DID YOU KNOW: YOU CAN READ A DELETED MESSAGE SOMEONE SENT YOU
WhatsApp rolled out the "delete for everyone" feature recently, but do delete messages really disappear from the phone? A new report claims that WhatsApp messages that are deleted are actually still on the device and can be easily accessed. Spanish Android blog – Android Jefe &ndash...
over 7 years ago
PAYPAL CAN HELP YOU SAVE AND INVEST MONEY WITH THE ACORNS INVESTMENT APP
You can even monitor your account within the PayPal app itself. ...
over 7 years ago
GOOGLE MAPS GETS A COMPLETELY NEW INTERFACE DESIGN!
Google Maps announced that their latest update to Google Maps will make it easier to get from point A to point B. The driving, navigation, transit and explore maps have all be updated to better highlight the information most relevant to each individual experience. In the update, Google draws conside...
over 7 years ago
THIS GENIUS IOS NOTIFICATIONS DESIGN IS SOMETHING APPLE NEEDS, NOW!
iPhone notifications can be messy, annoying and just all over the place, even though Apple has taken big steps to improve the notification experience on its iOS devices. There has been a plethora of iOS concepts before, each one proposing various user interface changes and improvements, includ...
over 7 years ago
LATEST FACEBOOK MESSENGER UPDATE TO HELP BUSINESSES REACH THEIR CUSTOMERS
The latest Messenger version 2.2 is set to help developers and businesses reach their customers in new and engaging ways, improve the quality of their messaging experiences and make it easier to build and iterate on the platform. Messenger revealed that the move was taken after extensive feedb...
over 7 years ago
APPLE'S IOS 11.1 UPDATE BRINGS AMAZING EMOJI JOY
The latest iOS update, iOS 11.1, is the first major update to iOS 11. The update is out now and downloadable for everyone with an iPhone. Front and centre in its latest release you will see a plethora of new emoji. Included in those are a few new emoji such as a vampire, mermaid and fairy or a pixie...
over 7 years ago
THE UNSEND FEATURE FOR WHATSAPP IS HERE!
WhatsApp updated its FAQ page with instructions on how people can use its new unsend feature that lets users purge the embarrassing drunk text they sent before their intended recipient has had a chance to read it. The Facebook-owned app has announced in a new blog post that it has begun rollin...
over 7 years ago
SHAZAM, BUT FOR FONTS
WhatTheFont is a Shazam for fonts, a designers dream come true. The app is a mobile version of the website previously developed by MyFonts and recognizes any font you point at with your camera, including a variation of similar fonts to go with. The app also allows you to buy the fonts you find...
over 7 years ago
INSTAGRAM IS TESTING A NEW FEATURE: STOP-MOTION GIFS
Instagram is testing another new feature, the Stop-Motion camera tool. Basically, its purpose is to let you take a long series of photos which Instagram then stitches together to create a GIF that you can post in your story. The Stop-Motion tool allows you to take a ser...
over 7 years ago
THIS AR APP SHOWS HOW PLANTS CAN IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AT HOME
With Augmented Reality on the rise, we have seen some interesting ways that AR can inform purchasing decisions by superimposing products into our living rooms. A new app called Plant Life Balance takes a similar approach, drawing on scientific research to help users kit out their homes with just the...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: GOOGLE'S SCIENCE JOURNAL APP IS A DIGITAL NOTEBOOK
The Science Journal was launched by Google last year for Android phones. The app is an easy way to measure light, sound, motion and more, while it already sounded like a great tool, it is now more useful than before. Google has turned it into a full-fledged digital notebook that students can use to ...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: APPLE'S LATEST SOFTWARE COMES WITH MINOR BUGS
Apple's latest software is now installed on nearly 60% of compatible devices, and it does have one major issue concerning battery life. iOS 11 drains battery life on iPhones a lot faster than you would expect, while their unofficial fixes in place, everyone is still waiting for the real thing.&...
over 7 years ago
YOU CAN NOW MAKE PAYMENTS VIA PAYPAL ON MESSENGER
Last week, on 20 October 2017, PayPal announced the immediate availability of its peer-to-peer payment service on Facebook Messenger, making it easy to exchange money between friends and family. PayPal also introduced its first-ever customer service bot, which gives Messenger customers the abi...
