App Update Roundup: WhatsApp, Endomondo Sports Tracker and many more

It is just morning after the E3 2014 yesterday and we have a big list of apps receiving updates for Windows Phone. Whether you are a fan of games or a health conscious person, we have something for you today. Head past below for a list of apps receiving updates (Get something to eat too. This list is long :D).

Dailymotion:

The official Dailymotion app v2.0 was released in Windows Phone Store back in 2013. This app got updated to v3.0 today with updated clean design and improved user experience.

App Features:

• Watch popular videos in News, Music, Cinema, TV…

• Discover new amazing videos every day

• Search among more than 40 millions videos

• Follow the channels you like

• Access your own videos, playlists and favorites

• Find and browse all your favorite channels

• Enjoy a stunning fullscreen experience in High Definition

• Capture and upload your videos

• Share videos you like via Facebook, Twitter, e-mail and SMS

The app is free and can be found in the Windows Phone Store here and is available for both WP7 and WP8.

Pixel Gun 3D:

Pixel Gun 3D is a Minecraft-inspired first-person shooter mobile game available on iOS, Android and Windows Phone. While the game has proven to be fairly popular with consumers, those with hardware sporting just 52MB of RAM were left in the dark due to lack of support. 

Here's everything in the rather large version 6.2.1.227 update:

• New game modes: Deadly Games and Flag Capture
• New map is available for action
• New weapons takes available arsenal up to 90
• New friends system to partner up with buddies more conveniently
• 512MB RAM support.

Download Pixxel Gun 3D(free)

MusicConnect:

MusicConnect (previously SmartMusic) is an innovative OneDrive music / audio player that maintains a persistent connection so that long play times for a playlist will stay connected.

MusicConnect has been updated with several new features in version 1.2.8:

• Combining two or more playlists together to create a current playlist.
• Saving the current playlist to a permanent playlist, so if someone had made a playlist from a quick folder drilldown, they can save it. It is also useful for combining two playlists together in one, by using the combine playlist (available in the Choose Playlist view) feature to create a current playlist, and then saving the current playlist.
• Ability to download a playlist to the phone to have an ‘Offline’ playlist.
• Auto Sign In feature now allows you to skip the Profile page when entering the app. It only requires going to the Profile page if you have never signed in.
• Click on a song in the Current Playlist will optionally make it the first song in the current playlist.
• Can select an entire folder and any sub-folder by clicking on the folder in Folder view.
• When creating or updating a permanent playlist, you can now use the search feature or folder drilldown.
• User can use the Settings menu to have the buttons use the device Accent Color.
• User can use the Settings menu to select a custom background (wallpaper) for all of the views. The app can download from a folder on OneDrive any picture to be used as a background. The best results would be to choose a background picture that matches the resolution of the phone, however, 480 x 800 works great in most cases.
• User can use the Settings menu to reverse the color of the text and icons (useful for when using lighter or darker backgrounds).

Free full featured trial with advertising. Purchase price is $.99.

Download now

WhatsApp:

If you're a big fan of WhatsApp, you'll want to head into the Windows Phone Store to go grab version 2.11.504. Like the previous update, this one does not deliver any new features exactly, but rather gains "various enhancements and bug fixes". In other words, this is some cleanup after the big update a few weeks ago.

Indeed, we've heard a few of you complain about image attachments being of lower resolution and some other oddities, so hopefully this latest patch addresses those.

Let us know in comments if .504 fixed your problems, so others can benefit it as well. Grab WhatsApp 2.11.504 here from the Store

Endomondo Sports Tracker:

Endomondo is a popular running app for Windows Phone and other platforms. Heading to the Windows Phone Store, and we're eyeing a 9.1 release tonight and its banner feature is enabling Bluetooth heart rate belts. But there's a lot more to this update, which follows on the heels of the previous 9.0 refresh that came out in April.

Endomondo 9.1.0.3

• Bluetooth heart rate belts support
• Updated calorie calculation
• Set your weight, height, age and gender in settings
• Enhanced newsfeed (like, comment, send peptalks, view photos, mini map, open friends workout)
• Set title and attach photos to your workout
• Fixed autopause bug that would crash application after workout was stopped
• Fixed manual workout sport selection bug
• Other small fixes and improvements

Looking at some of the new features and improvements, and it is clear Endomondo is back in the game with Windows Phone. The ability to use Bluetooth 4.0 LE* is relatively new for Windows Phone developers, and we're big fans of using heart rate monitors while exercising. When combined with your age, weight, height and gender, heart-rate monitors can result in more accurate calorie counting, not to mention hitting 'target' levels when doing cardio.

*Reminder: If you're using Windows Phone 8.1 Preview for Developers and Lumia device, Bluetooth 4.0 LE may be disabled until the Lumia Cyan update comes out.

Pick up Endomondo here in the Windows Phone Store

Facebook Messenger:

Facebook Messenger has been bumped to version to 5.0.1. If you know build numbers for software that 0.0.1 update should tell you this is a minor bug fix, with no new features.

Facebook Messenger hit 5.0 last Thursday, gaining Groups support and more in a fairly significant update. Much like WhatsApp though, after a major release comes the cleanup, patching little quirks and improving performance.

