Yahoo adds email filter capabilities to Mail for Android

Strangely enough, Yahoo is ahead of Google with the new feature they introduced to their Mail app for Android. Yahoo Mail now lets you create, update, and remove filters right from the mobile app. You couldn’t do that at the moment with the Gmail app. All you need to do is tap the option at the bottom of the sidebar to set up your filters. You can filter your emails by content, sender, or recipient.

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

Microsoft officially pulling down the shutters on MSN Messenger

We know you probably haven’t been using Microsoft’s MSN/Windows Live Messenger in ages but if you’re in China and are still using the service, Microsoft is finally killing off the service by October 31. The shift from MSN started in the US about a year ago and they’re now officially putting a stop to the 15-year run of the messaging service.

Source: The Verge

The Apple Beat: Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

At long last, Apple’s September 9 event has been confirmed as the company sent out invitations earlier to select media outlets. 

All of a sudden, Apple and their expected products to be announced, are trending everywhere and this is only going to get more frenzied as we near the launch event.

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Amazon's Fire phone fizzles out

Amazon's Fire phone was launched two months ago and was made available in the market around a month ago but only in the US and on AT&T. The Fire phone was coming into a very crowded market and while it had some notable differentiators such as access to Amazon's ecosystem and a 3D-interface by way of dynamic perspective feature and the Firefly feature which allows the phone to take a picture of an item and quickly find it for sale on Amazon were niche features. Data shows that only 35,000 units of the Fire phone have been sold or at least that's what ComScore's estimated. While Bezos and Co. maintain that they're in the smartphone business for the long haul, the lack of excitement an adoptionof the already limited Fire phone doesn't bode well for Amazon in the long or short term.

Source: The Guardian