over 7 years ago
WHATSAPP GROUP ADMINISTRATORS TO SOON BECOME MORE POWERFUL
The administrators on WhatsApp groups will soon be able to choose if other participants can modify the subject of the group, its profile picture and its description. According to WABetainfo.com, a fan site that tests new WhatsApp features early, the Facebook-owned messaging platform has submitted th...
over 7 years ago
WHATSAPP RELEASES A NEW FEATURE: LIVE LOCATION SHARING
WhatsApp recently announced a new live location sharing feature, with this feature users will not only be able to share their current location with other users but also let their friends track them in real-time. The Facebook-owned messaging platform said that it will roll out this live location shar...
over 7 years ago
THE POST APP ERA – MAYBE SOONER THAN WE THINK
No, apps won't disappear. On the contrary, we will most likely come to rely on them more frequently. However, the post-app era implies that the app will be in use without having to go into the actual app, allowing it to interact with the device in a way that is more convenient for the user. The...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: YOU CAN EXPERIENCE TEQUILA WITHOUT THE HANGOVER WITH THIS AR APP!
Augmented Reality is still fairly new to the scene, and with Apple announcing that their latest iOS software update will make the AR experience come to life, Apple's Store has seen a slew of new apps with a wide range of AR experiences appear. The Tequila makers, Patrón, seized the ...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: VINE'S FOUNDERS ARE BACK WITH A BRAND NEW APP!
“It’s a way to give people a chance to have fun, maybe win, maybe learn something new.” That’s how former Vine co-founder, Rus Yusupov, describes his new trivia game show app HQ, that feels a little like Who Wants to Be a Millionaire meets Facebook Live. HG's iOS app is simpl...
over 7 years ago
I DECLARE, NO MORE CHICKEN BREASTS AND RICE!
If you are like me (and most of the nation to be honest), chicken breasts and rice just don't cut it as a staple diet. As a fellow foodie, we just need more excitement. However, this often gets us into trouble as those pesky calories come to shrink our clothes in the middle of the night. There has t...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: A NEW HBO MINI-SERIES WILL BE AN INTERACTIVE APP
Have you ever wanted to change the outcome of any series that you have watched? Well, you are in luck, there is a new TV show from HBO and Academy Award winner Steven Soderbergh, that promises viewers will be able to get inside a character's head to know what they are thinking. Viewers will be...
over 7 years ago
THE WILDFIRE APP COULD SAVE LIVES
With the deadly wildfires that took place in California over the past month and the fact that many are still missing in Northern California, the American Red Cross team decided to team up with others to produce an information service that could have saved lives. A big part of this is the Wildf...
over 7 years ago
AMERICAN CONSUMERS SPEND 10 HOURS PER YEAR IN SHOPPING APPS
Mobile shopping is on the rise and U.S. consumers are spending nearly 50 minutes in shopping apps per month, or 10 hours per year, according to a new report from App Annie. Shopping apps like Amazon, Esty, Wish and many others, are growing more quickly in terms of total sessions and monthly usage, c...
over 7 years ago
GAMING APPS ARE DOMINATING ARKIT DOWNLOADS
After Pokemon Go popularized the technology among millions of smartphone users last year, it comes as no surprise that game apps are the leaders in embracing the AR world. Apps requiring Apple's ARKit – the mobile application framework for augmented reality features on iPhones – ha...
over 7 years ago
LATEST APPLE SOFTWARE UPDATE LEAVES YOUR IPHONE VULNERABLE TO ATTACK...
If you wanted to switch off Bluetooth and W-Fi with iOS 10, it was fairly simple, just swipe up to open the Control Center, tap the icons, and it's switched off. It saved you time to not toggle around to your settings and switch it off by going through all those steps. In iOS 11 – Apple's...
over 7 years ago
DELTA'S MOBILE APP WILL AUTOMATICALLY CHECK IN PASSENGERS
The outdated flight check-in process has plagued flyers for years now – so Delta has gotten rid of it! Now, Delta passengers' boarding passes will automatically be sent out 24 hours prior to the flight – as long as they use Delta's mobile app! This change, first noted on the iOS version ...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: GOOGLE TEZ APP HITS 5 MILLION DOWNLOADS
Google's digital payment app – Tez – which was launched in India on September 18 has been downloaded five million times from the Google Play Store. WIthin 24 hours of Tez being launched, Google saw nearly 1.8 crores gross mechanised volume (GMV) done with over four lakh active user...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: TAYLOR SWIFT ANNOUNCES UPCOMING APP – THE SWIFT LIFE!
