Tag: Apps

May 7, 2021

It’s been an interesting few months for Facebook-owned WhatsApp. The messaging platform announced controversial changes to its privacy policy back in January that caused a surge in downloads for rivals Signal and Telegram. It later pushed back the deadline for […]

April 29, 2021

There are over a billion potential AirTag owners, and this number is expected to grow in the future. How come “a billion owners”? Well, Apple’s Find My network, which can help you locate an item even if it’s turned off, […]

April 21, 2021

Android 12’s third developer preview has arrived, and among its host of updates are new OS-level tools to help app developers get more out of the camera and haptic hardware found in modern Android flagships. App launch animations, call notifications, […]

April 14, 2021

Over the years, Google Photos has added lots of search features to make finding your photos easier. According to tipster Jane Wong, Google is working on yet another addition to its Google Photos search tools. Right now, you can search […]

April 12, 2021

Having problems with Google this morning? You’re not the only one. Starting at 9am EDT this morning, just as the U.S. work week was getting under way, complaints came in to DownDetector.com concerning Google Search, Google Drive, and Google Classroom. […]

April 5, 2021

Gmail has been enriched with a lot of additional functions over the years, as Google is trying to build an entire ecosystem around one of the most popular email apps on the market. Google Meet, Chat, and Rooms are just […]

March 25, 2021

The best Chromecast apps can turn the entertainment experience in your home from bland to brilliant. However, with so much choice you need to know which Chromecast apps are the best ones and worth your time and which you shouldn’t […]

March 16, 2021

Users of FaceTime, Apple’s ultra-popular video calling app, have been subjected to an unusual kind of attack for a while now. Countless people have been receiving unwanted prank calls by the hundreds, calls which exploit FaceTime’s group-calling system to initiate […]

March 16, 2021

Some people say that smartphones have become quite boring in recent years. And while there is some truth to this, people often forget that smartphones are just a hardware platform, a tool that enables you to do different things. The […]

March 5, 2021

Surprise, surprise—your data may be compromised. A top private mobile security company called Zimperium analyzed over 1.3 million apps on both iOS and Android-running systems, and the results were rather disturbing. Nearly 84,000 Android apps and 47,000 iOS apps were […]

March 5, 2021

Microsoft’s sketching app, Whiteboard, can now be downloaded as a Public Preview at the Google Play Store. Until now the app was only available for iOS devices. The app is a useful sketch companion, featuring a blank canvas on which […]

March 4, 2021

Remember when Google offered free unlimited cloud storage for your photos? The world is constantly changing and so are the policies of companies around the globe. This time our precious memories are at risk – starting June 1, 2021, any […]

February 15, 2021

Spending your Bitcoins just got a whole lot easier, especially if you’re an Apple Pay user. BitPay – one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency payment service providers – has announced that US cardholders of the BitPay Prepaid Mastercard can add […]

February 11, 2021

Google’s iOS apps have been sending ominous messages to users recently, telling them they’re out of date and that it’s risky to continue using them. These messages are the result of a bug, which has already been fixed, Google told […]

January 28, 2021

Earlier this month, Facebook informed WhatsApp users that in order to continue to use the app, they will have to agree with the company’s updated privacy policy, forcing them to share data with Facebook and third-party associated companies. After a […]

January 25, 2021

Even when we discоunt people switching to alternative social networking and chat apps for political reasons lately, Facebook forced a true exodus from WhatsApp, its $16 billion acquisition, by the simple act of pushing an update. No good deed goes […]

January 22, 2021

Launched in the beta channel about a month ago, Samsung Internet 13.2 is now available as a stable release. If you’re using a Samsung smartphone, you can download the new version of the browser via the Google Play Store. The […]

January 8, 2021

WhatsApp is way behind the competition when it comes to cross-platform syncing of chats. Back in August 2019, it was reported that WhatsApp could finally be working on letting you sync chats between platforms by introducing multi-device support. Now, it […]

January 4, 2021

The other day I posted the five iOS bugs and annoyances that I would like Apple to fix this year. What was interesting was the response to this — I had over a dozen emails and comments from readers about […]

December 30, 2020

In its bid to keep people as much as possible on its search pages rather than other places, such as addictive apps like Instagram and TikTok with their infinite scrolls, Google has come up with a new trick for Search […]