One of the best things about Android is how easy it is to customise just about every aspect of your device. Nothing shows this quite as well as the very many launchers you can download on Google Play. Launchers are basically apps that let you completely change the look of your ‘home screen’ – the interface that you see when you press the home button. However, Launchers are more than... 

The Hotstar App from Star India lets you watch the latest movies, TV shows and live sports free of charge, and is available on Android and iOS. This sounds excellent on paper, but in practice turns out to a case of too-good-to-be-true, as a good design and promising library are let down by big performance issues. In terms of content, the app has a lot of different things you can watch right now. Star... 

Apple  has officially released iOS 8.1.3. The update can be downloaded by going to Settings > General > Software Update. You can also download and install the update through iTunes by plugging in your iPhone to your Mac or PC. The iOS 8.1.3 update contains bug fixes, stability enhancements and performance improvements. The download size of iOS 8.1.3 is 246MB. When Apple released iOS 8, many... 

If you’re an iPhone or iPad user, then you might not realise just how much you end up using the power on your phone. The home button is essential to navigate through your device, and the use of the volume buttons and the mute switch on the side is pretty obvious too, but if your power button stops working, you can’t turn your phone off – or back on again for that matter. It’s... 

Is your smartphone taking too long to load the text messaging app? Has the text message app begun stuttering when you scroll up or down the list of messages? Is your phone’s memory almost full and you need to get rid of some of that digital clutter? If your answer to these questions is yes, then you should consider automatically deleting text messages. Most of us get far too many text messages... 

One of the limitations of WhatsApp is that you can only use it on your phone. If you are not carrying your phone, you’re stuck without WhatsApp. Well, not anymore. WhatsApp has rolled out WhatsApp Web that lets you use WhatsApp inside a desktop browser. Here are instructions on how to setup WhatsApp Web. However, if you are unable to use WhatsApp Web for some reason, there’s another way.... 

India is the land of diverse culture and language, but with technology being built predominantly to cater to the English-speaking world, there’s a gap that still needs to be addressed to boost adoption of technology in the country. Reverie Language Technologies will launch Swalekh, a multilingual keyboard, on January 26 on the Google Play Store. The keyboard will support 11 Indian languages, and... 

Re-affirming the government’s commitment towards safety of women in Andhra Pradesh, deputy chief minister and home minister N Chinarajappa, along with Director-General of Police (DGP) JV Ramudu, launched the iClik (Instant Complaint login Internet Kiosk) centre and ‘Abhayam-safety for sure’ mobile application as a pilot project, here Tuesday. Addressing a gathering after the launch of the services,... 

Popular instant messaging service WhatsApp is said to be temporarily banning users that are using the third-party client WhatsApp Plus in tandem with it. WhatsApp Plus is being wrongly circulated as an alternative to the traditional WhatsApp making onlookers falsely believe that it is the next version of WhatsApp. Sensing a probable privacy and security threat, WhatsApp  is now barring all those users... 

San Francisco: Google began turning smartphones into real-time language translators – of both written and spoken content. The California-based Internet titan is hoping that, along with making it easier for people to understand one another on their travels, Google Translate will serve as a useful tool for teachers, medical personnel, police and others with important roles in increasingly multi-lingual... 

Tech giant Google launched a lane guidance feature for its Maps on Android and iOS devices in India offering users voice-guided instructions signalling the lane they should stay in or move while navigating. Google currently offers lane guidance in more than 10 countries globally, including the US, Canada and Japan. The service, which will be available for 20 cities in the country to begin with, will... 

  Is your smartphone slower than a tortoise? Well, have no fear folks, as we have the perfect solution to all your slow, dragging and lagging smartphone. Every smartphone will age slowly and become slow just like we human beings do but, they will remain smart! Then how to make your smartphone fast, smooth and lag free is your question, right? Well, GizBot is here offering you a list of top 5 Android...