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Submission + - Top 7 Apps for iPhone to Learn Languages (cosimple.com)

harsh..itt writes: Here are some great apps to help you learn a new language. The iPhone is not ideal for language learning, but the fact that the user can learn a language no matter where he or she is, is a great advantage. It means that the user can keep topping up his or her knowledge through the day. It also means that the user is able to continuously learn a language and keep it fresh in her or her mind. Here are seven great apps for helping you to learn a different language.

Submission + - Microsoft offering Surface RT for students at $199 (cosimple.com)

harsh..itt writes: Recently, Microsoft has feels that its Surface tablets is good for students in education, and with features like Office 2013 comes preloaded with the Surface RT, including Microsoft OneNote app, it makes sense in education. Earlier this week, Microsoft has revealed that it would give 10,000 Surface RT tablets in US to educators.

Today, Microsoft developer evangelist Ryan Lowdermilk officially revealed that the Surface tablet Education program, is an limited time offer for the students, which will see the Surface RT tablet with 32GB memory will available for the students at just only $199 through their universities and schools. The Surface price for the students is an flat 60% discount over the tablets retail price of $499 (infact some of the retailers, including Staples, has recently dropped their prices to $399).

Submission + - Samsung planning LTE-Advanced variant for Galaxy S4 (cosimple.com)

harsh..itt writes: As we all know that, Samsung is already doing much better with its new Galaxy S4 flagship smartphone, but now Samsung is planning to launch another variant, which will come with LTE-Advanced, head of the mobile business said on Monday.

In launching the phone, Samsung was in talks with many carrier companies to take the phone, J.K. Shin co-chief executive told Reuters in an interview.

“We’ll be the first with the commercial launch of the advanced 4G version of the smartphone,” Shin said.

Submission + - Microsoft launches Office Mobile for iPhone (cosimple.com)

harsh..itt writes: Everyone has uses Microsoft Office for editing documents making presentations, etc. The smartphone geeks are also looking for Microsoft Office to their smartphones. Now, Microsoft is launching Office Mobile for iPhone with Word, Excel and Powerpoint to the world’s most popular smartphone.

For the iPhone, Microsoft is launching the Office Mobile to give users the same Office experience like PCs in the smartphone, which is similar to the app that comes pre-loaded on Windows Phone. The Office Mobile includes smartphone optimized version of Word, Excel and Powerpoint, but it not includes all the Office apps such as Outlook.

Submission + - Apple announces new Mac Pro with stunning design (cosimple.com)

harsh..itt writes: At WWDC 2013 in San Francisco on Monday, Apple has announced a completely new Mac Pro with stunning capabilities in a tube-like design.

The new Mac Pro design is completely different from the old, it looks like an metal tower that has stuck around since the PowerMac G5 days. The Processor, Graphics and Memory is built within the tower around a “unified thermal core” and the all fits in a sleek design, the black structure is one eighth the volume of the previous generation Mac Pro.

Submission + - Samsung launches Wireless Charging Kit for Galaxy S4 at $90 (cosimple.com)

harsh..itt writes: Recently, Samsung launches its flagship Galaxy S4 with a wired charger, but now the company launches an wireless charging kit for the smartphone and now available for just only $90.

The wireless charging kit first uncovered by Droid Life, includes an charging cover which costs $39.99 and the charging pad which costs $49.99. According to other wireless charging accessories, it is not cheap, but the pad works with all the Qi-certified wireless charging products and those includes charging covers from Nokia, LG, Asus, iStyle and others.

Submission + - Apple unveils the new iOS 7 mobile operating system (cosimple.com)

harsh..itt writes: At WWDC, Apple has officially launched its new mobile phone operating system, the iOS 7.

At the conference Apple’s CEO Tim Cook officially introduced the new iOS 7, and said that it is ”the biggest change to iOS since the introduction of the iPhone.”

As it is rumored, iOS 7 have a different more flat design and a lot of whites in the pattern with color. The new iOS is more powerful and comes with great new features as compared to the previous version of its OS.

Submission + - Apple WWDC 2013: Products and Upgrades (cosimple.com)

harsh..itt writes: At Apple’s WorldWide Developers Conference (WWDC), the company finally announces its highly anticipated updates and releases. Apple has launches its eight new products.

Submission + - Why Laptops Aren't Leaving Just Yet (cosimple.com)

harsh..itt writes: Although the idea of trading in your laptop for a smaller, lighter, and trendier tablet might seem like the way of the future, you shouldn’t trade in your computer for one of these devices just yet. Although tablets have really taken the world by storm and have hurt PC sales some, there are quite a few reasons why laptops aren’t leaving just yet. If you are thinking about purchasing a tablet instead of a new laptop, consider these factors first. If you do, you might find that you would rather go with a trusty laptop than one of these new devices.

