We are used to seeing fancy events for the best smartphones and tablets in the world. However, this was different with Huawei and their latest announcement – the Ascend P6, which they claim is currently the world’s slimmest smartphone. The Android smartphone has been announced today in London and it might become an interesting proposition for consumers that already have so many devices to choose from.

Huawei has announced the Ascend P6 at the “Beauty” even in London, but it seems to have done it quite silently. Nevertheless, let’s have a look at the specs and what place might it find for itself in the congested Android world. The first major describing point about the Ascend P6 is, of course, its thinness. At only 6.18 millimeters, Huawei calls it the “world’s slimmest smartphone”, but we know that there have been issues in the past with regards to how exactly one decides the thinness, so let’s just say that the phone indeed is super-slim.

The most important technical specifications of the Huawei Ascend P6 include the following: a 1.5GHz quad-core processor (no details yet on the branding), 2 GB of RAM, sleek metallic body and a 4.7-inch high definition in-cell display. A 5MP front-facing camera is dubbed as being “industry-leading”, but we’ll definitely need to see some pictures before asserting that.

Richard Yu, Chief Executive Officer at’s Huawei Consumer Business Group has only good words about the phone, obviously:

The HUAWEI Ascend P6 is a star among smartphones with its industry-leading design, high-quality camera, and intuitive user interface, Huawei’s proprietary Emotion UI. Building on the success of our Ascend P series of fashion smartphones, the HUAWEI Ascend P6 provides unsurpassed technology and a design that is simply stunning.

The Ascend P6 weighs only 120 grams, which means it loses the weight fight to the iPhone 5 by only 8 grams; but let’s not forget that Apple’s baby has a thickness of 7.6mm, which is thicker by 1.42 mm than the Ascend P6. In my humble opinion, these are just marketing gimmicks and 1 mm isn’t really such a big difference. Personally, I consider that anything under the 8 mm limit is pretty pleasant on the hand, provided that it doesn’t weigh as much as a brick.

Huawei Ascend P6: classy design, mouth-foaming thinness and satisfacatory specs

Let’s delve a little more on other features of the Ascend P6. The 4.7 inch screen is powered by a 1,280 x 720 in-cell LCD display, but we don’t if there’s any Corning Gorilla love. For those living in cold areas of the world and even for those that get a cold, snowy winter, Huawei has added the “MagicTouch” feature which enhances screen’s responsiveness so that you could touch it even when wearing gloves. A downside is the fact that you only get 8GB of internal storage, but with the help of the microSD card slot, you can increase the space up to 32GB.

The 5MP front-facing camera is a laudatory addition, and will be found useful by those who use frequently the video calling feature (or who leave video messages on Skype). The primary camera has a 8-megapixel sensor and a F/2.0 BSI lens with a 4cm macro, so you can take pictures of all those beautiful summer flowers. On the software side, we’ll find that Ascend P6 comes with a Android 4.2.2 version that will be skinned with Huawei’s Emotion UI. Not sure if that’s a downside or not as it depends on your past experience with the Emotion UI. Huawei assures that it has gathered “input from over 5 million consumers to help them optimize the latest version of Emotion UI”.

Sound is becoming an important aspect in the choice of your smartphone, as we’ve seen how much it matters in the overall appreciation of the HTC One. Huawei took that into consideration and endowed the Ascend P6 with Dolby Digital Plus sound. To power all this and to resist to the chores is a 2,000mAh battery which should be enough. To try and squeeze more battery power, the engineers at Huawei have come with two technologies of their own: Automated Discontinuous Reception (ADRX) and Quick Power Control (QPC) which should optimize the battery usage, actually increasing the capacity by 30%, when “compared with smartphone batteries of equal size”. Now we’re really curious to see the first reviews.

As for price and availability – the Ascend P6 will start its first roll-out in homeland China from June. Western Europe will get it from July. Huawei said that by the end of 2013, 100 nations will get the Ascend P6 in stores. We’ve also been informed that a LTE Ascend P6 will be launched near the end of the year. A U.S. price and launch hasn’t been announced but we know that Europeans will pay for this “impossibly beautiful and always intuitive” phone €449 ($601). The handset will come in black, white and pink colors.

photo credits: Engadget, The Verge

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We can now send unlimited video messages to our Skype contacts in the above mentioned platforms. Quite weird, there is not a Windows Phone version yet. Users can record and share video messages to their contacts even if they’re not online. This means that your recipient will be able to see your message whenever they log into Skype. You should also know that your recordings won’t be longer than three minutes. There is also the option of previewing your message before sending it.

