Minuum keyboard challenges the QWERTY layout

Toronto-based startup Whirlscape not only wants to replace the native keyboard on your Android device, they want to change the way keyboards look by completely disregarding the QWERTY layout. The three rows layout is gone and it has been replaced by a single line of letters. The app compensates for the inherent imprecision of typing the layout brings about with an intelligent prediction algorithm that figures out what you are typing at the same time minimizing the number of taps on the screen. Its compact design even leaves you with more space to see the displayed content.

Minuum is currently available on the Google Play Store for $3.99.

Mailbox users can get an extra gig of space from Dropbox

Here’s a nice little Easter egg for you, Mailbox users. You can get an additional 1GB of storage for free by simply linking your Mailbox account with Dropbox.

To activate this, you just need to head to the Settings menu on your Mailbox iOS app, select Dropbox, and then add your account information. If your accounts are already linked you just need to unlink them and reconnect to get that free 1GB. 

Source: The Next Web

Skype calling on Outlook.com available for North America and UK users

Great news for Outlook.com and Skype users in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, and France: you now have the ability to make Skype video calls from Outlook. Your Skype contacts are going to appear grouped within your Outlook contact list. You just need to install a plugin before you can video call someone. The browsers supported include Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Firefox. 

Source: Outlook Blog

YouTube 5.0 for Android brings card UI, picture-in-picture viewing, and more

New YouTube 5.0 UI (top), old YouTube UI (bottom)

YouTube is rolling out an update for its Android users that will have you easily scrolling through the new navigation menu, flip through videos quicker with the new card user-interface, and multitask while watching videos with the new picture-in-picture option. You just need to swipe the video down (or tap on the check mark in the upper left corner) to minimize the video you’re watching while you browse YouTube and you can close the minimized video quickly by swiping it to the left. It isn’t a system-wide option (meaning it doesn’t work outside of YouTube) but it is a start.

Source: Phandroid