8Tracks for Android gets new navigation features to look for mixes

8Tracks has just updated its Android app to get new navigation features first since on the iPhone version earlier this year. It is now easier for you to discover great music through the app. It will help you search for new songs using genre- or mood-based options. You can swap genres by just swiping in the left sidebar. And the songs won’t stop even though you browse through all the mixes you want to look at with the persistent player present at the bottom of the app.

Source: Lifehacker | Download: Google Play Store (Free)

Video: Apple's Tim Cook discusses Beats acquisition on Charlie Rose

In a rare TV interview with Charlie Rose, Apple CEO Tim Cook talks about what moved him regarding the Beats music service that led to the acquisition earlier this year and how he expects new hires Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre to fit into Apple as well as where they might collaborate.

Skype for Windows Phone gets location sharing

Skype has gotten a new useful feature for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows Phone 8. You can now share your location with the people you’re chatting with. What’s so good about this, you ask? Well, if you’re out and about and will be meeting people. You can message them and show where you are and they can help you regain your bearings. You just need to select the “+” icon in a chat and tap on “Share location” and you are good to go.

Source: Skype | Download: Windows Phone Store (Free) 

SMS Continuity won’t be available at iOS 8 launch

If you’ve been waiting to get your hands on SMS Continuity feature, you’ll have to wait a bit more. According to a press release from Apple, SMS Continuity and iCloud Photo Library will come as an update and not with the iOS 8 release on September 17. For those who don’t know, SMS Continuity gives you the ability to continue messaging on your Mac and iPad if you receive it from your phone. And iCloud Photo Library lets you access photos you have in your iCloud on any of your devices.

SMS Continuity will be available as a free update in October, while iCloud Photo Library will come out in beta.

Source: Apple | Via: Ubergizmo