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Snapchat launches Snapcash payment feature with Square

Snapchat, is in the news again. Today Snapchat unveiled a partnership with payment processor Square to launch payments inside the Snapchat app. The feature, dubbed Snapcash, allows users to send money to friends and family on the network by simply


‘BodyRecog’ app can measure your physical fitness on daily basis

A Croatian biologist has developed an app for smartphones that is able to follow up on the user’s physical fitness by taking “selfie” photos on a daily basis. The photo-based app, called “BodyRecog – The Body Shape Tracking App” was


Beam Messenger app – lets users see text messages as they’re being typed

The beauty of texting is that you can rework what you want to say. If you type out a sentence and notice a mistake, it’s easy to fix it before you send it out. Even better, if you need to


Advanced Adaptive Applications software suite fights malware and heals computers

A software that not only eradicates viruses and other malware but also automatically repair the damages caused by them has been recently developed. University of Utah computer scientists have created the software, which also prevents the invader from ever infecting


BlackBerry joins hands with Samsung for better Android security

BlackBerry has teamed up with electronics giant Samsung as well as other high-profile players to enhance the capabilities of the new mobile-device management and security platform. BlackBerry and Samsung, the world’s No. 1 smartphone maker, will offer a “highly secure


Android 5.0 Lollipop Rolling out now to Nexus devices

Google announced this morning that Android Lollipop (5.0) has begun to roll out for Nexus devices over the air and will be available very soon. Wi-Fi Nexus 7s, Nexus 5, and Nexus 10 will now be able to upgrade from


Monster Guard App that helps kids handle emergencies

A new app called Monster Guard is out to teach children, through fun and games, how to handle emergencies. Created by the American Red Cross, the Monster Guard app is meant for children aged between 7 and 11. From fires


Xolo Q1020 with 5-inch 720p display, wooden frame launched

Xolo has introduced a new Android smartphone called Xolo Q1020. Priced at Rs. 11,499, the new Xolo device runs Android 4.4 KitKat and is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek 6582 processor along with 1GB of RAM. One of the


EFF Security Scorecard Gives Low Grades to Popular Messaging Apps

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), an online privacy watchdog group, this week published its Secure Messaging Scorecard. The scorecard analyzes the level of security of 29 different chat programs, finding that most of the most popular apps fall short when it


Facebook will be Mostly Video in Five Years

According to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the social networking site will be mostly video in next five years. “In five years, most of the Facebook will be video,” Zuckerberg told a gathering at a community town hall meeting in California.