GMAIL DUE FOR A COMPLETE MAKE-OVER
Google has sent an email to its customers to announce that a new version of Gmail for web will be launched with a fresh design and new features. Some of the new features include being able to access Google Calendar from the Gmail interface directly and snooze emails so that they reappear in your inb...
over 7 years ago
CAN'T LOG INTO TINDER? BLAME FACEBOOK
Facebook has broken Tinder and users who were booted off the dating app have taken to Twitter to complain about it. Ever since the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, where as many as 87 million users had data improperly shared with the UK data mining firm, Facebook has been rolling out more security ...
over 7 years ago
HOGWARTS MYSTERY MOBILE GAME IS COMING
Attention, all Potterheads! A new Harry Potter Mobile game is coming in April 2018, in the form of Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. The game is developed by Jam City and Portkey Games, and the upcoming release lets players experience the life of a Hogwarts student by creating their own char...
over 7 years ago
FACEBOOK ADMITS TO SCANNING PHOTOS AND LINKS SENT ON MESSENGER
Facebook is definitely not in a good space with the recent data privacy scandal, which is far from over. However, it looks like the company has revealed a practice which has ruffled some feathers, namely how the messages, photos and links you send over the Messenger platform are scanned. This was re...
over 7 years ago
FACEBOOK LAUNCHED BULK APP REMOVAL TOOL TO CLEAN UP PRIVACY SETTINGS
Facebook now allows users to remove third-party apps in bulk, and all posts those apps may have published on your behalf, a welcome privacy change that should make it easier to strip access to your profile from services you no longer use. The change, predicted by the ongoing Cambridge Analytica data...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: NEW PHOTO APP THAT PRODUCES GLITCHY, PSYCHEDELIC IMAGES
With over 30 filters in total, including a Wild Card option, you can repeatedly tap to generate randomised effects. Everybody loves a good photo app, but there are so many in the App Store that it's hard to know where to begin. If you are looking for a photo- and video-editing app that does things a...
over 7 years ago
YOU CAN SPY ON YOUR WHATSAPP CONTACT WITH THIS INVASIVE NEW APP
If you rely on WhatsApp to message your friends and family, it is important to know that the service lets your contact know about when you are available to chat, and whether you have read their texts. That is not all, Lifehacker has spotted a new iOS app called Chatwatch that uses WhatsApp's pu...
over 7 years ago
SIRI CAN NOW CONTROL YOUR TESLA MODEL 3
AI assistants can do a lot for us these days, from beatboxing to telling jokes or even warm up your home to the way you want it. But, how about opening your car? If you are lucky enough to have a Tesla Model S or Model X, that has been on the table since November last year. Even if you have the budg...
over 7 years ago
YOU CAN NOW ADD HASHTAGS TO YOUR BIO ON INSTAGRAM
Instagram lets users edit their profiles where they can provide a brief description about themselves, who they are, what they do and so on. Now it looks like profiles on Instagram are about to get more interactive as Instagram has rolled out a new feature that lets users add hashtags and profil...
over 7 years ago
WHATSAPP ALLOWS USERS MORE TIME TO DELETE A MESSAGE
WhatsApp Messenger has updated its 'Delete for Everyone' that allows users to delete their sent messages within 68 minutes, compared to the previous 5 or 7 minutes. The popular Interned-based messaging service rolled out Delete for Everyone in November last year. Deleting messages for everyone allow...
over 7 years ago
EMOJIS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE DICTIONARY
This news is literally on 🔥. Today it is okay to use emojis as a replacement for words in articles because they are getting the official recognition they deserve. Dictionary.com is charting the change technology is having on our language by adding official definitions to symbols."As a dictionary,...
over 7 years ago
YOUTUBE IS TESTING A NEW FEATURE THAT REPLACES THE BACKGROUND OF YOUR VIDEO
Artificial Intelligence might one day control every aspect of our social lives but, for now, YouTube has taken the AI aspect to create funny backgrounds in your YouTube videos. Engineers at Google have developed a new tool that uses AI and machine learning to filter out and replace the backgrounds i...
over 7 years ago
IF YOU TEMPORARILY LOST YOUR PHONE, JUST CLAP TO FIND IT
Few things are more frustrating than misplacing your phone, especially before you are on your way to a party, or running late for work. There is an app that can help, called Clap to Find My Phone, it is here to save you from the misplaced-frustration. Bet you can already guess how it works? What a g...
