Top 300 Best Mobile App News, Reviews & Resources

A MOBILE APP or mobile application is a computer program designed to run on a mobile device such as a phone/tablet or watch. Mobile applications often stand in contrast to desktop applications which run on desktop computers, and with web applications which run in mobile web browsers rather than directly on the mobile device.

Apps are usually available through application distribution platforms, which began appearing in 2008 and are typically operated by the owner of the mobile operating system, such as the Apple App Store, Google Play, Windows Phone Store, and BlackBerry App World. Some apps are free, while others must be bought. Usually, they are downloaded from the platform to a target device, such as an iPhone, BlackBerry, Android phone or Windows Phone, but sometimes they can be downloaded to laptops or desktop computers. For apps with a price, generally a percentage, 20-30%, goes to the distribution provider (such as iTunes), and the rest goes to the producer of the app. The same app can therefore cost the average Smartphone user a different price depending on whether they use iPhone, Android, or BlackBerry 10 devices.

Mobile apps were originally offered for general productivity and information retrieval, including email, calendar, contacts, and stock market and weather information. However, public demand and the availability of developer tools drove rapid expansion into other categories, such as mobile games, factory automation, GPS and location-based services, banking, order-tracking, ticket purchases and recently mobile medical apps. The explosion in number and variety of apps made discovery a challenge, which in turn led to the creation of a wide range of review, recommendation, and curation sources, including blogs, magazines, and dedicated online app-discovery services.

Mobile App News, Reviews & Resources

• 3 words that can save your life - "What3words: The app that can save your life. Police have urged everyone to download a smartphone app they say has already saved several lives. What is it and how does it work?"
• 3rd-party app brings Dynamic Island to any iPhone, but is it just a party trick? - "A developer has just brought the Dynamic Island - currently exclusive to the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max - to any iPhone running iOS 16 through iOS 16.1.2. While the Pro iPhones have a physically different shape to the screen for this island, the software portion is still able to be run in the location of the notch on previous iPhones and show directions, battery charging, and currently playing media in the updated style."
• 5 Best Apps of 2023, According to Apple - "Apple has selected the best apps of the year for each of its five big devices: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV."
• 5 best chat apps for your coronavirus quarantine - ranked! - "Group video platforms are making a heroic rise from last resort to daily routine as people stay indoors. We tried five of the most popular ones out there."
• 5 Best VPN apps for Apple TV - "Setting up a VPN on your Apple TV 4K allows you to avoid geographic region restrictions and access services not normally available to you. With tvOS 17, VPN apps can now be installed on the Apple TV directly."
• 5 Cute Little iOS Tricks Have Transformed How I Use My iPhone - "The iPhone, whichever one it is, you use, has a consistent operating system, iOS. It turns out that one fundamental feature, something that’s been there since 2007, is much easier to use than most of us have been doing."
• 5 Essential Apps When You’re Facing Flight Delays Or Cancellations - "There’s a lot that you can do to protect yourself from travel plans going terribly wrong. For starters, downloading these five apps can help you stay one step ahead of disruptions and sail through a bad travel day as unscathed as possible."
• 5 Habit-Tracking Apps - TIME Magazine.
• 5 of the best online mapping apps - "Plan runs, rides and walks with this selection of navigation aids - all of which allow you create, follow and share hiking and cycling routes."
• 7 apps I can't live without for Android & iOS - "These are the apps I immediately go to when I set up every new phone."
• 9 great apps for your new Android device - "Start your year with some useful tools."
• 9 secret apps to hide your sexts - Mashable.
• 10 Best Photo Editing Apps For iPhone - iPhone Photography School.
• 10 Google Maps Features Every Daily Commuter Should Know - "Whether you're a new user or a seasoned veteran, the app's got some pretty neat tricks to empower and simplify your commutes, and it's reflected in the fact that Google Maps has over one billion active users per month."
• 10 GREAT APPS FOR YOUR NEW 2021 IPHONE - "New phone, new start." The Verge.
• 11 best apps for your new Mac - "Make your Mac life easier and better."
• 11 essential apple watch apps - "Install these tools to supercharge the capabilities of your Apple wearable."
• 11 great apps ready for your new 2020 M1 Mac - "Developers are quickly embracing Apple silicon."
• 12 best apps for your new iPhone - "Put power in your phone."
• 13 Global Fashion Apps On The Rise - "'There is an app for that.' When Apple trademarked the catchphrase a decade ago, it was impossible to predict its impact. Virtual try-on experiences are in-demand during these tough times. Fashion apps can make curbside pickup or delivery easier while minimizing returns."
