Volvo’s On Call app gets much needed update, Android Wear support

Volvo’s finally introduced a new look to its On Call app on Android. Its look, while still not fully Material Design, does have new elements that you can tinker around with. It has the usual trip log and car location tracker features. It also adds a Google Now-like “smart prediction” cards on your homescreen and has a parking search feature. The app also now has Android Wear support. But it isn’t clear yet what functionalities have been added to Google’s wearable platform. You’ll need to have a 2012 or later Volvo car that has Volvo On Call installed to gain access to the app.

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

Google-powered Molson beer fridge needs you to translate your thirst

While it’s pretty much a marketing ploy, Google, together with Thinking Box, created a Global Beer Fridge for Molson. It’s equipped with Google’s real-time voice translation. It’ll only open once you say Molson’s slogan “I am Canadian” in six of the 40 programmed languages. It’s both a nod to the diversity of this nation and the country’s July 1^st birthday. If you want to see the fridge in action (and try your luck at opening it), it’ll be in Toronto on July 10^th for the start of the Pan Am Games.

Source: Engadget

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BlackBerry launches $1 privacy chat add-on for BBM

BlackBerry launches $1 privacy chat add-on for BBM

Don’t want to fall prey to people snooping through your phones to see what sort of “juicy” conversations you’re having? BlackBerry’s introducing a new privacy subscription option for its BlackBerry Messenger users on BlackBerry platform, iOS, and Android. The $0.99 per month subscription lets you have private chats that don’t show the name and icon of the people conversing and the messages disappear after you’ve been inactive for a while. It also gives you the ability to edit messages and it has the old times and retracted messaging features.

Source: BlackBerry | Via: Engadget