Skype’s video messaging feature that lets users send a recorded video message to a Skype contact has finally come out of its beta phase. Today Skype announced the release of the feature for apps on Windows, Mac, iPad, iPhone, BlackBerry and Android. (more…)Google+

Samsung was reportedly planning on unveiling an Android-powered mirror-less interchangeable-lens camera at the Premiere 2013 event on June 20. With about a week to go for the event, the camera known as the Galaxy NX has become all but official with its press photos leaking online, SlashGear reports. (more…)Google+

Just a couple of weeks before Google I/O there were whispers that Google might launch Android 4.3, but that never happened. In spite of that, photos of a Google Nexus 4 running Android 4.3, with the Jelly Bean name have surfaced on the XDA Developers Forum. (more…)Google+

Research firm IDC has posted its quarterly report on the smartphone market which suggests that Windows Phone devices have finally overtaken BlackBerry smartphones in terms of shipments. This also means that devices running Microsoft’s OS take third spot in terms of smartphone shipments during the first quarter of 2013.  According to the report, Windows Phone devices accounted for 3.2 percent of total shipments while BlackBerry devices fell to 2.9 percent from 3.2 percent in the previous quarter. (more...

Google has updated its Play Books and introduced a cloud feature which allows you to save the books on the Google Cloud and then access them from any device. Both the iOS and Android versions of the app have been updated and for now and users can store up to 1,000 files on the cloud as long as they are under 50MB. (more…)Google+

Mozilla has launched the new version of its open source browser Firefox for the desktop platforms including Mac, Windows and Linux, as well as the Firefox browser for Android. The all new Firefox 21.0 comes with feature and performance improvements along with a set of new options, with the major one being additional support for Mozilla Social’s API, which will now expand social integration from Facebook to Cliqz, Mixi and msnNOW. (more…)Google+

Samsung was having a rough time competing against the likes of the Micromax Canvas HD. Its answer was the Galaxy Grand, but that device was quite under-specced to compete with a Canvas HD. Now the company has revealed the Galaxy Grand Quattro which basically is revamped version of the Galaxy Grand, but has a quad-core processor instead of a dual-core chipset. The device is up for sale on the Samsung India e-store for Rs 18,260, which gives it a decent chance to compete with devices like the Micromax Canvas HD...

There is always a communication gap between a person who uses a product and a person who makes it. This discord is obviously not good, and this also holds true for apps. Google is taking a huge leap in reducing this discord, as all app developers will now be able to respond to user reviews on the Google Play store. As is the case, the announcement was made on the official Android developers blog where Google talks about identifying and prioritising bugs based on user feedback and also getting ideas from users...

Earlier today Instagram for Android and iOS got updated to version 3.5, introducing features like ‘Photos of You’ which is a photo-tagging functionality ala Facebook. Besides the tagging function, Instagram has also improved the quality of uploaded photos, added camera grids and fixed some bugs from the previous version. (more…)Google+

So for the last year everyone has been saying that the next version of Android will be Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie. Well that’s what they said when Android 4.1 was launched but Google went ahead and launched Android 4.2 and now Android Police claims to have found evidence for Android 4.3 in Google’s server logs. (more…)Google+

LG had announced its F series of Android smartphones earlier in the year at MWC, and now it has officially launched the devices. Starting tomorrow, LG will roll out the Optimus F5 in Europe, but over the next few weeks it will make an appearance in Asia, Central America and South America. This also means that the Optimus F5 could be coming to India pretty soon. Only a few days ago the company had announced its intentions to bring the Optimus G Pro to India. (more…)Google+

iPhone jailbreakers are a resourceful bunch. Well, they have to be considering the type of restrictions Apple puts in place on iOS. Now legendary iPhone hacker Saurik aka Jay Freeman has claimed to have achieved root access on Google Glass Explorer Edition via a known exploit for Android 4.0, but claims it was first discovered by a hacker known as B1nary. According to him, Google Glass runs Android 4.0.4. (more…)Google+