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Twitter rolled out a new version of its iOS and Android app, search feature gets improvements including additional topic and user suggestions when searching. Twitter has removed video uploading support for Mobypicture, Posterous, and Vodpod. This will make TwitVid and YFrog the exclusive video uploading services via Twitter’s iOS app. “We recently introduced the ability to see older Tweets [...]

Google updated Maps for iOS app. the company  announced the  the new features in a blog post and noted that it is rolling out the English version of the app to seven new countries Google Maps for iOS gets the ability to search Google Contacts, quickly access search for local places, and select between Kilometers or Miles in an update to version 1.1 today. What’s New in Version 1.1 * Search [...]

YouTube will be reportedly launching a subscription music service to take on the likes of Spotify and the rumoured Apple iTunes subscription service according to Fortune. Ryan Bradley and Jessi Hempel, writing for Fortune: The two new services are defined by their respective places in the Google empire: Google Play for Android is a digital locker for music – users buy, store, and sort a collection [...]

Google’s plan to take on Amazon and Ebay were earlier reported by  The Wall Street Journal, Google is now reportedly preparing the launch of a same-day delivery service, Google Shopping Express according toTechCrunch. TechCrunch’s report says that the Google’s service would cost between $10 to $15 less than Amazon Prime’s service of free two-day shipping for $79 per year. Google’s [...]

Apple may launch the next version of iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5S in August this year, with an update to i Pad series including both a fifth generation 9.7-inch iPad and a second gen iPad mini in April according to sources familiar with Apple’s plans speaking to iMore’s Rene Ritchie. iMore reports that the next iPhone will it will come with a better camera and a faster chip which is only natural, it [...]

Facebook announced yesterday that it has acquired of the Atlas Solutions marketer-side adserver business from Microsoft. The Facebook-Microsoft deal does not come as a surprise, it has been anticipated for weeks after AllThingsD reported that the companies were talking in December and Ad Age reported that the acquisition was imminent earlier this month. “Today’s marketing environment is [...]

Apple’s supplier Corning’s flexible Willow Glass won’t make an appearance in Apple devices until 2016 at the earliest according to a report by Bloomberg. Below are the excerpts from the report: Companies are yet to come up with products that can take full advantage of Willow glass, which can be made in a roll similar to newsprint, James Clappin, president of Corning Glass Technologies, [...]

European Union regulatory body is planning on fining Microsoft over browser choice on its Windows operating system according to a Reuters report. Microsoft was  penalized by EU few years ago and was forced to offer up “browser ballot” selections screens for downloading an alternative browser for consumers in the EU. Details on what Microsoft has done to anger the regulators are not clear,the Verge [...]

Apple has announced in a press release that more  one billion downloads of class lectures, quizzes and assignments were downloaded from iTunes U. “It’s inspiring to see what educators and students of all types are doing with iTunes U,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. “With the incredible content offered on iTunes U, students can learn like [...]

Google has come out with and update to its YouTube app for iOS, the new features includes the Send to TV feature that Google originally debuted on Android devices last year November. The iOS app will enable users to send YouTube videos from their iOS devices to a Google TV, PS3, or Xbox and soon it would be coming to even more smart TVs this year.   “Have an iPhone or iPad and a Google TV? [...]