New Delhi: The country's largest private sector lender ICICI Bank will soon join social media platform Facebook, where it plans to allow its customers to access their bank accounts, among other services. "... ICICI Bank will soon be present on Facebook. The ICICI Bank page (on the social media website) will include a one-of-its kind 'Your Bank Account' app through which you can access your bank account information while on...
02:53 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Toronto: Interested in sharing more personal moments of life to a small group of friends rather than a large network? An app called Path could help. Originally conceived as a way to post photos and videos for close family and friends to see, the app was re-released this month as a "smart journal" to enable users to share more about their lives. "Because Path is a smaller network that's built...
11:34 AM, Dec 27, 2011
Beijing: Passengers travelling by the metro in Shanghai can now access all kinds of information, including maps, stations, routes and even the location of toilets, through a newly-launched mobile phone application. Metro operator Shanghai Shentong launched Sunday the free applications on mobile phones, initially on Apple, offering information about the city's 11 metro lines, the Shanghai Daily reported Monday. Through the application, passengers can also get "real-time" advice on which...
02:30 PM, Dec 19, 2011
Nashville: US soldiers facing emotional problems and contemplating suicide may soon be able to use a smart phone application to connect them to help. The Tennessee National Guard, the state's reserve military force, launched a pilot program of the "Guard Your Buddy" app that was spearheaded by Clark Flatt, president and CEO of the Jason Foundation. Major General Terry "Max" Haston, the commander of the Tennessee National Guard, approached Flatt,...
01:51 PM, Dec 16, 2011
New York: Internet search giant Google has acquired mobile application developer Clever Sense for an undisclosed amount. Clever Sense is known for its 'Alfred' application, a location-based, personalised restaurant and bar recommendation application. The application is available on iPhones and smartphones using Google's Android mobile operating system. "We are excited to join Google and start a new chapter in curating the world around us. Together with the Google team, we...
04:46 PM, Dec 14, 2011
San Francisco: Google is joining a crowd of companies packaging digital content in a magazine-like format for mobile devices. The Internet search leader released its version, called 'Currents,' on Thursday. It works on smartphones and computer tablets running on Google's Android software, as well as Apple Inc.'s operating system and its iPhone and iPad. Currents is late to the competition. It will be trying to catch up to Flipboard, one...
11:41 AM, Dec 09, 2011
Colorado Springs: Want to keep track of Santa this Christmas? There's an app for that. NORAD is the military organization responsible for the aerospace defence of the US and Canada. The North American Aerospace Defence Command tracks Santa on Christmas Eve. This year, it's counting down to Santa's takeoff with the NORAD Tracks Santa app, which is offering games like Elf Toss until the big moment. It is available on...
10:40 AM, Dec 02, 2011
San Francisco: If Facebook is like hanging out at a banquet with a large buffet to feast on, then social network Path is an intimate dinner with close friends. Path is now getting new silverware and table decorations, so to speak, with the release of updated software. CEO Dave Morin, a Facebook alum, says the dinner-party philosophy remains but users can now share their comings and goings with up to...
09:54 AM, Dec 01, 2011
New York: Google, maker of Android software for mobile phones, will stop supporting the application for Gmail for rival Research in Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry smartphones. "Beginning November 22, 2011, we will end support for the Gmail App for BlackBerry (installed native app). Over this past year, we've focused efforts on building a great Gmail experience in the mobile browser and will continue investing in this area," Google said. This means...
09:02 AM, Nov 11, 2011
Washington: The Tweetographer, a web-based application, clues in users on what's hot and happening in their cities or Tweetographer . The application works by collecting in real time tweets sent by large numbers of people and extracting information about events - parties, concerts, games and the like - happening nearby. The Tweetographer is the brainchild of William Clifton and Alex Padgett, computer science undergraduates at the University of Cincinnati. "We...
10:41 AM, Nov 10, 2011
Washington: A software flaw in Apple Inc's iPhones and iPads may allow hackers to build apps that secretly install programs to steal data, send text messages or destroy information, according to an expert on Apple device security. Charlie Miller, a researcher with Accuvant Labs who identified the problem, built a prototype malicious program to test the flaw. He said Apple's App Store failed to identify the malicious program, which made...
08:53 AM, Nov 08, 2011
Karma Paljor shows how you can now get your daily dose of breaking news from IBNLive on your iPad. ...
11:48 PM, Nov 03, 2011
New York: A new smartphone app will help you transition your old paper photos into the digital age. Called ShoeBox, the free app lets you use your iPhone's camera as a photo scanner. The iPhone app launched last week. An Android version is coming soon. ShoeBox comes as social media giant Facebook is preparing to launch its new "timeline" feature. Timeline essentially turns user profiles into an online scrapbook for...
10:23 AM, Nov 03, 2011
California: Yahoo has begun to distribute an iPad magazine that illuminates the Internet company's ambitions and the chronic hiccups that have thrown its fate into doubt. The free magazine, called Livestand, has intriguing potential because its software can be customised to pull a deep pool of content from Yahoo's website and other participating publishers to cater to each user's interests. But the magazine didn't arrive until Wednesday, well behind Yahoo...
10:01 AM, Nov 03, 2011
Dubai: Pilgrims headed to the holy city of Mecca now have a new Blackberry application with a range of useful tools to help them better understand and perform the rituals of the pilgrimage. Developed by Asgatech, a BlackBerry Alliance Member, the application is available as a free download on BlackBerry App World. It supports six different languages Arabic, English, Turkish, Farsi, Urdu and Bahasa and has videos and detailed text...
09:53 AM, Nov 03, 2011
New Delhi: Welcome to our iPad edition. With this, the entire CNN-IBN experience is now available on the world's top-selling tablet, the Apple iPad. A completely free app, it can be downloaded from this page on iTunes. With this app, people around the world can now watch CNN-IBN live on their iPad, enhanced by the unique user experience that the device offers. Not just that, they can also watch the...
07:48 AM, Nov 03, 2011
Hong Kong: A new mobile app enables travelers to plan trips with a little help from their friends. The app, called Trippy, links the users with friends in their social networks who have information on a particular city, either through living, studying, or traveling there, who can offer recommendations. "We're in a less is more time now. If you want information on Tokyo, there are a thousand different sites, each...
10:02 AM, Oct 18, 2011
Toronto: An offer of free games, translation software or other apps to compensate BlackBerry users for last week's prolonged outage left Research In Motion investors cool on Monday, and the shares fell 6 per cent. RIM declined to say if it would need to amend its earnings forecasts to account for the cost of its promise to give $100 of free apps to every BlackBerry smartphone user. RIM is also...
08:35 AM, Oct 18, 2011
