Skype update brings floating picture-in-picture video calls to Android tablets

The last time we heard from Skype, it was back in October when they introduced a fresh new UI for tablets. Today, Microsoft is going a step further, giving Android tablet users the single best feature to date: picture-in-picture video calling. New for Skype 4.5 — now available on Google Play — the app is now able to run on top of other apps, continuing a video call in a popup window no matter what you may be doing on your tablet. Skype calls it a first of its kind and brings their app that much closer to its desktop counterpart.

No word if PIP will ever make its way to smartphones — this is tablet-only for now.

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GTA: San Andreas For iOS Released

We reported last month that Rockstar is going to release Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for mobile devices in December. At that point in time, Rockstar did not provide a concrete release date. If you have been waiting to go back to the early 90s where CJ and the Grove Street Families owned the town, you don't have to wait any longer. GTA: San Andreas for iOS has been released.
Unfortunately, the app is being rolled out in stages, which means that it isn't live in all countries at this point in time. Folks in New Zealand can already get their hands on it through the app store, it is expected that the title will make its way to the U.S.

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BioPen Handheld 3D Printer

Scientists over at the University of Wollongong, Australia, have managed to come up with the BioPen, a handheld 3D printer which, should it be successful, be able to replace traditional surgery by making it a more artistic work, so to speak. With the BioPen handheld 3D printer, it is capable of printing bone directly onto patients in the operating theater itself, now how about that. Does this mean that budding doctors and surgeons will now have to take up at least a module in art in medical school from now on.

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CICA Gets IT System Justice with LANDesk

LANDesk implements Service Desk to help CICA spend more time helping victimsLondon, UK 13th December 2013: LANDesk Software, a global leader in integrated systems lifecycle management, endpoint security, enterprise mobility, asset management and IT service management, today announced that the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA), the organisation that pays compensation claims to innocent victims of violent crime, has implemented LANDesk Service Desk.

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Deal of the Day - 24″ Dell UltraSharp U2412M 1920 X 1200 LED-backlit IPS LCD monitor

LogicBuy's Deal for Tuesday is the 24″ Dell UltraSharp U2412M LED-backlit LCD monitor $249.99.  Features:. 1920 X 1200 screen resolution2 million: 1 (typical) high dynamic contrast ratio8ms response time, 300nit brightness178° viewing angle (horizontal and vertical)EPEAT GOLD.
$369.99 – $120 coupon code = $249.99 with free shipping.

This deal expires December 14, 2013 or sooner.

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Google starts rolling out Android 4.4.2 to Nexus devices

Shortly after the 4.4.1 update, Google has now started rolling out the 4.4.2 update for the Nexus devices. Whereas the previous update focused on improving the camera performance on the Nexus 5, the latest one merely includes bug fixes. There is no official change log from Google but according to Sprint, the following changes have been made:.
The update is rolling out to the Nexus 5, Nexus 4, Nexus 7 (2013 and 2013 model) and the Nexus 10.

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CyanogenMod To Include Text Encryption Feature

It was recently revealed that not only has the NSA been monitoring cellphones, but it seems that the gaming community has not been spared as well, as reports have claimed the NSA has conducted surveillance on Xbox Live, World of Warcraft, and Second Life communities. Well the good news is that if you're starting to get a little paranoid and want to protect yourself from being spied on, the folks at Cyanogen Inc. have revealed that starting with the nightly build of CyanogenMod 10.2, SMS and MMS messages sent will be encrypted using the TextSecure protocol.

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