Google Photos for Android gets Chromecast support

Google has finally rolled out the new features the company announced for its Photos app on Android. The app now supports Chromecast, meaning you can show off those vacation photos and videos using your TV. It’s now also possible for some users to start uploading and subscribing to one album. You can also share animations directly from Photos to WhatsApp. And once you get the new Nexus 5X or Nexus 6P, it’ll let you adjust the speed of slow-motion videos you shoot. Google plans to bring these features to iOS and web in the future.

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

Facebook set to revamp your profile on mobile

Facebook’s introducing a whole slew of new features to your mobile profile with an upcoming update. Your new mobile profile page is said to “better present information about you and our friends in a more visually engaging way.” One of the biggest differences is your profile photo will be front and center. And it doesn’t have to just be a photo anymore. You’ll soon be able to have small looping clips as your “profile photo” or if you just want an occasion-specific profile photo, you can have temporary profile photos as well that’ll only be available for a set length of time. You’ll also be able to highlight up to five Featured photos at the top of the profile page.

On the privacy side, you will soon be able to control what information about you people will be able to see. You can even reorder the information in the About fields.

Source: Engadget

Free Microsoft course teaches newbies to code Windows 10 apps

Microsoft needs developers to create apps for their platform. What better way to encourage them but through free tutorials that even “absolute beginners” can do. This series of video lessons teaches you to make Universal Windows Platform apps that can work on different devices like PCs, phones, tablets, HoloLens, Xbox, and Raspberry Pi. The lessons extend up to when you submit an app to the Windows Store.

To get started, Microsoft encourages you to have basic grasp of coding in C# so best check out the C# Fundamentals first. And then you can take the two-part course. You’ll first learn the basics to make a simple app and then create four full-fledged apps: a soundboard to play funny sounds, a weather app, an album cover matching game, and an encyclopedia of Marvel characters with Cortana integration.

Source: Windows Blog | Via: The Next Web

Apple deals with iOS issues with latest 9.0.2 update

With iOS 9 in its early stages, it’s inevitable that Apple is working out the kinks of the latest mobile operating system update. With the iOS 9.0.2 version, Apple sets out to squash a number of bugs. Some of the fixes introduced are for iMessage activation issues, screen rotation issues, interrupted iCloud backups, Podcast app improvement, and problems with cellular data settings. The latest update can be downloaded from the General -> Software Update portion in your main settings. Make sure to plug your device into a power source and connect to Wi-Fi when you update.

The upcoming 9.1 update is said to bring new emojis into iOS, including taco and burrito characters, if those are of interest to you.

Source: Mashable