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Swype keyboard app for Android now on Play Store, supports four Indian languages

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Published on: April 25, 2013

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Swype keyboard app for Android now on Play Store, supports four Indian languages

Nuance software Inc has launched the newest version of its most popular Swype keyboard for Android smartphones and tablets and has released it for the first time on the Google Play Store.

The App is now in the release stage and it has sheded its beta tag ,which was present for past couple of years.

The latest version of Swype also includes support for four Indian languages namely Tamil, Urdu, Hindi and Hinglish (a mixture of Hindi and English), allowing Swype users in India to choose from the different languages while using the Swype keyboard.

In addition to the new languages, the new version of Swype also brings what the company calls ‘dialect based Living Language support’ for Indian English, that automatically updates the Swype dictionary with popular Indian words.

Also Dragon dictations is a must have feature which includes the benefits of the world-renowned dragon voice recognition by letting you to type handsfree by using the users voice and turns your voice in to text quickly and accurately with a simple press of the Dragon key. Available in 36 languages.

Swype had added Hinglish input support to its keyboard, last year, learning Hinglish words as users key them in.

Swype allows people to swipe their finger from one letter to the next to input text – or tap, speak or handwrite letters, numbers and symbols. Nuance had updated Swype to support what it calls Living Language, earlier this year. The keyboard continuously updates each user’s personal language model with the words and phrases they use the most – and with opt-in connected services they can also get the words and phrases trending around the world through crowd-sourcing Swype can follow a user from one device to another with Backup and Sync.See our new beloved Swype in action

Download Swype from Google Play (Paid version for 1$)

Android closes gap on Apple in apps race; expected to hit 1 million apps by June

by Harsh Kotak

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Tags: 1 million apps, Android, android market, applications, apps, google play, Google Play Store

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Published on: January 22, 2013

The ‘number of apps’ is still the defining factor of a mobile ecosystem, and plays a major role in tempting people in switching to a different operating system. Apple and Google have always been in this app war but previously Apple always had the head start with its App store.

But according to a new report from The Sociable, the number of apps on Google Play, the new avatar of the Android Market, is estimated to have touched 800,000 this month, that’s a shade more than 775,000 available on Apple’s App Store. Google had actually got close enough with 700,000 apps in October.

The Google App development is growing at a faster rate than the iOS. It took about 2 years from the launch of the Android Market for Google to pull together 100,000 apps, and new predictions say that about 2.5 years after hitting that milestone, and with such pace the rebranded Play Store is expected to hit 1 million apps by June 2013. Hurray!

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If we all need 1 Million apps and if all those apps are useful or even functional is another question but hey, congratulations Android! So if you want to be able to have access to this wonderful soon to be one million Android App store, get yourself a nice Android Phone if you don’t own one already.

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Android App sparks outrage among Asian groups

by Nitish Shah

Categories: Apps, Apps, Latest News

Tags: android app sparkinf outage, Android maket bad app, apps creating outrage, apps creating problems, bad apps, banned apps, Google Play Store, hated apps, latest apps, make me asian, make me indian, racism apps, worst app

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Published on: December 28, 2012

Android App sparks outrage

We used to see earlier that ,some posts regarding religion/race on Facebook/Twitter/YouTube sparked public outrage and riots everywhere. Nowadays apps are also being dragged in the process of creating outrage among certain ethnic groups. It makes us feel sad that smartphones/Internet are used as bane for mankind which earlier was thought to be boon for mankind. We at AndroidNova.org discourage racism and are totally against it. Now,lets head to the actual news i.e Android App sparks outrage among Asian groups.

Asian-American groups in the US are demanding from Google to remove an application (app) from its Google Play Store called ‘Make Me Asian’ or ‘Make me Indian’ which allows users to alter their facial photos to resemble Asian stereotypes faces.

“These apps perpetuate hateful and offensive stereotypes that are used to this very day to marginalise and humiliate Asians and Native Americans,” wrote Washington pastor Peter Chin on the website change.org, where he has started a petition for the apps to be taken down.

“They are not funny, and their use highlights a vicious double standard, where people are allowed to characterise” both groups “in a way that they never would do to other races,” Chin wrote about the series of Android phone apps created by designer Kimbery Deiss.

“You can for a few seconds to make himself a Chinese, Japanese, Korean,” Kimbery Deiss wrote on Google Play about the app that allows users with the click of a button to be transformed into an Asian with a Fu Manchu mustache and a rice paddy hat.

Deiss also said that by altering your photo to look like an Indian with brown skin, war paint and a feather headband that will now allow you to “not get bored!”

On the change.org website, Chin is asking that individuals sign a petition stating the apps “are racist and perpetuate false and offensive stereotypes that are hurtful to both Asian and Native American communities.”

For the benefit of humankind and for increasing love and friendship between humans of different races, we urge of readers to report this app as offensive on Google play Store.

SAY NO to RACISM and let there be PEACE

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New Page with the Google Play Books

by Paris Koutsioukis

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Tags: Google, google play books, Google Play Store

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Published on: September 27, 2012

According to the official Android blog, a new application that will be called Google Play Books will enable the Android user to read more than 4 million books on the go, and it would be available in U.S., Canada, Australia, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Korea and Japan. Now let’s read about the features of the new application.