Submission + - Now you can send money via Gmail using Google Wallet (cosimple.com)

harsh..itt writes: As we all know that yesterday, Google has announced many of its products including Maps, Music service, etc, but now Google has updated its Google Wallet. service to allow users send money via Gmail.

According to the video that explains the Google Wallet for Google mail, there is an $ sign icon for Gmail attachments. By clicking the icon you can transfer cash using Google Wallet. The recipient doesn’t need an Google mail address and you can also receive money from someone. Google also gives users choice to transfer money using Credit and Debit cards for a fee of 2.9% per transaction (minimum $0.30.)

What security Google uses? Google has claims that the transactions are encrypted and secured and stored on secure servers. Transactions using Google mail are also monitored to prompt fraudulent activity. Google Wallet purchase protection also covers 100% of the ”eligible unauthorized transactions.”

Submission + - Google preparing new Google Maps design and features (cosimple.com)

harsh..itt writes: As the rumors surfaced the web that Google has launching a new design for its Maps. On Wednesday, at Google I/O, the search giant has announced the new look for its maps.

Google has officially rebuilt its Maps from “the ground up”, with an ultimate focus on the design and interactions directly on the map, to give its users an full Maps experience.

Now Google has provided the full experience of its Google Earth and Street View in its Maps, from seeing clouds over the sky in the real time and how the Earth looks from Milky Way as the sun sets. Google has used an new imagery in its new Maps, along with the user generated photos which can uploaded and submitted to Google Maps, the maps not looks better.

Submission + - BlackBerry launching BBM chat for iOS and Android (cosimple.com)

harsh..itt writes: BlackBerry has announced that it is bringing the most popular BBM chat platform to some of the other platforms, including Apple’s iOS and Android, this summer.

The BlackBerry Messenger for other platforms is rumored a years ago, now the announcement has surprised the users and audience, because it is the world’s one of the most popular chat platform. BlackBerry Messenger will come to iOS 6 devices such as iPad, iPhone and iPod’s, in Android it will work on 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich or higher. BlackBerry is set to launch the app for free and bringing cross platform messaging between, Android, iOS and BlackBerry users.

BlackBerry has argues that BBM is much more than chatting, people can create or join groups, can send files and more, but for users on other platforms, it might has difference.

Submission + - Microsoft to launch Windows 8.1 as an free update (Windows Blue) (cosimple.com)

harsh..itt writes: On Tuesday, Microsoft has announced that it would be releasing an update to its Windows 8 operating system which is previously knows an as “Windows Blue.”

The Windows 8.1 will be an free update for Windows users when it would release later this year, said Tami Reller, CFO and CMO of Windows, in a presentation at JP Morgan’s Technology, Media and Telecom Conference in Boston.

The “Windows Blue” update will available for both Windows 8 and Windows RT OS via the Windows Start screen in Windows Store.

Submission + - HP unveils new Slatebook X2 with Android OS and Tegra 4 processor (cosimple.com)

harsh..itt writes: As we all know that, Android is the world’s most popular OS and mostly all the manufacturers produces Android devices such as tablets, smartphones. But today, HP is the first company to offer an Android powered device with Nvidia’s new and impressive quad-core Tegra 4 mobile processor. HP has launches its new Slatebook X2 with Android OS that also features dock into a keyboard to give users an complete laptop experience.

The new Slatebook X2 features an 10.1-inch display and keyboard dock, but there is an great thing of feature inside the device that matters and that makes the being one of first device to come with the NVIDIA Tegra 4 quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM. The new device will run on full flavored Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. HP has priced the device for just $479. According to our thinking the device is not cheap as other devices, but there is an Tegra 4, that gives an awesome performance.

Along with the 10-inch display the device has a 1920 x 1200 resolution IPS display and comes with 16GB of internal storage and can be further expandable using an microSD card. The device keyboard dock supports USB 2.0, full size SD card, HDMI-out, and many other features. There is no expectations and rumors about an additional battery inside the keyboard, or the battery life.

Submission + - Google launches Play Store 4.1.6 with tons of changes (cosimple.com)

harsh..itt writes: With the starting of Google I/O from today, Google has released the first surprise for its Android OS customers. A new Google Play Store has comes with many changes including redesign, and a tons of other features to its Google Play framework.

Previously, Google has redesigned its Play Store last month, but now the company launches some new changes to the Store. Google has brings new 6 button layout and makes it even better, with some other WI tweaks to the buttons. Google has also changes the colors and other changes. Google has tagged the new version as 4.1.6.

The menu text is a little change, it has also updated its install/uninstall buttons, and has also increased the space between the buttons to give users an easy and quick experience, in earlier days many users has complaint about that, but now agrees with the new design. Now you not accidentally hit the uninstall button when you want to hit the update button. For this Google has also added a new feature called Sync, now users can log into their Google account sync options, and can sync their app data easily. This clears that Google automatically syncs and save the app data to its cloud storage.

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