Send free unlimited Skype video messages to your contacts

We first heard about the video messaging feature back in February. Being surrounded by so many competitors, it is vital for Skype to remain in the perception of online users as the first service to use when video/audio calling for free. Now, we can leave video messages also, free of charge. Of course, this isn’t something that telcom operators will like, but it’s hard to fight against emerging VOIP technologies. Yasmin Khan on Skype’s corporate blog:

Skype is all about keeping people close — but even the best technology can’t solve the problem of busy schedules or missed calls. Want to say goodnight to your kids while traveling, but you’ll be up in the air? Need to wish your dad a happy birthday, but can’t seem to catch up? Spot something interesting while you’re out and about, and want to share with your friend? Skype can help you connect with the special people in your life—even when your schedules conflict.

If you ever encounter some issues with Skype’s video messaging feature on your platform, you can always visit this FAQ page or try to contact Skype representatives on their Facebook or Twitter accounts. Have a look at the very basic video tutorial from below to know how to send a video message from your Skype account to your contacts.

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For the week ending 16th June, we have curated an impressive list of new and noteworthy apps which includes a couple of Gameloft games, a couple of email productivity apps and a handy travel app. For a change, we have more games than usual this week, and that wasn’t intentional to be clear.

Office 365 (Free)

Microsoft Office finally made its way into the iPhone with the Office 365 app. Though it’s a great news for some, it comes with a list of limitations. The app is free to use only if you hold an an Office 365 subscription. Moreover it comes with a basic set of features and not optimized for the iPad yet. A Office 365 Home Premium subscription will cost you $99.99 per year or $9.99 per month.

Evomail for iPhone (Free)

Evomail was introduced exclusively for iPad and even made it into our earlier weekly roundup of best iOS apps. It’s designed with three guiding philosophies of being beautiful, frictionless and simple. It currently supports Gmail only, but IMAP support is coming early next month. If you’re bored with the default Mail app, Evomail is worth a try.

Pet Rescue Saga (Free)

Pet Rescue Saga has been quite popular on Facebook and is now ported on to the iOS platform by its developer King, who is more popular for creating the hit game, Candy Crush. Pet Rescue Saga is about saving animals from two evil snatchers by eliminating colored blocks from the board. We have very less doubts that this will be yet another hit game for King.

Pivo ($0.99)

Do you travel a lot? And do you love beer? If yes, the Pivo is a must-have travel app for you. Pivo teaches you how to order a beer in 59 different languages, each with the correct spelling, phonetic pronunciations and supporting videos from native speakers to help you along the way.

Mail Ninja ($2.99)

Here comes yet another third party email client for iOS. Mail Ninja aims to make mail processing super efficient, easy and fun. Unlike other similar mail apps, it supports Yahoo! mail, AOL and iCloud mail in addition to Gmail. Unlike Mailbox, Mail Ninja does not store your emails on its servers. Check their video demo for more details.

Gangstar Vegas ($6.99)

Much like other games from Gameloft’s Gangstar series, Gangstar Vegas too looks similar to the GTA series. This new game is based in Las Vegas, and comes with lots of cars and weapons at your disposal. At $6.99, the game doesn’t come cheap, but the graphics and gameplay should make up for the steep price, specially for GTA fans.

LAUNCH Ticker (Free)

I’ve a subscriber to Jason Calacanis’ LAUNCH Ticker email for a while now, and thankfully, he has now come out with an iOS app. It’s a great place for curated tech news. If you are tech news junkie like me, you ought to download and try this app yourself. You can thank me later.

Way of the Dogg ($2.99)

The name of the app should tell you who’s behind it. “Hell bent on revenge, America comes to the Temple to train with Snoop Dogg”, says the official description of the game. The game has 14 levels, and you are required to battle through them while listening to some of Snoop Dogg’s hit songs.

Dictonic (Free)

Voice recording apps are available aplenty on the App store, but Dictonic scores big with simplicity and usefulness. “Snap a picture, record audio, pick one of amazing voice changing effects and post it to Facebook and Twitter – as simple as this!”

