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“Smaller” Windows 8 Tablets To Get Office 2013 For Free

Aside from announcing that Outlook 2013 will be coming to Windows RT 8.1 later this year, Microsoft has revealed at Computex 2013 that all new “small” x86 tablets running Windows 8 will come with basic Office 2013 apps for free.

So far, there are few details regarding what products will be eligible for the bundle, what version of Office will be included and whether it will be a time-limited deal, but we do know that Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote will form the free package.

Only x86 Windows 8 tablets will qualify for the bundle, as they are the only devices able to run the full version of Windows 8. The ARM processors used to power Windows RT devices, such as the Microsoft Surface RT, can’t run x86 applications and will miss out.

This follows with what we’ve seen in recent tablet launches, such as the 8-inch Acer Iconia W3, which comes with a free copy of Office 2013 installed out of the box. Expect more information about Windows 8 and the inclusion of these Office 2013 apps at BUILD 2013, Microsoft’s developer event scheduled for later this month.

Microsoft is also adding a version of its Outlook email and calendar app to Windows RT — the version of Windows 8 that runs on ARM-based chips from Qualcomm and Nvidia. Prior devices, such as Surface RT, came with only Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, along with a custom e-mail and calendar program.

“We’re always listening to our customers and one piece of feedback was that people want the power of Outlook on all their Windows PCs and tablets,” Microsoft said in a statement.

June 5, 2013
Pandora Is Now Available On Windows Phone 8

Even though the official cut-off date for support will be July 2014, developers are finally starting to make their hugely popular applications onto Windows Phone 8. We recently saw the Call of Duty Elite and Nokia HERE apps make the jump to serve all of Windows Phone 8 users, and today, one of the most popular music streaming services, Pandora, is finally making the jump to Windows Phone 8.

The application was completely redesigned for the platform from the ground up with a Live Tile that shows what’s currently playing and other unique features. It will automatically filter out explicit content, for example, if you want to add the application to the Windows Phone 8 Kid’s Corner.

As you’d expect, Pandora for Windows Phone 8 offers music from hundreds of thousands of artists around the world via stations you create by entering your favorite artist, song, comedian, or genre. Already a Pandora listener? The app is fully integrated with Pandora on the web. Just log in to your account and enjoy all of your existing personalized radio stations, or create new ones right from your phone. Pandora’s blog has more to say about the newest member of its mobile family. After you download it, make sure to let us know what you think.

To give the Windows Phone app a leg up on the competition, Microsoft will be providing Pandora ad-free throughout the rest of the year.

March 21, 2013
Google Brings Free SMS on Gmail in India

Google has extended its free SMS chat service to India, whereby users can send text messages to mobile phones via Gmail Chat.

[quote]”You can send SMS messages to your contacts’ mobile phones using Gmail Chat … Google does not charge for using this service,” according to information available with Google’s website.[/quote]

The SMS service is available in India and 51 other countries in Asia, Africa and North America.

According to the feature, people using either chat programmes ( GTalk, or Gmail chat ) can send texts to mobile users for free and cell phone subscribers can reply at regular SMS rates.

To ensure maximum coverage, the company has tied up with mobile service providers Aircel, Idea, Loop Mobile, MTS, Reliance, Tata DoCoMo, Tata Indicom and Vodafone in a few cities, including Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata.

The service starts with 50 SMS credits for each user, every sent SMS costing one credit. Every reply received adds on 5 credits subject to the maximum level being 50 SMS at any given time. There is no official statement from Google on the launch of this service, however the service has gone live this evening in the chat windows of many users.

But don’t stress if you run out. “In case the SMS credit goes down to zero, it will increase automatically to one text after 24 hours. Keep in mind that if you’d like a higher message credit, you can always send an SMS to your own phone, and then reply to that message multiple times. Every time you reply, your SMS credit is increased by five. Effectively, you’re buying more messages by paying your phone company for these outgoing messages,” says Google in an explanatory post on its website.

