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Top Translation Apps For Android
Mobile May 1, 2014
Summer is fast approaching and all attention should be turning to holidays. Rather than just speaking slower and louder to the poor residents of your chosen destination, why not wow the locals with your language skills. I’ve picked out the top three translation apps for Android, which will hopefully... Read more
WhatsApp Android Update Allows Group Mute Feature
Mobile April 30, 2014
As WhatsApp now has over half a billion active users per month, it is more than likely you use it or someone you know uses it.  WhatsApp is one of the more widely used cross platform instant messaging applications that is available on the market today. The features are many... Read more
Comixology Removes In-App Purchases
Mobile April 29, 2014
To read comic books on a digital device used to be a very simple process, almost as easy as walking into a comic book store and purchasing your latest comic. Nowadays there are a few different avenues to get your latest Marvel/DC fix.  Comixology is a website that provides... Read more
With the likes of iOS and Android dominating the smartphone market, it can be difficult for anyone else to get a look in but finally it seems that Microsoft’s mobile phone OS is finally coming into its own and with the release of Windows Phone 8.1, it surely looks... Read more
Get Free Kindle Books With A Samsung Device
Mobile April 28, 2014
If you like to read Kindle books and you own a Samsung device, there is good news for you. Kindle and Samsung have recently announced a partnership of sorts which will allow those who own a Samsung device to read free ebooks every month. I should probably be clear... Read more
Almost all of BBC iPlayer users that use an Android device are now able to download BBC content to watch offline. The British Broadcasting Corporation issued an update for their immensely popular app this week. Following an initial rollout on 11 devices in September of 2013 and then a careful... Read more
At the beginning of last month Google released its Chromecast Software Development Kit (SDK) and API, meaning that the inexpensive HDMI dongle is about to get a whole lot more apps. Add the fact that Chromecast is now available in another eleven countries, including the U.K., Canada, Italy, Sweden,... Read more
Chrome, the powerful browser from Google, is full of features and with the right know-how it can speed up your browsing experience. In this article we are going to look at some of Chrome’s features that can be used on a desktop PC, tablet or smartphone. Google Voice Search... Read more
Last week on TechBeat we reported on the lethal Heartbleed bug, which has allowed hackers to steal user names, passwords, emails, credit card information and more, all without detection for the past two years. Hopefully by now you have followed the advice to change all of your passwords as... Read more
Last week we told you about Piriform‘s new CCleaner Android app that moved from private to public beta. A new update has now been published to the Play Store and includes the following improvements: Added CCleaner version number in navigation drawer Improved storage graph Improved system information accuracy Improved... Read more
Scam App Virus Shield For Android Removed From Play Store
Mobile April 11, 2014
Virus Shield, the popular anti-virus app for Android, has been found to be a scam. In response to the discovery, Google has removed the bogus app from its Play Store. The app had previously held the top spot in the Play Store’s apps chart but has since been labelled... Read more
Free is the name of the game, it seems. Believe it or not, you can get Microsoft Office for FREE on your iPhone; and if you are an Android user, you get the same benefit! Microsoft Office users were certainly happy to hear that the software suite for Mac... Read more
As someone who switched from an iPhone 3Gs to a Galaxy S3 and then switched back to an iPhone 5s recently, I can tell you that there is a world of difference when it comes to purchasing and listening to your music. With the iPhones, all I have to... Read more
WhatsApp Messenger, the incredibly popular app that lets you send text messages for free looks to be getting a serious upgrade in the near future. Recent screenshots which have been leaked to the media show the WhatsApp service running on an iPhone with iOS 7 – and what’s unique... Read more
uTorrent App Update
News March 22, 2014
uTorrent is the most popular bit torrent client outside of China. The client is free to download on the PC. The popular behemoth of peer-to-peer file sharing also has an extremely popular fan-base in the Android world also. uTorrent on Android is free as well and for a version... Read more
Android Security Flaw Over WhatsApp âOverstatedâ
Mobile March 18, 2014
Popular messaging service, WhatsApp, has said that their security is just fine and that rumours about their Android security vulnerability, has been âoverstatedâ. Â Androidâs mobile operating system has an apparent flaw that researchers claim, allows cyber criminals to steal peoplesâ conversations from Whatsapp. Although Whatsapp has been updated to... Read more
Smartwatch manufacturer, Pebble, has just updated is Android app to version 2.0. This update now gives Pebble Smartwatch owners access to the watchapp directory.  Android has caught up at last, in bringing the updated Pebble app to the Google Play Store after it has been launched on iOS a... Read more
The big tech companies are constantly battling to come out on top, striving to gain the majority market share with their products. The technology research firm Gartner had made predictions that Apple would keep its hold on the tablet market until 2015. However, a new study by the company... Read more