Despicable Me: Minion Rush (Free)

Another Gameloft game which makes into our list this week is Despicable Me: Minion Rush. The official game for the Despicable Me movie is an endless runner like the Temple Run games. Leap, slide and dodge the obstacles & enemies while earning power-ups and costumes.

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Microsoft announced today on their Office blog that the Office Mobile app for iPhone is now available in Apple’s App Store. However, in order to use it, you will need a subscription to Office 365 Home Premium or Office 365 ProPlus. So, the Office Mobile for iPhone is free only for those that already have an account. And for those who can’t afford it or don’t think it’s fair to pay that much, it’s just unreachable. A Office 365 Home Premium subscription will cost you $99.99 per year or $9.99 per month while a Office 365 ProPlus one will be at $12 per user/month with annual commitment or $15.00 user/billed monthly (for enterprises).

Office Mobile app released for the iPhone, no iPad app yet

So, if you’re one of those lucky enough to possess one of these subscription, then you should know that with Office Mobile for iPhone you can access, view and edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents from anywhere you are, thanks to the cloud connectivity. However, you’ll have to rely on Microsoft’s SkyDrive, SkyDrive Pro or SharePoint services to do that. Is it me or it seems kind of weird to think that somebody will use iCloud and Microsoft SkyDrive in the same time? Speaking of cloud, you should also now that Apple is going to update iWork for iOS devices, to make it cloud based, as well. Another reason for iOS users to stick around with iWork?

And to make things more disappointing, there’s no iPad version at all. We all have to agree that working with documents on a tablet is much more easier and more comfortable than doing it on a smartphone. Nonetheless, Microsoft thinks otherwise and is still reluctant towards releasing a standalone Office application for the most used tablet in the world. And they might be missing a great opportunity as recently, in February 2013, Morgan Stanley’s analyst Adam Holt pointed out that Microsoft might be leaving $2.5 billion per annum on the table by refusing to launch Office on the iPad.

Apparently, Microsoft is still confident that Office represents a major selling point for Microsoft’s own Surface tablets and its Windows Phone 8 operating system, as The Guardian also rightfully observes. Personally, I know many folks that are not yet read to buy an iPad, either because Android seems too familiar to them or because they can’t have Office. So, Microsoft is trying to play safe here, but it’s really, really hard to think that they can make more money from keeping Office away from the iPad rather than deliver it a recurring, monthly or annual subscription.

The app needs to be bettered

Inside the Office Mobile for iPhone app, you can create Word and Excel documents, but not PowerPoint presentations. Tom Warren with TheVerge explains that it might take a while until you get used to it:

Excel includes largely the same editing options as Word, but there are a few more specific options for spreadsheet data. If Word was confusing for editing, then Excel isn’t much better. Highlighting cells was super frustrating initially, until you realise you have to highlight in the very center to drag and highlight additional ones. Once you’ve highlighted the relevant data, it’s easy to create tables and charts that you can insert into separate tabs in the spreadsheet. You can also apply basic filters, an AutoSum calculation, and column sorting for data. You can even change the formulas in single cells, making it useful for changing mistakes on the go.

The ability to insert and change images is also absent, so all in all, you should not expect the Office experience to be somehow similar in terms of productivity to the one on your desktop machine. Office Mobile for iPhone will prove to be very useful only in emergency situations as there are things that definitely need to be ironed out. Have a look at the video below to see Office Mobile for iPhone in action.

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In a not so surprising move, especially because it was expected and perhaps even hurried by the online community, Facebook has announced support for hashtags. Yes, the same hashtags that Twitter, perhaps Facebook’s biggest rival, has popularized. In a blog post today, Facebook has made the announcement public, making happy its huge database of users – more than 1.1 billion:

Starting today, hashtags will be clickable on Facebook. Similar to other services like Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, or Pinterest, hashtags on Facebook allow you to add context to a post or indicate that it is part of a larger discussion. When you click on a hashtag in Facebook, you’ll see a feed of what other people and Pages are saying about that event or topic.

