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Amazon on Tuesday launched Unity plugins to enable developers integrate in-app purchasing and GameCircle features to their Kindle Fire games and apps. The plugins will be available via its Developer page. “Unity is one of the most popular tools for building mobile games,” said Mike Frazzini, Director of Amazon Games. “Amazon’s In-App Purchasing and GameCircle APIs help developers reach more [...]

Nokia has launched an iOS 6 maps alternative named Nokia Here mapping application, for iOS devices running iOS 4.3 and up, the iOS version has the same features  which are seen on Nokia Windows Mobile OS like nearby places discovery, but there are also crucial components like transit direction that aren’t present in Apple’s  Maps app.  Features: • Map views – Pick the map you need from map [...]

Initial reports for Windows 8 sales numbers are modest to put it politely. According to MS aficionado Paul Thurrott and one of his “most trusted sources,” uptake of the new OS isn’t hitting Redmond’s targets, with the blame being put on OEMs and their “inability to deliver” more inspiring hardware with better availability. “The net effect of all this stuff, [...]

Google on Monday announced integration for YouTube that allows YouTube user to link their YouTube channel with a Google+ profile while retaining the channel name. Google is still pushing out the prompt to all its users, if you want to opt in right now, you can do so in your YouTube account settings. “In the coming weeks we’ll launch the option to link your channel with a Google+ page, which [...]

Apple AppStore has reached the landmark of 1 million apps submitted to its App Store since July 2008, according to a tweet byApp Store discovery company Appsfire. The app count includes iOS apps only and doesn’t account for Mac App Store apps. Appsfire, provided some details of how the App Store reached the figure. Of the one million app submissions since 2008, 493,289 were paid and 158,848 were [...]

Apple’s MAC OS X operating system versions follow the pattern of naming after felines, since OS X debuted in 2001 we had Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard and Lion. The current version, OS X 10.8, is known as Mountain Lion. Apple may have decided that OS 10.9 will be called Lynx, according to blog site AppleScoop.   AppleScoop says that a reliable source has revealed [...]

Tweetro one of the most popular downloads in the Windows Store and the first Twitter app that uses the “Metro” tiled interface that distinguishes Windows 8 was refused extra “tokens” beyond the permissible 100,000 tokens that would allow more than 100,000 users to access Twitter through Tweetro and to grow its user base. Until the time Windows 8 gets a native Twitter app , [...]

Apple may be going with guns blazing at Samsung in the patent war, but, it’s open for a truce when it comes to other competitors, after  reaching a global settlement with HTC  in multiple patent related cases Apple and Motorola  are currently in talks to resolve their several patent disputes.  Bloomberg reported  that both the companies have  exchanged “proposals on using binding arbitration [...]

Close on the heels of  Facebook’s new mobile share button, Twitter has today added an option to “Share this tweet via email” so you can send content to recipients via email. Sharing via email button appears in the ‘more’ menu alongside reply, favorite, and retweet. It could be a powerful way to spread the service and convince new people to sign up. It’s rolling out over the next few days. [...]

Google announced the Acer C7 Chromebook on Monday, it retails at US $199  – even cheaper than the recent Samsung Chromebook ($249)  – with a 11.6-inch 1366x768p display, Intel processor, 320 GB  hard disk space and of course Chrome OS. Google says it lasts 3.5 hours on the battery and packs Ethernet and Wi-Fi connectivity. There are 3 USB2.0 ports, 1HDMI port and VGA out. C7 Chromebook [...]