If you are using a smartphone and a data plan with it, you might be wondering where did your monthly limit go. With the number of services available and an app for every little thing, it should be hard to keep track of the usage. But you can get a broader picture. There are essentially […] Read more
How many times has it happened that you left your phone in vibrate only to miss an all important call? With SemiSilent that will never happen. SemiSilent is an awesome Android app which will let the phone ring on selective incoming calls. The SemiSilent white list as it is called is a neat little list […] Read more
Right To Information Act (RTI) of India has released an Android app. I only have one word : WOW. RTIIndia.org, the website has garnered 2.25 lakh members in 4 years and RTI wants to reach out to more members with its Android app. Going the Android way is the best way to reach consumers because […] Read more
Google + Android app is one of the most simplistic mobile app I have come across. Much of its simplicity comes from the Social Network itself. There are only 5 icons once you launch the app – Stream, Huddle, Photos, Profile and Circles. Despite being a mobile app, there is still a lot of whitespace […] Read more
While napping or power napping is great for individuals, it is now proven that napping is good for mobile phones too. Duke University’s grad students has discovered WiFi napping to enhance mobile phone’s, smartphones and laptop’s battery life. The hack called as SleepWell enhances the core WiFi technology and tricks the phone. A WiFi enabled […] Read more
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Mindhelix, which brought us the Tuk Tuk meter has now brought another useful app aimed for women’s security. The app is called Sentinel and is available for Android, Symbian(Java) and Blackberry. Sentinel sends text messages to 3 numbers and an emergency email to 1 recipient with just one click during emergency situations. Sentinel has to […] Read more
Mobile operating systems are sprouting like mushrooms. There is one operating system coming up every year. Apple’s iOS, Google’s Android, RIM OS, Windows Phone 7, Symbian, Meego, Samsung Bada and Palm OS are some of the major mobile operating systems on last count. Each operating system has its own app store, developer ecosystem and ego […] Read more
Apparatus a puzzle based Android game is going free on Amazon app store. The game usually costs $1.50. With Apparatus you can both build your own puzzles or play with the existing games. There’s a sandbox feature which will let you build your own puzzle. Apparatus is made by Bithack. Just send the ball to […] Read more
Facetime the default video chat app on iPad is great. You can switch back and forth between the front camera and rear camera and get a near real time video experience. But it is a one to one chat and works only with iDevices. Fring an independent messaging app is bringing 4-way group video chat […] Read more
More than newspapers it is comics which should adapt to the tablet and smartphone paradigm. Comics are also best suited for consumption on tablets. Disney has realized this and has launched Disney Comics for iPad and iPhone. The app is free with in-app purchases enabled for individual comics. Individual comics are priced from $0.99 to […] Read more
Android’s democracy is well appreciated by quite a few app stores. When I say quite a few, I mean a lot. At the last count there are at least 15 independent app stores including Amazon app store and Getjar. Thanks to Android’s ‘open’ nature, many more will sprout to cater to various segments. One such […] Read more
PermissionDog is a free Android app which will audit your phone for all the installed apps and their permissions. PermissionDog provides little icons – red, yellow and green for all the installed apps telling you how intrusive those apps are. Some apps might have to be all that intrusive and some apps don’t have to […] Read more
TaxSpanner the online tax filing website has opened up one more venue for taxes – mobile. Now anyone can file taxes using just the mobile phone. All they need is a Form 16 and an Internet connected mobile phone. TaxSpanner outlines this process to file taxes : Visit TaxSpanner.com website from your mobile eFile by […] Read more
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Use It or Lose it, the popular web interface for keeping your stuff in order now has an iPhone app. There is a strong movement going on around the world in terms of losing clutter, organizing stuff and stuff in general. The things that weigh us down for the most part is our stuff. How […] Read more
While having a gorilla glass or a dual core processor always excites me, it is the apps that really keep the blood flowing. Apps are the blood of smartphone market. Is that an exaggeration? I hardly think so. Once we thought we had enough of these apps, another new, exciting and refreshing one pops up. […] Read more
Social Bee is an integrated social networking app which will let you send messages to your Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Orkut. No, the Orkut part isn’t a joke. Apparently lot of people use Orkut it seems. Social Bee, quite appropriately named, does take care of most of your social networking needs. There cannot possibly be […] Read more
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