If you’ve been using Twitter and know how it works, then it will be a pleasure for you to find the hashtags coming to Facebook. However, I’m sure that it will be useful even for those that will discover the feature the first time. Also, let’s not forget that Google Plus has also introduced recently support for hashtags. If you remember, the hashtags have been used for the first time in the back-then famous IRC (Internet Relay Chat).

Facebook hashtags: trying to catch up with Twitter & Instagram

Some of you might get lucky and be among those that will try hashtags. Facebook announced that they will become available for all users across the world in the coming weeks. Besides having a clear impact on the public conversations of users, the hashtag support is definitely going to be a big help for business and brands to raise awareness about their products and to further enhance the connection with their clients. Facebook is even putting together a few basic advises for those that want to use the hashtags in the promotion of their business.

As suggested in the picture above, the hashtags will be heavily used especially during important events, such as sport matches. Therefore, you will be able to search for a specific hashtag straight from your search bar. Let’s say, #uclfinal (UEFA Champions League Final). And by clicking on that very hashtag, users will see what others think or share about that topic. Furthermore,  you will also be able to compose posts from hashtag feeds and even search results.

Facebook is clearly trying to borrow some features from Twitter that it considers vital for the advertising/business/brand side of the social network. Not so long ago, the company has also launched Verified Pages and Profiles, trying to provide authenticity for pages and profiles. And it makes a lot of sense – there are so many fake Johnny Depp pages out there that you really want to know who’s the real thing.

The Menlo Park company will also add later on analytics about trending hashtags and deeper insights so you could discover what’s important or hot at the moment. So, are you ready to start using #hashtags or not?

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Those looking at the Galaxy S4 Zoom for the first time might actually think it’s a photoshop trick, where some prankster has combined Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Camera to troll the interwebs. On the contrary, it’s one of the many spinoffs from the Korean giant.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom has a 4.3-inch qHD (960×540) Super Amoled display, 1.5GHz dual-core Exynos processor, 1.5GB RAM and 2,330mAh removable battery, runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, and supports LTE. None of these are close to the original Galaxy S4 specs, but still Samsung has decided to rub the luck and branding of their latest flagship to this Camera phone.

As you’d expect, the phone is big and heavy. At 208 grams and 15.4mm thickness, it’s nearly double the weight and thickness of the original Galaxy S4. It comes with a 1.9MP shooter in the front for video calls. It carries just 8GB of internal storage with 5GB of it available out of the box, but comes with a microSD slot expandable upto 64GB.

Samsung GALAXY S4 zoom uses Corning’s new Gorilla Glass 3 with Native Damage Resistance. This cover glass enables improved damage and scratch resistance and reduced scratch visibility. In comparison to Galaxy Camera, the wide end is down from F.2.8 to F/3.1, while the max telephoto is down from F/5.9 to F/6.3. Check out the gallery for more pictures.

As always, there are no details about the pricing, availability or carrier partners for Galaxy S4 Zoom, but as per some rumors, it is scheduled to launch in Russia in July at a cost of 19,990 rubles, or around $618 by conversion.

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In this latest release which should be available (in beta) right away for developers, design and internal functionality have been heavily altered. Everything has been reworked and the difference from iOS 6 to 7 will be visually dramatic. Now let’s see what Apple has managed to pull this time.

The Best features of iOS 7

As Tim Cook affirmed today, iOS 7 is perhaps the most re-worked version of iOS until present. Packed with a lot of new features, Apple’s latest mobile platform should be a joy to run on tablets and smartphones alike. But here’s what really stirs our excitement in the new release:

Revamped design

The general design of iOS 7 has been completely revamped in contrast to previous versions. Simplicity has taken over and elements like flat icons, a new slide-up control panel and even a reworked slide-to-unlock has been implemented. All basic icons have been redesigned alongside typography and a new palette of colors has been introduced. Alongside simplicity, translucency and the use of animations can be seen at each step, Apple upping the ante even with a 3D interface that changes perspective when the phone is tilted. The screen looks bigger and everything else fits in place.

Control Center 

Simply by swiping from the bottom of the screen, future iOS 7 users will have the possibility of accessing vital device functions, like Airplane Mode, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, screen brightness, music controls (pause, play, jump or AirPlay stream) and Do Not Disturb. Simpler applications such as Clock, Camera, Calculator and flashlight can also be accessed from here.

