Tag: app

February 23, 2023

A relatively popular Android voice chat app was found leaking sensitive user data, with anyone who knew where to look able to access it. The OyeTalk app was using Google’s Firebase mobile application development platform, which also offers cloud-hosted databases. […]

April 10, 2020

Late last month, Apple released a free COVID-19 app that includes a screening tool from the CDC that tells you whether you need to self isolate, see a doctor or get tested. If you’re worried about privacy, the CDC says […]

October 19, 2018

With the cyber threats faced by mobile phone users uprising at an alarming rate, app permissions became a crucial step in securing our devices. In 2017, Kaspersky Lab detected almost 6 million malicious installation packages and more than 94.000 mobile […]

June 29, 2018

Paying for your supermarket shopping at a till can take time, especially if there’s a queue, and for manned tills it’s also an expense for the store, but Tesco might soon solve all those problems, as it’s trialling shops without […]

June 26, 2018

Announced back at Facebook’s F8 developer conference earlier this year, Oculus TV is the company’s latest first-party app that pulls a number of flatscreen video options together under one roof. The app is now available for free on Oculus Go. […]

September 21, 2017

A few weeks ago, Nginx released its multilanguage microservices-friendly app server, but without Java support at launch. Now IBM has a beta build of its own microservices-friendly app server for Java applications: the open source Open Liberty, which implements IBM’s […]

March 23, 2017

Duo, Google’s answer to Apple’s FaceTime (and more recently, the mobile replacement for Google Hangouts) is getting a new, handy feature that takes the “video” out of “video calling.” Audio calls are coming to Duo, allowing users to stay in […]

March 3, 2017

One of the more annoying things about Google Home in what we got at launch compared to what we saw in the prerelease videos is that Home was tied to one specific Google account. Of course, the annoyance of that […]

February 28, 2017

Microsoft is working on a new Windows 10 security feature that will block installation of regular Win32 applications and only allow verified installs from the Windows Store. The feature is already present in the latest builds of the OS that […]

February 15, 2017

Open Whisper Systems, the company behind open-source messaging app Signal, has published a new blog post today detailing the newest addition to its product – video calling. The feature was rolled out to beta versions of the app several days […]

February 10, 2017

Microsoft’s Office team has just announced a new update for all three apps under its supervision: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The new features included in the update are available to all those who enrolled into the Insider program, but they […]

January 30, 2017

Twitter is once again revamping its mobile app as it tries to simplify the service and attract new users. While no extra functions are being added, features such as Moments, Search, Trending Tweets, and Live video are all being moved […]

January 26, 2017

Google has released the fifth and final developer preview for Android Wear 2.0 as we approach its rumored February 9th launch. The big new addition in the latest build is full iOS support, which means developers will be able to […]

January 25, 2017

Box Notes is getting its own standalone web app and a new desktop app for Windows and Mac. It’s a new turn for the product, which allows users to collaboratively edit documents in real time. Notes gives users a workspace […]

January 18, 2017

Many developers still embed sensitive access tokens and API keys into their mobile applications, putting data and other assets stored on various third-party services at risk. A new study performed by cybersecurity firm Fallible on 16,000 Android applications revealed that […]

January 13, 2017

Google has announced a new update to Google Maps that brings deeper integration with ride hailing service Uber. While it was already possible to see a pickup ETA and price estimate for Uber, Lyft and others within Google Maps, now […]

December 13, 2016

The Events application developed by Facebook made its debut on the iOS platform a few months ago. At that time, Facebook didn’t mention when exactly the app will arrive on Android devices, but those who have expected it since October […]

December 6, 2016

Google has released a new Android app that lets you track your contacts’ whereabouts in real time — as long as they allow it, of course. Dubbed Trusted Contacts, the company is pitching it as a service to make sure […]

November 10, 2016

Virtual Reality (VR) is the technology of the moment, as companies are trying to brings new products that can offer consumers more immersive experiences. Google isn’t going to let the VR train leave the station without jumping aboard, so the […]

September 12, 2016

Your phone may be great at shooting videos, but it’s probably not so smart at editing them – even the simplest clean-up tasks will usually require a little help. If you’ve got some heavy-duty editing in mind then transferring your […]