VIDEO: OPERA MAX GETS KILLED
Opera Max was a free VPN service that aimed to compress data before it got to your device in order to lower data usage. (you can see in the video below how Opera Max worked). Unfortunately, it is now no longer available online. Opera decided to abruptly kill off the Opera Max app and claims that it ...
over 7 years ago
YOUTUBE IS TESTING THE IDEA OF SHOWING HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY WATCHING THE SAME VIDEO
YouTube is testing showing how many people are currently watching the same video, and this could help you tell when a YouTube video is becoming viral! According to Android Police, who was the first to spot this test, YouTube seems to be testing a new feature that will display concurrent viewe...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: THIS APP HELPS YOU SET REMINDERS, HEALTHY REMINDER...
Self-Care reminders are important in today's life, and that is where the 'Aloe' app comes in. The Aloe app is currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter in the hopes of sharing gentle self-reminders to the world. The creator of the app notes that there has been a significant interest in self-care, with "...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: GOOGLE PIXEL CAMERA TRICKS COMES TO OTHER SMARTPHONES!
You do not need to switch phones to get improved HDR photos. Most of the Google Pixel's photographic powers come from its software; which is particularly good at high dynamic range photos thanks to its HDR+ mode, which fills in the details, while reducing the blur you sometimes see in HDR photos. Th...
over 7 years ago
WHATSAPP BETA INTRODUCES PEER PAYMENT
The latest version of WhatsApp adds a new useful feature, peer-to-peer payments. Once the user opens the application and attempts to access the service they will see a screen asking them to agree to terms and conditions as well as a privacy policy. Above this information is a short description of pe...
over 7 years ago
FACEAPP GETS IN TROUBLE FOR NEW RACE FILTERS
The popular selfie-editing app offers Black, Indian and Asian filters – and users aren't a fan of the new feature. The app was previously used to transform users' pictures by making them look older, younger or giving them an artificial smile. But, earlier this month, the app's creators u...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: DISNEY SUED FOR ALLEGEDLY SPYING ON CHILDREN THROUGH GAMING APPS
Last week, a federal class action lawsuit was filed in California against the Walt Disney Company for allegedly violating privacy protection laws by collecting children's personal information from 42 of its apps and sharing data with advertisers without parental consent. Disney and three softwa...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: LINKEDIN'S NEW TINDER-INSPIRED MILLENNIAL BAIT!
On the professional platform, LinkedIn, you can now swipe right if you feel professionally inspired! Connecting with other working professionals can be a very difficult journey. Especially if you will never make contact with them again. As a result, LinkedIn's product team has released a Tinder-Insp...
over 7 years ago
THE FIRST BIRTH CONTROL APP HAS NOW BEEN APPROVED AS A CONTRACEPTIVE!
Elina Berglund Scherwitzl, co-founder of Natural Cycles, invented the first app in the world that has just been approved as a contraceptive. And it all started as a hobby project for the nuclear physicist! Scherwitzl worked with the team that discovered the Higgs boson which, according to Wikipedia,...
over 7 years ago
WHATSAPP IS TESTING COLOURED TEXT STATUS FEATURES...
To all the Android users out there that use Whatsapp will get a new feature with which the users will be able to put out colourful text status instead of pictures and videos. The same feature is already available for Facebook users since last year and the new feature for WhatsApp status is rep...
over 7 years ago
10 WAYS UBER DRIVERS CAN BE KICKED OFF THE APP
If you've ever had a bad Uber experience with a driver, the Uber company makes it nice and easy to report it. Sometimes you can even get a refund! But there are many more minor infractions that can get an Uber driver deactivated by the company that you didn't even know about! Since Uber driver...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS, KIK HAS BECOME AN APP FOR CHILD PREDATORS
An investigation has found that accounts belonging to users convicted of child abuse have not been removed. Kik Messenger is a free instant messaging service from Kik Interactive – one very popular with children and teenagers. The app comes from a Canadian tech firm founded in 2009. Since then...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: THE NOKIA 8 MAY LAUNCH WITH THE LATEST ANDROID O SOFTWARE!
The launch date of the Nokia 8 is nearing and the listing sort of confirms the already known information about the handset, apart from the coming of Android O. Yes, Nokia 8 is now tipped to come with the latest software, which will be released soon, in just a few weeks time. Google confirmed, at the...
over 7 years ago
INSTAGRAM STORIES FEATURE IS ATTRACTING BUSINESSES ON ITS ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY
At first, a lot of Instagram users had a problem with Instagram's new feature – Instagram stories. They complained the Instagram was becoming too much like Snapchat. But, even though Instagram is one of the only Facebook-owned services that hasn't reached one billion active users, people are a...
over 7 years ago
UBER RENTED OUT DEFECTIVE CARS TO SINGAPORE DRIVERS
Uber announced on Friday that it had taken action to repair faulty cars in Singapore after a report said the company rented them out to Uber drivers even though they were well aware of a recall after one car caught on fire. According to the Wall Street Journal, Uber managers in Singapore bought more...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: THIS ANDROID APP CAN FIND NEARBY DEVICES EVEN WHEN IT IS OFFLINE!
