Yahoo debuts Livetext, ‘video messenger’ app

With the countless messaging apps out on the market, it takes a unique concept to get someone to use your app. What Yahoo has in their stable is a pretty unique one. The company released a new messaging app on iOS on the Hong Kong App Store called “Yahoo Livetext”. What the app offers is instead of exchanging texts and photos, you share “live video texting.” This video messenger shows you a live video of your friend texting but without the audio. This is said to make the conversation a bit more natural since you get to see the person you’re talking to. However, the app only works one-on-one, no group chats here.

It’s available in over 20 languages and will remain a free app. You can add friends through your contacts or by looking for their Livetext IDs. The app works with Apple devices running iOS 8.0 or later and it’s been optimized for iPhone 5, iPhone 6, and iPhone 6 Plus. If this makes its way here, will you be trying this out?

Source: SlashGear

Pocket for iOS gets text-to-speech feature

I love Pocket’s text-to-speech feature on Android. It makes it especially easy to go through articles I’ve saved on the app while doing chores or while commuting. It took what seems like forever but now iOS users can take advantage of this feature as well. The “Listen” feature makes it easier for you to skip between paragraphs, adjust reading speed to suit your preference, and has automatic language detection (which is also said to support “all languages”. You can access the feature through the three-dotted button. The iOS app also gets the usual bug fixes and performance improvements.

Source: Pocket | Via: SlashGear

Hello Cortana, meet Android

Cortana, whcih is one of Windows Phone 8.1's most impressive features, and subsequently a huge feature of Windows 10, has leaked early on Android. Available as a user-installable .apk file, from http://suomimobiili.fi Cortana can be installed on most Android devices and Cortana will hapily check the weather, sports scores or run various other searches. The 'Hey Cortana," command is not yet available in this build but will likely be made available when Microsoft is ready to submit an updated version.

Source: Engadget

Sony Computer Entertainment America new PS4 Games for PlayStation Store’s annual PLAY Summer event

Sony Computer Entertainment America announced the lineup of games for PlayStationStore PLAY 2015, its annual summer program featuring brand new game launches and special offers.

PLAY returns July 14 when this year’s lineup – Journey, N++, GALAK-Z and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture – becomes available for pre-order on PlayStationStore. PlayStationPlus members who pre-order PLAY 2015 titles will receive a 20 percent discount. 

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