Notifications Center

Just like on Android, iOS 7 will allow notification to pass through the lockscreen and be visible with a simple gesture. Apple went beyond that and a new Today service gives users a brief summary over upcoming weather, traffic, meetings and events. Moreover, the interface is now card-based which has been recognized by many as a webOS borrowed element.

Improved Multitasking

Any 3^rd party application can now be optimized to run in the background thanks to a new API. Moreover, switching between active processes will be done smoothly and the platform will learn which application is used more frequently and update it continuously.  All of these supposedly without affecting the battery life.

Peer-to-peer Transfers

Using a new service called AirDrop, iOS users have a simple, fast and secure way of sharing files to contacts close-by, without needing a pre-defined network or other complicated arrangements. Simply by selecting the desired contact, AirDrop will automatically setup a peer-to-peer connection (like the one used by torrents) and commence transfers. This will work only on the iPhone 5, iPod Touch 5G, the new iPad and the iPad mini.

New Photos app

Complete with a wide range of new filters  and Moments, a new way of automatically sorting photos and videos based on time and location, the new Photos application now comes with zoom in / out function to properly glance all entries, iCloud sharing and a new Activity view display which displays updates left on your streams.

Updated Safari

Full-screen browsing, a new smart search field and enhanced bookmarks are simply three of the many updated elements of the new Safari. Just like in the desktop version, iOS’s browser will come with iCloud Keychain and Enhanced Parental Controls. Also, browsing can be done using gestures and there’s a new flipping card tab overview similar to Google Chrome.

Better Siri

Although not quite a jump, Siri can now speak in both male and female voices (that works for English, French or German) and can include Twitter feeds in its searches. Moreover, Apple’s assistant is now integrated with Wikipedia and can also use Bing for web queries. In addition, control to Bluetooth and brightness functions was also surrendered.

Music and iTunes Radio

The new Music application has been redesigned from ground-up. There a new design that might gauge some people’s eyes but on the inside, everything works great. Integrated with the new and free iTunes Radio, users will have the ability of choosing from over 200 online stations and other iTunes Store entries. As we learned, iTunes Radio will learn its owner in time and suggest relevant songs on-the-go.

Find My iPhone

An activation lock features at base, Find My iPhone does more than the name suggests. Unlike conventional services that could be erased clean off after a phone was stolen, Find My iPhone preserves some data after the phone has been wiped remotely and asks for your original Apple ID and password before someone can turn the service off.

Other worthy mentions

• Largest marketplace – not quite a features, but Apple held closely to note that the App Store currently has over 900,000 live applications and users will soon rejoice a Popular Near Me feature, which sorts applications by popularity and location. Helpful for country-related apps. Moreover, the marketplace now comes with a new Kids category, letting parents and children browse what’s best for their age.
• Night  Mode for Maps
• FaceTime audio for high quality calls
• Notifications synchronization which dismisses events across all devices
• Blocking possibilities for phone calls, FaceTime and Messages
• Enhanced in-car integration which allows various car manufacturers to bring a bit of Apple inside vehicles

iOS 7 is pegged to arrive this fall as a free update for iPhone 4, iPad 2, iPad Mini, iPod Touch 5G and all later generations. Unfortunately, some of the features showcased today will not be available for all devices.

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Apple switches the ON button on their famous WWDC 2013 conference and the first thing made official was Mac OS X 10.9, also known as Mavericks. Apple’s base platform in the desktop segment comes with a nice range of new features and a couple of visual, but also functional improvements. Around 200, from what we heard.

The first thing that changed in this new Mac OS X release is the naming scheme. After Apple’s spokesman pulled a nice joke with a Sea Lion reference, the name of Maverick took over Mountain Lion’s legacy.

What’s changed in Mac OS X 10.9?

One of the many things adjusted in Mavericks is added tab functionality to Finder. Instead of simply working in multiple windows, users now have the possibility of drawing all of those windows together in tabs. Moreover, the application itself has been modified to accommodate full-screen views and each tab can be customized. Also, full files can be moved between tabs.

Another long-waited feature brought to surface today was Tagging, for documents. Location-independent, tags allow future Mavericks owners to add custom labeling to all types of files which will eventually help them for searching. Tagging pages update in real-time and people can also drag an item inside a tag window to mark it accordingly.

