Sony updates TrackID with new lyric search functionality
Sony has just updated its TrackID application to build number 4.3.B.1.3 in the Play Store. This upgrade brings a plethora of new functionality to the service, including the ability to re-write the history module and search the Internet for lyrics. There are also a multitude of bug fixes and stability improvements baked into the update, too.
To install the upgrade, simply open up the Play Store, toggle the hamburger menu by swiping in from the left-hand side of the screen, select ‘My Apps’ and click on ‘TrackID’, then hit the update button. Alternatively, you can hit the link below to initiate the download on your smartphone from the Web.
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PSA: Skype is giving you 20 minutes of free calls to compensate for its recent outage
If you’re a regular user of Skype, then you’re probably aware of the catastrophic outage that took place on September 21. For those that are not frequent users, the service went down at approximately 9AM (EST) and wasn’t revived until around 4PM (EST), leaving many customers up in arms as they use Skype for business communications and subsequently missed vital meetings.
Skype has taken this into account and has since published a statement apologising for the services unavailability. To compensate for the error, it will be giving 20 minutes of free calls to every user which has to be used within 7-days of receipt. These minutes can be used to place a call to 60 landline destination and 8 mobile ones across the world.
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In Bengaluru, India, OnePlus is promising that you’ll be able to get a OnePlus One in one hour or less
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There are a number of things you can get in an hour – pizza naturally comes to mind first. But OnePlus now is promising that if you live in the city of Bengaluru in India, you too can expect to get a OnePlus One in one hour from placing your order, or the phone is free. For most of us, this seems like an entirely unnecessary marketing stunt, but the intensity of OnePlus’ marketing is what has gotten it to where it is now – and it’s clear that it works. Considering that the OnePlus One has technically be superseded by the OnePlus 2, the One actually still holds up quite well with its Snapdragon 801 and 3GB RAM – and the lowered price shouldn’t be looked past either, going for Rs 18,998 right now (~$290 USD).
However, like many of OnePlus’ other campaigns, this one is only on from October 8th to the 10th (and you need to order it through the Blowhorn app), so you’ve only got just over a day to see whether OnePlus can follow through on its pizza-like delivery. Of course, if you don’t live in Bengaluru, OnePlus says that if this campaign is a success, it will attempt it in other Indian cities as well.
What do you think about OnePlus’ latest marketing stunt? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Source: Mashable
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In Bengaluru, India, OnePlus is promising that you’ll be able to get a OnePlus One in one hour or less
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There are a number of things you can get in an hour – pizza naturally comes to mind first. But OnePlus now is promising that if you live in the city of Bengaluru in India, you too can expect to get a OnePlus One in one hour from placing your order, or the phone is free. For most of us, this seems like an entirely unnecessary marketing stunt, but the intensity of OnePlus’ marketing is what has gotten it to where it is now – and it’s clear that it works. Considering that the OnePlus One has technically be superseded by the OnePlus 2, the One actually still holds up quite well with its Snapdragon 801 and 3GB RAM – and the lowered price shouldn’t be looked past either, going for Rs 18,998 right now (~$290 USD).
However, like many of OnePlus’ other campaigns, this one is only on from October 8th to the 10th (and you need to order it through the Blowhorn app), so you’ve only got just over a day to see whether OnePlus can follow through on its pizza-like delivery. Of course, if you don’t live in Bengaluru, OnePlus says that if this campaign is a success, it will attempt it in other Indian cities as well.
What do you think about OnePlus’ latest marketing stunt? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Source: Mashable
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CyanogenMod 13 is in the works, will bring Marshmallow
CyanogenMod 13 is currently being worked on and will bring Android 6.0 Marshmallow. We know this because the CyanogenMod team has already started to update code on their public Gerrit repository.
Right now, it’s not even close to a full working version, but it does show a start. At this time we do not know exactly how long it will take them to release a working copy of CyanogenMod 13, but it’s nice to know they have started. I’m sure there are tons of people out there getting excited for CyanogenMod 13, but you’ll just have to wait a little longer to try it on your device.
Source: CyanogenMod
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You can now buy the InFocus M812 for $300
If you live in India, you can now pick up the InFocus M812 for Rs 19,999 ($300 US) through Snapdeal. For the specs that it carries, this price is quite good.
It has a 5.5″ 1080p IPS display with Gorilla Glass 3, an aluminum unibody design, Snapdragon 801 chipset, and 3GB of RAM. The storage is 16GB, but it also has a microSD card slot if you want more storage.
It also packs a 13MP rear camera with a f/1.8 aperture and dual-tone flash. The front camera is 8MP. The phone also comes with Android 5.0 Lollipop with a InLife skin overtop.
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Source: Snapdeal
Via: GSMArena
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Delta’s ‘Fly Delta’ App Updated With Apple Pay Support
Delta today updated its Fly Delta app with Apple Pay support. This makes Delta the first U.S.-based airline to allow users to purchase tickets via Apple Pay.
