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BlackBerry's BBM app receives an update, makes Privacy and Control features free and more
BlackBerry has just updated its BBM Android application and it comes with the following changes. . . - All Privacy and Control features are now FREE – Timed messages & photos, Retract, Private Chat, and Edit - Forward messages from one chat to another - Ability to mute notifications for a...- Android News
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CNN updates their Android app to support 360-degree videos and Chromecast
CNN just updated their Breaking US & World News application in the Play Store. This update brings the following changes. . . - 360 videos: Play CNN 360 video content without leaving the app--just tap on a 360 piece and rotate your phone during playback to enjoy a full 360-degree experience -...- Android News
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Samsung+ update brings community features, display sharing for customer support
Samsung+, a comprehensive support app for Samsung Galaxy owners, is getting a new upgrade today. It's pretty big, with some of the new features including display sharing to let Samsung's live support reps assist you better, as well as a new community where you can turn to other Galaxy owners or...- Android News
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Uber now allows third party partners to brand rides
Uber has announced that developer partners -- who offer Uber rides through their own app or service -- can now brand those rides. Branding means they can add custom information about the route or destination to provide a better user experience for their users.- Android News
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Google updates calculator app with Android Wear support and puts it in Google Play
Another Google app has launched in Google Play. The company has released its calendar app for folks to download for easier access and updates. Beyond that, we also get support for Android Wear with this release.- Android News
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Twitter update makes it easier for the visually impaired to enjoy images
Twitter is bringing a nice quality of life update to their mobile apps. You can now add a description to photos you post, up to 420 characters. This allows the visually impaired to have a description of the photo read back to them in case they can't see.- Android News
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Microsoft's Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps are updated with PDF export, RTF support and more
Microsoft has been pushing out updates to their core office applications Word, Excel and PowerPoint quite regularly and today they all received some new features. Excel received the following changes. . . - Send as PDF: Quickly share your document as a PDF file for easy viewing. - Insert...- Android News
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Adobe Acrobat Reader for Android receives an update, now lets you connect your Dropbox account
Adobe has just pushed out an update to their Acrobat Reader for Android application. This update includes the following changes. . . - Connect your Dropbox account to Acrobat Reader so you can: - Browse and open your files. - Annotate, edit and sign PDF files. - Save changes back to...- Android News
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Instagram announces video durations will be extended to 60 seconds
Currently, the Instagram application limits videos to 15 seconds but this will be changing soon. The company has just made an announcement via their official blog that says they're going to be rolling out 60-second videos to the service now.- Android News
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The latest update to Waze will now notify you if you go over the speed limit
Waze has been getting a lot of updates lately and the company just announced a new one that will be included in the latest update. After you receive the update, you'll be notified by an alert if you are going over the speed limit. This feature comes with multiple options like whether or not you...- Android News
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Snapchat completely revamps feature set with "Chat 2.0"
Snapchat has revealed Chat 2.0, the latest big update to their platform to make it a full-blown messaging app. The biggest change includes the ability to start a video or audio chat from your friends list without first starting a text chat. It's now a lot more seamless to switch between...- Android News
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WhatsApp beta update adds Quick Reply from notifications, multiple contact selection and more
WhatsApp beta has been updated to version 2.12.560, and it brings with it some nice new features. The biggest is the ability to reply to conversations directly from notifications. It's not the Android N implementation yet, but it's almost just as elegant. You also get the ability to select...- Android News
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Google Photos receives an update to 1.17 and doesn't duplicate your photos when edited
Google just pushed out an update to their Photos application and the app will now edit your photos properly without creating a duplicate of the photo.- Android News
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Latest AirDroid update will automatically backup your photos to the local network
The latest update to AirDroid brings the ability to automatically backup the photos you've taken to a specific folder on the local network. To gain access to this new feature, you’ll need to have version 3.3.1 of the desktop client and version 3.2.1 of the Android client.- Android News
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Apple Music is updated to v0.9.7, comes with a widget, enhanced playlist management and more
Apple just updated their Apple Music Android application to version 0.9.7. This update includes the following changes. . . - Now you can add songs from the Apple Music catalog to playlists without having to add it to your library. - Control playback with a widget you can add to your home...- Android News
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Android TV Remote Control app is updated to v1.1, hints at possible features in the future
Google has just updated their Android TV Remote Control application to version 1.1 and while it doesn't include any new features, an APK teardown reveals what could be slated for future updates. There are strings in the code that look to show gamepad support is being added. There's another...- Android News
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Waze brings hazard alerts to major cities in the United States
Waze has partnered with multiple big US cities to warn drivers of hazardous road conditions while they are driving. The new feature is rolling out to 5 major US cities including Boston, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco and Washington, DC. If you're coming up to a place where you need...- Android News
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Todoist for Android brings smarter task input
Todoist for Android is getting a new update today. Version 9 features new tools for the company's intelligent input system that lets you create tasks using natural language. You can now use operator symbols like # and + to easily add members to specific tasks or projects. The update also brings...- Android News
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Google updates the Android Wear app to v1.5 to add support for Doze
Google has just pushed out an update to their Android Wear application that brings proper support for Marshmallow's Doze mode.- Android News
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Some people are seeing a new card menu for YouTube's video options
In what looks to be a server-side switch, some people are seeing a different UI for YouTube's video options. Instead of having icons appearing on top of a video, some people are seeing a new card style UI appear at the bottom of the screen- Android News
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Google Drive v2.3 adds a FAB to edit files and will let you reverse sort your files
Google Drive was just updated to version 2.3 and this includes two features that a lot of people have been wanting. When you go to preview a file within the Google Drive app, you'll see a floating action button that, when pressed, will show a list of apps you can launch to start editing that...- Android News
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You can now customize places in Google Maps with various icons
Google just announced an update to their Map service that will let people choose a specific icon for the places they visit. For instance, you can set an icon of a house for your home and you can also set an icon of your office as a building. There are a number of icons to choose from to make it...- Android News
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Shazam lets you buy identified songs directly from Google Play Music
Shazam is getting a great new update today. Upon identifying a song, the app will now offer buttons to buy the track, listen to it, or listen to a radio station based on the track on Google Play. You can also listen to a radio station based on all of the songs you've ever identified. To...- Android News
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WhatsApp update adds rich text formatting and sending files from Google Drive
WhatsApp is getting a nice update. New features include the ability to bold and italicize text in order to make your messages more expressive. You're also getting the ability to send Google Drive files to other friends, though note they'll show up as PDF files on their end.- Android News
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Google Photos v1.16 lets you fast forward and rewind through videos
Google has just released a new update to their Photos application and this one focuses on the video portion of the service. With Google Photos version 1.16, watching through a video and then tapping on the screen will bring up three buttons. This used to only be a play/pause button but now we...- Android News
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