Japan-based OEM Freetel revealed plans to enter the Windows Phone market later this summer. The company will showcase the phone as part of its 2015 Mobile World Congress announcements next week in Barcelona, Spain.

‘OK Google, what’s the weather like?’

Weather is important, but sometimes you don’t need a full two week forecast with barometric pressure and the exact phase of the lunar cycle. Sometimes, you just need to know if it’s warm or chilly outside. Sometimes, you want to know the weather, but you just don’t have your hands free.

Sometimes, you just need Google.

iPhone owners who also have a Microsoft Band can now download an update to the Microsoft Health app for iOS. The update bring a number of features to the app.

Military Masters is a new battle tactics game for Android devices that centers on tactical vehicular combat. You’ll build a collection of land, sea, and air vehicles to help you take on your friends in real-time PVP combat.

Military Masters is a new battle tactics game for iPhone and iPad that centers on tactical vehicular combat. You’ll build a collection of land, sea, and air vehicles to help you take on your friends in real-time PVP combat.

Military Masters lets you assemble and upgrade a massive stable of vehicles. Each vehicle has special abilities that can turn the tide of battle if deployed wisely. You’ll take these tanks, boats, and planes and more into real-time battle against other players.

As part of the multiplayer, you’re able to team up with others. Clans can be created with up to a dozen other players, who can provide tactical and logistical support for clan members. The game features monthly global events, as well as clan warfare.

Military Masters is available as a free download now on the App Store, with optional in-app purchases.

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To go along with the BBM for iOS update, the BBM team has also rolled out a new update for the BlackBerry 10 as well. This release focuses on key issue that was affecting users and that’s notifications not displaying for picture messages in group chats. A small but welcomed updated. It’s live right now in the BlackBerry Beta Zone so if you’re one of those on the limited beta, go ahead and get your fix. Version will vary depending on OS and device and take note, current chats will be lost by installing this version of BBM.

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InstaPDF, the popular Mac and iOS app that lets you easily scan documents and pictures as PDFs and upload them to the cloud, has been updated to version 4.0 on both platforms, bringing a number of nifty new features along for the ride.

With version 4.0, InstaPDF for Mac has scored some new features to make managing your files a tad easier. Firstly, users can now easily drag and drop documents between their InstaPDF account and their computer. Additionally, the app has picked up a number of keyboard shortcuts, as well as single-click management for bundles. It’s important to note, however, that this is a public beta, so you may run into some bugs here and there.

On the iOS side of things, the app has been updated with several new features intended to improve your workflow:

• Autocrop: Paper documents are automatically detected and captured. True one tap scanning has arrived.
• Filters: New filters will improve scan quality overall
• QR Code Scanner: Read QR codes conveniently
• Scan Rotations: Rotate your images to fit the chosen scan format
• Design: Overall improvements to design and usability
• Sync: Completely rewritten sync engine that syncs all your documents constantly and enables local search
• Bundles: Edit and create bundles is now super easy. Multiple documents can now be added and removed from an existing bundle
• Document Viewer: Improved speed and reliability whilst viewing your scans.

If you’d like to give either version a shot, you can check them out from the links below.

• InstaPDF 4.0 for iPhone (Free) Download
• InstaPDF 4.0 for Mac (Free, Public Beta) Download

UnBand, the desktop application that allows Microsoft Band users to access some hidden functions on the device, scored an update today. Version 0.7 brings the ability to export your daily activity summary and adds support for biking events.

Media player VLC is making its triumphant return to the App Store. The versatile media player returns with some important new features, including native support for Plex Media Servers, custom URL schemes, and much more.

VLC is now ready for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, among other things. The app has actually received two updates since developer VideoLAN started preparing for its return to the store. Below is the full list of changes found in both updates:

What’s New in Version 2.4.1:

• UI improvements
• Reliability improvements for UPnP and WiFi Sharing
• Updated decoders

Changes in 2.4.0:

• Support for iPhone 6 and 6+
• Native support for plex media servers
• Streaming and folder support for GDriveSearch within the media library
• Table view mode for library on iPadSupport for on-the-fly synchronization of subtitles and audio with video
• Custom URL scheme based on x-callback-url
• Various improvements and bugfixesNew translation to Traditional Chinese

The desktop version of VLC also received an update today. VLC 2.2.0, codenamed WeatherWax, adds a number of features, including an updated interface for OS X Yosemite. Additionally, VLC also supports resuming playback where you left off, in-app downloading extensions, and more. You can download VLC for OS X from VideoLAN’s website.

VLC for iPhone and iPad is rolling out now on the App Store.

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