If you use Facebook Messenger, head to the Store now to grab 5.0.1, and maybe it'll address some issues you've been experiencing.

Download Facebook Messenger for Windows Phone

If you are not out with the above updates then we still have some more app updates. Head below and see that too.

• Telegram Messenger Beta
• Booklet
• WhatsApp Beta
• Tiles Shortcut
• 8 Zip
• Movie Maker 8.1

Read More

We want Bloggers

As you all saw that we were off for sometime and that was due to the server failure and we apologize for this. We have now fixed all the problems and you will now see all the latest news from us. Thanks for being with us in our hard time. We really appreciate your patience.
Now, we have came to a point where we are growing and expanding everyday. We have decided to hire two new bloggers for our blog. Any of the interested users can Email me (anmolmehrotra11@gmail.com). You need to send me an article written by you on any thing related to Windows Phone or Windows OS. Please make sure that you use your own words and DON'T COPY from other Blogs or Websites. We still use the blogger's server for hosting so be sure that you Mail us with your Gmail ID. We will choose two bloggers on the basis of your writing skills and we will also send you a questionnaire to solve (Trust me it will be easy).
What are you waiting for? Email us today and be a blogger to contribute us.

Read More

Official Ditto TV app lands on the Windows Phone Store

Ditto TV (dittotv.com) is India’s first subscription-based Live TV and Video-on-Demand service that delivers live television, movies, and videos to your internet-enabled devices. A product of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEE), one of India's leading television, media, and entertainment companies, the service offers over 105 Indian live television channels as well as movies and latest television shows available on-demand.

Features:

• WATCH LIVE 100+ Live TV channels – news, business, and entertainment
• WATCH ON DEMAND top English, Hindi & Regional Movies and Latest TV shows
•  WATCH LIVE DARSHAN of SIDDHIVINAYAK, ISKCON, ISKCON TEMPLE, VRINDAVANKASHI VISHWANATH & MAHAVIR HANUMAN TEMPLES.
• STAY CONNECTED 24×7 with Breaking News, Stock Updates and Sports News
• FIND OUT what’s playing and coming up on TV Channels with updated TV Program Guide

While the official Ditto TV app has been available for Windows 8 devices since quite a while, the Windows Phone app finally arrived earlier this week.

Ditto TV offers popular entertainment, sports, and news channels like Colors, Sony, Zee TV, Aaj Tak, Times Now, Ten Sports and more as well as movies and latest on-air television shows in English, Hindi, and regional languages. Ditto TV is the only online platform to stream HD TV Channels such as National Geographic Wild and offer premium HD-quality content. You can also watch the ceremonies in major temples across India.

While the app is free, the service requires a subscription, and there are a variety of plans for period lengths and content offerings. A month’s basic plan is INR 150 ($2.50 US), for example. Give it a spin, and let us know how you like it.

Read More

China has banned the use of windows 8 in government computers

China and Google have never really gotten along, and now it looks like the country is adding Microsoft to its list of unfriendly tech giants. An official notice released from the Chinese government last week bans the Redmond company’s Windows 8 OS from being installed on any new government computers. The reason? Microsoft’s decision to pull support for Windows XP earlier this year.

Windows XP still runs on approximately 70 percent of all computers in China, and the news that Microsoft’s popular OS is no longer secure poses a serious threat to the country. The government clearly isn’t willing to risk the same thing happening with Windows 8 down the road, and will instead develop its own Linux-based OS for use on government computers. Considering the tense situation between China and the U.S. in regards to spying allegations, however, China may just be worried the machines will gain unwanted access to its government systems.

China’s decision is definitely bit pre-mature, especially after Microsoft promised to update its security products for Windows XP through July 2015. The Chinese government likely could have cut a deal similar to the U.S. IRS, which will pay millions of dollars for continued Windows XP support from Microsoft as it makes to transition to a newer OS. The announcement is also a huge blow to Microsoft, which once dominated the desktop OS market but is steadily losing ground to Apple’s OS X and even Google’s Chrome OS.it seems an advantage to microsoft.

Read More

Android Security bug specially for Nokia X owners.

A security researcher has found that by creating an app that exploits a simple loophole in Android, he could get a device to take photos with its camera and upload them to a remote server without user permissions.

Former Google employee, Szymon Sidor has found a loophole in Android that allows malicious apps to take control of your smartphone cameras and upload the images to an unknown server without you knowing it.

Sidor, who now works as a security researcher stated on his Snacks For Your Mind blog, that he had observed numerous apps on Google Play that were capable of taking photos secretly. Google requires an on-screen preview for apps to take photos, but Google does not have a minimum size requirement for the preview. Since your phone has millions of pixels, you will never spot the one that is showing the preview as it can be as small as 1 pixel. Google can close this by mandating that on-screen previews cover a certain percentage of the screen. The app was also able to capture other details from the device, such as battery level and even the user's current location.

Sidor recreated the loophole in a video which you can check out below. He ends his post with a simple request to Android’s security team: “Please put more effort into ensuring users’ privacy.”