over 7 years ago
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE LATEST TRENDING APP – VERO
You might have noticed some photographers talking about VERO, but if not, you are not alone. The app has been all over social media this week and might be worth downloading... But what is VERO? Basically, if Facebook and Instagram had to get a technical baby, you would get VERO, but the best part ab...
over 7 years ago
INTRODUCING THE APP THAT HELPS TO EDIT YOUR DRONE VIDEOS
Drone videos can be spectacular, but to edit the videos, well... it's not always so easy. Video editing is a skill especially when you don't always need to include all the footage that you have recorded, just the important bits that you feel will add to the narrative. But, with Parrot, the...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: PHONES ARE DESIGNED TO GET YOU MORE OBSESSED WITH SOCIAL MEDIA
There comes a time when you are lying in bed and you have nothing else to do but stare at your bright screen for the next two hours. With vast growing vortex of social media and the fact that smartphones do not make it any easier for our generation to not get addicted, we all have that uncontro...
over 7 years ago
FACEBOOK MESSENGER ALLOWS YOU TO ADD FRIENDS TO ONGOING VIDEO CHATS
Facebook Messenger now allows you to add more friends and family members to your audio and video chats while they are still in progress. With a new feature introduced this week, you can add people to ongoing audio or video call while you are still talking, rather than having to hang up and manually ...
over 7 years ago
HOW TO INSTAGRAM LIKE A PRO!
Samsung recently announced The Camera Reimagined as the only hint at what its next phone has in store, so why not learn more about what makes a great Instagram photo? Everyone might have a different answer, but there are a few key things that are always a must: a great angle, perfect lighting, findi...
over 7 years ago
AN APP THAT WILL HELP YOU GET OVER YOUR EX
The worst thing is when you cry your eyes, heartbroken over a break-up. Even the best of us forget how to live like a normal human being, instead, we eat ice-cream out the tub with a spoon and obsessively stalk the social media accounts of our suddenly perfect ex. Relationship guru, Zo&e...
over 7 years ago
A NEW APP THAT PROMISES A BITCOIN TO FIRST PERSON WHO BEATS IT!
A Bitcoin is the prize for solving these 24 puzzles. Players can solve these puzzles on their own or play with other players, will be able to leave hints behind for others, or confuse them with red herrings that lead them down dead-ends. After all, only one person can win the Bitcoin in the end. Int...
over 7 years ago
SOFTWARE BUG CRASH IPHONES AND DISABLE ACCESS TO APPS AND IMESSAGES
Before the end of 2017, Apple had shockingly bad weeks of software problems, and it looks like 2018 is not starting so well either. A new bug has been discovered in iOS 11 that lets people send a specific character that will crash an iPhone and block access to the Messages app in iOS and popular app...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: THE OLYMPICS IS NOW IN YOUR POCKET
The busybodies of the world who have little time to sit down and keep up with the Olympics now have the ultimate solution, thanks to Snapchat! While NBC holds exclusive TV rights, shelling out $963 million for full coverage of the Olympics, viewer numbers are looking increasingly bleak. In the time ...
over 7 years ago
GOOGLE BRINGS SNAPCHAT-LIKE AR EFFECT TO PHOTO APP
Motion Stills is "an app from Google Research that lets you capture short videos and transforms them into beautiful cinematography or sweeping cinematic pans using our advanced stabilisation and rendering technology." The AR mode does not run through Google's ARCore system, but instead the Google Re...
over 7 years ago
SNAPCHAT NOW ALLOWS YOU TO CREATE YOUR OWN FACE LENSES
Snapchat is rolling out a new feature that includes a tool to create custom face lenses and new text caption styles for your snaps. The lenses feature augmented reality masks that overlay your face with details like puppy ears, flower crowns and the all-important vomiting rainbows. The feature for t...
over 7 years ago
WE GAVE MR. DARCY TINDER AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED....