“Our Fly Delta app has come a long way since it was first introduced in 2010. More than 18 million customers have now downloaded the Fly Delta app and we are excited to be the first U.S.-based airline to allow our customers to book and pay for their tickets with Apple Pay. By providing a way to pay for flights with just the touch of a fingertip, Delta continues to optimize our robust mobile channels and provide an easy-to-use and seamless digital experience for our customers,” said Rhonda Crawford, Vice President – eCommerce.
While the app supports Apple Pay, Delta notes that it’s not yet available for SkyMiles award bookings, trip extras, trip insurance or seat upgrades. The app also has an updated “Today” view that’ll allow passengers to easily view their eBoarding pass on the day of travel.
Apple Pay has slowly been rolling out to more vendors over the past months. Earlier today, Apple announced that the service would be available at Starbucks, KFC and Chili’s in 2016.
Fly Delta for iPhone is available in the App Store for free. [Direct Link]
Apple Continues to Outpace Slumping PC Market in 3Q 2015
The PC market continues to slide, according to the latest estimates, and while Apple is seeing only a small gain or loss in shipments year-over-year depending on who is doing the counting, the Mac maker continues to outpace the overall market.
Gartner’s Preliminary Worldwide PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 3Q15 (Thousands of Units)
Gartner’s numbers show Apple shipping 5.6 million Macs worldwide during the third quarter, an increase of 1.5 percent over the third quarter of 2014 and good enough for fourth place with 7.6 percent of the market, placing behind Lenovo, HP, and Dell. The global market as a whole saw a 7.7 percent decline in shipments, with only Dell at 0.5 percent joining Apple among top vendors with shipment growth.
Gartner’s Preliminary U.S. PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 3Q15 (Thousands of Units)
In the U.S., Gartner estimates Apple’s shipments grew 7.3 percent to 2.5 million, ahead of the market’s 1.3 percent growth. Apple ranked third with 14.8 percent of the market, although Lenovo is rapidly closing with strong U.S. sales growth.
Apple’s U.S. Market Share Trend: 1Q06-3Q15 (Gartner)
Compared to Gartner, IDC predicts steeper losses for the PC market, pegging the global shipment decline at 10.8 percent year-over-year with Apple falling 3.4 percent. That was, however, still good enough for fourth place worldwide with 7.5 percent of the market. IDC’s U.S. numbers put Apple at 1.6 percent growth, reaching 13.7 percent share to edge out Lenovo as the third largest seller of PCs while the overall U.S. market fell 0.7 percent.
A better picture of Apple’s Mac shipments will come on October 27 when the company reports earnings for the typically strong back-to-school quarter.
Netflix raises prices by $1 for its most popular plan
Netflix, the reigning champion of subscription-based streaming entertainment, has announced that their most-subscribed-to plan will soon rise from its current price of $8.99 to $9.99. Before you panic, let’s remember that it is only $1 more per month, and existing users will get a nice, cushy grace period before they have to fork over more for their TV and movie binging. This plan is the one that allows two users to use the service at the same time, so if you’re on the one-at-a-time or four-at-a-time plan, you can let out that breath you’ve been holding, as your pricing isn’t changing — at least not yet.
This announcement echoes cacophonously with one that Netflix released in 2011, the fateful year in which they segregated their snail-mail DVD service from their streaming service, while simultaneously raising their prices by 60%. Nearly one million subscribers decided that this was not such a great move and canceled their subscription to Netflix. To be fair, Netflix price hikes haven’t all been as jolting as the one of 2011 legend. They bumped it by a dollar back in 2014 as well, and nobody really freaked out. They also have a policy of delaying price increases for current customers, a method that seems to decrease outcry from the public.
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Netflix has also added a ton of original content over the years, with shows like the breakout hit House of Cards and totally binge-worthy Orange Is The New Black
So why the continued rise in prices? In short, times have changed for the entertainment titan over the course of the years, and so have the costs associated with running the service. For one thing, Netflix has become even more commonplace. After completing their expansion to Australia, Japan, and New Zealand in 2015, the streaming service is available in over fifty countries, and they’re expected to enter Portugal, Italy, and Spain by the end of the current quarter. Netflix has also added a ton of original content over the years, with shows like the breakout hit House of Cards and totally binge-worthy Orange Is The New Black, not to mention tons of special content partnerships that make Netflix even more desirable. They will also be adding a collection Disney movies in 2016, and you know that stuff isn’t cheap.
So the bottom line here is that Netflix is asking for one extra George Washington every thirty days, and if we’re all honest with ourselves, we’re going to fork it over. After all, those seasons of Louie aren’t going to watch themselves. What do you of Netflix’s latest price increase? Still worth it at this price, especially as the level of original content continues to increase?
GLAAD updates Spirit Day app for 2015’s anti-bullying event
A lot of people have been tinting their social media profile pics in purple every mid-October for the past five years as a way to support the LGBT youth and to take a stand against bullying. One easy way to do that is to use the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation’s (GLAAD) “Go Purple for #SpiritDay” app, which it has just refreshed ahead of this year’s event on the 15th. In addition to generating purple profile pics, the app has a direct donation link to GLAAD, as well as new anti-bullying resources and sharing options. It’s now available for download from both iTunes and Google Play devices — just note that you’d have to watch a video ad from its sponsor (Toyota Financial Services) when you first fire it up.
Source: GLAAD
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