October 13, 2012
GoDaddy Apologizes By Offering 30% Discount on Registration

GoDaddy apologized to customers whose websites were knocked offline Monday.

In an email, the company said it was offering one free month of service, 30% off, to its customers, including those who pay for web hosting.

[quote]”We let you down and we know it,” GoDaddy Chief Executive Scott Wagner said in the email. “I cannot express how sorry I am to those of you who were inconvenienced.”[/quote]

To get the credit, users have to click on a button within the email and must do so within seven days. It also doesn’t appear the email was sent to every GoDaddy customer.

GoDaddy, which hosts more than 5 million sites, suffered an outage Monday morning that began kicking offline many of the sites the company hosts as well as some of its web services. It wasn’t until Monday afternoon that GoDaddy put out a tweet saying most sites were back online.

Initially, hackers associated with the online activist group Anonymous took credit for the hack, but GoDaddy debunked those claims Tuesday, saying the outage was caused by internal problems.

September 15, 2012
Now a screen protector on which finger prints fade away!

There is no way around it – after even the slightest use, it seems that your mobile device’s display is encased in fingerprints. Somedays it feels like we spend more time cleaning it then using it. If that sounds like a day in the life of you, you may want to check out 3M’s Natural View Fingerprint Fading Screen Protectors.

We do not know how it works, but it does promise that fingerprints will fade away without blurring the image. Additionally, it also features a scratch resistant surface and “stay-clean edges” that will keep the fuzzies out of your seams. 3M also claims one of the features is that the protector is “easy to apply,” but if you have ever installed a screen protector, particularly on a large display such as a tablet, you know that promise may be a bit of a stretch, especially to get it on bubble-free.

Currently these screen protectors are available for the iPad 2 and the new iPad and will be available soon for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0. You can grab a 2-pack for your iPad direct from 3M for about $28 or head over to Amazon to find the same product for a few bucks less.

July 23, 2012
Update : Extended! iGyaan Birthday Giveaway Party! Free Blackberry Playbook and More
Update : The Contest is now extended till 31st July. So make sure you participate.

GO TO THE CONTEST

Contest Terms

Welcome to the iGyaan Birthday Bash Month !

We are Giving Away Goodies !

Grand Prize : Blackberry Playbook 16GB

Second Prize : Micromax Andro A85 Superfone

Third Prize : Jabra Bt 2020 Bluetooth Headset

Runners Up : iGyaan Tshirts and Pen Drives.

Requirements:

1. Like us on Facebook :

2. Subscribe to both our Youtube Channels :

3.Follow us on Twitter : twitter.com/iGyaan :

Important : The above steps are necessary, else you will be disqualified !

NEXT:

Click and upload a Photograph/Picture/Image of a Situation or a Scenario where iGyaan can Help! or a Situation where you have used iGyaan’s Help!

The image can be from any camera or camera phones, can be natural or staged, amateur or Professional or just for fun.

The Most Creative and Innovative Images will be selected by Bharat and our Panel.

We Clicked an Image to Inspire You!

To get your Images noticed, ask you friends, family and fellow colleagues to Vote for your photograph/image. Remember top rank does not mean automatic winnings, it just means you get more “Brownie Points” when Bharat and the Panel Review your Photographs.

So The More Votes you get the more your Chances of Being Noticed.

GO TO THE CONTEST

Important :
1. All Photographs should be Original and self Captured and not copied.
2. iGyaan Reserves the Right To Disqualify anyone.
3. Winner will be Notified via Email at the End of the Contest.
CONTEST CLOSES JULY 31st 2012

GO TO THE CONTEST
July 18, 2012
Chrome No. 1 free app on iTunes

Chrome for iOS features tab-syncing and incognito mode.

Within days of it being announced for Apple’s iOS, Google Chrome rocketed to the top by becoming the no. 1 free app on the iTunes app store.

It’s getting decent reviews from users who so far have cumulatively ranked it at 4.5 stars, although the biggest complaint they seem to have is the browser is slow compared with Apple’s Safari which is due to the fact that Apple restricts the use of its Nitro JavaScript engine to Safari and other apps don’t have access to it.

