Android gets Afterlight photo-editing app

If you dabble in smartphone photography, Android devices just got another extensive photo editing application. Afterlight offers a wide array of tools for you to play with. It lets you adjust everything from brightness, exposure compensation, shadows, temperature, highlights, contrast, etc. You can control these with a slider that appears at the bottom of the screen. The US$0.99 app also offers you a total of 59 filters, including 27 original filters, 14 created by Instagram users, and 19 special “seasons” filters. If that isn’t enough, you also get 66 textures that add artificial light and dust to your photos.

Source: The Next Web

PayPal adds in-store payments and other features to Windows Phone app

PayPal is updating its Windows Phone app to be up to par with its Android and iOS counterparts. The new version of the app now offers support for in-store payments, check-in to pay, searching and redeeming offers, and ordering ahead for local businesses that accept PayPal. The company also said participating restaurants will let you pay while you’re at the table by viewing the bill on your smartphone, meaning you don’t have to wait for the end of the meal to pay. 

Microsoft updates Skype to only send you chat notifications on one active device

If you have Skype on your smartphone, tablet, and computer, we’re pretty sure you get annoyed by the simultaneously pinging of those devices when you get chat notifications. Microsoft is fixing the problem with a new update. Skype has a new “active endpoint” feature that will only send you chat notifications on the device you are using. For example, if you are chatting on your phone, then the notifications will only show up on your phone. At the same time, the chat history is still synced across multiple devices so if you want to pick up the conversation on another device, you can do just that.

HP tipped to be develop US$199 Windows-based laptop

Microsoft wants to make sure it can take on Google’s Chromebooks and looks like HP is going to help them. A leaked document showed details about a laptop called HP Stream 14. The US$199 device will reportedly be equipped with a low-powered AMD A4 Micro processor, 2GB RAM, 32GB flash storage, and a 14-inch 1366x768 resolution screen. If you want one carrying an A10 Micro ship, 1080p touchscreen display, and 64GB of space, then you will have to shell out a bit more.

HP will also be offering 100GB OneDrive storage for two years for those who will buy this device. There isn’t any official word yet when the Stream will come out but we’re sure we are not far off from seeing this out in the wild soon.

Source: Engadget