With the Windows Phone 8.1 update, Microsoft decoupled the music player experience from the operating system to allow frequent updates. While the Xbox Music app is not quite there yet, some independent apps like MusikPlayer have been able to fill the gap and offer a nice alternative to Windows Phone users. Developed by independent developer from India, Shoban Kumar, MusikPlayer is a...
TicketGoose.com is a popular service which allows users to book bus tickets in India. The Bangalore-based company offers a wide range of bus operators for bookings. Last week, the company launched their official app for Windows Phone that offers a simple and easy way of booking bus tickets from 700-odd top bus operators to more than 3,000 destinations, with 20,000+ trips every day....
While Windows Phone users have been pretty happy with the growth of the ecosystem in India, Axis Bank customers have been clamouring for the official app especially after the closest rivals, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank landed on the Windows Phone Store. Axis Bank is the third largest private sector bank in India. I confirmed that the Axis Bank app was coming soon a few days ago, and we've...
At the HP APJ Summit 2014 in Mumbai, India last week, HP unveiled a colorful new lineup of consumer notebooks. The new HP notebook series - HP Pavilion 14 and Pavilion 15, HP Pavilion x360, and the HP ENVY 15 – features unique designs in eye-catching colors, combining style and function. I spent some time with the HP Pavilion x360, the touch convertible PC designed for productivity and...
ICICI Bank is the second largest bank in India in terms of assets and market capitalization. With a network of 3,539 branches, the Indian multinational bank has a presence in 19 countries. ICICI Bank launched their mobile banking app – iMobile – last month after a long wait, but have followed it up nicely with a simultaneous platform launch of iTrack, the bank's official deliverable...
With over 12 million registered users and 6 million app downloads overall, Paytm is India's largest mobile commerce platform. The service started by offering mobile recharge and utility bill payments and today it offers a full marketplace to consumers on its mobile apps. The Paytm app for Windows Phone got a big update over the weekend. The latest update bumps the app version to 3.0.0....
The official Jabong.com app has finally landed on the Windows Phone Store. Jabong.com (jabong.com) is an Indian fashion and lifestyle e-commerce portal that retails apparel, footwear, accessories, beauty products, fragrances, home accessories, and other lifestyle products. Founded in January 2012, the e-commerce store is one of the top online retailers in India. The app allows you to...
Cleartrip.com is one of the more popular travel websites in India, which allows the booking of flight and train tickets as well as hotels. Incidentally, about two years ago, Cleartrip was one of the first OTA (Online Travel Agent) in India to launch a Windows Phone app, and Windows Phone was also their first platform of choice. While all that gave the service a positive mindshare...
HealthKartPlus claims to be India's first and only comprehensive generic drug search engine that enables you to find the appropriate medicines from most of the brands as well as their generic equivalents. The company launched their official Universal app for Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 devices earlier this week and while the search engine empowers Indian consumers and caregivers to...
Dhoom:3 The Game was launched last year around the time of Dhoom:3 release, the third movie in the popular Bollywood franchise. The endless runner game involved a thrilling high speed bike race through the streets of Chicago where the movie was set. The Game became quite popular, and crossed the 1 million downloads mark on the Windows Phone Store in quick time becoming the first app/...
myTube, an unofficial YouTube app for Windows Phone has gone free for the day in partnership with myAppFree. While Google continues to shirk away from releasing the official YouTube app, a handful of third-party apps like Metrotube and myTube offer users a great YouTube experience on their Windows Phone devices. myTube is one of the must-have apps for your Windows Phone, and brings in...
Scribd (scribd.com) claims to be the world's largest digital library with over 80 million users. The service features a subscription available for a monthly fee of $8.99 that allows readers unlimited access to more than 400,000 books from over 900 publishers, including Harper Collins, RosettaBooks, and Workman as well as New York Times bestsellers and literary classics. Scribd also is...
Nickelodeon (nick.com), often shortened to Nick, is a popular multi-platform media network for kids. With an approach that puts 'kids first', Nickelodeon takes pride in encouraging kids to be themselves – funny, messy, and free-spirited. In India, Nickelodeon is a part of Viacom18, the joint venture between Viacom Inc and the Network18 Group. The company has recently launched Nick...
Micromax Canvas Win W092 is one of the two Windows Phone devices launched by the company this week, and is the cheapest Windows Phone device to be released in India. The Canvas Win W092 is priced at INR 6,500 ($110) and will be available in the market starting early July 2014. The budget smartphone aims to compete with the Nokia Lumia 520, another popular affordable Lumia available in...
Micromax Canvas Win W121 is one of the two Windows Phone devices launched in India by the company, the first domestic smartphone manufacturer to do so. The Canvas Win W121 is priced at INR 9,500 ($160) and will be available in the market starting early July 2014. The budget smartphone aims to compete with the Nokia Lumia 520 and Lumia 525, as well as the latest Lumia 630, the only...
Micromax is the second largest smartphone company in India, piggybacking on the success of feature phones and cheap and mid-range Android smartphones. Recently, the company became the 10th largest mobile phone player in the world. At a press conference in New Delhi today, Micromax unveiled two Windows Phone devices for the Indian market. Micromax is the first Indian smartphone...
Couponraja (couponraja.com) offers coupons, promotions, and deals from over 1000 online retailers across India. Launched in October 2011, the service attempts to be a one-stop source for big savings with minimum hassle. The company has launched their official app for Windows Phone last week that helps searching for and using coupon codes in an easy and seamless manner. The app has a...
Flipkart.com is one of the leading online retailers from India, and offers a broad selection of products across diverse categories. Flipkart launched their official Windows Phone in April this year, and we also wrote about the v1.1.0.0 update a few weeks. The app has now been bumped up to v1.2.0.0, and adds a few new features and improves the experience. Apart from some bug fixes and...
Arguably the biggest sporting event in the world, the 2014 FIFA World Cup, kicked off today. Although some of my colleagues here from the US would shrug their shoulders at this ‘soccer’ extravaganza, the 20th edition of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil will see 32 countries participate from June 12 to July 13, 2014 for the greatest glory in the game. While you’d be planning football...
ixigo.com (pronounced ‘ik-si-go’) is a travel search engine in India. The service acts as an infomediary that aggregates travel websites to compare information and deals. ixigo does not handle bookings but instead redirects the users to book directly from other online travel agencies. The official ixigo app – ixigo Flights Search – landed on the Windows Phone Store a few weeks ago and...