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Vivaldi browser for desktop launched by Opera co-founder

Vivaldi 1.0

Vivaldi today released Vivaldi 1.0 browser, after more than one year in public development. It is developed by a founding team of browser pioneers, lead by Jon von Tetzchner, who co-founded and led Opera Software. The core of the browser uses Chromium, supports Chrome add-ons and the UI uses React and JavaScript, as well as Node.js. “The browser adds several features and powerful personalization options targeted at demanding users to increase their productivity and efficiency,” said the company. Continue reading “Vivaldi browser for desktop launched by Opera co-founder”

WhatsApp rolls out end-to-end encryption for all communication

WhatsApp end-to-end encryption

WhatsApp just rolled out full end-to-end encryption for all communication, so every call you make, and every message, photo, video, file, and voice message you send, is end-to-end encrypted by default, including group chats. “Many messaging apps only encrypt messages between you and them, but WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption ensures only you and the person you’re communicating with can read what is sent, and nobody in between, not even WhatsApp,” said the company. Continue reading “WhatsApp rolls out end-to-end encryption for all communication”

BBM’s Message Retraction and Timer features are now free to use without subscription

BBM Retract and Delete

BlackBerry has updated BBM for Android, iOS and BlackBerry 10 that makes privacy features such as Timed Messages and Message Retraction that were previously only available as part of a BBM subscription are now completely free. These features were introduced back in 2014. Continue reading “BBM’s Message Retraction and Timer features are now free to use without subscription”

Marvel: Avengers Alliance 2 turn-based team RPG for Android, iPhone and iPad released

Marvel Avengers Alliance 2

Disney Interactive Games and Marvel Entertainment have released Marvel: Avengers Alliance 2, a new turn-based team role-playing game and the sequel to the popular Marvel: Avengers Alliance game. In this game, each player must level up heroes, customize each hero with special abilities, and assemble the ultimate team to take into battle. Continue reading “Marvel: Avengers Alliance 2 turn-based team RPG for Android, iPhone and iPad released”

WhatsApp for Android gets quick replies for notifications

WhatsApp for Android Quick Replies

WhatsApp for iPhone recently got support for in-app notifications to quickly reply to them, now the Android app has also received support for quick replies so that you can reply to notifications easily without opening the app. This feature is available in the latest beta version 2.12.560 through the Google Play Store, so it is also not available through the website yet. Continue reading “WhatsApp for Android gets quick replies for notifications”

Apple watchOS 2.2 with multi-watch pairing and Maps enhancements released

Apple WatchOS 2.2

Apple has rolled out watchOS 2.2 for the Apple Watch users, as expected. This update brings several new features, including option to pair and swap between multiple Apple Watch models on iPhones running iOS 9.3 or later. Apple also includes an image of the user’s Apple Watch, complete with their style, color, and even the watch face to make it easier for users to distinguish between their connected watches. The update also brings enhanced Maps app and several features for developers. Continue reading “Apple watchOS 2.2 with multi-watch pairing and Maps enhancements released”

WhatsApp for iPhone gets in-app quick reply notifications and more new features

WhatsApp for iPhone 2.12.16

Earlier this month WhatsApp rolled out option to share PDF for iPhone, soon after the Android app got it. Now it has rolled out few more features that are yet to arrive on Android. WhatsApp users on iPhone can now choose to save incoming media for specific chat or group so that the images and video are automatically saved in the gallery. Continue reading “WhatsApp for iPhone gets in-app quick reply notifications and more new features”

Waze 4.0 for Android brings new look, improved driving experience and more

Waze 4.0 for Android

Waze crowd sourced traffic and navigation app for Android has finally been updated to version 4.0, after several months of beta testing. The latest update brings a new, cleaner design for easier navigation, reporting and sharing. Steps to navigate have also been minimized. Continue reading “Waze 4.0 for Android brings new look, improved driving experience and more”

Facebook Lite for Android clocks 100 million monthly active users, gets video, emojis and more

Facebook Lite India 100 million

Facebook rolled out Facebook Lite version of Facebook for Android built for emerging markets back in June 2015. Today it has announced that the app has crossed 100 million monthly active users. “It’s the fastest-growing version of Facebook to reach 100 million users in under nine months,” said Facebook. The app is aimed at offering lightweight, fast, and native Facebook experience for people using typical Android phones and network connections in emerging markets. Continue reading “Facebook Lite for Android clocks 100 million monthly active users, gets video, emojis and more”

Opera Mini 15 for Android brings Video Boost to compress videos

Opera Mini 15 for Android Video Boost

Opera has updated its Opera Mini app for Android to version 15 that brings a new video boost feature that offers smoother video viewing using Opera’s video boost technology that reduces the size of video data, to lessen video loading time and combat buffering delays and also extend save data. The update also adds option to save files to the SD card in compatible phones, “Wi-Fi data savings” in the high data-savings settings for users on poor Wi-Fi connection and more.

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Truecaller for Android gets Smart Call History, new dialer to make calls and more

Truecaller for Android Smart Call History and Dialer

Truecaller has updated its Android app that brings integrated features such as Smart Call History, Availability and a new added dialer to make calls. “In 2014, we launched Truedialer to bring similar improvements to the dialer, which had not evolved since the introduction of the smartphone. Truecaller is now bringing many of the great features from Truedialer and integrating them into Truecaller, giving you full control your entire calling experience with just one app,” said the company. Continue reading “Truecaller for Android gets Smart Call History, new dialer to make calls and more”

Opera 36 beta for Android brings new tab switcher, web apps discoverability and more

Opera 36 beta for Android

Opera has updated its beta app for Android to version 36 that brings several new features, including a new tab switcher with a modern look and a better underlying structure to allow optimized resource management. Opera says it is still working on perfecting it, but it it asking beta testers for their feedback. The update also lets you make progressive web apps easier to find on the web. It will automatically allow compatible web apps like the Flipkart Lite to be added to the home screen.

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OnePlus 2 Oxygen OS 2.2.1 OTA update brings RAW support in OnePlus Camera

OnePlus 2 Oxygen OS 2.2.1

OnePlus has started rolling out Oxygen OS v2.2.1 OTA update for the OnePlus 2 smartphone. This update brings RAW support in its own OnePlus camera app. You can enable option to save RAW image from the camera settings. Few months back Oxygen OS 2.1.0 brought RAW image support for 3rd party camera apps. The update also improves Bluetooth and Ultra SIM compatibility, fixes occasional image corruption issue in OnePlus Camera and more. Continue reading “OnePlus 2 Oxygen OS 2.2.1 OTA update brings RAW support in OnePlus Camera”

Microsoft Hyperlapse for Android gets option to save to SD card, save in 1080p and more

Microsoft Hyperlaspse 1.7.2016.03020

Microsoft has updated its Hyperlapse app for Android that finally gets option to save the recorded videos to microSD card on compatible devices. It also gets option to save 1080p videos in compatible devices. Both these features can be enabled from the settings. If you can’t enable, then the feature is not available for your device.

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