INSTAGRAM IS TESTING DIRECT FACEBOOK SHARE FOR STORIES...
Instagram has recently begun testing an experimental feature that will allow users to share stories directly to Facebook's core app. This move is likely intended to help increase the number of interactions with stories on Facebook. That means Instagram users will soon be able to mix content between ...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: YOU CAN SHAZAM MUSIC ON SNAPCHAT!
We have all been there where there is a song playing on the radio and you just want to know all the details so you can listen to it over-and-over-and-over again! Thank goodness Shazam exist, but did you know that you can use Shazam from Snapchat? The whole process can be seen in the video belo...
over 7 years ago
FACEBOOK IS TESTING A NEW COLOURFUL COMMENT SECTION...
Facebook has launched new updates to their status bar, and now they are testing the ability to post colourful comments underneath posts. The company wants to extend the features to the comment section by allowing the users to choose a colourful gradient or individual colour for each text-only commen...
over 7 years ago
FACEBOOK STORIES ARE FAILING SO BADLY THAT INSTAGRAM IS TRYING TO HELP!
The Story feature on Facebook isn't going so well – as most Facebook users predicted. So, Facebook is going to try a new approach: soon you'll be able to just double-post your Instagram stories to Facebook directly from Instagram. According to Mashable reports, Instagram users have already beg...
over 7 years ago
FACEBOOK OFFERS MUSIC INDUSTRY MILLIONS TO LETS USERS UPLOAD SONGS
According to a report from Bloomberg, Facebook is going up against YouTube to become the top place for music videos and other content that contains copyright-protected songs. Apparently, the company is offering music publishers in the industry hundreds of millions of dollars to retain rights t...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: THE HOUSE OF DA VINCI GAME FOR ANDROID!
There are some great puzzle games on Google's Play Store, and The House of Da Vinci is definitely going to earn its place amongst them. It is sharp and super-deep experience and it is now available on Android devices! It’s set during the Renaissance period, just after the disappearance of Leon...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: APP OF THE WEEK: PLANTSNAP
Have you ever been walking in a beautiful garden, seen a gorgeous plant or flower and wondered what kind of plant it is? If you have, this is the app for you. With PlantSnap, all you have to do is take a photo of the plant and, within seconds, it'll identify and tell you exactly what it is you'...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: INSTAGRAM STORIES MAKES IT WAY TO THE WEB!
Instagram Stories have taken over Snapchat – which is kind of sad – but alas, the digital era needs to go where the millenniums go. Now it is finally available on your desktop and the mobile web, without the aid of a browser extension. The only catch is that you still need to use the Ins...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: TINDER DATING APP EXCELS ON APPLE'S APP STORE!
For the first time, the Tinder dating app has become the top-grossing app in Apple's online shop – topping popular apps like Netflix, Pandora and hit mobile games like 'Clash Royale'. According to rankings posted online by market data firm App Annie on Friday, Tinder now wears the crown as the...
over 7 years ago
INSTAGRAM ACCOUNTS GET HACKED!
A bug in Instagram allowed hackers to obtain access to phone numbers and email addresses of high-profile user accounts. The bug was part of Instagram's application programming interface (API) which is used to communicate with other apps. It might explain the hack of singer-actress Selena Gomez...
over 7 years ago
ST PAUL POLICE ARE FIRST IN STATE TO USE VITALS APP TO HELP THE VULNERABLE
In case you haven't heard of the Vitals app, it is designed to provide first-responders and officers with data about a medically vulnerable person's diagnosis, medications and caregiver contact information, as well as suggested ways to calm the person down. The app is made for people with "inv...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: TOMTOM FITNESS TRACKER TELLS YOUR FITNESS POINTS AND FITNESS AGE
Getting fit, healthy and in shape can be a difficult and taxing journey. The worst part? Most of the time you don't really know if what you're doing is actually helping your health and fitness. That's why a lot of people make use of sports wearables. But even then, you're often bombarded with ...
over 7 years ago
TINDER'S NEW FEATURE LET'S YOU SEE WHO'S ALREADY LIKED YOU!
Until you realise that Tinder is actually full of f*ckboys, psychopaths and people who might steal your dog, it might still be fun to try out. I mean who does not love meeting someone and having a great time only to get ghosted? The good guys and girls over at Tinder have made your lives easie...
over 7 years ago
UBER REMOVES CONTROVERSIAL TRACKING FEATURE
Were you aware that, up until now, Uber drives continued to be able to track your location up to 5 minutes after your trip had ended? Well, Uber has recently decided to remove this controversial feature as riders felt it was a violation of privacy for drivers to know their whereabouts even if they w...
over 7 years ago
GOOGLE ASSISTANT'S APP GETS BETTER WITH ANDROID OREO!
Google Assistant's app integration is going to get better with Android 8.0 Oreo, as it looks like Google is prepping the software to where app developers will be able to make better use of it in a number of ways. Google seems to be setting up a new integration that will work with other digital assis...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: NEW APP USES SMARTPHONE SELFIES TO DETECT PANCREATIC CANCER!
