Dubbler officially launches today for iOS and Android while signing up 500,000 users during its open testing since the beginning of the year. Users record a message for up to 60 seconds, filter it if they want, and zap it off to a social network like Twitter, Facebook or Tumblr. They can even leave the message on the site for the Dubblr community to hear. For those shy or with something that they don't want everyone to hear, a private, direct message can be sent. 

Also, Dubbler enables you can snap a picture to use as a lander for your clip and you can use hash tags in the same way you would on Instagram or Twitter. However, the app's ToS prevent sexual content. So far, about 50% of Dubbler's messages have remained on the site while the remaining gets sent off to a social networking site.

Dubbler doesn't have a deep pocketed social networking related parent like Vine.  So, it is open to being copied. It is hoped that the Dubbler, instead of fighting off copy-cats, ends up partnering with other apps like Instagram and Twitter.

Source : phonearena

With the cool new features and some stability improvements, Google has updated the Android version of its Chrome browser. Google Chrome for Android helps users to scroll down to hide their toolbar. Also, it supports full screen viewing on their smart phones. Users can also view and refine their queries directly from the omnibox with the update of simplified search. Also, by long pressing the browser’s back button, users can view the tab history on their tablet. At last, to increase the performance of the app, the update comes with few minor bug fixes and several stability improvements. Users can download the new version of Google Chrome for Android from the Google Play Store.

The full changelog is :

• Full screen on phones – Scroll down the page and the toolbar will disappear.
• Simpler searching – Searching from the omnibox will keep your search query visible in the omnibox, making it easier to edit, and show more on your search result page.
• Client-side certificate support – You can now access sites that require you to use a certificate and Chrome will allow you to select an installed certificate
• Tab history on Tablets – Long press the browser back button to view your tab history
• And a ton of stability and performance fixes

Source : gsmarena

Opera has declared the launch of its latest version of the mobile browser for Android devices. It comes with a lighter colour scheme and a totally redesigned interface. For better and faster access, the bookmarks or the speed dial page has been reformed.  Users can now watch the open tables in full screen. Users who like to discover what is happening around them, the new Opera browser for Android comes with page that provides them customizable news feed.

The new browser also comes with a brand new feature called "off road mode" for data saving. This feature compresses the data so that users can get faster data access and even when the connection is slow or erratic the browsing expiring for the users is uninterrupted. Some of the user interface and accessibility improvements involve automatic text wrapping whereas zooming in to the page so that users do not need to scroll sideways to read the text on any given page. For Android devices running version 2.1 and above, the new browser is available on the Google Play store.

Source : themobileindian

It is really nice that Android allows you to see everything on your device that an app will have access to in the permissions but it can get annoying that it is an all-or-nothing choice. For instance, you may love the Amazon app, but you don't see any reason why the app should need to access your WiFi/GPS location data.  However, there is no way to deny that one permission and still use the app, but Google may be thinking about changing that.

Google software engineer Dianne Hackborn admitted that the Android team has thought about that exact issue and has also considered changing the permissions model to give users more granular control. This would enable you to pick and choose which permissions to accept & which to deny. Since there are no concrete plans to implement such a system anytime soon, it is all just a hypothetical possibility.

Blackberry startled everyone with an unexpected announcement. Blackberry CEO, Thorsten Heins, formally declared that their much talked messaging service, the Blackberry Messenger (BBM) will be coming to iOS and Android this summer.  As per Blackberry CEO, “It is a state of confidence. The BB10 platform is so strong and the response has been so good that the time is right for BBM to become an independent mobile messaging platform.” The Android version of BBM would be compatible with version 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) but would support iOS hardware running iOS 6. The introduction of BBM on the dominant mobile OS would provide an opportunity to Android and iOS users to interact with the 60 million BBM users. This announcement is good news for people with friends still using Blackberry devices.  Some claim that Blackberry’s move is too late with Whatsapp’s dominance while others just claim that this is yet another reason not to buy a Blackberry.

Source : mobigyaan