Yahoo! revamps Mail app with new themes, improved filters, and 1TB storage

Yahoo! has unveiled a new look and set of features for its Mail service on the desktop, iOS, Android, and Windows devices. The app now uses curated Flickr photo for the background viewable on all your gadgets. You get features previously available to premium users, such as disposable email addresses, improved filters, and automatic message forwarding.

Yahoo! Mail also now gives you 1TB storage and emails can now be read as threaded messages. The redesigned app is available in English in Canada, U.S., U.K. Philippines, Malaysia, India, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa with other languages and countries to follow.

Indulge your inner filmmaker with Stop Motion – Animation Maker Pro

EDUMOTION’s Stop Motion – Animation Maker Pro is an iOS application designed to bring stop motion film capabilities into your hands. The app makes use of your smartphone's camera to record your movies. It has an intuitive stop motion recording mode and time lapse mode. You can fix any errors without losing your progress, adjust the frames per second of your recording, add or record sound, share your creation with others, and many more features needed to create your stop motion masterpiece.

Stop Motion – Animation Maker Pro 2.2 is a free on the iTunes App Store with additional functionalities that are available for purchase in the app.

Review: Griffin Technology WoodTone Headphones

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The headphone market has never been more saturated with an unbelievable range of choice in price, finish, design and special features that aim to differentiate each brand. Aside from sound quality, companies are exploring a variety of materials and treatments. Longtime accessory maker Griffin Technology has turned to wood as the inspiration of its latest line of over the ear headphones.

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BlackBerry and Kik messenger finally decide to play nice

After almost three years of back and forth legal banter, Waterloo-based BlackBerry (then RIM when dispute was filed) and Waterloo-based Kik messenger have finally settled their long-standing instant messenger dispute.

Although no word on settlement or how this will play out now for Kik, it puts to rest the patent infringement case that was filed back in 2010 when Kik launched their popular messenger service which - to this day - feels a lot like BlackBerry's famed BBM.

We reached out to Kik's founder and CEO Ted Livingston for comment and here is what he had to say:

"Its a tough subject that I can't say much on. Appreciate you asking though!"

Could this mean a future for Kik on BlackBerry 10? Unlikely. I think it was more about long term legal fees than anything. Stay tuned for more

via The Globe