The new BiliScreen app is a smartphone app that can screen for pancreatic cancer by having users snap a selfie! This is done by controlling lighting conditions to detect signs of jaundice in a person's eye. Pancreatic cancer has one of the worst prognoses – a five-year survival rate of 9%. A p...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: MEDIUM'S NEW CLAPS FEATURE!
Medium is a blogging app that allows writers and authors to publish articles to their app for others to read! According to reviews, it is one of the best blogging apps out there, and has been called the "Instagram of blogs." Now, Medium is planning a new feature that will pay writers based on how ma...
over 7 years ago
FACEBOOK USERS BEING TARGETED BY CRIMINALS!
Cyber criminals are spreading malware through Facebook, by posing as friends of their victims. They are sending dodgy links to users through Messenger, which leads to fake, but very convincing legitimate-looking websites like YouTube. The pop-up message on these sites then encourage the targets to d...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: DAD CREATES 'REPLYASAP' APP FORCING KIDS TO LOOK AT PARENTS' TEXTS
A father has created the ReplyASAP app that forces children to read messages from their parents. The app takes over the phone screen, and DEMANDS attention. Kids these days are consumed by their phones – yet they're often difficult when it comes to responding to their parents' messages. I...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: NHS TRIALS A MOBILE APP TO TREAT PARANOIA
People who suffer from paranoia personality disorder might be offered a new NHS app that encourages them to slow down their thinking and helps with their paranoia. With the app, users can input their distressing thoughts and use a tool to convey the intensity of the feeling they are experienci...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: HOW TO GET MORE INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS WITH NO SPAMS OR SCAMS!
Whether it is for business, fame or personal reasons, all Instagram users are always trying everything they can do get more followers! More followers = more attention, and that's what Instagram is for, isn't it? Most people will try following millions of random users in the hopes that they will foll...
over 7 years ago
ACCUWEATHER IS TRACKING YOUR EVERY MOVE!
AccuWeather is sneakily tracking your location data, even if you turn off the location access to the app. After getting called out by a security researcher, the company is going to knock it off... Security researcher Will Strafach discovered that Accuweather’s iOS app partners with a ser...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: THE ANDROID O ' OR ANDROID 'OREO' ' IS HERE!
Inspired by the 2017 total solar eclipse, Android's new software update has been named Android O – or as Google pronounces it – Android Oreo! As we all know, Google's mobile operating system Android has always been named after a dessert and in alphabetical order – and this is not t...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: PRISMA PHOTO EDITING APP TO MARKET AI FILTERING!
Prisma transforms your photos and videos into works of art using the styles of famous artists: Van Gogh, Picasso, Levitan, as well as world-famous ornaments and patterns. A unique combination of neural networks and artificial intelligence helps you turn memorable moments into timeless art. Back in 2...
over 7 years ago
GOOGLE REMOVES GAB APP FOR VIOLATING HATE SPEECH POLICY
The Gab app is a social network popular with members of the alt-right that describes itself as "an ad-free social network for creators who believe in free speech, individual liberty and the free flow of information online." However, this "free speech" has led to a violation of Google's hate speech p...
over 7 years ago
LINKEDIN WILL INTRODUCE IN-APP VIDEO CREATION IN THE COMING MONTHS!
For those who do not know LinkedIn is a business- and employment-oriented social networking service that operates via websites and mobile apps. The company wants users to share as much as possible on the site, so they will be rolling out a video creation tool within its mobile app. The feature is on...
over 7 years ago
UBER CONTINUES TO BAN WHITE SUPREMACISTS FROM ITS PLATFORM
It is incredible that social media platforms have started more active action against racism and discrimination of their social platforms – one of these platforms is Uber, that says "there is simply no place" for bigotry or hate! Uber sent a message to drivers and company employees yesterd...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: WHAT IS THE SARAHAH APP?
Everyone on social media, be it on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Snapchat, is talking about Sarahah. Sarahah means 'honesty' in Arabic and that is what this app is all about; it allows users to send anonymous messages to other users that are registered with the app. The key highlight of Sara...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: SURKUS ' THE APP THAT PAYS YOU TO PARTY
"Go out. Have fun. Get paid." That's the slogan for the Surkus app created by Stephen George. When you see all the cool kids standing outside that new restaurant – it's because they're being PAID to be there. This emerging app allows restaurants to manufacture the ideal crowd for a...
over 7 years ago
FACEBOOK REDESIGNS ITS BLUE HEADER AND ADDS CIRCULAR PROFILE PICS!
Brace yourself, Facebook is rolling out new interface designs to the News Feed. The updates overhaul the main interface of the site allowing for a cleaner look. Basically, Facebook is getting rid of the blue accents and headers across most of the interface, which the company claims will make navigat...
over 7 years ago
VIDEO: FACEBOOK ADDS NEW CAMERA FILTERS TO ENCOURAGE USERS TO MAKE STORIES
While the "Stories" feature was originally exclusive to Snapchat – Facebook and Instagram decided to jump on board. In all honesty, people didn't like it. It felt like a copy-cat version of the social media platforms, and not a lot of people use it. As a result, Facebook has created some...
over 7 years ago
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
