TechnoBaboy Philippines
Google just launched a unified messaging service simply called Hangouts. This a lot different from the Hangouts feature on Google+, which only involved video chat. Hangouts is essentially a messaging app the same way Facebook Messenger is, but it has more features. It replaces Google Talk, Google+ Messenger, and the original Google+ Hangout service. Hangouts Read »
One of BlackBerry’s core apps, BlackBerry Messenger or BBM is coming to iOS and Android. BlackBerry recently confirmed this, which would make the popular instant messaging app available on multiple platforms. BBM used to be exclusive to BlackBerry devices and is actually one of the reasons a lot of people are still using BlackBerry. BBM Read »
Cebuano is a widely used dialect in the Philippines, mostly in the Visayas and Mindanao regions. For people in Luzon, it’s a dialect that’s hard to learn and understand but that should somehow change with the addition of Cebuano in the list of dialects available for translation in the Google Translate service. A lot of Read »
Skype and other desktop calling apps have a new competition as the Viber app is now available for Windows and Mac PCs. Viber is a cross platform VoIP app that’s very popular on mobile devices where it first started. Now Viber has made its way to desktops. Viber for desktops lets users send free messages, Read »
Microsoft released an app to let Android users know that there are similar or equivalent apps on Windows Phone OS. The app is called Switch to Windows Phone and it’s an app for Android users that’s now available on Google Play. What the app does essentially is to scan your Android device for apps that Read »
The popular Facebook game Angry Birds Friends is coming to Android and iOS devices according to its maker Rovio. Angry Birds Friends is much like the original game Angry Birds but it has a social aspect, which made it a hit on Facebook as the game is now said to have about 60 million users. Read »
Android users should be familiar with Google Now, a search feature on Android devices that presents data in an eerily timely way by displaying cards that contain the information that users usually need. Google Now lets users manage their day through the app’s features like showing the weather, reminders of events and appointments, relevant news, Read »
Snapchat became popular because photos and videos expire soon after they are viewed by the receiver. This kind of messaging has a market because a lot of people don’t want traces of their photos or videos on the internet. Expiring photos and videos can encourage spontaneity and makes sending photos and videos fun. Facebook tried Read »
Remember the game Draw Something? It used to be popular but it suffered a massive decrease in users after it was acquired by Zynga. Draw Something requires you to connect with other players, the gameplay being as simple as drawing something for the other players to guess. The game proved to be boring after a Read »
Nowadays, there’s an app for almost everything. Name a thing that you wish your phone can do and chances are, someone already made an app that does exactly the thing that you want your phone to do. What I’ve discovered recently is a new app that simply rounds the corners of your display. Sometime small Read »
Ideaspace, a non-profit entity launched about a year ago, conducted a competition for the best tech startups in the Philippines and the winners have been announced recently. Twenty projects were initially chosen and now it has been narrowed down to just ten. The ten projects will be receiving six months “incubation support” which covers the Read »
So it turns out Facebook is not launching a phone, just a launcher app, and only on Android devices. According to reports, Facebook decided not to make its own phone since it will only be reaching a few million users, compared to making a launcher app which has the potential of making every Android phone Read »
Google just launched the Google Keep app, a new note-taking app that will directly compete against the popular app Evernote. If you use Evernote, more or less you have an idea what Google Keep is about and how it works basically. Google Keep is now only available on Android but in the future, there Read »
In case you’ve been hiding under a rock, you should know that Mozilla, the entity behind the internet browser Firefox, developed its own mobile operating system called, well, Firefox OS. Screenshots of the OS have been circulating for months and finally, Mozilla brought the OS into the awareness of the public by officially launching Read »
Disqus is a good commenting system. For most websites, Disqus works and for quite some time it worked for me too. I was happy with how it served as a replacement for the default WordPress commenting system. WordPress has a lot of features, not to mention it looks good on any website. Disqus also Read »