Hands on with Livetext, Yahoo's silent new video chat app

A couple of weeks ago, we wrote that Yahoo had quietly released Livetext, its new messenger app, and was testing it in Hong Kong. The company must have been satisfied, because as of today Livetext will be available in five new countries — the United States, the UK, Canada, Germany, and France.

How to upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1

Windows 10 is released today as a free upgrade to existing Windows 7 and Windows 8 PCs.

But how do you get it? And what do you need? We'll tell you very soon....

Windows 10 features: why you should upgrade and our Windows 10 review

Google finally 'admits' Google Plus is a failure

Google has said that it is throttling back on its vision of having profiles at its social network serve as people's identities across its range of online offerings.

Windows 10 most important changes coming to your PC, tablet and phone

Windows 10 will be free to most users

You heard right: Nothing. Nada. Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for the first year, for users with Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1. (XP users—we know you’re out there—no freebies for you or others running versions prior to Windows 7. Sorry!)

Time Will Tell if Apple Watch Catches On, as Apple Fans Wait

More faces and features for an even more personal experience.

To take advantage of its size and location on your wrist, Apple Watch was designed with its own unique operating system — watchOS. Now we’re already refining it. With watchOS 2, there are more faces to choose from. Faster, more powerful apps. Enhanced communication options. And innovative new ways to make your Apple Watch your own.

The World's First True Android PC

Powered by our popular Remix OS, Remix Mini allows you to work and play with the entire Android app ecosystem while taking full advantage of intuitive PC features such as a taskbar, multiple window multi-tasking, mouse and keyboard support, and so much more.

Intel Compute Stick: The Windows PC That's Smaller Than a Snickers Bar

It doesn’t take a genius to notice that computers keep getting smaller over time. I mean:

WhatsApp getting updated with a myriad of new features including custom notifications

WhatsApp is gearing up to send an update to the Android version of its popular IM client, which will bring improved notifications handling to the fore. Apart from being able to mark messages as unread (as rumored before), users will now get an extensive menu to handle notifications from specific contacts.

This feature allows you to have a custom notification tone for each contact or group, which will help you distinguish between important and unnecessary messages.

The 'Mark as unread' setting can be obtained by long pressing on a conversation from the Chats menu. This is merely a self reminding feature if you want to read a conversation sometime later. The feature doesn't in any away impact the messages that your contacts might have already read.

In addition to these features, WhatsApp is also adding a low data usage setting to voice calls, which will ensure that minimal data is used while making voice calls on the app. It's a good feature to have, especially if you rely on WhatsApp voice calling while on the go.

It seems like the update is limited to Android for the time being, but it goes without saying that an iOS version is in development as well. Although the update notification is yet to go live on Android, users can grab the apk file manually from APK Mirror (link below).

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Tricks every Android user should know

Since Android is an open platform, there’s plenty of room for customization. Beyond personalizing your phone, there are a few easy practices that can keep your phone neat and organized with plenty of battery life to last all day.

Here are 10 tips and tricks every Android user should know.

Meet Microsoft New browser Edge

Welcome to the newest way to surf the web! Check out the new Microsoft Edge tile on the Start Start icon menu and taskbar. Or, just enter "Microsoft Edge" in the search box.

Scientists admit they were completely wrong about ‘inert’ Pluto

As Nasa’s New Horizons spacecraft took its last look at Pluto yesterday from nearly six million kilometres away, scientists were marvelling at how “very active” the dwarf planet is in contrast with previous theories that it was an inert ball of ice and rock.

Local WhatsApp, Viber, Skype calls may no longer be free

A high-level government committee has upheld the concept of net neutrality, but its recommendations have raised some major concerns for consumers and startups. Those hooked to applications like WhatsApp, Skype and Viber may no longer be able to make free domestic calls (barring negligible data charges) through these voice over internet protocol (VoIP) services. However, instant messaging and international calls through these services will remain free, if these recommendations are implemented.

Special Sweets From 26 States In India

Indians are sweet people in general. So it comes as no surprise that the country has so much to offer to those with a sweet tooth. No matter where you find yourself in the country, there is going to be something to satisfy your craving for something sweet.

Here is a list of sweets that you must try when you visit these respective states :

Beautiful Locations from the movie Asoka

Travel back in time with Asoka as it takes you back through the centuries, not just through its story, but also through the places where it has been filmed. The film captures enchanting natural beauty as well as intriguing manmade structures. Here, we explore five locations from Madhya Pradesh and Odisha that promise to leave you spellbound.

WhatsApp Tips and Tricks Everyone Should Know

For most of us, WhatsApp has become the default go-to messenger, because everyone's on it, and it's on nearly every platform. WhatsApp has over a billion downloads on Google Play alone, the only other messenger to boast that is Facebook Messenger. The app has made itself indispensable by adding a browser version and voice calling to its platform.

Motorola Moto G (Gen 3) Tipped to Launch on July 28

Motorola's latest Moto G smartphone is said to launch on July 28 at an event in Sao Paulo, Brazil. A report claims that the company should start the sale of the smartphone in Brazil on the same day alongside revealing the price. Additionally, popular tipster Evan Blass (of @evleaks fame) has shared a picture of the Motorola Moto G (Gen 3) hinting that the smartphone will come with Moto Maker customisation option.

We Want to See Make a Comeback Candy Brands

Our association with candies has a pretty delightful history, and we as the 90s kids have the fondest memories of candies. Back in the day, the candies were limited but were simply amazing. Making bubbles while chewing Boomer, acting all ‘cool’ while eating Chiclets and who can forget those multi-colored Poppins! Reminiscing the good old 90s, here are 25 candies that will bring back some of the fondest memories of your childhood.

The Uber addiction – why the taxi app is driving me crazy

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Bring up the subject of the world’s biggest, most unscrupulous tech companies, and many people will mention the low level of corporation tax paid by online behemoths in the UK (just slashed from 20% to 18% by 2020 in George Osborne’s budget). Or they’ll talk about how Amazon is squeezing independent bookshops and paying self-published authors a pittance – as little as $0.006 per page read. Perhaps there will be handwringing over the state of Foxconn, the biggest supplier of Apple products. In Foxconn factories in China, workers average around 55 hours a week, and conditions are so poor that in 2010 alone 14 workers killed themselves.

Paytm unveils P2P fund transfers

   

Seeing the huge potential of cashless transactions through e-wallet, mobile payments and commerce venture Paytm is the latest company to jump on the person-to-person (P2P) money transfer bandwagon.

After online shopping, this space has seen good traction with mobile payment firms like M-Pesa and Oxigen, and certain banks joining the fray, to offer ease and convenience of the cashless mode and promote cash-less and paperless transactions while making merchant payments. While banks have deployed point-of-sales (PoS) terminals at various merchant outlets and launched mobile payment apps, others like Vodafone M-Pesa launched a mobile app recently to carry out transactions like cash deposits, money transfers, and make mobile and utility bill payments.