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App Review: Buds Zone

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Buds Zone is a location-centric social networking application that allows user to create meetings, instant groups, and know where their friends are. There’s also a feed that shows where your friends have checked in or are currently traveling to. Privacy has been taken care of by letting your friends choose whether they wish to share location with you and others or not.

Pretty similar to the Apple’s own Find My Friends application, the Buds Zone is available as free download from the Apple App Store.

Location-based social networking apps are pretty cool but there’s nothing much than stalking involved in it. Where privacy is a serious concern, Buds Zone app comes in to focus. Buds Zone requires registering with the service which can be taken care of in a jiffy.

Of course, the Location Services need to be enabled from Settings>Location Services and selecting the Buds Zone app to let use the location services to determine your location. After that you can add your friends to your Buds Zone list by their Mobile Number, Email address or search for them on Buds Zone directory. Users can start off a private instant conversation with the listed friends by tapping on the Actions button at the bottom and selecting Text from the four options.

Users can also check-in to a place and let everyone or select friends know that you are at the usual Coffee place to hang out. The Buds Zone app also offers users to create a meeting with friends in which user can add location, friends from list, date, and also bit of description like wear black colored attire.

Buds Zone is a free application with privacy features kept in mind for your location is visible only to your friends in the list and not others. The app can be used wisely to keep track of your family members.

The takes a while to go accurate and aver all the application is nice but could do better with the user interface and experience. However, if you are one who travels regularly then you can always try out this application.

Buds Zone app is available for Apple 3.2 or higher running iPhone, iPod touch or iPad.

App Review: Darts 3D Android App

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Darts 3D is a dart simulation game available for based devices. The game makes good use of 3D graphics with some captivating game play.

There are three ways users can play this game in – against the CPU, with a friend or even with online competitors. Users can also set the difficulty level to easy, medium or hard. The first two difficulty levels are easy to play, while the hard mode is really competitive and interesting.

Among the online playing options, there is Cricket mode as well as one where the users can play against a friend. In the online mode there are tournaments, random games and one on one challenges. The game is very immersive and even those who have never played it before can play it easily. The game also has a chat function in which the gamers can share their thoughts with other gamers.

The gameplay is sweet though the main action lies in the online mode of the game. Important, practice games are needed before online games because online games tend to take more time and users need to be sure they can spend that much time into it. The game can be played with a relaxed mood, though the competitions also give some edgy feeling to the players.

In terms of music, there are only dart sounds.

Android Ice Cream Sandwich coming to PCs!

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Android Ice Cream Sandwich coming to PCs!

When Google Android Ice Cream Sandwich was originally conceived, it was said that it will be a one stop solution for both the tablet and smartphones all together but no one would have expected that the operating system will be making its way to the personal computers and that too so soon.

The Google Android development team has just released the x 86 compatible versions of the Android ICS. With this, developers will be able to port and successfully run the Google Android Ice cream sandwich operating system on computers with a regular AMD or Intel as well.

Although the support for the complete functionality of the mobile operating system is not there but the basic functions of the operating system are up and running. Developers are currently working on making the sound, graphics and even the ethernet capability of the computers work for the operating system.

Android ICS has already made its move in to the tablet and the smartphone domain and it was being anticipated that it will soon be ported to the television domain as well. But with the addition and the capability of getting functional on a computer adds a new meaning to the mobile operating system.

Presently the software port is available for download for independent developers who think can add value to it. They can move to the following link to download the iso file for testing and development but read the change log first for compatibility notes.

Nokia promises Indoor Mapping using Bluetooth 4.0

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Nokia promises Indoor Mapping using Bluetooth 4.0

Researchers in Nokia has demonstrated the indoor mapping capabilities inside the Nokia Maps navigation software. Nokia Research invited about 30 companies that include partners to show a demonstration of indoor location-based services, reported EE Times.

The researchers chose 4.0 for the development location service. Taking that ahead, the company demonstrated how putting Bluetooth tags placed at different locations for indoor mapping data.

Recently, Google released Google Maps 6.0 update for that comes with indoor mapping and location based services feature. So the Android handset users can check out the maps of participating indoor premises such as Malls and public places.

Now Nokia Research is sharing its plans to go bullish about indoor location services with Bluetooth 4.0 on their future devices. First implementation would possibly visible in shopping malls and large retail outlets. Nokia Researchers had created 3D Map of a room by using Bluetooth Low Energy antennas and devices with Bluetooth tags.

To tune with Indoor Mapping, Sony Ericsson also had published details about two working prototype Android apps with indoor mapping used by several employees.

Do note that indoor mapping software and services would not be available in all countries including India. Recently, Google did try something similar in India but as of now the project has been frozen. Country’s security remains top priority and hence such technologies and services will take years before they reach India.

Apps to have ratings on BlackBerry store

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Apps to have ratings on BlackBerry store

Research in Motion has updated its BlackBerry store, which will now help users to search apps quickly while further strengthening the security aspect. The new interface that will be implemented now onwards will rate applications and wallpapers according to category and maturity ratings making it easier for parents to safeguard their children from accessing various applications.

BlackBerry has rolled out the server side update which users would able to access from December 15th this year, enabling consumers to set a rating filter. Once the filter is set, only content of the specified ratings will be displayed to the consumer when they browse or search the BlackBerry App World catalog. The default rating filter in BlackBerry App World is set to “Adult” &#151 which shows all content in the BlackBerry App World.

For the application vendors and developers, starting from November 30, will thus have 15 days to log into the Vendor Portal and update their Content Rating questions if they believe their app or theme should have a different rating. All new apps being submitted now onwards will require that the Content Rating questions be answered.