Read More

Bored of your new lockscreen?here is an app to refresh it.

Seems like we have got a new app to change your lockscreen.the app is made by famous developer Matt ‘RogueCode’ Cavanagh.here is the look of app.

Grab this app and change the look of your widows phone.

Read More

First Impression with Surface Pro 3 by Microsoft

Some of the changes includes .. Battery life of up to nine hours, performance has increased, weight is down and viewing angles have increased.

Thanks to wpcentral for the video demostration of the same.

Read More

Here are the dates and availability of the Surface Pro 3

As u all must have got the info of the Surface ..

We’ve shared the various Surface Pro 3 configurations that will be available.

• Intel Core i3 /   64 GB / 4GB of RAM       $799
• Intel Core i5 / 128 GB / 4GB of RAM       $999
• Intel Core i5 / 256 GB / 8GB of RAM       $1299
• Intel Core i7 / 256 GB / 8GB of RAM       $1549
• Intel Core i7 / 512 GB / 8GB of RAM       $1949

This is a nice spread, those that want a Surface Pro 3 can find the model that fits their budget and needs. The rest of the specs are all identical between the various configurations. Check out the full spec list for the Surface Pro 3 if you want to see what else you get.

Now, how do you actually get it? By giving Microsoft your money and you do that by going to the Microsoft Store tonight at midnight (EST). Well, technically you can pre-order the Surface Pro 3 staring tonight at 12:01 am Eastern Time at microsoftstore.com in most launch market. Tomorrow, on May 21, you can pre-order at retail Microsoft Stores and Best Buy in the Unites States.

The Surface Pro 3 will be available for purchase in store and through authorized resellers beginning June 20th in the United States and Canada. By the end of August, 26 additional markets will pick up the Surface Pro 3. Those additional markets are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand and the United Kingdom.

We wish we could give you the specific date for your country that you’ll be able to get the Surface Pro 3, but we just don’t know yet. We’ll of course let you all know when the Surface Pro 3 begins to expand availability.

On the Microsoft Store website, the listing for the Surface Pro 3 shows the shipping dates for a few of the configurations. Only the Core i5 models will ship on June 20, the Core i3 and Core i7 models don’t ship until August 31. Keep that in mind before splurging on that 512GB/i7 model.

You can also check out the pricing and listings for a few of the Surface Pro 3 accessories on the Microsoft Store website. Here’s what’s coming and how much they’ll cost for your Surface Pro 3:

• Surface Pro Type Cover - $129.99
• Additional Surface Pen - $49.99
• Additional 36W Power Supply - $79.99
• Additional Pen Loop - $4.99
• Docking Station for Surface Pro 3 - $199.99
• Surface Ethernet Adapter $39.99

 So what more u want for now?
via : wpcentral

Read More

So Microsoft is offering $25 movie credit + 9games with every purchase of Lumia

Microsoft is offering an exciting deal with purchase of a new Nokia Lumia 1020, Lumia 1520 or Lumia Icon Windows Phone between now and June 30. With the purchase of any of the aforementioned devices, the company will toss in $65 of free media, including 9 games the company says are valued at $40, and a $25 gift card that can be used with Xbox Video.

If you recently bought a Lumia 1020, Lumia 1520 or Lumia Icon, take the included Microsoft gift card, which should have come with your purchase, and enter the code into Nokia’s “App Social” Windows Phone application. From there, you should be able to download all 9 games for free, including Asphalt 7 and Assasin’s Creed – Altair’s Chronicle. We’ll leave the other seven as a surprise for you. (Truthfully, Nokia didn’t told us what the others are, but they’re free, and that’s part of the fun, right?)

The offer is good for anyone who picks up one of the three qualifying phones in 39 countries, so it’s open to plenty of people. Considering the Lumia Icon is only offered in the U.S., however, we hope the offer is also extended to the very similar Lumia 930, too. 

via : Technobuffalo

Read More

Leaked Pics reveal that google is planning a completely new look for Gmail

A couple of newly leaked images seem to indicate that Gmail is about to receive a major overhaul.

Two new images have appeared showing a drastically redesigned Gmail interface for the desktop. Everything appears to be a bit more colorful with a prominent blue bar running across the top. On the left side of the interface you’ll find a fly-in menu system, while on the right there there is a collapsible Hangouts and new activities bubble. This is also apparently where you’ll find access to tools such as your Drafts.

Mail itself seems to have a clearer delineation as to what days your emails came in so you see what it newest a bit easier. It also appears that you will be able to pin emails to the top of your inbox for easy reference, which will make finding those airline confirmations a lot easier while on the go.

Overall this appears to be a pretty drastic reimagining of the popular Gmail service, and there is no guarantee that it will ever roll out to the public. We believe it will, however, as it matches up with some similar leaks that have been circulating for the mobile interface.

Considering how important email is to the professional lives of many, an overhaul of this magnitude could be quite a shock to some peoples lives, so it’ll be interesting to see how this one is accepted should it ever come to fruition. With Google I/O happening next month, our guess is you won’t have to wait too long to find out.

Surf Technobuffalo for more pics

Read More