Multiple display support has also been incorporated in the new release and from point on, Macs can render both the dock and the menu bar on both displays.  It is yet unsure if the feature is somewhat limited to dual-displays. Interesting enough, those owning an AirPlay-connected HDTV can use it as a secondary panel without functionality limitations from the platform itself.

More battery, more wits  

A critical intervention made in Apple’s newest platform is power optimization. In OS X 10.9, the work done by the computer is said to be well-aligned with power transitions and the end-result is a reduced CPU activity with up to 72%. Response time is also improved through the use of compressed free memory, which can be accessed much faster than in previous releases. This is mainly accomplished by compressing inactive data and decompressing the segments when items are needed again.

Jumping over to the browsing camp, Safari also received an upgrade and now comes with a Fast Start function, individual CPU processing for every single tab, shared memory resource cache and a power saving module. Besides the internal, a sidebar bookmarking bar with reading lists and Twitter has been included. If we were to judge by Apple’s testing’s, it would seem that Safari consumes three times less CPU energy than Firefox and almost half as Chrome, an achievement based also on a App Nap function that redirects power to the currently used window.

iCloud Keychain is another thing we will definitely look forward to. Just like Google’s Chrome synchronization functions, Apple implemented a service that will store all user passwords in a cloud-based database and sync information across multiple devices. It was about time for Apple to implement such a feature and catch up with the rest.

Besides simple memorization, Keychain will also help Safari auto-suggest password and, pay attention, credit card details. Although this might warm-up security enthusiasts, Apple cared to to add that a personal security code will have to be inserted each time.

Notifications, Calendar and Maps

Some improvements arrived in the Notification segment as well, where Apple integrated a quick-reply function right inside their body. This works with conventional emails, FaceTime but also with Messages. Notifications will also appear on the lockscreen from now on and application updates can now be performed in the background. Speaking of applications, those hosted on the mobile side will take advantage of iOS and notify the user directly on the Mac.

A new calendar design has also been implemented and besides taking away that classic leather skin, the general look is now much softer, much cleaner.

Definitely one of the big announcements this evening was the re-worked Maps system, now available right on the desktop. Directions can now be instantly pushed from a Mac towards a mobile device using a dedicated button. Besides functionality, a stunning new mapping design that makes use of crisp vector graphics, 3D views and interactive Flyover will certainly catch your attention.

Moreover, Apple mentioned that mapping functionality will be brought to all sort of applications in the near future. This will be mainly done through a reworked SDK and by using the Map Kit API. At the moment, Maps works from within Mail, Contacts and Calendar.

iBooks also made its way to the Mac, where the full library from iOS devices has been ported. Entire books can now be browsed right from the desktop variant, using chapters and other means of gripping. As we expected, synchronization will be in effect across all types of devices, and users can now make annotations or highlight certain text areas, and pick reading on mobile right where they left off on desktop. We’ve been informed that over 1.8 million titles reside in the iBooks Store, but unfortunately this service will only be available in select countries.

Apple’s Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks will reach the final stage of development this Fall, when the package will be developed broadly.

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Well, for now, we collate the best iPhone and iPad apps we came across over the past week ending 9th June 2013. As you’d expect there are very few new and noteworthy apps this week, possibly because the developers are hoping to get a view of what iOS 7 has to offer before releasing their apps.

TweetShrink (Free)

Tweetshrink does one job and does it right. As the name suggest, it aims to shrink the tweets to make them fit inside the 140 characters limit of twitter. This is definitely not an app for Grammar Nazis, but for others, it’s a handy twitter companion app to have on your iPhone.

Filedrop. (Free)

Filedrop is a handy app which lets you transfer files between two Macs, two PCs, or between a Mac and PC, over Wi-Fi. They have now released an app for iOS which lets you share images from your camera roll, clipboard, or the files you’ve received via Filedrop from your device.

ScribbleMix (Free)

ScribbleMix: Monsters University Pack is a new game by Disney on the lines of hugely popular game, Draw Something. Draw and guess to earn coins and unlock treasure chests. Use your creative skills to scribble your way through the fun and challenging star map.

