Google Launches Google Currents for the UK and the European Markets

April 17th, 2012

Google has gone right ahead and accepted the challenge posed by the likes of Flipboard by launching its digital magazine reader,  referred to as the Google Currents. This particular application was available previously only in the USA. But now, the leading search engine has officially released it in the wider international market.

Google Currents, particularly is now available in the UK and rest of the European market and that too for IOS and Android run mobile devices.

Google Currents will operate and function on much the same way as the Flipboard that obtained accolades as being the best in the business from various technology sources including the T3 magazine.

The Google Currents application will also get feeds from the leading sources as The Guardian, Huffington Post and TechCrunch, etc .and then go on to reformat the same into more user-friendly articles for its users and it will automatically update as well.

Further, Google Currents will also have tailored content from partiners as also source the same from RSS feeds and stories from Google Plus network circles.

As mentioned, the Google Currents application has now been made available to Apple iOS run devices as well as Android-based  mobile phones . This far, the Google Currents has been available to users only in the USA and now has been released in the UK as well as the wider European markets too.

With this, Google can hope to elevate the standard of its Google Currents application to the level of Flipboard.

Nokia Lumia 800 gets update for fixing battery issue

March 30th, 2012

It’s indeed a delightful news for the angry Nokia Lumia 800 users, who have been regularly complaining about the battery performance. Finnish company has recently rolled out its third software update, which as per company’s claim would bring “significant improvements” in battery performance and power management. Albeit, update was scheduled for 18 April, it has come ahead of time.

Nokia has also earlier launched the update in December 201 and January this year. This third update will be spanning the globe in four phases. After the current phase, it would be landed on 4, 11 and 18 April.

The latest update will enhance the battery life between 25 to 30 hours. It is also being claimed to bring better voice quality and soft keys, which would illuminate at all brightness levels settings.