Now download UNO game from Android Market for free

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Now download UNO game from Android Market for free

Popular mobile games publisher Gameloft has released a free version of cards game UNO for Android Market. The free version of the classic card game will come with ads while the paid one is available for Rs 155.35 in Android Market. Features of both game versions remain the same but the paid version does not have any advertisement.

UNO is quite popular card game that involves colours, numbers and specific set of rules. Indeed different from the regular card deck, the UNO free version comes with intuitive touchscreen controls. Users can also customise the rules as per their preferences. The best part of it is that the allows playing the game with friends over WiFi or connection.

The UNO free version on Android replicates the same fun as the real card game albeit with touchscreen controls. Tournament mode offers challenges that become difficult with every level passed. After downloading the free version of app, you will have to download 45 worth of game data and usage of WiFi is recommended in that case.

Thanks to the multi-player and play 24/7 option, the Android smartphone owners can play with their friends, colleagues or family. Unfortunately, the multi-player mode would not be available to low-end mobile phones &#151 mostly the ones running Android 1.6 to Android 2.1.

Download the free UNO game from Android Market right away.

Now experience 3G on Vodafone LED bus in Delhi

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Now experience 3G on Vodafone LED bus in Delhi

Vodafone India has unveiled a new initiative in Delhi NCR which will enable interested people a host of services.

Under the new initiative, Vodafone has brought a state-of-the art bus in which customers could try out a host of services like high speed internet, video calling and better gaming experience, Vodafone TV and get answers to their basic queries on 3G.

This bus has 10 mm anti-glare LEDs used for the outdoor screen with 5500 cdl/m2 making it fit for illuminated message viewing during the day and at night.

The interiors of the bus have been redesigned to create a 3G Experience Zone that will enable visitors to enjoy and try out 3G services in a fun and interactive manner. People can catch animated Zoozoo images and advertisements on these LED screens on the outside windows of the bus.

Vodafone’s 3G on wheels’ will do rounds of the hot spots in high traffic areas in Delhi on the Ring Road from Okhla to domestic airport passing areas like GK, Defense colony, Noida, Saket and Gurgaon bringing consumers closer to the exciting world of 3G. Customers could try out a host of services like high speed internet, video calling and better gaming experience, Vodafone TV and get answers to their basic queries on 3G.

Speaking on the occasion Rajeev Kohli, chief executive officer, Vodafone India, Delhi and NCR, said, “At Vodafone, we believe in constantly engaging with our customers in a meaningful and relevant manner that enriches their experience. With this unique initiative customers get a step closer to the ‘Faster, Smarter, Better’ world of Vodafone 3G services.”

The Vodafone 3G LED bus will tour the city until December 04.

Now feel the picture in your screen

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Now feel the picture in your screen

With the arrival of 3D technology, we can now see images which truly looks like real world with all the dimensions that we are accustomed to. However, we have still not added texture to these images. Especially with touchscreens becoming common, this becomes important.

But that is about to change soon. Senseg, a Finland Based company which provides touchscreen display solutions, has been experimenting with a screen technology that offers feel of the texture of the object displayed. For example, picture of rock will feel rough while silk will feel smooth.

This has been achieved by employing an electrostatic field-based system that allows different parts of the screen to produce varying degrees of friction.

While the technology has been showcased earlier as well, what makes it different is the fact that this time around it was demoed on a full working tablet device. The demo was given to CNET by Senseg’s Dave Rice.

The technology, called e-sense by Senseg, can be employed for a variety of purposes. Apart from better and more engaging game play and picture viewing, the biggest benefit of e-sense will be for visually challenged people for whom braille can be implemented on touch screens. Also typing could become faster which people will be able to do without seeing the keyboard just like they do with physical keyboard.

The company says that it will bring the technology in commercially available devices in next 12 months.

Windows 8 beta may come in February 2012

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Windows 8 beta may come in February 2012

The Windows 8 beta is likely to be released by late February 2012, according to news reports. The actual date of completion and shipment of Windows 8 operating system from Microsoft has not been revealed so far.

February is a bit late than what was expected, the operating system itself has been making steady progress. What will be there in the beta is also not known yet, because that may depend on the components that are ready at that time.

The Windows 8 Developer preview was released by Microsoft only few weeks back at the Build Developers Conference where it was very well received.
So it can now be expected that the Windows 8 based tablet would arrive after February next year.

Opera Mini, MediaTek partner to offer better feature phones

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Opera Mini, MediaTek partner to offer better feature phones

Opera Software and MediaTek, a leading fabless semiconductor company, have announced that the popular Opera Mini mobile will be included into MediaTek’s Runtime Environment (MRE).

MediaTek supplies chipsets to Indian brands like Micromax and Lave for their low cost offerings. This new partnership will mean better integration of Opera Mini in these phones.

MRE is MediaTek’s innovative middleware technology designed for mobile developers and application providers to deploy services and content for what the company calls “smart-feature-phones”.

This partnership will allow users of handsets powered by MediaTek’s MRE platform to enjoy the best and most affordable Internet experience.

Opera Mini has a user base of more than 140 million. It offers cloud-assisted browsing, where its renowned compression technology reduces data load by up to 90 per cent before sending it to phones. This results in a much faster page-loading speed on a limited connection, as well as lower data costs.

“MediaTek and Opera Software share the same vision. We both want people to access the Web on their own terms,” said Lars Boilesen, chief executive officer of Opera Software.

“The MRE solution makes the traditional feature phone smarter and, at the same time, delivers the best user experience. Opera Mini makes the Web an enjoyable experience regardless of bandwidth. We look forward to seeing the next billion people to surf with Opera Mini on MRE-powered phones.”

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