Microsoft will soon introduce mouse and trackpad support to Office for Apple’s iPad tablet, as the apps will look to take advantage of the device’s new cursor.
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This Apple Editor’s Choice award-winning app makes working with PDFs simple
When it comes to viewing, editing, signing, and sharing documents, PDFs are likely involved. They’re super simple to send and receive through email, unfortunately doing anything more, e.g., signing …
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Could WhatsApp Ads Change Our Daily Messaging Habits?
WhatsApp, though, is by far the world’s largest messaging app, totaling 300 million daily users worldwide. WhatsApp added around 1.5 million people to its sphere after being acquired by Facebook in …
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The UK is reportedly now building a second contact-tracing app to work with Apple and Google’s framework
The UK was one of the few countries to initially reject Apple and Google’s API, but it looks like that could change.
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Why countries keep bowing to Apple and Google’s contact tracing app requirements
Apple and Google want to process the notifications on users’ phones without storing them on a central server, to preserve the maximum degree of privacy possible. Some European countries, meanwhile, …
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How to restart a game on your iPhone and clear the app’s data in iCloud
If you want to restart a game on your iPhone, deleting and redownloading it can do the trick, unless you’ve saved the game to iCloud.
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Apple TV app expands to include iconic AFI Movie Club picks
It now features the AFI Movie Club collection, which is composed of iconic movies the American Film Institute selects each day to “creat[e] a communal viewing experience” during quarantine.
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Apple is celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day with a host of apps and features
Apple will celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day on May 21 by highlighting its work to improve accessibility across its hardware, software and customer support.
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UK may ditch NHS contact-tracing app for Apple and Google model
MPs and rights groups have warned lack of data protection could make UK app illegal …
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Documents show the UK may re-engineer its contact-tracing app to work with Google and Apple’s technology
The UK previously said it would not use the specially-released Apple-Google API as it would mean promising to keep user data decentralized.
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Startup Seeks Royalties From Google, Apple Covid-Tracking Apps
A Utah-based startup says it has exclusive business rights to the use of smartphones and other electronic devices for tracing people who have come into contact with a person with Covid-19, setting up …
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Apple promotes accessibility tech with dedicated Apple Care team, app curation
In recognition of May’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day, the company will be highlighting its tech to help people with disabilities.
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New WhatsApp bot can debunk Coronavirus hoaxes
To help fight the spread of misinformation, a new WhatsApp bot has been released by the Facebook-owned chat app and Poynter International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) that can actually debunk myths …
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Spotify, Venmo, Other iPhone Apps Briefly Crash for Some Users
A number of popular third-party apps for Apple Inc.’s iPhone were knocked out of service for some people for about an hour on Wednesday afternoon. Software developers on Twitter cited a bug in …
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Facebook SDK Issue Causing Some iOS Apps to Crash
Multiple iPhone and iPad users are seeing their apps crashing at launch as of this afternoon, and the issue appears to be caused by a faulty …
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How to turn a video into an audio file on your iPhone using a third-party app
To turn a video into an audio file on your iPhone, you’ll need to download a third-party app from the App Store.
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Why New Contact Tracing Apps Have A Critical WhatsApp-Sized Problem
These Bluetooth proximity apps are generating daily headlines as the effectiveness versus privacy debate rages on. Building on perceived success in Asia, the apps are now launching in the West. And …
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