Tag Archives: BETA

The team at Shifty Jelly have been hard at work (well at least they tell us they have) working on a number of projects including an update to the Pocket Casts web interface which is currently in beta and we’ve been lucky enough to have had access for about a …

Skype has announced new features for users of its beta preview version, including in-call reactions, retooled searches, and a few other odds and ends. The move brings Skype into line with a number of other instant messaging apps which offer similar features now. So what are these new features? Skype is …

SwiftKey has brought out a big update to its Beta users which brings a number of big things, such as incognito mode so you type away private things without it remembering, along with support for for text expansion, which can save you a whole lot of keystrokes plus much more. …

Version 43 of the Chrome OS Beta Channel has dropped this morning. There’s the usual array of performance improvement and bug fixes, but for those of you interested in a bit more detail; Google have posted some “highlights” in their Google Chrome Releases Blog one of which particularly is going …

Swiftkey is a great keyboard, in fact it’s considered one of the best on Android – and now iOS. The team is constantly re-jigging the keyboard to make it more functional and easier to use. Their latest tweak which will be released to Swiftkey Beta users, includes a SwiftKey Hub, …

Google’s ChromeOS Beta track is getting an update from today, with a couple of new features which sees the Files app and Calculator get the biggest visual overhauls, with a Material Design makeover for both apps. There’s a few other changes which have been announced in the update which takes …

Dropbox have released a beta of their Chrome Extension, Dropbox for Gmail, whichis now available through the Chrome Webstore. The extension is pretty simple and as you’d expect given the name. Once installed, the extension adds a Dropbox icon to your action bar, which then allows you to add a …

Google has seen a fair amount of success with their Google Play Music All Access service. With over 30 Million songs available to stream paired with a locker that allows you to upload 20,000 tracks of your own, what’s not to like? Well, there’s no videos is there? Google is …

Z Launcher, the beta replacement launcher from recently split Nokia, has received a brand new update which brings a few changes to the popular Android launcher and adds two new devices to the beta program. The update, which is only available to users who signed up for the limited beta …

At Google I/O last month, Google introduced a new set of publishing APIs for devlopers which would give them much more control over the distribution of their apps, as well as notifications and improved statistics. Google has announced that the API is now live for developers in the dashboard. The …

QKSMS is an excellent and promising SMS app alternative that is in development.  Moez (the developer), has created a close to perfect blend of beauty and features for his app, which is in closed beta. Before the 4.4 announcement, new Android developer Moez realised that there weren’t good enough quickreply …

Optus customers are now being given the opportunity to sign up to a beta testing group for the My Optus app according to an update on their Google Play page. The Beta is being run from a Google Group as opposed to a Google+ community, which is neither here, nor …

If you’re jealously looking on at the iOS users all accessing the new Pebble App Store today, Pebble has just announced that if you’re willing to update to the Developer track on your Android then you too can partake in the App store goodness. And now for a very special …

If you’re a Twitter beta tester, you may have been disappointed this morning when you went to load up the app, as the company has decided to scrap the newly announced app redesign. In its place, Twitter have decided to construct a hybrid version, mixing the best of the newly …

It’s rolled around to the average 6 weekly cycle for ChromeOS updates and the Chrome Team has updated the Chrome Releases blog to advise that the Stable, Beta and Developer channels for ChromeOS have all been updated. First up, the Stable channel – old faithful – has been updated to …