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Tempo smart calendar app launches in Asia

The Tempo smart calendar app can now be used in 26 countries in Asia. With the exception of China, Tempo is now available as a localized smart calendar app in just about every major country & region in the world.

tempoapppageThe latest update also includes the addition of a new widget & a whole bunch of languages including Dutch, Russian, Japanese, Polish, Korean & Swedish, among others.

The Tempo smart calendar app was already capable of being a highly efficient virtual secretary & personal assistant, providing “Insights” about people & companies, fetching related emails & documents, & matching up contacts to events without inviting.

It can send “Running Late” messages & wish your friends happy birthday on Facebook on your behalf.

If all this & the ability to create events using SIRI is not enough, you can also use it as a calendar to add & update reminders, & show your week by people, companies or events.

The new smart widget makes use of the new Today View in iOS8, where it will show you the day’s events, along with one-touch access to the contact details & insights for people you’ll be meeting. You can create & schedule events without opening the app.

A Tempo smart calendar app running on iOS8 will also be able to receive interactive notifications with contextual alerts. You can get directions, check your flight status, & dial-in to conference calls with a single tap in response to the notifications.

Another new thing is the evening notification. These are notifications sent after you finish your work day. It will summarize important events for the next day, along with relevant insights & suggested follow-ups from today’s meetings.

The Android version is not available as yet, but you can sign up for a beta test for Tempo’s Android, web, Mac & other platforms.

Click here to download the Tempo smart calendar app on your iOS device.

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Apple announces iOS 8, to be available from Sept. 17

Apple launches iOS8Apple has announced a new iOS for its mobile devices at the special event held at Cupertino, California, USA to launch the iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus on September 9.

The iOS 8 will be a free upgrade for iPhone, iPad & iPod owners, & will be available from September 17 onwards. The following devices can get the download: iPhone 4s, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPod Touch (5th generation), iPad 2, iPad (3rd & 4th gen), iPad Air, iPad mini & iPad mini with Retina display.

Here are some of the features that the new OS will come packed with:

* Will allow users to quickly find & edit photos. They can add voice right into a text message. The all-new Photos app makes it simpler than ever to find & rediscover your favorite photos with new search features & smart albums that organize your photos for you. With a new suite of editing tools, users can make every shot look even better immediately after clicking.

* TouchID, or fingerprint authentication, is being opened up to 3rd-party apps. The Notification Center will offer widgets for the 1st time. Notifications will be actionable – if a banner alert for an SMS comes through, users will be able to fire off a quick reply without leaving their current app.

* iCloud Drive will give a full-blown storage service for all files, while Spotlight is being updated with suggestions based on Wikipedia entries, nearby places & trending news.

* QuickType is introducing predictive typing, similar to Swiftkey. Developers will be able to offer their own 3rd-party keyboards for the first time. iOS 8 will make typing easier, claimed Apple, by suggesting contextually appropriate words to complete your sentences. It will even recognize the person to whom you’re typing & whether you’re in Mail or Messages, based on the tone of the message or email.

* Siri is also being upgraded & new enterprise features will be introduced for business users.

* Messages will allow users to connect with friends & family even better. Users can tap to add voice to any conversation. They can send a video of what they are seeing the moment they are actually seeing it.

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