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Running Android Apps On Tizen

Apple has unveiled two new application that “reinvent textbooks” for iPad users. iBooks 2 and iBooks Author provide interactive textbooks for students (K-12 and above, equivalent to our 12th standard) as well as teachers.

The app, which is freely available on the App Store, will give users access to the iBookstore. Armed with a newTextbooks section in the store, Apple plans to collaborate with big names such as Pearson, McGraw Hill, andHoughton Mifflin Harcourt to provide ebooks at economical rates. How does this help us? Students pursing professional courses can now access the latest internationally-acclaimed textbooks without much effort. Once stored on the iPad, it’s also easier to carry these books around.

The company also rolled out iBooks Author on the App Store. Meant for teachers, it includes free tools for creating ebooks. Its layout is similar to that of Apple’s iWork software, replete with HTML5 support. Users can add text, images, and interactive modules to their ebooks, which can then be published directly to the iBookstore. Given a choice, will you still prefer using the iPad over good old paper textbooks?

The app is free, and supported by ads

If you happen to have a Gingerbread device, download Skype 2.0 here. Otherwise, check out the following video.

With the invention of different types of mobile technology, the use of mobile internet has also increased in the current gadget oriented society. So what are the top mobile browsers in the Indian mobile market?

Opera Mini J2ME web

This mobile web version is completely meant for java based phones. It is the most popular mobile browser of the nation. It is famous because it the first ever mobile browser space in India. And in India almost 80% of the people use java based phones.

UC browser

This is the mini mobile version of Firefox. This browser is fast and light. It provides you with a powerful search, a super stable network, it has multitabs. It also boasts of compression technology which gives faster loading, download manager. It has good pre loaded time. Its file manager is also worth mentioning. You can work on this pretty well in small screen and slow networks.

It is 3^rd most downloaded web browser in India. It offers fast browsing and HTML5 support in case of video playback. It boasts of a long list of web applications that it supports like- Google Docs, Mafia Wars, and even Twitter and Facebook apps.

Crackle is compatible with Android 2.2 or higher. The app is easy to use, smart enough to resume playback if you have to leave in the middle, and able to stream over 3G/4G and Wi-Fi alike

Earlier the BBC News App for Android devices was only available to United Kingdom users, with this release Android worldwide users get access to BBC News and Radio.

BBC News Official Android App Video

BBC News Android App Screenshots

To Download BBC News App Visit here

With IM For Nokia, users can access popular IM’s from one single interface. This app allows you to Participate in multiple conversations across different communities. Receive background notifications and preview messages in your friend list. Customize status, availability and avatar settings.

To Download IM For Nokia, Please visit here

A new beta of Facebook app for Blackberry is available at BlackBerry Beta Zone. Blackberry users running OS 6.0 can download Facebook app for their Blackberry devices.

The New Stuff in Facebook App

• Facebook Chat Support (Both within the App and within the Unified inbox)
• Improved News Feed: Improved UI, Photo/status posting, Facebook Places check-ins
• New Navigation: The navigation bar no longer camps out on screen at all times, taking up valuable real estate. It’s now a drop down menu, instead.
• New Notifications Bar
• New Profile UI: The new profile viewing UI provides much of what people would expect it to provide, but that 1.0 lacked. You can now view things like contact info, birthday, relationship status, etc. in addition to a friend’s Wall and Photos

• Swipe through panoramic blades to see all your recent activity, latest uploads from your contacts and all your newest uploads.
• Fully optimized for brilliant hi-resolution display. Tap on a photo to bring up a full-screen lightbox view and zoom in to enlarge and get close up on details in a photo. You’ll be able to access your photos in their original resolution, right from your mobile device!
• On Windows 7 Slate devices, we’re introducing “Context View”, a whole new way to get the full story behind a photo and discover new and relevant content. Zoom out from a photo in lightbox view and get more information such as other photos in the set, group, from a contact or nearby on a map.
• Geo-location capabilities display your photos on an interactive, full-screen map. Also view nearby geo-tagged photos from the Flickr community on the map as well for a slightly different view of the world around you.
• Easily share photos to your friends from your mobile device directly to Flickr and also from Facebook, Twitter or email!