• 14 Apps & Tools to Stave Off Cabin Fever - "Millions of people are staying inside for the indefinite future. Here are a few apps to help you socialize, exercise, and meditate from your own home."
• 20 learning apps for stir-crazy kids - "These fun-filled educational apps provide perfect brain food for children while schools are closed"
• 21 best Apple CarPlay apps every driver needs - "These are the 21 apps all CarPlay users should know about for their next road trip."
• 26 great apps for your new 2020 Windows PC - "All of the apps you need to get started with Windows."
• 33 apps that will save you money - TIME Magazine.
• 33 best Android apps you should download right now - The Telegraph.
• 2018: the Best iPhone & Android Apps - TIME Magazine.
• 2020 emojis revealed - "New emoji release to feature more gender-inclusive designs and a popular Italian hand gesture."
• 2021 Macworld’s must-have iPhone, iPad, Mac & Apple Watch apps - "Apple recently revealed its App Store Awards for 2021, and it’s a terrific list of apps, utilities, and games. So it got us thinking: What are our must-have apps in 2021? So if you’re looking for great software that you can use, stay tuned to this episode of the Macworld Podcast."
• A complete guide to the Apple Freeform app on iOS, iPadOS & macOS - "Are you wondering what you can do in the Apple Freeform app on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS? We're here to answer your questions."
• A new free app makes using iPads easier for people with hand tremors - "Its creators want to expand the tech to other devices, too."
• A personal trainer app guilt-tripped me into exercising (and it worked) - "It provided me the motivation and accountability I needed."
• Adobe brings its enormous font library to iPhone & iPad - "Creative Cloud subscribers don’t have to stick to Helvetica or Futura anymore."
• Adobe Fresco brings the joy of painting to the iPad - "Oil paints and watercolors are more realistic than ever."
• Alexa can now tell you where to find a COVID-19 vaccine - "It can help people call vaccination sites."
• All I want is one productivity app that can handle everything - "'I know this is an unachievable fantasy, but there has to be some kind of middle ground.'"
• All the Ways Facebook Tracks You - and How to Limit It - "If you have a Facebook account - and even if you don't - the company is going to collect data about you. But you can at least control how it gets used."
• Amazon Underground, a New Kind of App Store, Is Blowin’ Up - Wired.
• Amazon’s iPhone app adds AR feature for identifying & buying small nuts and bolts - The Verge.
• AMP UP YOUR ATTITUDE WITH THESE FOUR AFFIRMATION APPS - Wired.
• An app a day to keep the doctor away - The Guardian.
• An App That Will Forever Change How You Enjoy Museums - Wired.
• ANDROID: A 10-YEAR VISUAL HISTORY - The Verge.
• Android app will turn your wallpaper into a live map of your location - The Verge.
• Android User Warning: Here Are 24 ‘Dangerous’ Apps With A Dark Secret - And 382 Million Installs - "Hidden within the all too frequent reports of malware-laced apps and adware lurking on Google’s Play Store, there is an ominous theme—networks of Chinese developers sharing code, resources and know-how."
• Animoji - iOS includes an animated emoji feature known as Animoji. This responds to facial expressions via the iPhone X camera, to animate various 3D animated emojis that can be sent as a video file with sound. Animoji does not replace any existing emoji support in iOS, and works exclusively as an iMessage app. In iOS 12, Animoji is also available in FaceTime, and joined by a 3D avatar feature called Memoji.
• Another viral iPod app was pulled from Apple’s App Store - "Retro Pod, which turns your iPhone into an iPod, amassed hundreds of thousands of downloads before it was removed from the App Store."
• Anyone can make an emoji. I’m the proof - "How I made the yawning face & waffle emoji. You can make emoji, too."
• Anyone can use this powerful facial-recognition tool - and that's a problem - "If you upload a picture of your face to PimEyes' website, it will immediately show you any pictures of yourself that the company has found around the internet. You might recognize all of them, or be surprised (or, perhaps, even horrified) by some; these images may include anything from wedding or vacation snapshots to pornographic images."
• app allows passengers to bid for last-minute upgrades on planes - The Telegraph.
• App faith: how religions are embracing technology - The Guardian.
• App Knows If Your iPhone Has Been Hacked - Do You? - "How do you know if your iPhone has been hacked? There's an app for that. There are no iPhone anti-virus apps in the App Store."
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• app takes pictures from 36,000km up in space - "Cameras mounted on a satellite allow users to take ‘selfies from space’ - on a beach, at a festival or sports event and eventually from anywhere you fancy - if the skies are clear."
• app that can save avalanche victims - "When people are buried in avalanche, every passing minute can mean the difference between life and death. A new app could help rescuers reach them faster."
