Well folks, the wild west days of Vine are over. The people behind the six-second video app have announced in a blog post their decision to ban "explicit sexual content" from its offerings. No more click-through warning—it’ll all be gone.
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Good news for the countless Android users out there looking to get the maximum bang for their buck on the Google Play Store. To commemorate its second birthday, the Google Play Store birthday sale has now kicked off. Discounts are being offered on a wide variety of content so there’s bound to be something for everyone. It has been two whole years since the infamous Android Market was phased out in favor of the new and improved Play Store, which brought all the content that Google offers under one roof.
Deals being offered as part of this sale aren’t too spectacular, so it would be best not to go looking for deals with too high expectations. However, there are discounts to be availed on books, movies, apps and music, so its quite possible that you might find something that peaks your interest. The fact that it would possibly be available for less than what it normally is, is the proverbial cherry on top.
A lot of apps are offering deals on in-app purchases, even if they’re not reducing app prices outright. Thus its a better deal for those wishing to advance in a game or opening up a new feature in a premium app to be able to do so for less than usual. The sale might not be as spectacular as the ones we’ve seen before, but its worth checking out.
Google Play Store Birthday Sale Goes Live original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Apple was criticized by the Federal Trade Commission for its in-app purchase policies, a complaint was lodged against Cupertino after many cases were reported in which kids had made thousands of dollars worth of in-app purchases without their parents even knowing. Apple’s policies were called into question, and the company chose to settle the complaint with the FTC. It was given until March 31st to make changes to the App Store, and as the date approaches, the company is reportedly “scrambling” to make these changes.
Apple ‘Scrambling’ To Meet FCC Deadline On In-App Purchases [Report] original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Some features that made their debut on Motorola’s high-end devices last year were later released as standalone apps in the Google Play Store. This doesn’t mean that those features are now available for all Android devices, though they do work on several other Motorola devices, apart from providing the company the ability to make changes without having to roll out software updates. A prime example is the Touchless Control application which powers the always listening function on a handful of the company’s devices. Today the app has been updated, it gains the ability to read notifications out loud.
This feature may be very well received by people juggling more than a few things at once, particularly in the mornings. They won’t have to hold the device in their hands just to know what notifications they have, so it may also come in handy when they’re driving. They can simply ask their device “What’s up” or command it to “Read Notifications,” and one by one it will read them all.
The update also brings a fix for end-of-speech detection, which will essentially improve accuracy and response times after a user gives a command. Motorola’s Touchless Control application is only compatible with the Droid Mini, Droid Ultra and Droid Maxx as well as the Moto X, its a free download from the Google Play Store.
Motorola Touchless Control App Can Now Read Your Notifications Out Loud original content from Ubergizmo. 
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With the release of version 3.1 of the Up’s companion smartphone app, Jawbone is really moving ahead in terms of crunching user data.
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For those unfamiliar with BBM Channels, you could almost think of them as being somewhat similar to Facebook Pages, where individuals or companies can setup Channels that BBM users can subscribe to. Given BBM’s userbase, that’s a lot of potential users that companies could get access to and keep up to date via Channel Updates and more.
So with the release of BBM for iOS and Android, has this impacted Channels? Well it turns out that it did. In fact it seems that Channel subscribers for certain brands have actually doubled since the release of the cross-platform version of BBM. (more…)
BBM Channel Subscriptions Doubled After Cross-Platform Release original content from Ubergizmo. 
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VLC has long been available for the Windows platform, although the developers have been hard at work trying to create a version fully optimized for Windows 8. Last we heard, it was suggested that the app would be close to being released, but that was back in December 2013.
The good news is that now according to a recent tweet by VLC, it seems that the app is ready and could be launched on the Windows Store as soon as this Monday! This was revealed in a response to a question asking if VLC was ready to launch the app, to which the company replied in the affirmative. (more…)
VLC For Windows 8 Could Be Released On 10th March original content from Ubergizmo. 
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In this day and age, you would want your email to land seamlessly on your mobile device. BlackBerry perfected push email a long time back, and that became one of its major selling points, but then the world moved beyond email which lead to the company’s downfall. Still though, email is pretty important, regardless of the device or platform being used. Gmail happens to be one of the most popular free email providers, and iOS is the second widely used mobile platform in the world, so its a safe bet to assume that a lot of people use both. Good news for them, the Gmail for iOS has been updated today and support for background refresh has finally been added.
Gmail For iOS Finally Supports Background Refresh original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Gmail has just updated their iOS app to finally include background app refresh, so you won’t have to sit there waiting for your new messages to come in every time you open the app. It’s not going to do anything to help your battery life, but hey—every second counts.
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Apple is working to make Siri play nice with more third-party apps and services, according to a new report from The Information. Within a larger piece on the mobile search battleground and app integration, the tech site revealed that Apple is working on improving Siri’s search capabilities, and widening its capability set. The report points out how the Siri of today can’t do things… Read More
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