Global Technology major Apple on Wednesday announced a new initiative to support engineering talent and accelerate growth in India’s iOS developer community.

The US-based company will establish a Design and Development Accelerator in Bengaluru. This initiative will provide additional, specialised support for the developers who make applications for Apple's iOS operating system, Apple said in an official press statement.

 Google has acquired a business technology start-up founded by an Indian-origin entrepreneur as part of its plans to scale training offerings for Google Apps to its customers and customers’ users.

Varun Malhotra is the founder and CEO of Toronto-based Synergyse, which was launched in 2013 with an aim to teach users how to use Google Apps.

Move over Skype, Facebook Messenger is beefing up its calling features in a big way.

The social network is starting to roll out group calling features to Messenger's iOS and Android apps, Facebook announced Wednesday.

The feature is rolling out to Messenger's iOS and Android app over the next 24 hours, Facebook's head of Messenger said Wednesday. A phone icon will appear in the top right corner of group conversations once the feature is live.

When you're in a call, you can see who in the group is participating in the call and who is not. Calls are currently limited to 50 participants per call, so the feature should be able to accommodate the vast majority of your Messenger threads.

The update also makes Facebook Messenger more competitive with the likes of Google Hangouts, Microsoft's Skype and Slack — all of which also support free group calling.

Facebook has allowed voice calls through Messenger for years but hasn't supported group calling until now. (Video calls are still limited to two people, at least for now, though group video calling would seem to be the next logical step.)

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source: mashable.com/2016/04/20/facebook-messenger-group-calling/#wyJL2d9SGkqY

Nokia has finally announced software update for Nokia Asha 501, Nokia Asha 501 gest whatsapp messages and many more.

Nokia promised WhatsApp for Nokia Asha smart phone series at last month. Nokia asha 501 users can be downloaded WhatsApp after updating the phone with news software.

Cricket Wireless Huawei launches Ascender II, a new value-priced Android smartphone which is the follow-up to the Ascend.

The phone runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS on a 600MHz processor. It features a 3.5-inch HVGA touchscreen display and support for Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity. There is a microSD card slot.