• APP THAT ENCRYPTS YOUR PHOTOS FROM CAMERA TO CLOUD - Wired.
• app that turns your photos into Renaissance paintings became so popular that it crashed - CNN style.
• Apple under pressure from app developers - "Facebook, Amazon and Google all have their problems, but Apple is losing friends faster."
• Apple & Burberry develop ‘R Message’ chat tool for personalized shopping - "Apple is partnering with Burberry to help the luxury fashion retailer create a more personal shopping experience. A new service called “R Message” will integrate with Burberry’s iOS app and allow store associates to directly message select clients. The service will be available by invitation only and piloted before rolling out to every Burberry store."
• Apple & Parler agreement could restore rightwing platform to App Store - "App was barred over ties to US Capitol attack but companies have discussed content moderation, Apple says."
• Apple Announced Its Picks for Best Apps of 2019 - TIME Magazine.
• Apple announces sweeping changes for apps in Europe - "Allowing third-party app stores for the first time."
• Apple buys weather app Dark Sky - "Apple has purchased the weather predicting app Dark Sky and plans to shut down the Android and Wear OS versions."
• Apple could kill almost 200,000 apps with iOS 11 - Mashable.
• Apple had a shockingly bad week of software problems - The Verge.
• Apple introduces non-binary emojis with new set of inclusive faces - "While celebrated, some in the LGBTQ community say it reinforces a fixed idea of what gender-neutral people should look like. The 328 new emoji designs came with the release of the company’s latest software update iOS 13.2. The non-binary emojis even extend to fantastical creatures such as merpeople, fae, and vampires."
• Apple iOS app updates are being re-issued for unknown reasons - "Fixing a bug? Patching an error? We’re not sure."
• Apple iPhone at risk of hacking through email app - "A flaw in Apple's mobile operating system may have left millions of iPhone and iPad users vulnerable to hackers."
• Apple is adding 4 new Animoji characters in iOS 11.3
• Apple is making Shazam a bigger part of your iPhone - "iOS 14.2 can identify songs that are playing inside your apps."
• Apple just made it easier to find and manage subscriptions in iOS - "It’s about time the company addressed this."
• Apple lets users opt out of having Siri conversations graded - "Software finally updated three months after practice revealed in Guardian report."
• APPLE MAPS TURNS 10 & IT’S FINALLY WORTH USING - "It’s getting there, slowly but surely."
• Apple now makes it easier to switch from Google Photos to iCloud Photos - "Apple and Google have teamed up to introduce a new data portability tool that lets users transfer their Google Photos collections straight to iCloud Photos. This follows the launch of a tool that lets you transfer iCloud Photos to Google Photos back in 2021."
• Apple pulls option to upgrade to new HomeKit architecture in iOS 16.2 - "The change follows multiple reports of issues with the Home app."
• Apple pulls TV Remote app now that it's built into iOS - "There's not much point if you have recent Apple mobile devices."
• Apple releases iOS 11.4.1 & blocks passcode cracking tools used by police - The Verge.
• Apple removes Russia’s largest social network from the App Store - "Apple has removed the iOS apps belonging to VK, the technology conglomerate behind Russia’s version of Facebook called VKontakte, from its App Store globally."
• Apple says 'tears of joy' face is the most-used emoji - engadget.
• Apple says the App Store created $519 billion in commerce last year - "Apple is defending the App Store amid ongoing anti-trust investigations."
• Apple Shortcuts is great, but it needs a notification toggle - "Apple’s Shortcuts app is a fantastic piece of iOS, a nearly limitless corner of the operating system that lets users automate almost anything they can think of, limited only by imagination and ability to use Apple’s coding system (Federico Viticci’s comprehensive collection on MacStories is a great place to start.) But Shortcuts has an issue so awful it renders it one of the most annoying parts of my phone, instead of one of the most useful: Apple insists on always showing notifications when I do something, and it’s virtually impossible to turn it off."
• Apple was a little behind on Siri privacy, now it’s way ahead - "The default opt-out is the right call."
• Apple Watch Weather app: How it looks & works - "This detailed guide with screenshots covers how the new Apple Watch Weather app looks and works in watchOS 10."
• Apple will allow apps built from templates - engadget.
• Apple will give the option to buy iOS and Mac apps as a bundle - "Apple will extend Universal Purchases to macOS in March."
• Apple will only approve COVID-19 vaccination apps verified by health authorities - "It wants to make sure the apps show only verified vaccine records."
• Apple's App Store has paid over $50 billion to developers - The Verge.
• Apple’s Find My network now offers new third-party finding experiences - "The Find My network accessory program enables users to keep track of their belongings in the new Items tab within the Find My app."
