In a bid to increase their user base and thus get people to use the mobile Internet for cheaper prices, Opera Mobile has announced a partnership with 7 Indian OEMS who deal primarily in low and medium priced Android devices. The partnership will see Opera Mini being installed by default on Android phones by Celkon, Karbonn, Lava, Intex and selected devices by Fly and Zen. HCL ME tablets will also get...

Times Internet has launched another mobile app for one its lifestyle properties, TimesCity. The TimesCity app combines content from TimesCity as well as Times Food And Nightlife guide thus giving you access to the whole spectrum of stuff happening in your city.  The app is also cross platform and supports iOS, Android and Blackberry 10. The app provides info about restaurants, bars, events and cinemas....

The ‘Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)‘ policy that is gaining a lot of traction in the corporate world and educational sphere alike, is one of the key considerations in employee satisfaction these days. This policy does not chain employees to use company issued devices, but frees them to bring their personal laptops, tablets and smartphones to the workplace and access company data and applications...

Instagram users rejoice! You can now tag your friends in your photos with the latest app update. The popular photo sharing app has added Facebook like feature of  photo tagging to its iOS and Android apps. The feature, dubbed “Photos of You,” will allow users to tag the friends or businesses featured in their filtered snaps. Previously, the only way to find out whether a photo of you...

Zombies seem to be the flavour this season what with the Zombie movie fever hitting Bollywood! The folks over at Zapak Mobile Games seem to have decided to cash in on this by getting a zombie game out on Android. Titled Brainbots Vs. Zombies, the game is set in the apocalyptic future where the brains have become fed up due to being constantly devoured by zombies and have decided to stage a last stand...

The adoption of Android in the country has been quite impressive. This has been so due to a number of factors like affordability, the openness to install it anywhere and the new features that Google has released with recent iterations of the OS. Opera Mobile has announced the release of a report which looks into the browsing behavior of Opera Mini users on Android devices in India. Opera says that...

iXiGO, the online travel search engine has launched a mobile app called ‘On the Way’ for android devices. The app enables road travelers to access relevant information on all useful and interesting stoppages along their route. The free app searches and aggregates travel information across travel sites and gives travelers access to information on tourist destinations, places to visit,...

Google’s Mobile Operating System (OS), Android seems to have become the most widely accepted platform for smartphone users.  Interestingly, Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS too is slowly gaining traction revealed a survey by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. For the past two years Google’s Android has been steadily gaining market share in all the price segments. With such a pace, it has easily overtaken...

Google Now has finally landed on iOS. The service that Android users have enjoyed for a year, just became available on iOS devices in the form of an update to the Google Search app. ”Google Now is about giving you just the right information at just the right time,” Google said in a blog post. Google Now has been an integrated feature of Android 4.1 since June 2012, but now, it will,...

MapMyIndia, India’s mapping solution provider has launched version 8.0 of maps with advanced localized navigation. The latest update also boasts of several driver assistance features such as extended lane guidance, junction views, sign-posts, live traffic, city guides and rich points of interest. In order to have an expanded audience the updated version now offers regional voice guidance in...