Apple's first radio venture 'Apple Beats 1' launched

Apple's Beats 1 radio station, which is the tech giant's first venture in radio, has recently launched its first showLos Angeles with host Zane Lowe.

The former Radio 1 Dj premiered singer Pharrell William's track 'Freedom' during the show and played hit 'City' by the Manchester band Spring King as the show's first song, BBC reported.

Software On iOS

WASHINGTON: Twitteriffic has added a new feature that will now take better advantage of Twitter's new quote tweet feature and use facial recognition software to help user frame their shots on iOS.

According to thenextweb.com, when someone quotes the users tweet, Twitteriffic will give them the option to see notifications on their iOS devices or Apple Watch.

The pop-up notifications let the users know they were quoted and by whom, just like they see with retweets.

In addition, the facial recognition feature is designed to deal with sloppy snaps, making people in an image the main focus.

Also, Twitteriffic gains a useful gesture control that the users can now swipe from the left screen edge to navigate back to the previous screen.

The Top 15 Tech Companies On The Fortune 500

Apple

 

Apple passed HP as the largest tech company (on a trailing 12 month basis) in 2012 and there has been no looking back since. The company now dwarfs all other tech companies and tops the F500 list in two categories: Apple is the most profitable F500 company and it has the highest market value. Not bad for a company that 13 years ago posted revenue of $5.3 billion compared to IBM’s sales that year of $85.8 billion

Microsoft launches online store on Snap Deal

NEW DELHI: Microsoft has launched a branded online store with ecommerce major Snapdeal, which will include the full range of US-based company's products, including phones, tablets, PCs and software. 

"We are pleased to be partnering with Microsoft in opening their online store on Snapdeal. This unique, self-contained store built by Snapdeal will allow users accessibility of Microsoft's unified portfolio of phones, tablets, PCs and software.

nd Home Tony Navin said in a statement.

The store has been customised to offer an integrated Windows customer experience, the statement added.

The store enables Microsoft to manage product selection, promotions and launches as per need and basis the analytics shared by Snapdeal.

Android App

When you stop and think about it, the word "smartphone" is starting to sound a little stale.

Sure, these pocket-size gadgets we tote around are capable of making calls -- but for most of us, that's become a secondary feature compared to the range of data-centric functions the devices enable. In reality, we're carrying tiny, capable computers that also happen to work as phones.

Android devices in particular offer advanced functionality when it comes to the computer-level task of managing and manipulating files. The Android operating system allows you to perform all sorts of PC-like tasks, from dragging and dropping files between your phone and computer to plugging a USB drive directly into your device and accessing its contents. Between what Android offers out of the box and the features that third-party apps add to the equation, that shiny little slab in your pocket packs serious productivity potential.....Read More