to please everyone with its Doodles.

November 7, 2013
YouTube Gets New Comment System Powered By Google+
YouTube has got a major change, this time its the comments section that has got the change. The new system takes help from Google+ and will highlight the comments you would like too see, that is from your known ones out there.

In the month of September YouTube said that it would change the comment system, and now its already active and most of you might have witnessed it by now. Back in September, YouTube revealed its plan to overhaul comments on the video site with the helping hand of Google+. Now, that new system has gone live.

Here’s more detail about the new YouTube comments powered by Google+:
- Comments you care about move to the top: You’ll see posts at the top of the list from the video’s creator, popular personalities, engaged discussions about the video, and people in your Google+ Circles. You can still see the most recent comments by switching from “Top Comments” to “Newest First.”
- Join the conversation publicly or privately: You can choose to start a conversation so that it is seen by everyone, only people in your Circles, or just your bestie. Like Gmail, replies are threaded so you can easily follow conversations.
- Easily moderate comments: If you also post videos on your channel, you’ll have new tools to review comments before they’re posted, block certain words or save time by auto-approving comments from certain fans.
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November 7, 2013
Google Opinion Rewards, Earn Play Store Credits By Taking Part in Surveys

Google has always been satisfactory when it is about the consumer experience, and it seems the company plans to improve further for its users as Google just announced Google Opinion Rewards a new application to allow users to complete a survey and help them to improve the user experience.

Google Opinion Rewards is a new application from the company which does exactly what the name suggests, the app will give you Play Store credits for your paid app purchases each time you answer a survey. The survey is said to be on weekly basis and will include upto 10 questions, users will have to enter there Google Wallet account details so that the credits reach the right place. Questions will range from, “Which logo is best?” and “Which promotion is most compelling?” to “When do you plan on traveling next?”. However, this application is currently only available to users in United States.

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November 7, 2013
Google Announces ‘HelpOuts’ Live Video Tutorials

We all are thankful to Google, as it has always helped us for what we want to search. However, now Google hopes that humans can do the same.

Google on Tuesday announced Helpouts, which is a new tool that connects the users through a live video, to the experts who can help the users to solve the questions they have like for cooking, home improvement, Yoga and more. So far, Google has invited 1,000 companies to participate, and plans to keep the marketplace “invitation only” for now, However you can try your luck by requesting for a code.

“With Google helpouts, we can open the whole world to everybody,” said Udi Manber, Google’s vice-president of engineering. “Most of the world’s most useful information still resides in people’s heads.

Ofcourse, not all helps are free, but most of the helps are available free of cost or are charged on per minute basis. Users can choose to set up an appointment with a particular person, or if someone is available, speak to them instantly through a video. Check out the video below.

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November 6, 2013
Android 4.4 KitKat has a All New Photo Editor

Everyone has an idea of what the new Android OS 4.4 KitKat will bring to its users, Google launched the new OS along with the launch of the Nexus 5.

What we are talking about here is the feature that has not been noticed lately, as the Android 4.4 will include a new photo editor. The company’s Nicolas Roard shows, users can now apply effects, filters and adjustments at very precise levels, down to specific color channels and regions. Users can create presets, and every change made can be reversed. As demonstrated in the video it takes just a couple of taps to revert to the original image.

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November 4, 2013
The New Nexus 7 32 GB LTE Listed On Play Store At a Price Of 25999 INR

The much awaited tablet from Google the new Nexus 7 is now listed on the Google Play Store with a tag of Coming Soon. The new Nexus 7 is listed as a 32 GB LTE/WiFi/HSPA+ variant and is priced at 25999 INR.

However, other variants of the tablets seems unavailable as the price is not mentioned in INR and if you try to click on any of them which are Nexus 7 16 GB WiFI or the Nexus 7 32 GB WiFi they have prices in USD and are not available in India. This can surely hint that the new tablet will hit the shelves soon.

The Nexus 7 tablet features a 7 inch full-HD display (1920×1200 pixels), with a pixel density of 323ppi. It is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor clocked at 1.5 GHz, and is equipped with a 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of inbuilt storage which is not expandable. The new Nexus 7 also sports a 5 MP rear camera and a 1.2 MP front-facing camera.

For more information check out are unboxing, Gaming, Benchmarks and the full review below:

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November 4, 2013
Google Maps With Indoor Mapping For iOS and Android Now Available in India

Google’s indoor maps was launched some time back, but was not available in India. However, what we noticed now is that Google indoor maps is now available in both the platforms Android and iOS.

Google added this feature to Maps in the month of July 2013, but as said before it never made its way to India. iGyaan discovered that the Google Indoor maps is now available in India, for instance users can search for any store in the mall you are in and the application will guide you the floor and the way towards it. Check out the images above which demonstrates the availability of indoor maps on iOS and the image below shows the Google indoor maps on Android.

November 2, 2013
Xolo Launches A600 a Smartphone With 4.5 inch qHD Display at a Price of 8199 INR

Not so long ago, Xolo launched Q900 to add up in its Q series the device was priced at 12999 INR. However, Xolo today launched a budget smartphone in the Indian market, the Xolo A600 which is the latest smartphone from the company and the device is available at a price of 8199 INR.

Xolo A600 features a 4.5 inch qHD display with a resolution of 960 x 540 pixels. The device is powered by a 1.3 Ghz Dual Core processor and runs on Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2. Xolo A600 has a 512 MB RAM which is coupled by 4 GB internal memory which is expandable upto 32 GB. The budget smartphone from Xolo sports a 5 MP auto focus camera along with a VGA front facing camera, the camera is equipped with features like HDR and continuous shot which can take 99 photos in a fraction of a second.

The Xolo A600 supports dual SIM and is packed with a 1900 mAh battery. The device is available in two colors back and white.

November 2, 2013
Is Your Phone Eligible To Android 4.4 KiKat? Check here!
Everyone of us are aware, but if in case anyone missed it out, Google just launched its flagship Nexus 5 in the markets globally. The device is coming soon in India and is already given a price tag of 28999 INR for the 16 GB model.

Nexus 5 features the latest Android operating system 4.4 KitKat, its the first device to run this version of the OS. However, after the official launch other phone makers are working hard to give there users a great experience with the latest software update. Here is a list of Smartphones which will soon get the latest Android update soon:
- Samsung Galaxy S4 will get the latest Android update soon.
- HTC One Play Edition will get the update withing 15 days,
- Whereas, the standard HTC One is said to get the update in 90 days
- Nexus 4
- Nexus 7
- Nexus 10
- Sony Xperia Z1 might get the update as per the latest tweet.
These are the devices which are likely to get the update soon, while there could be some more. We will keep you updated with the news for getting your smartphone a taste of Kitkat!
November 2, 2013