VANCOUVER: – A broken arm as a boy led Cosmin Mihaiu and some inventive colleagues to turn tedious physical rehabilitation exercises into a game that they hope can make it easier for people to recover from injuries. The Romania-born software engineer demonstrated the game Thursday at the prestigious TED Conference in Vancouver, showing how it […]
The ubiquitous suite of word processing, presentation creation and spreadsheet management apps is now available on Android slates, and we’re pretty impressed. Word, Powerpoint and Excel are all separate downloads and come packing a strong amount of free features, including basic creating and editing, multiple formatting options and easy sharing. If you’re an Office 365 […]
NEW YORK: YouTube is releasing a new app for children next week, called YouTube Kids, which will run on smartphones and tablets and focus on kid-appropriate content. The free app from Google Inc’s online video service will be available for download from Feb. 23 and will feature kid-friendly design, with big icons and minimal scrolling, […]
LONDON: Royal Bank of Scotland on Wednesday launched a new service for its RBS and NatWest customers enabling them to log on to the bank’s mobile application using their fingerprints, becoming the first British bank to do so. RBS, which is 80 percent-owned by the British government, said its new ‘Touch ID’ would be available for nearly one million […]
If new rumors are to be believed, Apple’s iOS 9 will be the equivalent of Mac OS 10.6, aka Snow Leopard. That version of the Mac OS X operating system focused on fixing bugs, improving performance, and cleaning up some of the cruft that’s dogged user reports and led to general unhappiness with the operating […]
Here are the 5 best fitness apps that will get you panting and sweating. So say goodbye to your personal trainers as we list down these applications with video tutorials for a healthier you. 1) Hot5: From abs and core to yoga and flexibility and everything in between, Hot5 contains pages and pages of 5-minute […]
Mobile messaging service WhatsApp has started rolling out the much awaited voice calling feature. Reddit user Pradnesh Patil (pradnesh07) posted screenshots and even a video of WhatsApp s new interface that features voice calling. Patil was able to use the feature on his Nexus 5 running Android Lollipop. The screenshots suggest that there would be […]
Microsoft hopes Windows 10 will renew its relevance in an age of mobile computing. Microsoft pulled back the curtain Wednesday on the upcoming Windows 10 operating system focused on bringing harmony to the diverse array of Internet gadgets in people s lives. As it previewed the new operating system, Microsoft also unexpectedly added to the […]
News From – SAN FRANCISCO – Wednesday: Google began turning smartphones into real-time language translators – of both written and spoken content. The California-based Internet titan is hoping that, along with making it easier for people to understand one another on their travels, Google Translate will serve as a useful tool for teachers, medical personnel, […]
Just a couple days after announcing the app and launching it on Android, Facebook has launched the Messenger companion app Stickered on the App Store. Facebook Messenger is perennially among app store chart leaders, despite a glut of messaging app options. Stickered for Messenger (free) takes stickers to a level beyond what you can do […]
