Augmented reality apps have come a long way. Escape reality with our hand-picked selection of the best augmented reality apps out there for iOS and Android.
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Apple’s App Store rules scrutinized in U.S. antitrust probe
About a year into a U.S. antitrust investigation of Apple Inc., Justice Department lawyers are scrutinizing rules that require many app makers to use the company’s payment system, according to people …
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Which Note-Taking App Should I Use for Apple Devices?
I often write about pretty intense and aggravating tech issues for Lifehacker’s Tech 911 column. It can be … a lot. In the interests of taking a small summer breather, I’m going to lighten the mood …
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First take: With iOS 14, Apple changes the very idea of an app
There is also a new App Library, App Clips, Messaging features, a Translation app and the ability to unlock your car with your phone, too.
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WhatsApp plans to copy one of the best Apple iMessage features (and we can’t wait)
WHATSAPP users could soon be able to send and receive text messages, photos, video calls and VoIP calls from their tablet – allowing them to seamlessly move between devices, like Apple’s iMessage.
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Hey opens its email service to everyone as Apple approves its app for good
The public launch of the service comes alongside a second piece of good news for Hey: Apple has approved Hey’s update containing proposed changes to meet App Store guidelines. The app’s version 1.0.3 …
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iPhone Users To Get This Powerful New Messaging Update—Watch Out WhatsApp
Apple iphone users are about to be spoilt for choice as WhatsApp faces its greatest competitive threat in years.
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WhatsApp is getting a big upgrade to take on iOS 14 Messages
WhatsApp is adding a new feature to make your conversations even more fun. The popular chat service is getting animated stickers, which are slowly rolling out to users that have downloaded beta …
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WhatsApp is getting a big new feature to transform your messages
WhatsApp is adding a new feature to make your conversations even more fun — animated stickers. The feature is slowly rolling out to users that have downloaded beta releases of W …
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Republican Senators Want WhatsApp, FaceTime, iMessage To Give Backdoor Access To Law Enforcement
Three Republican Senators have introduced a bill that would force tech companies to share user data and communications with law enforcement agencies targeting messaging services like WhatsApp, …
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Justice Department reportedly launching Apple App Store antitrust probe
The Department of Justice and state attorneys general are reportedly preparing to launch an antitrust investigation into Apple’s App Store after developers continue to raise concerns over …
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WhatsApp wants to copy one of the best Apple iMessage features and we can’t wait
With that change to the way WhatsApp works, it finally paves the way for a fully-fledged iPad app. So, in the future, WhatsApp users will be able to pick-up calls, receive video calls and send images …
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This new Livescribe smart pen does something Apple left out of iPadOS 14
Users can upload that captured writing to a number of different cloud services like Dropbox, Google Drive, OneNote, and Evernote. When used with the Livescribe+ app, you’ll be able … you don’t need …
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Developer at center of App Store fight says Apple’s changes are ‘very little’
Basecamp’s CTO said the changes Apple made ere a good first step toward marketplace reforms, but he’s skeptical they will be enough.
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Apple jazzes up iMessage with pinned contacts, mentions and in-line replies
Apple announced a whole range of changes coming to the next version of its iPhone software, iOS 14, on Monday during its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. Among them are some crucial additions …
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What you’ll get in Apple upgrade with changes to apps, messages and maps
Widgets, reached by swiping right on the home screen currently, have been redesigned to be more interesting and data-rich, Apple said. These widgets can now also be dragged and dropped onto the main …
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The UK is abandoning its current contact tracing app for Google and Apple’s system
The UK is going to abandon its current contact tracing app in favor of one based on technology built by Apple and Google, the BBC reports. Tests of its existing app among residents on the Isle of …
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