TAG: Apps

Twitter, Evernote, Facebook apps to come to Google Glass

17 May, 2013, 8:28 am IST tech2 News Staff Apps

Now there is information that some apps have already made their way to this maverick piece of tech – Evernote and Twitter, to name a few... More

EBay developers working on possible apps for Google Glass

17 May, 2013, 8:17 am IST Apps

Developers at eBay are working on potential applications for Google's Glass project, opening up the possibility that shopping and broader commercial activities might be conducted through the wearable technology... More

Developers can now reply to user queries right from Google Play Store

14 May, 2013, 2:59 pm IST Anujeet Majumdar Apps

The gap that has always existed between developers making apps and the users, their customers, has finally been bridged... More

Facebook kills Social Roulette app

14 May, 2013, 2:28 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Web services

Facebook has managed to kill the app that deleted your Facebook account if you won... More

New app helps blind photographers snap perfect pictures

11 May, 2013, 5:02 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Web services

Researchers at the University of California have developed a camera app that can be used by the blind and partially sighted people... More

Apps convert smartphones into home monitoring system

07 May, 2013, 8:28 am IST Web services

Worried about what your dog is chewing on when you're at work, or whether your home is secure while on vacation? New apps can transform old smartphones into remote security cameras for home monitoring systems. More

Swype keyboard for Android comes to Google Play after three years in beta

24 Apr, 2013, 1:56 pm IST Shunal Doke Android

After spending years in the beta stage, the original gesture-based Android keyboard – Swype – is finally available on Google Play for everyone to More

India's mobile services industry to grow by 8 percent, but remain a speck in global market

22 Apr, 2013, 8:59 pm IST Nikhil Subramaniam Mobile services

The smartphone boom has also helped spur the growth of the mobile services market. More

3D Kama Sutra app makes its way to smartphones and tablets

16 Apr, 2013, 8:35 am IST Mobile services

This is one app which may be best avoided fiddling with while driving to workplace or when kids are around. But many users may find it too irresistible... More

Accessing virtual obituary of dead through smartphones

04 Apr, 2013, 9:12 am IST Mobile services

Tech-savvy youngsters in China have brought a new digital perspective to a tradition of worshipping ancestors. They wave their smartphones over tombstones... More

Google releases new search UI for Chrome Web Store

30 Mar, 2013, 5:02 pm IST tech2 News Staff Mobile services

Google’s Joe Marini confirms in a blog post that they have released the new Search UI for the Chrome Web Store. What this means is that the next time More

In new apps professional athletes become personal trainers

26 Mar, 2013, 9:00 am IST Mobile services

For fitness buffs who have dreamed of training with a professional athlete, new apps could be the next best thing... More

India can become next app superpower: Experts

14 Mar, 2013, 10:32 am IST Mobile services

India has the ability to become the next app superpower due to its enormous consumption power and potential, said a panel of experts at the 14th edition of Ficci-Frames 2013 here Wednesday. More

App lets children, budding designers create 3D printable dolls

12 Mar, 2013, 10:10 am IST iOS

A new iPad app enables budding designers and artists to create their own dolls that are made overnight with 3D printing technology.... More

10,000 Indian students start coding at Microsoft's AppFest

26 Feb, 2013, 6:27 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General

When you walk into the quaint-looking Saroj Sadan, inside the Mumbai University’s Kalina Campus, you’re immediately soaked into the AppFest mood. More

Microsoft India AppFest 2013 decoded

23 Feb, 2013, 5:51 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General 3 Comments

On February 26, more than 10,000 students from across the length and breadth of country will assemble to code applications for a whole day, at more than 50 hub centres like the Shivajirao S. Jondhale College of Engineering and VES Institute of Technology. More

Indian students get chance to code for Windows

22 Feb, 2013, 10:09 am IST Windows

In less than a week from now, thousands of charged up students will get together to develop apps for the Windows platform... More

Google app store policy raises privacy concerns

15 Feb, 2013, 9:57 am IST Windows

Google Inc's privacy practices are drawing heat after an Australian software developer said the company was providing... More

Nokia to roll out customised Xpress Browser for Airtel users

29 Jan, 2013, 10:30 am IST tech2 News Staff Symbian

Nokia will launch a customised version of the Nokia Xpress Browser for its phones connected to Airtel's network. More

WhatsApp violates privacy laws over phone numbers: report

29 Jan, 2013, 9:49 am IST Symbian

WhatsApp, one of the most popular apps in the world, contravenes international privacy laws because it forces users to provide access... More