Skype has revealed its plan to enhance the call quality of its Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service after receiving an Opus specification approval.
The Microsoft subsidiary said that the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) ratified the final release of the new Opus specification.
Skype pushed forward the approval of the codec to the IETF in September 2010.
Opus is a free codec for real-time communications with the ability to keep up with all kinds of audio tasks and improve …

Autodesk, the leading maker of 3D design software for manufacturing, building, construction, engineering, and entertainment, has unveiled a 3D simulation tool called Simulation 360 and its availability on the cloud to cut development lead-time in making products by thrice as much compared to its desktop counterpart.
To offer quicker services and easier internal collaboration among customers, Simulation 360 will have cloud- based simulation tools remove all hardware requirements and thus lower …

Google has released a full-fledged YouTube app for iOS 6 nearly a month after Apple pulled out the app from its mobile operating system.
The online video streaming app was somewhat removed quickly from iOS 6 beta 4 version during its release early last month.
Apple said the app’s license term had run out, but added that YouTube could still be visited thru the iOS 6 native web browser, Safari.
“Our license to include the YouTube app in IOS has ended, customers can use YouTube in the …

Microsoft’s Windows RT operating system will mark a shift to mobile computing and the end of the PC era, claims leading mobile chip maker Qualcomm.
Steve Mollenkopf, COO of Qualcomm, says that all future devices will run on mobile operating systems and specifically points at the upcoming Microsoft Windows RT OS as confirmation for his prediction.
“In Windows RT we’re seeing a blend of the smartphone world with the PC world… a move from legacy computing to mobile …

Instagram could expand to Windows Phone 8 devices this year, The Verge reports.
Instagram is a photo editing and sharing app that is available free for download on Android and iOS mobile operating systems.
According to The Verge, several unnamed sources say that Instagram will come to Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 OS, the latest version of the software giant’s mobile software.
However, the alleged sources failed to specify a potential release date, but tipped off it will arrive before the …

After the launch of its new iPhone 5 smartphone, Apple quickly announced that it will gradually roll out iOS 6, the latest version of its mobile operating system, to older iPhone models starting 19 September.
This the tech giant’s indirect way of saying that iOS 6 is backward compatible to the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S, along with the second- and third-generation Apple iPads.
Announced at its WWDC back in June, iOS 6 brings more than 200 new features to Apple devices.
One of the most …

 
If you aren’t satisfied with the photo editing software pre-installed on the smartphone (or tablet), you can try one of the dozens of alternatives available in stores applications like Google Play Store, App Store and Windows Marketplace.
We selected 5 excellent photo editing applications for you to chose from:
 
Adobe Photoshop Express

Although you can not compare it, at all, with the Photoshop version for PCs, Adobe Photoshop Express is a decent alternative to the …

Lost Photos, the Mac and Windows app that finds photos lost in your email account, has added support for seven new email programs.  In addition to Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, Mac, MobileMe, and Google Apps, Lost Photos now uncovers forgotten photos in AT&T, Cox, Charter, British Telecom, Rocketmail, Ymail, and Xtra.co.nz.
Released on July 31, Lost Photos has received glowing reviews from users.  It’s latest version in the Mac App Store has 101 5-star reviews, 19 4-star reviews, and only 5 …

A new front opens in the smartphones war between the ICT giants – Google and Apple – this week, with the launch of the new operating system iOS, which will no longer include maps of the service engine, reports BBC.
This release is a blow to Google, the leading provider of digital maps for mobile devices.
Android, operating system made by Google, and iOS, Apple’s OS, are used in about 85% of smartphones shipped worldwide and on a higher percentage in tablets.

Google has launched the …

The Angry Birds game series from the Finns at Rovio Entertainment doesn’t need any introduction: the original game and the three subsequent iterations writing one of the success stories in the software industry for mobile devices, and becoming a part of a popular contemporary culture.
Angry Birds turned into a license that generated four games present on all modern mobile platforms and PC, OS X, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, browsers or smart TVs, a billion downloads and some …