Great Deal: Up to 90% off on EA Games for Android, iPhone and iPad

Electronic Arts have started their big holiday sale. Over 55 games for iPhone and iPad at Rs. 55 / $0.99. 
EA Mobile, Chillingo and PopCap are spotlighted in Apple’s Best of 2012 App list. EA has also launched EA Daily Spin that would let iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch Users get Exclusive Chance to win games such as Tetris, Mass Effect: Infiltrator, The Sims 3, and more games for free  with the Daily Spin. EA also offers discounts on select Android games that are available for as low as $0.99.

Google launches free music service to rival Apple's $25 a year iTunes Match

Google is turning on a "scan and match" service for Google Music users to store copies of their songs online, offering for free what Apple charges $25 a year for.

The service, which launched Tuesday, cuts uploading time for those who want to save their music libraries online. It scans a user's computer and gives them online access to the songs it finds, as long as they match the songs on its servers. Otherwise, it will upload songs to a user's online locker.
The service is similar to Apple Inc.'s iTunes Match, which includes online storage for 25,000 songs.

Twitter 4.0 available for BlackBerry Smartphones

Twitter v4.0 for BlackBerry smartphones is now available on the BlackBerry App World storefront. This update features a new, enhanced navigation experience allowing users to discover friends and content quicker. Here are the details:

The new Twitter for BlackBerry version 4.0 includes:

- Enhanced navigation bar - With Twitter v4.0, you will enjoy an enhanced navigation experience, keeping you connected to your friends and content that matter.

- New tabs with a familiar feel - Twitter v4.0 showcases the 'Connect' and 'Discover' tabs, which active Twitter users will recognize from Twitter's website.

Blackberry 10 kept abide from Whatsapp

RIM has been doing its part to keep the excitement and the anticipation levels high for the upcoming release of BlackBerry 10 next month.With the launch of BlackBerry 10 imminent the big question that most people want to know is which of the big, popular apps will be supported. 

Unfortunately, WhatsApp will not be one of those applications. WhatsApp is a nicely executed cross-platform instant messaging service that provides delivery confirmation.  It also has proven to be a consistent performer and has about 20 millions users.

WhatsApp is the best selling iPhone app : Apple

According to the 'best of 2012' list, messaging app WhatsApp was the best-selling iPhone app of the year, while Apple's Pages word processor was the best-selling iPad app of the year.

Tech giant Apple has released a list detailing the best selling apps of the year as well as the firm's own favourites.   The number one free iPhone app of the year was YouTube app, released in September after Apple dropped the version of the app which came pre-installed on the iPhone until iOS 6. 

The top free app for the iPad was Skype, the video calling service, the Telegraph reports.

Facebook for Android goes native, Now twice as fast

Facebook for Android has always  struggled with performance issues and particularly laggy scrolling due to its dependence on web views instead of native code. The company has now finally rolled out a native build of the app for Android which promises to double the performance of the application. The application is expected to be twice as fast at looking at photos and opening up the timeline.

Launch timings to have been worked at according to Phillip Fung, a Facebook engineer. The popular social network has decided to keep the interface the same while making extensive under-the-hood changes to create a solid foundation for the app moving forward. There’s much improved memory efficiency and garbage collection to ensure that the performance is right in line with the updated iOS application which shipped a few months ago. Facebook has built its own scrolling engine and is using it instead of the one built into Android. The update will go live later today on the Play Store and should show up on your devices as well.

LinkedIn for BlackBerry v2.1 update brings features of Groups and Contact Sync

LinkedIn has updated the BlackBerry app to version 2.1 that brings new features including option to sync and merge LinkedIn connections with existing BlackBerry contacts, Groups and More tab to view saved and recommended jobs and access, add, view and participate in the groups. The LinkedIn for BlackBerry v2.0 update brought major UI changes and new features back in October.

New features in LinkedIn for BlackBerry v2.1

• Groups and More lets you access saved jobs and browse ones that are recommended for you
• Access groups, join in new groups, view pending group memberships and view recommended groups from Groups and More
• Connect and Sync your existing BlackBerry contacts with your LinkedIn connections with Contact Sync

Download LinkedIn for BlackBerry v2.1 (only for BB OS 6 and later) from the BlackBerry App World for free.

Google Maps application arrives on the iPhone

It's finally here, folks. After taking an exit from the iOS platform with the arrival of iOS 6, the Google Maps application started journey as a standalone app that had to be downloaded from the App Store. And although it did take some time coming, the app is now finally available for download.

Google did take its own sweet time but the app seems every bit as good as the Android version on paper and is even better than the one you previously had on iOS. Not to mention the current Apple Maps.

Facebook Photo Sync feature started rolling out in Smartphones Like Android, iPhone and iPad as apps

Facebook started testing Photo Sync feature for their Android, iPhone and iPad apps back in August. Now they have started rolling out the feature to everyone. There is no app update for this feature, you just get a notification when you open the Facebook app to enable Photo Sync feature. This automatically uploads entire photos in your phone as you capture. You can also sync your entire phone photos, and you get 2GB of storage for it. The auto photo upload feature is already available on Google+ as instant upload and in Dropbox as Camera Upload.