Back in May at the I/O, Google announced the second generation of its Nearby Connections toolkit and that it will become available to Android developers. In the video below you can see more about the company's announcement about the Nearby Connection API from around 24 minutes. The update framework ...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: GOPRO'S QUIKSTORIES CAN AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFER AND EDIT YOUR FOOTAGE IN THE BACKGROUND!
GoPro has just launched a new feature called QuikStories – making it even easier for users to receive automatically edited videos of their footage! This feature will also make it possible to transfer footage from a GoPro Hero 5 camera to your phone without touching ANY buttons. Kick...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: VSCO CAM UPGRADES TO STYLISH NEW VIDEO EDITING FEATURES!
The Popular iOS photo editing app VSCO Cam has announced its latest feature, a new video editing tool. The video editing tool is designed to allow users to apply pre-designed filters to videos captured with an iPhone. The VSCO cam app is well known for its wide range of adjustable filters ...
over 7 years ago
GOOGLE PLAY SERVICES BREAKS DOWNLOAD RECORD ON APP STORES!
Android's app-downloading service has broken the app-downloading record on the app store! Google Play services app, the app that makes it all happen for your Android phone, has just broken five billion downloads on the Google Play Store – a huge record. This is a major milestone for...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: THE CARROT WEATHER APP ADDS NEW FEATURES!
Carrot Weather is part of developer Brian Mueller's series of useful productive tool apps. Each of Mueller's apps features an AI character named Carrot who, to put is rather simple, dramatically hates humans. Carrot Fitness, for example, will berate the user for missing workouts and not hit goals wh...
over 7 years ago
AIRBNB TEAMS UP WITH NAACP TO FIGHT RACISM ON ITS PLATFORM
Airbnb and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) have announced a partnership where they will be promoting Airbnb's platform in communities of colour. This decision was made to both boost the sharing economy as an income stream for black Americans and help increase t...
over 7 years ago
THE GOOGLE TRUSTED CONTACT APP GETS NEW FEATURES!
Google released the 'Trusted Contacts app' last year, to allow users to share their location with a few contacts to let them know about their whereabouts. The app has made some improvements to the Android app, namely the new language support, integration with Google Maps, and the ability to control ...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: SAMSUNG PAY MIGHT ROLL-OUT TO NON ANDROID SMARTPHONES!
Samsung is reportedly in talks with rival Android phone makers to bring the Samsung Pay service to more devices. Samsung has held talks with OEMs about bringing its payment service to other high-end, non-Samsung smartphones. Rival firms probably ain't lining up to add Samsung Pay support to the...
over 7 years ago
UPDATED IOS 11 PREVENTS YOUR IPHONE FROM CONNECTING TO PATCHY WI-FI NETWORKS!
The latest iOS 11 software update has a new feature that should be quite helpful for travellers and those who use local Wi-Fi hotspots. The auto-join button was released in the early version of the iOS 11 beta, it could be found by tapping the "i" icon next to any Wi-Fi network. Now when you want to...
over 8 years ago
VIDEO: NINTENDO SWITCH VOICE APP ' A DISASTER!
Nintendo has been promising us a great online accessibility for years, but the follow-through has yet to impress us. Now, Nintendo has finally launched its a long-criticized voice app – and the reaction has been more disastrous than we initially anticipated! Nintendo users of this ...
over 8 years ago
VIDEO: BEST NEW ANDROID AND IPHONE APPS JULY 2017
Smartphone apps aren't only created to may your phone cooler, easier and more diverse. Some apps are created to completely change the way you experience your smartphone. And new apps are created every day! The apps in this video are the best, new apps (from mid-July 2017) for both iPhone and Android...
over 8 years ago
APPLE RELEASES NEW UPDATE TO PROTECT YOUR DEVICE FROM HACKERS!!
Update your iPhone with the latest update iOS 10.3.3 which has a security update that patches several bugs in the mobile operating system. Among these bugs was a vulnerability that would allow attackers to remotely execute arbitrary code on the Broadcom Wi-Fi chip used in iOS devices that coul...
over 8 years ago
GHOSTCTRL MALWARE CAN CONTROL YOUR ANDROID, WITHOUT YOU KNOWING!
There is a new player on the block for Android malware and it comes in the form of GhostCtrl; a silent malware that can record videos and audio from a user's device and then even seize control of the device for certain functions all without the user even knowing it is there. GhostCtrl looks to...
over 8 years ago
ALEXA MAKES FULL DEBUT ON THE LATEST HTC U11 APP!