Google Play Books Features:

Places and dictionary

Whenever you are reading Moby Dick or Tolstoy or anything, the application will make the reading experience enjoyable and more rewarding as possible by informing you every time you come across an unfamiliar city or mountain or any location. The only thing you need to do is to tap it and it provides you with information about that area, that will appear in a info card with a Google Map and link to Wikipedia to enable you to gather more information about the place.

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Explore locations using info cards in Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time.

In addition when you come across unknown words just tap it for a quick definition.

Translation

For those readers that read books in their non-native language, you can now easily translate words or phrases to and from a number of languages. Just select the text or word and use the button on the top action bar to select the language you want to translate into. Highly simplistic!

Highlighting and notes

When you page through any of books on my shelf, you will find highlighted passages and illegibly scrawled notes in the margins. From this day, the application enables you to highlight text and easily take notes. And because all your books are saved on the cloud, highlights and notes sync on your tablet, phone and the web.

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You will also notice new sepia reading theme (in addition to the current ones), 2D Sliding page turn animation, and lots of stability improvements. Finally, you can now read Japanese books in a vertical, right-to-left layout-and flip pages from right to left.

Sources:

Official Android Blog

Google Play launches huge sale on hitting 25 billion downloads.

by Deepesh Vijayvargiya

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Tags: Asphalt 7, electronic arts, full fat, Gameloft, google play, Google Play Store, Modern Combat 3, play store, rovio

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Published on: September 27, 2012

Whether you’re looking for directions, checking email or sharing a picture with friends, apps are now an indispensable part of life. And if you’re using Android, it all starts with Google Play, home to 675,000 apps and games. That’s a lot of choices. Google Play has crossed 25 billion downloads of those 675,000 apps, and to celebrate that, they are offering some great discounts for the next five days.

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If you are new to Android, or if you are already an android user and you wanted to download some apps or games that you really like but could not do that because it was too expensive or you thought it was too much for that app so here is your chance, you might want to take advantage of the upcoming sale on the Google Play store.

We do not have the full list of the apps that will be available for this sale but Google says it would include the apps from top developers including Gameloft, Electronic Arts, Rovio, runtastic, Full Fat and more. They all will just be available for 25 cents ( Isn’t that awesome ? ). And they will also be offering special collections like 25 movies you must own, 25 banned books, 25 albums that changed the world and our 25 top selling magazines, all at special prices.

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According to Google “ Every day you’ll be able to choose from a collection of apps from some of the world’s top developers including Gameloft, Electronic Arts, Rovio, runtastic, Full Fat and more. And all for just 25 cents. We’ll also be offering some special collections like 25 movies you must own, 25 banned books, 25 albums that changed the world and our 25 top selling magazines, all at special prices. Visit Google Play a little later today to check them out.”

“Twenty-five billion is more than twice the distance, in miles, that the Voyager 1 spacecraft has travelled since its launch 35 years ago. It’s the amount of time, in minutes, that have passed since some of our earliest ancestors began to set foot in Europe. And now, thanks to all of you, it’s a Google Play milestone. We look forward to the next 25 billion.”

I’ve already purchased a few of my favorite apps including Gameloft’s Asphalt 7 for a mere 25 cents Its your time now go grab all your favorite apps.

Cheers !

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Google Play End of Summer Sale is Back

by Sidharth

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Tags: Google, google play, google play end of summer sale, Google Play Store, google play store end of summer sale, summer sale

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Published on: September 5, 2012

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Howdy Readers,

At first news broke out at that rockstar’s Max Payne (add play store link) is now 99 cents or 50 Indian rupees at the google play store. It could have been a move to promote the game which didn’t get great reviews from users. Well now it now turns out that games and apps are starting to get discounted prices as well. That means the end of summer sale is back and it’s making its debut in the new look google play store. Most the include gameloft games and popular 3rd party keyboard app swiftkey 3. Click Here for all the discounted apps. More apps and games will be soon added to that list. Most of the discounted apps should be priced between Rs. 49 to Rs. 100. So what are you waiting for? Go get ‘em and make the most of the Google play store end of summer sale.

Thank You

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Google Play Store gives Developers a voice

by Darshak Shah

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Tags: Android, comments, developers, Google, Google Play Store, play store, reviews, top developers

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Published on: June 17, 2012

Just imagine how many hairs developers must have pulled when their applications on the Google Play Store gets a bad review. And if reviewer is not reading description of the app properly and just complains it doesn’t work properly then it becomes big de-motivation for the developers.

One of the biggest problems the Android developers face in Google Play Store is the inability to reply to users’ reviews. After lot of criticism and complaints, the Google finally have made big changes in the Google Play Store. This will give developers chance to justify the bad reviews for apps or even appreciate good reviews.

This feature currently is available to only Top Developers, but soon will be rolled out for all developers. This enhancement will definitely improve the play store by eradicating the spams and fake reviews. Below are screen-shot from an Android Developers console, allowing them to directly reply to customer’s reviews.

We are not sure whether there is notification system if a review has been replied, if yes then it will be a icing on the cake. It will help developers to resolve the issues faced by reviewers like bugs, crashes or abnormal behavior much faster. This two way communication will help them to clarify the wrong information provided by some users and also help in troubleshooting genuine problems faced.

This new feature will hopefully have some positive impact on both the developers and users by creating a strong bond between them. We love Google’s “Give and Take” strategy. What do you guys think? Please share your views and comments below.

Sources: android.gs, androidauthority.com

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