Dear Taylor Swift fans: you might want to save up some blank space on your phone! Taylor Swift has another surprise for her fans with a soon-to-be-unveiled app! In her newly released video on her YouTube page, the star introduced "The Swift Life" – an upcoming app from the House of Swift desig...
over 7 years ago
WHATSAPP FLAWS LET HACKERS KNOW WHEN YOU'RE OFFLINE
Your WhatsApp online status can help hackers figure out who you're talking to, when you're offline and when you go to sleep, thanks to a flaw in the micro-blogging platform. After discovering the flaw in WhatsApp, Rob Heaton – who has made similar security-related findings in the past – ...
over 7 years ago
TWITTERRIFIC FOR MAC RETURNS AFTER A SUCCESSFUL CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN
Following a successful crowdfunding campaign to resurrect the Twitter app earlier this year, Twitterrific 5 has launched on the Mac App Store. The original Twitterrific for Mac was first launched about 10 years ago, but developer Iconfactory stopped work on the Mac version after changes to Twit...
over 7 years ago
TRUECALLER IOS UPDATE TO FILTER OUT JUNK TEXT
Spam messages can be a waste of time when reading through or having to delete them from your device. The leading communication app, Truecaller, recently announced that the addition of a new spam-filtering feature for iOS app will filter out SMS and MMS spam from iMessage and send them to a jun...
over 7 years ago
NEW VERSION OF WHATSAPP WILL WORK FOR LANDLINE NUMBERS
Whatsapp is building a spanking new service completely separate to the regular version of the app. Whatsapp's new version will include landline numbers in order to make the business-focused messenger easier for customers and companies to communicate. This dramatically different version is currently ...
over 7 years ago
WHATSAPP IS TESTING A NEW 'DELETE FOR EVERYONE' FEATURE
Have you ever regretted a WhatsApp message that you sent and seconds later you wish that you could undo that text? Well, now you won't have to worry about drafting an apology to the person you sent the text to. WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messaging service used by more than 1 billion people w...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: UBER APP CAN SPY ON YOUR IPHONE!
Apple has granted un undocumented private app permission that allows Uber to record anything on an iPhone screen without your knowledge. Security researcher Will Strafach discovered this feature which has apparently existed on apps of jailbroken devices without permission from Apple. How...
over 7 years ago
FACEBOOK MESSENGERS GETS AN APPLE MUSIC BOT FOR FULL SONG STREAMING
This week, Facebook announced a new Apple Music integration for Messenger that allows you to stream full songs and emoji-inspired suggestions – a first for the social network's messaging platform. Before this partnership, you were able to build collaborative Spotify playlists inside Mess...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: THE NEW AND IMPROVED TECHCRUNCH MOBILE APP!
The TechCrunch mobile app desperately needed a design refresh – so they rebuilt it from the ground up! As of today, you can download the new and improved app in the iOS App Store or the Google Play Store. And if you already have the older version, all you need to do is update! The new Te...
over 7 years ago
INSTAGRAM ADDS POLLING STICKERS TO THE STORY FEATURE!
To make its Stories feature a bit more interactive with users, Instagram has introduced a new polling feature that users can add with a "poll" sticker. The poll sticker is similar to any other Instagram sticker – just drag and drop it onto your image in your story, and automatically you'll be ...
over 7 years ago
DROPBOX REDESIGNS ITSELF INTO A HIPSTER FILE SHARING SERVICE!