We will be coming out with the Chrome’s review soon, stay tuned.

July 2, 2012
Samsung and Dropbox offer 50GB free to SIII Owners – trumps HTC’s 25GB offering

Future owners of the Samsung Galaxy SIII can expect upto 50GB of free cloud storage thanks to the tie-up b/w Samsung and Dropbox for the said offering. The free storage will remain valid for two years, similar to the 25GB upgrade from Dropbox + HTC for its One X users.

May 4, 2012
Instagram comes to Android , snap away bot lovers
Got yourself an Android power phone? Fancy a quick snapper, then instagram is your answer. An app that does it all, click pictures, edit add filters and share with your fellow beings on Facebook, twitter et all. Check it out before I go hands on soon.

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Instagram – A beautiful way to share your world. It’s fast, free and fun! ??

Pick from one of several gorgeous filtered effects to breathe a new life into your mobile photos. Transform everyday moments into works of art you’ll want to share with friends and family.??

Share your photos in a simple photo stream with friends to see – and follow your friends’ photos with the click of a single button. Every day you open up Instagram, you’ll see new photos from your closest friends, and creative people from around the world.??

Features?:?
- 100% free custom designed filters and borders
- Lux works its magic by making your photos more vibrant and brings out details in your photos you couldn’t see before
- Instant sharing to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Foursquare
- Interact with friends through giving & receiving likes and comments
- Works with Android versions 2.2 and above that support OpenGL ES 2
- Full front & back camera support?
- And much much more…
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Download
April 4, 2012
Contest Update : And the Winner Is!
Thank you all for participating in the First iGyaan Giveaway, we received hundreds of entries and it was impossible to pick our favorites. But after careful consideration we can proudly announce the winning entries for the first iGyaan Giveaway.

Winner First Prize

Congratulations :

Mr. Gopal Joshi

You have won the Micromax Bling 2 Mobile

Entry : iGyaan is the Only Place Where I Can Get Reviews and First look At The Devices And Know Good Or Bad. iGyaan Helped me a lot In Making A Selection for My Cell Phone 2 Months Ago.Otherwise It Would have Become Messy To Run From Stores To Stores comparing the gadgets. It gives a simple and sophisticated idea about really what the gadget is all about , So that we can just make our selection right away (without regreting afterwards). because i am a techie, i love gadgets and i write my won blog too. But Everything after confirming it from iGyaan. Its a One Stop Place Where we really get i-gyaan.

Mr. Rupam Mitra

You have won the Micromax Van Gogh Mobile for being creative

Entry : Love this igyaan igyaan igyaan ji, Love this igyaan igyaan igyaan ji,
Tech-u info unknown unknown, so i search-u i gyaan;
Tech-u portal number one-u, now I know all info…
Love this igyaan igyaan igyaan ji, Love this igyaan igyaan igyaan ji,
(mama tone change -u)
Girl-u cry-u boy-u cry-u, cant find review-u;
open igyaan, search there-u, review-video come-u…..
Love this igyaan igyaan igyaan ji, Love this igyaan igyaan igyaan ji.

Congratulations to the lucky winners, you will be contacted soon to organize your winnings delivered to your hands.

For those who didn’t Win.
- Don’t be disheartened if you didn’t win, This is only the beginning of iGyaan Giveaways
- Be sporty and congratulate the winners
- For Contest terms and conditions visit here
We have a whole host of contests coming up, so get your game on !

Samsung Smartphones, Blackberry Tablets and Phones. Cameras and what not.

Stay tuned and keep visiting iGyaan.in
February 14, 2012
The Great iGyaan Giveaway Started!

Announcing the beginning of the Giveaway Year, With the iGyaan Valentine Giveaway!

CLICK HERE TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE CONTEST ON FACEBOOK

Here is the Easiest Contest Ever!

First Prize : Micromax Bling 2 Android Phone

Second Prize : Micromax Van Gogh

(Bluetooth Phone)

Win a Micromax Bling 2 for yourself or your Valentine in simple and easy steps.

