The rollout of the Lumia Denim firmware update in India continues. We have received a number of tips that the Lumia 730 is the latest smartphone in that country to get the over-the-air update.

Perpetual gilder Goldgenie will be applying their gold and platinum platings to the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, but getting one will cost you dearly.

Samsung announced back at Mobile World Congress their newest flagship devices, the Galaxy S6 along with its curved sibling the Galaxy S6 edge. Both devices will be available in White Pearl, Black Sapphire and Gold Platinum versions, while the Galaxy S6 will have a Blue Topaz variant and the Galaxy S6 edge will have a Green Emerald. If these colors aren’t quite luxurious enough for you, Goldgenie hopes that their gold- and platinum-plated version will win you over.

Tinkerplay, a new free app from Autodesk, hopes to make 3D printing and designing a little more fun.

3D printing is becoming more and more popular, and our own Russell Holly has been having quite a good time with it, but designing and printing isn’t for everyone. The folks at Autodesk have just released a new app for Android, iOS and even Windows Phone that they hope will make the experience much easier.

Facebook has announced a new feature for its Messenger app that will allow users to send and receive money from their friends.

While the code for the payments feature was first discovered in October, today is the day that Facebook decided to turn the switch on the service. People who want to send money in the app simply start a chat with the designated person, then press the ” $” icon and type in the amount of money they want to send. Finally, the user taps the “Pay” selection, adds a debit card and sends the money. To receive funds, the user just taps “Add Card” in a message to add their debit card to get their money.

Facebook says:

The first time you send or receive money in Messenger, you’ll need to add a Visa or MasterCard debit card issued by a US bank to your account. Once you add a debit card, you can create a PIN to provide additional security the next time you send money. On iOS devices you can also enable Touch ID. As always, you can add another layer of authentication to your account at any time.

The company added that it was taking security seriously with this new payment feature in Messenger. It said:

We use secure systems that encrypt the connection between you and Facebook as well as your card information when you ask us to store it for you. We use layers of software and hardware protection that meet the highest industry standards. These payment systems are kept in a secured environment that is separate from other parts of the Facebook network and that receive additional monitoring and control. A team of anti-fraud specialists monitor for suspicious purchase activity to help keep accounts safe.

The new payments feature is just for US users of Facebook Messenger and will be rolled out in the coming months

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Facebook has announced a new feature for its Messenger app that will allow users to send and receive money from their friends.

While the code for the payments feature was first discovered in October, today is the day that Facebook decided to turn the switch on the service. People who want to send money in the Messenger app simply start a chat with the designated person, then press the “$” icon and type in the amount of money they want to send.

FB Pages Manager Pro is a feature rich Windows Phone app for managing Facebook Pages on the go. The app basically lets you manage your Facebook Pages as you would from your desktop browser just from the smaller screen of your Windows Phone.

FB Pages Manager Pro typically runs $1.99 in the Windows Phone Store but for the next twenty-four hours you can pick up FB Pages Manager Pro for free through the myAppFree Deal of the Week. As an added bonus, this deal will also give you access to the Windows 8 version free as well.

Apple is rumored to be willing to share customer data with potential partners to get its reported TV service off the ground.

The information that Apple is said to be offering would tell partners who viewers, are, what they are watching, and when they watch. Apple would also apparently leave it up to each content provider whether or not to show ads. Overall, the company is reportedly taking a hands-off approach, according to The New York Post:

“They’re allowing a lot more decision-making by the content owner,” said one source familiar with the talks, adding that Apple has told potential partners, “It’s up to you, whatever you guys want to do.”

Handing this type of data over to their partners would be at odds with Apple’s policies. The company often champions consumer privacy, with Tim Cook going so far as to write a letter on the topic last year. It seems odd that Apple would make this kind of about-face now.

The Post also says that the service could cost around $20 per month, though the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the price could be somewhere between $30 and $40. This new report reiterates that Apple has been talking to Disney, CBS, and Fox, among others for a launch in fall 2015.

Source: The New York Post

Overdog, the Xbox One app that tries to match gamers with other people based on non-gaming interests, is now available to download for all owners of the console in the US, Canada and the UK. The app was previously made available for members of the Xbox One preview program.

HTC appears prepared to offer you a replacement device for up to a year if your phone is damaged, or you change carrier.

HTC is hosting a live stream tomorrow that it’s dubbed “Uh-oh”, with little more than an image of the new HTC One M9 to explain what is going to happen during the event. A quick look through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reveals HTC “Uh-oh” as a trade-in/replacement service with the potential for tech support of some kind to be offered, but with as generic as trademark filings can be sometimes that’s not too much more to go on.

Fortunately, a source familiar with HTC’s plans has clued us in on some of the details for this HTC event and the services that will be announced on stage. And even if what we know so far is all that gets announced, this event will be a fairly big deal to HTC One M9 owners.