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Hands-On With The Revamped Facebook Beta App For Windows Phone 8

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In the days of Mango, Windows Phone was the best platform for fans of Facebook. WP8 improved upon WP7’s integration with the social network, but with the release of Facebook Home for Android and Facebook 6.0 for iOS, the WP8 app started to look pretty primitive. Fortunately, Microsoft has taken note of the issue, and has decided to release a revamped version of the official Facebook app for WP8 soon. However, to make sure the new app is absolutely perfect, the MS guys have decided to employ Windows Phone users as the app’s beta testers. Facebook Beta won’t show up in the WP Store search results for now to avoid confusion, but anyone can download the app for free and check out the future of Facebook on WP8. Read More

VLC Beta For Android Comes To Play Store With New Widget & Revamped Media Library

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Just a few weeks ago, the team behind the popular VLC Media Player announced via a simple tweet that the Android variant of the much anticipated multimedia playing application will soon be hitting Google Play Store. Thankfully, it didn’t take long for these claims to substantiate, as the very first beta variant of VLC Player for Android has just been released for devices that are powered by an ARMv7 CPU with NEON support. Dubbed to be aimed at just the ‘power users’ and ‘hackers’, this debut release of the cross-platform app is meant to play almost every multimedia file format known to date. The app is not just restricted to catering to your local audio and video playback needs, but also supports playing high quality network streams. Other features currently supported by VLC on Android include swipe gestures for volume control, support for multi-track audio and subtitle files, option to lock video player window, toggle for aspect ratio adjustment, audio playback control via headset button, option to filter audio tracks by artists, songs, genres and albums, album art support, browsing by directory, and last but not the least, a nifty homescreen widget that helps controlling audio playback. Read More

ContLab Is A Comprehensive General-Purpose Workflow Manager

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ContLab is a free business organizer for Windows that is currently still in its beta stages. Nevertheless, it shows promise of being a reliable tool for business enthusiasts who have trouble keeping records of their projects, contacts, agendas, reports and accounts. Also, the application comes packed with networking feature, which allows you to run the application from the server, so that all connected computers can easily use different features of the application from one central location. Details to follow after the jump. Read More

Hands-On With Google Chrome For Android [Review]

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If you’re among those few lucky Android users running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich or higher on their devices, you’ve now got a sound reason to dump whatever browser you are currently using. Google has just released a beta build of Chrome for Android with several innovations that are bound to set new benchmarks for contemporary mobile browsers across all platforms, let alone Android. Ranging from an ultra-swift web browsing experience to real-time syncing of tabs opened on your desktop browser (or any other device running Chrome with your account in sync), this new wonder product from Google is here to redefine the way you surf the web on the go. Update: Chrome for Android is now out of beta. Read More

Norton Identity Safe: Secure Online Password Vault For Android & iOS

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In an attempt to help you with managing and securing your personal online identities (user profiles and passwords), Symantec has released a brand new app called Norton Identity Safe. Currently in open beta and available for Windows, Android and iOS (invitation only), the app serves as a secure and centralized online password vault in which you can store your user profiles for all frequently accessed web services. As of now, you can add account info to your Identity Safe only through the desktop client. All account credentials are stored on the Norton cloud, and hence, can be accessed from virtually anywhere using your valid Norton Identity Safe account. The mobile app presents you with an alternative web browser that has the capability to fetch all the saved accounts from the cloud, and auto-complete login details while you're browsing, eliminating the hassle of remembering passwords for each and every website. Read More

ASTRO File Manager For Android Launches Public Beta Of Its Cloud Backup Service

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ASTRO File Manager has the distinction of being one of the very first and most downloaded file managers for Android. Apart from offering extensive UI customization, ASTRO also excels as a fine app/task management tool. Following the footsteps of the recent rise in the cloud storage trend, ASTRO recently announced the launch of a public beta of their very own could service called ASTRO Backup that allows registered users to  backup, access and restore their files on cloud right from within the file manager. As of now, there’s only a maximum 200MB of online storage space on offer per account, and the procedure involves registering for a free account from the ASTRO website. Read More

TypeSmart: Customizable Keyboard With Next Word Prediction [Android]

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TypeSmart (beta) is a handy keyboard replacement app for your Android that comes with some of the most sought-after and easy to use keyboard features to make typing fast, fun and convenient. TypeSmart, through its elegant, user-friendly and customizable keyboard layout, a dedicated top row for numbers, an extended keyboard (with added signs, arrows, symbols and Dingbats etc.), Text-To-Speech (TTS) input and a plethora of most commonly used keyboard features, helps you input text to your messages/messenger, notes, browser and any text field for that matter, in quick and intelligent way.  Read More

Get Registry Read/Write Access In Windows Phone 7.5 Mango [How To]

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Windows Phone 7.5 Mango was launched merely a few days ago, but the untiring developers and hackers of the WP7 community are working overtime to keep pace  with this latest platform as it reveals its full potential. In WP7 development a crucial milestone is the ability to modify and add to the registry values of the kernel files. This requires the developer to have a high level of understanding and knowledge of the system and enough privileges to access registry. To gain that level of access isn’t always an easy task, especially on a newer, unfamiliar platform that has just been launched. So if you have got your copy of Mango, and are wondering how to play around with registry values, then this is exactly the guide you have been looking for. Read More

Tips And Tweaks For The New Windows Live Writer Beta – Part OF Windows Live Wave 3.0

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Windows Live Writer (WLW) is a visual blog editor for Windows. It integrates with most blogging platforms (WordPress, TypePad, Movable Type, Blogger, and others), allowing you to see how your posts will appear in your blog's theme, even when you're offline. It isn't just another text editor. As a former Notepad coder, I was drawn to WLW as I began to use more photos and embedded content in my WordPress blog. In this post you will get a glimpse of  some new basic features and ‘tips and tweaks’ to make a better Windows Live Writer experience. Read More