Facebook is rolling out a Photo Sync feature for iOS users which is already available on Android, the feature allows the user to upload photos directly from the phone’s album to a private album on Facebook. “When you turn on photo syncing, your mobile photos will be saved to a private section of your Facebook Photos,” Facebook said on an FAQ page. “You can easily share your synced [...]

Firefox releases  a new social API that lets users to access social media sites and other websites inside a sidebar on Firefox 17 which was released on Tuesday this week. Firefox users can send Facebook messages right from the browser. The social API lets developers leverage social services right into the browser in a way that it says will be “compelling” and “makes it easier to use the Web [...]

Skype today released version 3.0 on Android, with a revamped UI, optimization for Tablets  and better audio codecs. Skype has optimized the new tablet UI for the Galaxy Tab 2, Nexus 7, the Transformer Prime from ASUS, and a few others. “We’re excited about these enhancements which are added to the long list of things you can already do on Skype including video calling, sending and receiving [...]

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 [...]

In today’s world of Smartphones, you’d be forgiven for forgetting that once upon a time, you had to use an antenna to get a radio signal.