• Apple’s iOS App Store changed the way we think about software - engadget.
• Apple’s iOS passcode cracking defense can be bypassed using a USB accessory - "Plugging in certain Apple accessories will reset the one-hour counter for USB Restricted Mode."
• APPLE'S 'NOISE' APP IS DESIGNED TO SAVE YOU FROM YOURSELF - Wired.
• Apple's top apps of 2020 highlight quarantine life - "The winners include Zoom, Disney+, 'Genshin Impact' and 'Pokémon Go.'"
• Apple’s USB Restricted Mode: how to use your iPhone’s latest security feature - The Verge.
• Apple’s Weather chaos is restarting the weather app market - "It’s not hard to figure out the temperature outside. (Though it might be harder than you think!) But a truly great weather app requires so much more than that."
• apps I use to pretend that I'm a competent adult - The Guardian.
• Apps for Keeping New Year’s Resolutions - The New York Times.
• Apps That Blast Out Crime Alerts Don’t Have to Rattle You - "Neighborhood-watch networks are on the rise, even though crime is not. Here’s how to put the data into perspective."
• Apps That Make Saving as Effortless as Spending - The New York Times.
• APPS that WILL KEEP YOU FROM GETTING LOST IN THE OUTDOORS - Wired.
• Apps to Streamline Thanksgiving Every Step of Process - The New York Times.
• Audio Trimmer lets users easily trim any audio files on iOS - "iOS offers native tools for editing images and videos, but there’s nothing when it comes to audio editing. With this in mind, a developer has created an app called Audio Trimmer that comes to solve just that, as it lets users trim any audio files on iPhone and iPad."
• best apps for actually sticking to your fitness goals - "Setting goals is easy. Not falling off the wagon is harder."
• Best Apps for Delivering Celebrity News - The New York Times.
• best apps to help you achieve your resolutions for 2017 - The Guardian.
• best apps to turn your iPhone into a document scanner - "Even in the era of working from home, many people likely don't have a traditional scanner in their home office. If you fall into that camp, these apps can probably save you from needing to buy one. Scanners used to be an essential piece of office equipment - and scanning or digitizing documents is still an important task for many workers. Even if you don't need to scan anything for work, saving a copy of receipts, legal forms, and other documents is a smart way to keep your life organized. However, these days, smartphone-based scanner apps are good enough to take the place of scanners for the average user."
• BEST CALENDAR APP FOR ANDROID - The Verge.
• BEST CALENDAR APP FOR IPHONE - The Verge.
• best creative & productivity apps for students - "Essential tools for keeping your life in order and getting stuff done."
• best devices & apps to up your selfie game - engadget.
• BEST EMAIL APP FOR IOS & ANDROID - "You’ve got mail."
• Best Fitness App Subscription For Home Workouts - "Ever since the global coronavirus pandemic began, the interest in working out at home has exploded, due to both the closing of gyms and fitness studies and the fact that so many people are staying home. Sales of all kinds of home fitness equipment, from weights to aerobic machines, have increased dramatically, and so has demand for virtual classes."
• best free apps for video calling - "Work, chat, and party from home."
• best iPhone camera apps - "The iPhone’s built-in camera app is fine, but to really make your photos pop, try some third-party software."
• best note-taking apps for students - "Our favorite tools for writing assignments and classroom notes."
• best sleep apps & gadgets for a better night's sleep - "Let technology help you snag more z’s this year."
• BEST STREAMING TV APPS - "Looking to ditch cable? Or maybe you’re already a cord cutter and are getting increasingly bored with what’s on Netflix or Amazon Prime Video. By now, you’ve likely heard about the handful of streaming internet TV services that offer many of the same channels you’d get from a cable package but with the freedom to watch them anywhere and across your devices."
• best video-editing apps - "You can get all the power and speed you need, and in some cases for free."
• BEST WOMEN'S HEALTH APPS, PERIOD - Wired.
• BITTER LAWSUIT HANGING OVER THE APPLE WATCH’S NEW SWIPE KEYBOARD - "Apple allegedly offered to buy his app; instead, it’s being Sherlocked."
• Block your distractions. Focus on what matters most - website and app blocker that’s supremely customizable and works on all major platforms: Windows, Mac, Chrome, iOS and Android.
• Buy Nothing 2.0 app - "Join Buy Nothing Today!" We exist to build community. Everything shared on Buy Nothing is given freely. No strings. Free. There's never been a better time to download our app - Still free, now with more features for everyone and special features for Sustaining Members who keep the movement going and growing.
• Buying Art Doesn’t Have to Be Intimidating: Yes, There’s an App - The New York Times.