Pause (Free)

Addicted to apps? Well, there is an easier way to rehabilitate. Use this app (ah! the irony!) called Pause. This iPhone app is designed to help us reconnect with real life. Pause works by tracking the amount of time your phone is in Airplane Mode. First, open Pause and set the amount of time you want to be offline and the activity you plan on doing. Finally, activate the Airplane Mode in your phone’s Settings to complete the process.

Vesper ($4.99)

The famous Apple blogger, John Gruber has turned into an app maker with Vesper, a simple and elegant tool for collecting notes, ideas, things to do. Vesper imposes no system; organize and curate your notes whatever way comes naturally to you. A handy tool, but pricey as well. Below is a demo of the app by Fox News

Vidora (Free)

Vidora is your intelligent guide to video on your iPad that helps you find and watch the best movies, shows, and videos. It learns your video preferences to help you find more of what you love and has a huge collection of premium videos from ESPN, Netflix, iTunes and others. It’s iPad only for now.

Directional Dash ($0.99)

Here is a brand new addictive game which promises lot of fun with its block clearing puzzle game. Directional Dash comes with 3 game modes – classic, expert and limited. It has 9 game types for quick and extended play.

Tall Chess (Free)

There is no dearth of Chess apps on the App store, but Tall Chess is still a welcome addition for its brilliant multiplayer execution. Tall Chess utilizes Game Center’s turn-by-turn feature to make the game social. The interface is simple and beautiful and should definitely help popularizing Chess.

PGA TOUR Caddie (Free)

PGA TOURCaddie is a comprehensive GPS-based, course management, scoring and golf instruction app. It provides GPS access to 500,000 greens across 40,000+ courses worldwide and comes with an amazing 3D fly over preview to visualize each hole.

Total Domination – Reborn (Free)

The popular MMO strategy game is now made available on iOS. Total Domination: Reborn is a standalone mobile game completely independent from the web version and comes with all new groundbreaking graphics and gameplay. It supports all iOS devices including iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

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Unlike previous years, we don’t know much about what Apple & Tim Cook will be announcing at WWDC 2013 keynote today, which starts at 10am PT. Renowned Apple blogger, John Gruber thinks this is because of Time Cook’s promise of doubling down on secrecy of the products. For now, the new flatter design for iOS 7 is almost certain and possibly a new version of OS X might be announced as well. Other expectations include new Macbooks and better iCloud.

If you are keen to get hold of the happenings at WWDC 2013, below are some live blogging links, which promises minute by minute updates of the keynote, which starts at 10am sharp. Click here to know the start time in your timezone.

WWDC 2013 – Live Blogging Links

1. Engadget

2. CNET Live

3. MacRumors Live

4. Ars Technica

5. The Verge

6. 9to5 Mac

7. The Next Web

8. Slashgear

9. Gizmodo

10. MacStories

Watch WWDC 2013 Live Streaming Online

We need to get this one thing right. Apple has never live streamed their WWDC keynotes before and saying that the chances are bleak this time around will be an understatement. Yes they have live streamed couple of their other launch events in the past, but not the WWDC. The thing is WWDC is a developer event and those developers have PAID to attend it. So Apple might not like to spoil the exclusivity associated with WWDC. But we can still hope though. You can keep a tab on these links. [Update: Scroll to the end for the good news]

1. Watch WWDC 2013 online – If not anything, be sure to find the recorded video of the keynote over here.

2. Watch WWDC 2013 live streaming on Twit Live TV

Over the last couple of years we have seen some daring developers who tried to live stream WWDC keynote but ended up getting caught by the Apple police and eventually got evicted. Let us see if we manage to find similar souls this time as well. Be sure to check this page for updates just before the event starts on June 10th.

Update: Apple to Livestream WWDC 2013 Keynote

I admit I was stumped by Apple this time. Apple has decided to live stream the WWDC 2013 keynote directly to Apple TV, courtesy an updated WWDC app for Apple TV. We aren’t sure if the WWDC live stream will be made available on iPhone/iPad/Mac, but don’t be surprised if they restrict it to Apple TV alone. Bookmark and visit back this page just before the keynote to get additional details.

Update 2: Just received a press release from Apple and they confirm that WWDC 2013 keynote will be live streamed on iPhone, iPad, iPad mini and iPod touch via Safari on iOS 4.2. If you are using Mac OS X 10.6 or later, you can catch the keynote live from Safari 4. Visit apple.com to catch the live stream!

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