Category: APPS

Apple’s policies have effectively spiked an entire category of gaming apps that are no different from a security, technical, or content review standpoint than controlling a Netflix movie with a …
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Job growth slowed in July, and two popular Chinese apps will be effectively banned in the U.S. in 45 days. The Dow’s big tech components underperformed badly.
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We round up five of our favorite analog-inspired photo apps available on iOS, from sleek and simple to clever and robust.
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Facetune applies its real-time editing features to videos of your face with its new app for iOS. You make a video of yourself to post on social media and suddenly notice that the lighting isn’t right, …
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WhatsApp fake news campaigns have been surging during the novel coronavirus pandemic, with disinformation about the COVID-19 origins and cures going viral. Facebook just rolled out a brand new …
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You can easily create a WhatsApp account by following the step-by-step instructions to enter your phone number and name.
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WhatsApp is continuously improving but there are plenty of upgrades believed to be in the pipeline. Here are the ones that are on their way which may change your WhatsApp life.
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Apple claims its App Store policies prohibit cloud gaming services like xCloud, Stadia or GeForce Now because each game needs to be reviewed individually.
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Google’s Stadia app can’t stream games on iOS, and yesterday Microsoft said its new xCloud streaming service wouldn’t be coming to Apple devices either. Turns out there’s a pretty concrete reason for …
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The Apple Maps Look Around feature has started rolling out internationally, with Japan being the first country outside the US to get it. Look Around is Apple’s equivalent to the Street View …
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The launch comes as public health officials have criticized the Trump administration’s objections to creating national standards for testing and contact tracing, leaving it up to the states.
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On Wednesday, the Virginia Department of Health released its official COVID-19 exposure notification app, and it is the first in the United States to use the Google and Apple API.
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Virginia’s coronavirus notification app, called Covidwise, launched on Wednesday, just under four months after the Apple-Google partnership was first revealed.
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The first clue that developer Charlie Monroe discovered about his ejection from Apple’s development program was users complaining that their apps stopped working — despite still being available on the …
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Apple silicon means iPhone apps will be able to run seamless on the Mac. That also means developers may have a lot of work ahead.
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Apple in March purchased weather app Dark Sky, and at that time, Dark Sky’s developers said that the app’s Android version would …
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This week, we’re focused on rounding up the news from the U.S. antitrust investigation into Apple, as it pertains to apps, the App Store and developers.
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