In one of its kind move, ICICI Bank and MobiKwik have come together to enable digital payment solutions. With this collaboration, users will be allowed to deposit direct cash to their digital wallet from any branch of ICICI Bank (4,000 branches). Until now, the major hindrance in the growth of mobile wallets usage was the pre-requisite to have a bank account in order to transfer money through net banking or... Read More
Twitter's live video streaming app Periscope is finally available on Android. The app is available for both, smartphones as well as tablets, and comes with full Material UI design that debuted with Android 5.0 Lollipop. Prior to this, the app was only available for the Apple iPhone, and the company hasn't specified any launch plans for Windows devices. Earlier this month, Periscope's competitor – Meerkat – went out of beta... Read More
Xiaomi released the Mi Band activity tracker in India earlier this month, along with a dedicated app that shows a user's activity. It's a great activity tracker for the price, and even has a great battery life, but the only problem was that it didn't sync with Google Fit. Now, Xiaomi has released an updated version of the app that supports Google Fit. Google Fit app for Android was released... Read More
After Microsoft announced that it will bring Cortana to Android as well as iOS, there was huge enthusiasm among Windows fans as well as technology enthusiasts, but looks like Microsoft has more tricks up its sleeve. Now, one more upcoming app from Microsoft has leaked that seems like a variant of Cortana, which is personalised to be used at work environments. The app, which is called Microsoft Office Now, is... Read More
Microsoft’s productivity apps will soon come pre-installed on Android tablets. The company, today revealed that it has struck a deal with Android Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) for the expansion of its applications. The initial step for the same was taken in few months in March when two major companies (Samsung and Dell) along with other small firms agreed upon pre-installing Microsoft applications on their devices. Now, to take the agreement... Read More
A study conducted by a Toronto-based research lab on UC Browsers, a popular mobile web browser, finds major security and privacy issues in the English language and Chinese language editions its Android version. The study found that both versions of the application leak a significant amount of personal and personally identifiable data; as a result, any network operator or in-path actor on the network can acquire a user’s personally identifiable... Read More
Facebook is trying to add new features to its standalone messenger, and in the latest move, it is planning to introduce gaming for the platform. It’s been hardly two months when Facebook drifted the messenger app towards creating its own content and allowing users to use variety of apps within the messenger to send GIFs, Images, Videos and much more. In accordance with a report published by, The Information, Facebook... Read More
According to testing performed by Cigniti Technologies, an independent software testing services company, Opera Mini consumes on an average 14% less battery and 89% less data when compared to other mobile browsers. This announcement is part of a performance benchmarking and independent testing report for data and battery consumed by different browsers. The tests evaluated the performance of Opera Mini against other leading mobile browsers such as Chrome, UC browser,... Read More
Skype for Business was announced last month, and following the launch streak, Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled Skype Translator Preview application for the masses. Interestingly, the app was earlier available in a closed preview form since its official announcement that was made last year in December. The Skype Translator Preview is now directly downloadable from the Windows Store, but it requires Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 preview operating system on PC... Read More
The Google Play Store is flooded with latest apps and you never know what all apps may get launched in the near future. Although, regardless of the overflow, Google is somehow trying to balance the act for the users and app developers. The Google Play Store has just got updated with a new functionality, which now allows users to pre-register for the upcoming apps. The app developers can now list... Read More
Axis bank has taken banking to a social level, it now allows users to transfer money on the go. It is India’s third largest bank and from now on it has enabled users to send money through social platforms WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, e-mail and SMS, all these functions will be performed through a mobile-based application Ping Pay. The Ping Pay app will enable user-to-user fund transfer of up to Rs... Read More
In a report published by Bloomberg, Google is reportedly planning to provide users with more control over the information that is shared with the applications. This means that users will be controlling what information should be accessible to an app and what not. They will be provided with preference selection before downloading an application from Google Play Store. With the growing usage of applications, more and more information is being... Read More
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