The beloved classic novels are now being revised into modern-day novels. But perhaps not in a good way... Jane Auten's novel, Pride and Prejudice, has been a classic for years but, what if Mr Darcy had Tinder – you know, just to keep his options open? Technology puts a whole new spin...
over 7 years ago
INSTAGRAM IS TESTING A NEW FEATURE THAT WILL LET USERS 'REPOST' INSTA STORIES
Instagram confirmed that it is testing an option that lets you "repost" / "regram" public feed posts from other users to your Story. For those who have access to the new feature, it will appear as "Add post to your story" when you tap the share icon underneath a post. If you do not want your public ...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: AUDI'S LATEST APP BRINGS ADVERTISING TO YOUR LIVING ROOM
Who needs imagination when we have augmented reality. Audi has released a new AR smartphone application that is triggered by their TV commercials. The app brings the company's cars out of the screen and into your living room or driveway. According to the company, the Audi Quattro coaster AR applicat...
over 7 years ago
AIRBNB'S LATEST NEWS CAN LET YOU SLEEP ABOARD A BLUE PLANET II VOYAGER
According to the souls, onboard Alucia – the brains behind the Blue Planet II – the ocean floor is this year's floor of the moon. It is just as unexplored and a lot closer to get to. A hand full of people spend their lives exploring this dark underworld-universe and the creatures that li...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: APPLE'S AUGMENTED REALITY TOOL KIT CAN NOW DETECT OBJECTS
Apple will be rolling out an upgrade to its augmented reality toolbox, ARKit, to developers in a beta version. ARKit 1.5 adds a few marquee features including one big one: wall detection. Up until the latest update, the ARKit has been focused on offering horizontal plane detection, allowing develope...
over 7 years ago
SNAPCHAT: SHARE STORIES, SPREAD THE NEWS!
Snap Inc. recently launched major changes to Snapchat following a plummet in investors and the announcement of Facebook's changes. Snap has been looking to attract new users as their recorded daily users were only at 178 million. While Snapchat is known for its messages that disappear within a matte...
over 7 years ago
INSTAGRAM'S NEW FEATURES GIVES YOU GIF STICKERS
Those that are incapable of conveying emotion with their faces, well now they have nothing to fear, cause Giphy is here. A digital library of Giphy stickers is waiting for you, and you can surf along with the Giphys or even float along a sea of cheeseburgers. It is hard to believe, but users ...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: FIND YOUR MUSEUM DOPPELGäNGER WITH GOOGLE ARTS AND CULTURE
The Google Arts and Culture app is helping the uncultured people of the world keep up to date on upcoming and historical art, which is especially useful for those who aren't such fans of spending hours in a museum. It allows users to learn about the stories behind historical places and world-fa...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: THIS APP CLAIMS TO PAY YOU WITH CRYPTOCURRENCY
The aim of the game is to get people out of their homes and into the open to get fit and live an active life. Meet Sweatcoin, a free app for Android and iOS users, based on the idea that the more you exercise, the more cryptocurrency you earn. Yes, Sweatcoin pays its users cryptocurrency depending o...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: GOOGLE'S GBOARD MIGHT END UP TEXTING FOR YOU
Google's Gboard keyboard for iOS and Android packs a bunch of useful features, and now it looks like the company is working on adding a 'Smart Reply' feature for the keyboard too. Smart Reply is already available in certain Google apps, like Inbox, Gmail and Allo. Now, some online sources detail tha...
over 7 years ago
PORNOGRAPHIC MALWARE FOUND IN ANDROID APPS FOR KIDS
Google has recently removed over 60 gaming apps from its Google Play Store, many seemingly targeted at kids, that contained malware displaying pornographic adverts. Researchers from the security firm – Check Point – discovered the malware, called AdultSwine, in apps that have been d...
over 7 years ago
CHATBOTS CONNED PEOPLE OUT OF $154 MILLION!
