Microsoft will roll out fix for two critical flaws in Windows and Internet Explorer

Microsoft has released an advance notification of 9 security bulletins that it plans to release on April 9, 2013. Microsoft said it will patch nine vulnerabilities in total and two of them rated critical and that of the remaining 7 as Important...

Vodafone India Launches Mobile Internet ‘One Time Trial Packs’ at Price as Low as Rs.25

Vodafone India has introduced ‘One Time Trial Packs’ for 2G and 3G at most affordable price points, giving its customers a taste of mobile Internet and its advantages, priced at Rs.25 for 2G and Rs.49 for 3G comes with a 500 MB data allowance...

Get Ubuntu’s Vertical App Switcher On Android With Unity Launcher

At the beginning of the year, Canonical announced its Ubuntu for phones project that will soon enable you to enjoy a full-fledged, standalone version of the popular Linux OS on your mobile devices. While it’s the lucky Galaxy Nexus owners who will be getting the first taste of the fully-functional OS, they are still waiting for a release by Canonical. However, what you can have for now is Ubuntu’s vertical app switcher/launcher on any device running Android 2.2 Froyo or higher, thanks to the brand new app called Unity Launcher. Resembling the looks and functionality of Ubuntu’s standard app switcher, Unity Launcher is a third-party customizable multitasking and app switching solution for Android that lets you switch back and forth between your favorite apps form anywhere in the OS by simply swiping in from the left edge of your device’s screen...

BSNL Launches Pan India Yearly 3G Data Packs for Prepaid Customers

India’s National telecom backbone and Pan India 3G Mobile and Data service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today announced the launch of 3 new Yearly 3G Data Packs for its prepaid subscribers...

Minus Releases iPhone And Android Apps With Chat Feature [Review]

Popular image sharing service Minus has released an app for both iOS and Android platforms. While Minus’ web interface encourages you to share files, the mobile apps encourage you to make friends with other users of the service who are nearby, making it more of a proximity-based people discovery service in addition to merely being a photo sharing app. Minus for iOS and Android allows you to take pictures, add filters and edit pictures via the Aviary image editor that’s integrated in the app, and lets you find pictures taken near you by other users. ‘Pictures nearby’ is how you are encouraged to find friends to connect with, though you can search for users by name as well. A chat feature allows you to share messages, images and your current location with any user.  Interface wise, the app has a lot going on and it will probably take you a little time learning where everything is...

Signing Up & Logging In

If you already have a Minus account, you can sign in to it and start using the app. If this is the first time you’re using the service though, you can sign up for an account from the app itself. The app allows you to use information from your Facebook account for the purpose. Uploading a profile picture when signing up for an account is mandatory, unlike most other similar services that have it as an option.

 

Free Version Of Archos Video Player For Android Released To Play Store

Sporting a visually-attractive UI loaded with a plethora of video playing and streaming capabilities,Archos Video Player for Android was released in the Play Store back in December as a $4.99 app (currently priced at $5.21). If the app’s relatively hefty price tag kept you from giving it a try, here’s some great news for you: the company has just launched an ad-supported free version of Archos Video Player that grants you access to all the features offered in the paid equivalent. Besides being a quality video player, the app impresses with its option to automatically fetch movie & TV show information from the internet for your local and network media files, complete with relevant posters and backdrops. In addition, it boasts several other nifty features including universal media file format support, folder & library-based content browsing, built-in subtitle downloader, SMB & UPnP support, complete tablet-optimization, on-the-fly video content bookmarking, info-rich hierarchical view of TV shows, automatic video playback resuming, and lots more...

The app’s home screen makes navigating to your local and network video content a breeze, and also shows you a preview of your last played video at the bottom. It is from here that you can browse your local video library for your favorite TV shows, movies and recently played media, or avail the app’s UPnP and SMB features to stream content from your network devices...

 

Google Search Android App Adds Google Now Widget, Movie Ratings & More

If you’ve got a device running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean or higher, you better not miss out on checking the latest update to the Google Search app, as it is a massive one! As always, there are a number of newGoogle Now smart cards added to the mix, but most importantly, the brings a dedicated Google Now widget for for your home screen and lock screen, for the first time since the inception of Google Now. That’s right – you can now have all the automatically updated location and travel-based information from Google Now displayed right on your Android device’s home as well as lock screen. In addition to the new widgets, the update adds movie passes from Fandango, movie ratings from Rotten Tomatoes, real estate listings from Zillow, better support for US college sports, and a dedicated music button on the app’s voice search UI indicating the active status of Google Search’s song identification feature...

 

Vodafone Intros ROAM FREE Plan for Kerala Customers Traveling To TN and Karnataka

Vodafone customers in Kerala circle who are frequent to Tamilnadu and Karnataka circle now have another reason to rejoice as the operator announced a first of its kind new Roaming plan with free incoming calls for them today...

Dump Truck Offers 5GB Free Cloud Storage On PC, Mac, Android, iOS & We

Even though the names Dropbox, SkyDrive and Google Drive etc. have become synonymous with cloud storage, this doesn’t stop new entrants from jumping onto the bandwagon. After being left impressed by the feature set of Maxxo, the unlimited space options of Bitcasa, and the ease in setting up your own cloud offered by Syncbox, we came across Dump Truck – an intuitive and user-friendly cloud storage service that offers up to 500GB worth of space! It is the brainchild of Golden Frog – a major IT firm with an already large online presence in internet services and applications solutions like VyprVPN. Dump Truck offers free as well as paid cloud subscriptions starting at as low as $4.99/month for 50GB, while free accounts get 5GB of space to start with...

Dropbox, SkyDrive and Google Drive users will instantly get the gist of how Dump Truck works. Upon installation, the application launches an easy-to-configure setup wizard that lets you sign up for a new Dump Truck account by entering the required credentials...

Google's Mapathon India competition under Delhi police scanner

After BJP MP Tarun Vijay raised an alarm about Google's Mapathon event violating India's cartographical laws, Delhi Police is now investigating to figure out whether the search giant did indeed violate Indian law...

The complaint, which led to the investigation, was filed by the Survey of India, the authority which deals with all map-related complaints, which said the contest was illegal and could even threaten national security.