Eligibility Criteria

1. Like iGyaan on Facebook!

2. Subscribe to iGyaan on Youtube.

Contest

In your own words tell us why:

“iGyaan makes your life easy!”

Submit your text entry within the contest, then share it with your Friends, Family and Colleagues.

Remember the top two contestants take home the prizes!

Contest Starts 1 Feb 2012 00:30 AM and Ends 13th Feb 2012 11:59 PM

Winners Announced on 14th Feb!

The more votes your Friends, Family and Colleagues give you the better your chances. The contest is purely based on your creative writing ability and the love you get from Friends, Family and Colleagues.

This is our first contest in a very long time , and we have tons more coming so make sure you take part to be able to take part in future contests.

Contest open only to Indian Residents Only

FULL Terms and Conditions

Click Here to Go Directly to the contest on Facebook

February 1, 2012
Apple Releases Free iBooks Author app to the Mac App Store : Hands on

Considering how Apple just reinvented the text book with the new iBooks 2 App, the best feature about iBooks 2 is the ability of authors to write textbooks and publish them on iBooks. To make that project easier, Mac users can now download the iBooks Publisher App. This new app allows would be book sellers the ability to drag and drop photos, videos and even Microsoft Word files into various templates. If you use iWork you can drop a Keynote presentation into the doc, and it becomes an interactive widget. Authors can also arrange glossaries by highlighting and clicking words, and clicking again to add a definition.

The books can then be published straight to the Apple iBooks Store for either Free or a maximum of US $ 14.99, The paid books will go on revenue share with Apple, in a 70/30 split where the Authors get 70% of the total sales.

The App itself is quite amazing as we ant hands on with it.

When you start it up , it shows you a bunch of templates.

You can select your type and then continue to drag and drop media as per your convenience.

Influenced to write your own book yet!

January 20, 2012
App A Day: MetalStorm Wingman

Do you love airplanes? Are you an air fanatic? Do you want to shoot down enemy fighters while you’re partnered up with your best friend? If you answered yes to those questions, then you HAVE to try this game.

Metalstorm: Wingman is the successor to the highly successful game Metalstorm: Online. It is a highly addictive flight combat simulator which offers a wide range of gamers the ability to pilot their very own fighter jet. The game is fairly simple to play. At the very basic level, you have to shoot down enemy planes with missles and cannons. You control your aircraft by tilting your iDevice in the desired direction of flight. The on screen controls allow you to fire your weapons, control the speed of your jet, change the camera view and pause the game. You can also swipe the screen in any direction and have your plane perform an advanced evasive maneuver in that direction.

The game offers players a variety of aircraft to purchase, as well as a detailed tech tree for each. Players also have the option of equipping their aircraft from a wide arsenal of missles and cannons.

While these features alone would have made the game quite nice, what makes it truly amazing are its multiple game modes. You have the standard campaign and single player modes but there is also a multiplayer ‘verses ‘ mode as well as a ‘Co-Op survival mode’. What this means is that you can play a game verses your friend and blow his plane to bits, or you could team up with them and see how many waves you can survive as wingmen together. Did we happen to mention that there’s a little icon that pops up in the corner of your screen in multiplayer games? It lets you talk to your wingman/opponent while you’re in-game. Multiplayer in Metalstorm is achieved through the Game Center. It works flawlessly (during numerous tests) over both WiFi and 3G, with players in the same room or across the world.

But wait! There’s More! Do you have a nice, big, shiny and sleek TV in your room? Yes! Ever wanted to play a game from your phone on that big TV? Yes! Do you happen to also have an Apple TV? Yes! All you have to do is connect the Apple TV and your iPad 2/iPhone 4s/iPod Touch and start AirPlay Mirroring. Congratulations. You’re now ready to play Metalstorm: Wingman in 720p on your TV. While the screen is being mirrored, the game shows the inside of a cockpit on your device’s screen, which adds to the coolness of the entire experience.

