Google Wallet lets you send money to your contacts using just their number

With Android Pay’s introduction, it would seem the presence of Google Wallet is a bit redundant. To get rid of that redundancy, Google’s marketing it as a means to send money to your contacts. Google’s simplified this by letting you send money to your contacts using just their mobile numbers, before you needed to have their email addresses. When you send money to a number, your recipient will get a text message with a secure link. When they click this link, they just have to enter their debit card to claim the money. It’ll then be credited to their bank account within minutes, according to Google.

Google didn’t indicate though which countries this feature is available in. But it will available for both Android and iOS users in the coming days

Source: Google Commerce Blog | Download: Google Play Store (Free) + Apple App Store (Free)

BBM for Android update lets you like posts, among other enhancements

You may or may not still be using BlackBerry’s BBM service. If you are using it on Android, the app has been updated with a number of new features. You can now like posts that appear on your feed and broadcast messages to different contacts in different categories. You also get the ability to delete chats directly.

Aside from that, you can also search for BBM chats, channels, groups, and contacts. BlackBerry also improved Privacy Control so you can edit messages and photos or retract them.

Source: Android Community | Download: Google Play Store (Free)

Pebble to update older smartwatches with Timeline feature

Pebble is bringing their Timeline feature from their Pebble Time devices to older Pebble Classic and Pebble Steel smartwatches. The program, currently in beta, is open to Android users and brings support for Pebble Time’s 3.0 operating system include the timeline, unlimited apps, and more are on their way to Pebble Classic and Pebble Steel this month. The firmware update will be made available to both Android and iOS users by the end of the month.

FineSCanner App enables iPhones to scan books and documents on-the-go

ABBYY’s FineSCanner is an app for scanning books with your iPhone and iPad, using the breakthrough BookScan technology. A new version of FineScanner has launched, with new document ‘capture’ technology; it automatically finds the edges of a page and photocopies it without having to press a button. All you have to do is to place your smartphone on a document and scanning begins automatically.

Due to the new technologies of Apple iOS 9 – which has 3D Touch and Spotlight Search – you can effectively work anywhere at anytime, needing only your iPhone.

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