This week Dropbox announced a redesign to its platform! The new design introduces a lot more colour in contrast to its previous white-and-blue look. It also includes a flatter box logo that makes it look less like an actual box and more like planes of surface... an even more abstract box, essentiall...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: VUFORIA'S NEW ARKIT APP, CHALK, HELPS YOU TO HELP OTHERS WITH AUGMENTED REALITY
Let's say your mother can't work out how to use the remote control for her new TV – and you living 2,000 miles away makes your help pretty impossible. If you were there, you would be talking with her and guiding her through the process of pressing each button – explaining it on the way. ...
over 7 years ago
SNAPCHAT IS PUTTING JEFF KOONS' ART INSTALLATIONS IN AUGMENTED REALITY!
How would you like to be a part of the "Artwork All Around You" project? Well, all you'll have to do is open Snapchat and become a part of the gallery! Snapchat is planning to launch a new art initiative aimed at using augmented reality to feature art installations worldwide. A website, art.sna...
over 7 years ago
BUMBLE LAUNCHES BIZZ ' A NEW MODE FOR PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING!
Bumble has launched Bizz, first announced last July – a new mode in its already-existing app for professional mentoring and networking. Bizz allows users to swipe to find connections to network with Bumble's 20 million users and follows the "women make the first move" concept that the ap...
over 7 years ago
ANGRY BIRDS CREATOR ROVIO VALUED AT $1 BILLION IN IPO
If you haven't heard of the Angry Birds game, you've been living under a rock. Luckily for you, you probably also haven't been receiving Facebook requests to play the game every day – because the app has continued to be popular since its launch in 2009. Rovio Entertainment Ltd, the Finni...
over 7 years ago
FEMALE-FOCUSED FRIENDSHIP APP, HEY! VINA, LAUNCHES ON ANDROID
Hey! VINA, the friend-finding app for females, has just announced the launch of an Android app! The VINA app is pretty much identical to Tinder – except the end goal is to find a female friend, not a hot date. VINA uses a matching algorithm that factors in mutual friends, interests, locations ...
over 7 years ago
GOOGLE LAUNCHES "FAMILY LINK" PARENTAL CONTROL APP
With children being exposed to technology, online interaction and apps at such a young age, parents are bound to be concerned about what their children are looking at and interacting with. As a solution to this concern, Google has created "Family Link" – a parental control app. The app for And...
over 7 years ago
SAY GOODBYE TO THE TWITTER APP FOR APPLE WATCHES
Twitter's Apple Watch app is quietly disappearing from Apple's app store – even though you probably don't need it. If you've just updated your iPhone version of the Twitter app, you will discover that Twitter's companion app for the Apple Watch has vanished from the App Store. Apple Watch user...
over 7 years ago
NEW HSBC BETA APP WILL
If you're the kind of person who has a little problem with budgeting and a little tendency to over-spend then this is the app for you. HSBC UK has started testing a new app for smartphones that will help people keep track of their spending and will "nudge" them if they exceed their spending limits. ...
over 7 years ago
UBER IS CLOSE TO GATHERING 1 MILLION SIGNATURES IN 'SAVE YOUR UBER IN LONDON' PETITION!
After losing its license to operate in London on Friday Uber has already received over 700,000 signatures on a Change.org petition it launched to reverse the ban and save the service. The petition asks TfL to reverse the ban and is being promoted whenever the app is used in The City. London's transp...
over 7 years ago
INSTAGRAM IS LETTING YOU LIMIT WHO COMMENTS ON YOUR PICS!
Instagram launched a big bunch of useful new tools this week to combat harassment and help its community members. The first of these tools is one that has been requested by users for quite some time now: the ability to limit who can comment on your photos. Now, Instagram gives everyone with a public...
over 7 years ago
APPLE'S AWESOME DOCUMENT SCANNER IN IOS 11 ' HOW TO USE IT!
Inside the Notes app is one of the most useful tricks in Apple's iOS 11 – a document scanner. Whether it's a receipt, business card or any document you want to save or markup, this tool will make getting it on your iPhone or iPad incredibly simple! If you've been using a third-party app for th...
over 7 years ago
AMAZON ADDS ALEXA VOICE CONTROL TO THE AMAZON MUSIC APP
Amazon announced yesterday that they are bringing Alexa to the Amazon Music app on both iOS and Android! This will allow listeners to use voice controls with their music. According to the company, the feature is now available Germany, the UK, Australia and the US, and will allow users to perform act...
over 7 years ago
