Popular third party application store for Android, Getjar has announced the inclusion of update notifications for all applications downloaded and installed through its App store.

Now for every Android application that is installed through Getjar, users will get automatic notifications about the software update or the application update whenever available through push notifications.

With the help of these push notifications, Getjar aims to reduce the time taken from the release of the update to the time taken by the user to download and install it.

Getjar published this information on its official blog saying, “Before now, there was no easy way to automatically let all of your users know about the new version of your app. The users had to know that the developers released an update and had to come to Getjar to download it. Now push notifications will automatically go to users who downloaded your app from Getjar informing about the update.”

The push notifications have started to roll out but still are in beta phase so some bugs and flaws are expected so users will have to be a lot patient.

A new version of the Password Manager application for Windows Phone Mango based devices has been released. With this new version, users can sync their devices with their Dropbox accounts. Earlier, users were only allowed to sync their Windows Phones with the Microsoft’s Skydrive cloud storage.

The Password Manager application allows users to save and backup useful and important passwords and protect them within the application for later usage. The passwords stored on the application are protected with a 256bit Encryption to safeguard confidential data. Users can also categories passwords according to the nature of the passwords and can later on search them with that name as well if required to.

With the inclusion of the remote sync functionality now, users can create the same account and share the passwords on any number of devices with the added Dropbox support. This comes quite handy in case of emergencies. Also, it provides added security in case of theft or loss of one’s smartphone.

All the passwords stored in the application are protected with a master password that can be only numerical or alpha numerical while the users get the functionality to change this password unlimited number of times.

There are both free and paid versions of these applications available for download for Windows Phone Mango users and both these versions can be downloaded from the Windows Phone application store.

Microsoft Lync, which provides a single interface that unites voice communications, IM, audio, video, and web conferencing, will soon be available for Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7 and iOS devices. Earlier it was available for only Windows based PC and Mac computers.

This has been confirmed by the Microsoft Australia through an official twitter post. However, they did not reveal any additional information but we expect Symbian devices to be included in that list as well, if not now then at a later stage.

Microsoft Lync allows people to see and simultaneously work on the same documents and communications session. Along with the real-time chats, the Microsoft Lync also allows users to share and collaborate on documents specific to Microsoft and other as well including PDF’s.

With the inclusion of multiple mobile based operating systems to the Lync, Microsoft is looking to give a tough time competition to software’s like “What’s App”.

Though not clear, Microsoft Lync is expected to be rolled out by the end this year or by next year. It’s also not clear whether it will come as a paid or a free application.

The iPad version of the note taking app, Evernote, has been updated. The updated version 4.1.6 brings the rich text editor feature which was earlier available for the PC version only. With rich text, one can now add styled text (bold, italic, underline), highlight existing text, add URLs, create header text, and make lists.

With Evernote 4.1.6, iPad users can now share notes with people they want, which means users will have better control over what they choose to share through the app.

“Evernote for iOS lets you easily share individual notes with friends and colleagues over Twitter, Facebook and email. As great as sharing notes is, sometimes you want take a shared note and make it private again. Now, Evernote for iOS lets you do that. To stop sharing a note, tap on the Share icon at the bottom of the note and select Stop Sharing. This shared note will no longer be accessible to anyone but you,” explained an Evernote blog post.

Soon more web apps with native app-like capabilities may flood the market if AppMobi, which creates development tools for HTML5, has its way.

AppMobi has made its key HTML5 development technologies open source. These technologies will help developers build web-apps with capabilities similar to native apps (apps that you download to your device).

Web apps open in a Browser and hence are universally accessible from various devices unlike a native App which can only be accessed if it is built for that particular system.

AppMobi has released the source code of its “mobiUs” browser, which allows HTML5 web apps to perform identically to native apps. AppMobi uses “DirectCanvas” technology, which accelerates HTML5 canvas rendering, physics calculations and sound by as much as 1500 per cent, providing native performance to HTML5-based games.

While the browser is already available for iOS devices, an Android version will arrive in the first three months of 2012.

The mobiUs browser lets web apps access all of the hardware features of your smartphone. With this browser, web apps will work as native apps, hence you can access them whether you have an internet connection or not.

The browser will also offer improved game performance, and instant push notifications from apps or other users. AppMobi has also included a built in ‘1Touch’ wallet for online purchases.

“We believe in the open web and the importance of an open environment for mobile apps and services,” said AppMobi’s chief technology officer, Sam Abadir. “To help advance the industry’s move from native apps to web-based apps, we are sharing our mobile HTML5 knowledge with the global software development community.”

He added, “Among other benefits, the innovations in this open source release will improve the mobile web experience through faster downloads, better offline usage and dramatic HTML5 game performance increases. An improved HTML5 user experience is the ‘rising tide that lifts all ships’ for open web mobile developers, and we are happy to pour our technology into that harbor.”

AppMobi has also released the open source code of iOS XCode and Android Eclipse projects which will be of particular benefit to developers who want to extend existing native apps with HTML5 tabs or views. For example, a developer can easily add a photo sharing feature to a native app by mixing AppMobi’s enhanced PhoneGap with Facebook JavaScript APIs.

The company has also released JavaScript Bridge API which provides a cross platform JavaScript bridge that allows web sites and web apps to access device APIs on iOS and Android platforms. Developers who wish to download the source code can visit AppMobi’s website.

LG will roll out the latest Android Ice Cream Sandwich update for its high end Optimus smartphones, the handset manufacturer has confirmed.

“The Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) OS will be initially available for the following high-end LG smartphones which were introduced this year: the Optimus 2X, the Optimus Black, the Optimus 3D and the Optimus LTE,” the company announced on its Facebook page.

“We are also continuing to evaluate the ICS OS to determine whether it is compatible with the functionality, features and performance of other LG smartphones to make the ICS OS available on as many LG smartphones as possible,” LG added.

However, the company has yet not divulged the dates but since the post has appeared this month, it is expected that the information on the update rollout timeline will only be revealed towards the third or the fourth week of December.

LG had earlier this month promised the ICS update for its smartphones but had not revealed the names. This latest announcement will come as a great relief for the users of LG Optimus smartphones.

Many LG smartphone users around the globe are yet to get the Android Gingerbread upgrade which puts a big question mark on the availability of the ICS update.

Also, it is not clear now whether the users will first be getting the Android Gingerbread upgrade or LG will be leapfrogging to the ICS upgrade for such users. More clarity on the updates will only be obtained as and when the rollout plans and the upgrade list of the Android line up is officiated.