People create fake profiles all the time, whether it be to get to a person who has blocked them, to trick people into liking them or a more sinister reason, it is so common its been named "catfishing". It happens on most social media platforms and is still very common in dating apps. There have been...
over 7 years ago
WHATSAPP IS SOON GETTING AN 'INSTAGRAM FEATURE': EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
If you are both a fan of Instagram and WhatsApp, then there is likely a new feature that will roll out soon that is sure to please all the Instagram lovers out there. The company is reportedly testing a new feature that will allow Instagram users to share Instagram Stories directly to WhatsApp,...
over 7 years ago
UPDATE WHATSAPP NOW, PLUS TIPS AND TRICKS
WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform instant messaging application that allows smartphone-users to exchange text, image, video and audio messages for free. Our rating: 4/5 Available on: iOS 6+, Android 5.1+ First things first though. If you don't already have Whatsapp on your phone then follow the...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: NEUTROGENA UNVEILS A NEW APP, SKIN360
Majority of the people out there are obsessed with our skins, buying and applying a bundle of products to maintain its glowing, firm and not too dry or too oily texture so to avoid wrinkles and pores. Imagine if you could know exactly the state of your skin and which product it needs. Worry no more ...
over 7 years ago
WHATSAPP DECIDES TO STOP SUPPORTING WINDOWS & BLACKBERRY SMARTPHONES!
If you are one of those users that are still running an old operating system on your smartphone, it is time to consider an upgrade. WhatsApp has decided to no longer support BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry 10 and Windows Phone 8.0; which is entirely understandable given only a few people still using them....
over 7 years ago
THIS APP REMINDS YOU THAT YOU ARE GOING TO DIE 5 TIMES A DAY!
Surely we all know that we are dying by the minute, right? Sooner, rather than later, and in the grand scheme of things it could be tomorrow, or ten minutes from now. Everything you love, haveever loved and ever will love will die, too. Maybe after, but most likely before. Then you will suffer throu...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: AIRBNB IS WORKING ON IN-APP VIRTUAL REALITY
When you are browsing Airbnb and you really like the place you would like to stay in, photos do not always seem to justify how amazing the space can actually be. In a bid to empower its guests, hosts and local communities, Airbnb wants to implement virtual reality to give tenants an immersive previe...
over 7 years ago
GOOGLE MAKES MARKETING FUN WITH STAR WARS AND STRANGER THINGS AR STICKERS
This year has definitely seen a growth in the potential that virtual reality and augmented reality can become in the near future. Google has now decided to release their augmented reality stickers to all Pixels phones running Android 8.1 Oreo. Whether bringing a favourite story to life or making the...
over 7 years ago
PLEX LAUNCHED THE PLEXAMP MUSIC PLAYER APP
The popular media player platform Plex launched the Plexamp music player for macOS and Windows, which is one of the first projects to come out of Plex Labs, the company's experimental testing initiative. The Plexamp takes inspiration from Winamp to create a nostalgic-filled media player that offers ...
over 7 years ago
5 FACTS ON HOW TO BEAT INSTAGRAM ALGORITHMS
Everyone hates the new Instagram algorithm. But the fact is that if you want to get ahead of a business on Instagram, you need to work with the Instagram algorithm, not against it. Here are 5 things that will help you beat the Instagram algorithm: #1: How does the new Instagram algorith...
over 7 years ago
FACEBOOK WILL START DEMOTING 'ENGAGEMENT POSTS' IN YOUR NEWS FEED
Facebook wants publishers to stop begging for likes. The social network is taking action against so-called "engagement posts", where publishers ask users to vote, like or share posts in the hopes of bumping it to the top of people's News Feed. The posts won't be banned, but Facebook will start to de...
over 7 years ago
APPLE WANTS TO BUY THE MUSIC APP SHAZAM
Apple Inc. is close to having ownership of Shazam Entertainment Ltd., the startup whose music recognition app is already built into Apple's Siri virtual assistant, according to a person familiar with the discussion. TechCrunch earlier reported the takeover, adding that is could value Shazam at about...
over 7 years ago
CRYPTO-APPS WITH MILLIONS OF DOWNLOADS ARE EXPOSING YOUR DATA TO HACKERS
Some of the most popular cryptocurrency apps on Google Play have severe security issues that could leave digital money open to hackers, researchers suggest. The total number of cryptocurrency apps now available, exceeds 2,000. Cybersecurity firm, High-Tech Bridge, analysed some of the most pop...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: BMW'S COLLABORATES WITH APPLE'S ARKIT
Augmented Reality is taking the world by a storm, and earlier this year BMW unveiled its new 2018 i3 electric car with a small design refresh and new sports package. Earlier this year, Apple officially unveiled its new ARKit platform, that enables developers to take advantage of all the augmented re...
over 7 years ago