HTC has pushed out an Alexa app for the latest HTC U11 smartphone; this is the first time that AMazon's smart digital assistant is available on a phone like Google Assistant and Siri. The Huawei Mate 9, that launched last November was actually the first smartphone to add Alexa integration, but...
over 8 years ago
FACEBOOK INTRODUCES A NEW FEATURE TO THEIR CAMERA... BUILT-IN GIF CREATOR!
Facebook is introducing a new feature that will make every user excited, or not... Facebook is gradually adding a built-in Graphic Interchange Format (GIF) creator to the Facebook camera app. To use the GIF feature in the Facebook camera app, all you have to do is swipe left to access the came...
over 8 years ago
WHATSAPP RELEASES NEW FEATURES: FILE SHARING AND STOPS COMPRESSING JPEGS!
WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps on social media platforms today. WhatsApp has now improved file-sharing features by expanding the list of supported files that users can send to one another, and it allows users to send files that are up to 100MB in size. The file size also ap...
over 8 years ago
FACEBOOK MESSENGER INTRODUCES ADS ON TO THE HOMEPAGE!
After having a testing round in Thailand and Australia, Facebook has decided to take the ads on the Facebook Messenger home screen worldwide. Before the end of 2017, you will most likely see the flow of your home screen broken up by sponsored ads. Just like that the ads you see on Facebook itself an...
over 8 years ago
VIDEO: ANDROID MODS YOU SHOULD USE NOW!
These Android Mods will completely change your Android smartphone experience... In this video, we look at the following modifications you can use with your Android: - Unseen- Rocker Locker- Volume Notification- Amp Me- Dumpster- Pixel Drawer- Energy Bar- IFTTT- Muviz- Launchify Watch the video to fi...
over 8 years ago
VIDEO: ANDROID VS. IOS - AN ATTEMPT TO FINALLY END THE WAR!
After so many years, the war between Apple and Android continues. In this video, we try to end that battle with a scrutinising and specific review of both smartphones and systems. The video reviews the following: - Interface- Notification Center- Functionality- Apps- Performance (phone perform...
over 8 years ago
VIDEO: 7 REALLY WEIRD AND POINTLESS APPS THAT WILL MAKE YOU CRINGE
The apps that people come up with these days are actually insane... it's pretty obvious that people are NOT running out of ideas yet! These are some of the most useless, strange and just fucking crazy apps available on both Android and iOS. You will honestly just be left confused. And you'll probabl...
over 8 years ago
VIDEO: IOS BETA TOP 25 NEW FEATURES!
The iOS Beta has been released to the public and is now available for iPhone and iPad! The new features of iOS Beta are incredible - better multitasking, drag and drop, a files app and so much more! This video has the top 25 best new features - but almost all of the features could be included with e...
over 8 years ago
VIDEO: GOOGLE TRIPS IS THE TRAVEL AGENT YOU HAVE ALWAYS WANTED!
Most people love to travel but making sure everything is in order and ready for you to explore can be time-consuming and stressful. Now you can use Google to help organise your trips for you; which is so life-changing for many travellers who do not find pleasure in tedious planning. Google's T...
over 8 years ago
VIDEO: TOP 10 ANDROID APPS: JUNE 2017!
Top 10 latest Android apps worth looking at.If you are searching for a great way to get started on a new device or simply need a kick start in the Android 'Starter pack' app department...Look no further!...With this list of great apps, it's a good start in the direction mobile convenience....
over 8 years ago
VIDEO: TOP 10 BEST ULTRA HD OFFLINE GAMES FOR ANDROID & IOS 2017!
If game apps are your forte and your looking for face melting, ultra high definition explosions, high speed action and eye-gasmic scenery that will make any child hood memory seem like a documentary of paint drying out of the 1970's... Then welcome to heaven! Featuring the top 10 offline gam...
over 8 years ago
VIDEO: 25+ NEW IOS 11 BETA 2 FEATURES / CHANGES!
The new iOS 11 is already in BETA stage 2! Lets get an all in, hands on look at some 20+ features and a general feel of the latest operating system, Apple is bringing to to light. Also a glimpse at what kind of apps we can exspect from the latest take on the iOS platform....
over 8 years ago
VIDEO: IS YOUR IDENTITY SAFE? ARE THE ACTIONS ON YOUR PHONE RECORDED?
Is your identity safe? Are the actions on your phone recorded? This clip takes a look into secret apps that may pass the ability to track everything you do on your phone. From texts you send, every photo you take, even listen while you are on phone calls....
over 8 years ago
VIDEO: USERS URGED TO CHANGE PASSWORDS AFTER ZOMATO APP HACKED
Popular restaurant app Zomato says the records of about 17 million users have been stolen in a security breach.Users are urged to update or change there security setting....
over 8 years ago
