Twitter adds video sharing option in direct messaging

Twitter is focused on adding new features to its service.  Yesterday Twitter launched the GIF button, which allows you to search and embed gifs from a rich catalog that's been put together by Giphy and Riffsy. Today, Twitter launched  another feature - video sharing within the Direct Messages. You can now Twitter  share a video via the Direct Messages, which turns the Direct Messages even closer to a full-blown messaging service.  The update to Direct Messages is already available for Android and iOS, as well as on the regular web version. Twitter already increased the character limit up to 10,000 symbols for the direct messages, among other improvements.

Apple Launches New iPhone 'Trade Up With Installment' Plan

Apple has launched iPhone 'Trade Up With Installments' plan that lets users trade in an old iPhone or other smartphone, apply that value to a new iPhone, and pay off the remaining cost of the new iPhone in installments over 24 months. The plan is only available in the U.S. and in Apple Stores,

Microsoft Launches 25 Person Group Video Calling for Skype

Microsoft has announced the launch of 25 person Skype group video calling. This feature is currently rolling out now to users on iPhone, iPad, and Android in Western Europe and North America. The roll-out in these markets should be completed over the next week or so with full availability worldwide expected in March.

New Windows 10 Mobile build rolling out to Lumia 950/950 XL and 550

Microsoft has started rolling out the February update for Windows 10 Mobile to non-Windows Insiders. The update, which bumps the device to to 10586.107, is currently hitting Lumia 950, 950 XL, and 550.  The update brings along improvements related to reliability, stability, Bluetooth connectivity, battery usage, update system, as well as Microsoft Edge's PDF rendering and navigation

Freedom 251 ordering suspended

A smartphone costing $4 was always going to be a hit, but Indian company Ringing Bells had to learn the hard way exactly how much so. At 600,000 hits per second  its website could not handle all the traffic and orders had to be suspended. Ringing Bells is working on a solution and promises that all will be back to normal within 24 hours. Freedom 251 is the world's cheapest smartphone and at less than $4 (or INR 251, hence the name) we can't see that record getting broken any time soon. That amount of cash gets you a 4-inch qHD display, quad-core processor, a gig of RAM and Lollipop, so you are getting plenty of bang for your few bucks.

You No Longer Need an @Gmail Email Address to Use Gmail

Google has announced that it's now possible to use Gmail without an @gmail email address.

Google Translate adds support for 13 new languages

Google has announced that its Translate service now supports 13 new languages. This brings the total number of supported languages to 103  The newly-added languages include Amharic, Corsican, Frisian, Kyrgyz, Hawaiian, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Luxembourgish, Samoan, Scots Gaelic, Shona, Sindhi, Pashto, and Xhosa. G

Apple Officially Launches Apple Pay in China

Apple has officially announced the launch of Apple Pay in China.

Panic Updates Prompt 2 SSH Clien

Panic has released a big update to its Prompt 2 SSH client for iOS with split-screen views on iPad, support for multiple connections to the same server, Tabs, 3D Touch, Spotlight Search and more.

Vimeo gets Chromecast compatibility for Android app

Vimeo has gained Chromecast support for its Android app's latest update. It was among the first companies to voice support for the Chromecast in its original run back in 2013. Additionally, with the new update, a bunch of stability fixes and bug fix has been done for this release of the Android app. Vimeo was founded in 2004, just one year before YouTube invaded computer screens all around the world, and became the first online video service to support 720p HD videos