The only feature of this game that we did not like was the fact that you have to be online to play it, either over WiFi or 3G. You cannot play this game without a connection. Not even single player mode. We can hope that they will disable this feature in a future update.

So how much does this game cost? Nothing. Its free to download and free to play. There are various in-app purchases available for various coin packages to easily help you to upgrade your plane, restock your weapons and even buy an all new plane.

Here’s hoping to see you in the skies someday. God speed. And Good Luck.

January 19, 2012
App A Day : Asphalt 6 Adrenaline Free on iOS for today : iPad, iPod & iPhone

Shocker : Gameloft has made Asphalt Adrenaline 6 full version free for 24 hours on the App Store. The game is one of the most played games on both Android and iOS platforms. You can even take on friends in Online and Local Multiplayer mode for up to 6 racers. The game is only free for today so make sure you get it before the offer runs out.

The total download is 515.4 MB so make sure you have a decent connection.

[Download here]

December 16, 2011
Did you suffer from the Blackberry Outage? RIM will give you 12 free Paid Apps! (PR)
Following the major outages for Blackberry services in the past week, RIM will offer free premium apps to its consumer. These apps include
- SIMS 3 – Electronic Arts
- Bejeweled – Electronic Arts
- N.O.V.A. – Gameloft
- Texas Hold’em Poker 2 – Gameloft
- Bubble Bash 2 – Gameloft
- Photo Editor Ultimate – Ice Cold Apps
- DriveSafe.ly Pro – iSpeech.org
- iSpeech Translator Pro – iSpeech.org
- Drive Safe.ly Enterprise – iSpeech.org
- Nobex Radio™ Premium – Nobex
- Shazam Encore – Shazam
- Vlingo Plus: Virtual Assistant – Vlingo (Almost SIRI)
Good move from CEO Lazaridis, to prevent users from jumping the boat for iOS or Android.

[toggle title_open=”Press Release” title_closed=”Press Release” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Research In Motion Offers Free Premium Apps to Customers Following Service Interruptions

Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) announced today that a selection of premium apps worth a total value of more than US $100 will be offered free of charge to subscribers as an expression of appreciation for their patience during the recent service disruptions. The apps will be made available to customers over the coming weeks on BlackBerry® App World™ and will continue to be available until December 31, 2011.*

“Our global network supports the communications needs of more than 70 million customers,” said RIM Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis. “We truly appreciate and value our relationship with our customers. We’ve worked hard to earn their trust over the past 12 years, and we’re committed to providing the high standard of reliability they expect, today and in the future.”

The complete selection of premium apps will become available to download at BlackBerry App World over a period of four weeks beginning Wednesday, October 19th. The selections over this period will include the following (with more to come):

SIMS 3 – Electronic Arts
Bejeweled – Electronic Arts
N.O.V.A. – Gameloft
Texas Hold’em Poker 2 – Gameloft
Bubble Bash 2 – Gameloft
Photo Editor Ultimate – Ice Cold Apps
DriveSafe.ly Pro – iSpeech.org
iSpeech Translator Pro – iSpeech.org
Drive Safe.ly Enterprise – iSpeech.org
Nobex Radio™ Premium – Nobex
Shazam Encore – Shazam
Vlingo Plus: Virtual Assistant – Vlingo

RIM’s enterprise customers will also be offered one month of free Technical Support. Current customers will be offered a complimentary one month extension of their existing Technical Support contract, and customers who do not currently have a Technical Support contract will be offered a one month trial of RIM’s BlackBerry Technical Support Services – Enhanced Support, free of charge. Additional details about the program and information about how to register will be available at www.blackberry.com/enterpriseoffer.

“We are grateful to our loyal BlackBerry customers for their patience,” added Lazaridis. “We have apologized to our customers and we will work tirelessly to restore their confidence. We are taking immediate and aggressive steps to help prevent something like this from happening again.

* Please note that the availability of this offer will depend on the type of device, operating system version, access to BlackBerry App World and local conditions and/or restrictions.[/toggle]
October 17, 2011