• CAMANGI MARKET - "Android Developer." Application for Android tablet and devices.
• Can an app guarantee a good night’s sleep? I tested them to find out - "New smartphone technology claims to be able to lull you to sleep through white noise, meditative mantras and grown-up bedtime stories. But do any of them really work?"
• Can apps move the #MeToo movement forward? - "Gretchen Carlson is as composed as you would expect a former news anchor to be, remembering the day just over five years ago when she became the news."
• Can you guess how many apps we have on our phones? - "Because Fridays can sometimes get weird, The Verge staff started discussing how many apps they have on their phones - and why."
• Carrot will report the weather in your own voice on iOS 17 - "Version 5.12 of Carrot has been redesigned for Apple Watch and can imitate a user’s own voice on iPhones running iOS 17."
• Chinese app takes social media by storm - "China's ByteDance is taking the social media world by storm. Chinese social media apps have struggled to win over users beyond their home turf. TikTok is changing that."
• Chinese border guards put secret surveillance app on tourists' phones - "Software extracts emails, texts and contacts and could be used to track movements."
• Clubhouse app: what is it & how do you get an invite to the audio app Elon Musk uses? - "The exclusive invitation-only social networking app is a hybrid of conference calls, talkback radio and Houseparty."
• Confined in rental apartments, millennials decorate virtual homes - "Interior design apps are on the rise as homeownership rates among people under 35 have fallen by 20% in the last decade."
• Consent in the Digital Age: Can Apps Solve a Very Human Problem? - The New York Times.
• Contact tracing apps are coming whether we like it or not - "Still better than a hot bleach injection."
• Cute Little iOS Trick Has Transformed How I Use My iPhone - "The iPhone, whichever one it is, you use, has a consistent operating system, iOS. It turns out that one fundamental feature, something that’s been there since 2007, is much easier to use than most of us have been doing. It’s all to do with the app icons and a cool way of moving them around."
• ‘deep fake’ app will make us film stars - but will we regret our narcissism? - "Users of Zao can now add themselves into the scenes of their favourite movies. But is our desire to insert ourselves into everything putting our privacy at risk?"
• dos & don’ts of location sharing - "Nearly every app asks for it, but most don’t need it."
• Dumping a Bad App? Tips for a Painless Breakup - The New York Times.
• Edward Snowden made an app to protect your laptop - The Verge.
• emoji - since 1999. Are ideograms and smileys used in electronic messages and web pages. Emoji exist in various genres, including facial expressions, common objects, places and types of weather, and animals. They are much like emoticons, but emoji are actual pictures instead of typographics.
• Emojipedia - since 2013. "Home of Emoji Meanings." The emoji search engine. A fast emoji search experience with options to browse every emoji by name, category, or platform.
• Emojis Complicates the World’s Alphabets - The New York Times.
• Experience the Apollo 11 moon landing in a whole new way - "Welcome to TIME Immersive's Apollo 11 'Landing on the Moon' Experience."
• FaceApp: How accurate are the predictions? - "It might feel like every person you've ever met is using FaceApp at the moment. But how accurate are the app's results? We've put pictures of celebrities from their younger days through it to see how they compare to now."
• FANTASTICAL VS. TODAY - calendar apps.
• FDA clears Apple Watch app that helps treat PTSD-related nightmares - "NightWare helps patients sleep."
• Festival de Cannes - "Download the 2019 official app."
• FINALLY: REAL PHOTOSHOP ON THE IPAD - "An exclusive look at the future of Adobe’s biggest app."
• finance app can help you save up to $800 a year - "With state-of-the-art tech and bank-grade encryption, this $39 app can help you save up to $800 a year."
• Finstagram - or, Finsta for short, is a mixture of Fake & Instagram. People, usually girls, get a second Instagram account along with their real instagrams, rinstagrams, to post any pictures or videos they desire. The photos or videos posted are usually funny or embarrassing. Only your closest friends follow this account.
• Finstagram - a secret Instagram account to post ugly selfies - "Users of the app, sick of prying parents and having to look perfect, are creating private secondary profiles where they can just be themselves. It’s a real #nofilter."
• First Google/Apple-based contact-tracing app launched - "The team developing Switzerland's coronavirus contact-tracing app says it has become the first to have launched a product incorporating a technology provided by Apple and Google."
• Freeform Is the Best iOS App You're Not Using - "Don't sleep on this digital whiteboard that you can use for everything from research projects to travel planning. It's described by Apple as a way to 'bring your ideas to life' - it's essentially a digital whiteboard you can use for everything from research projects to travel planning."
• Gentler Streak for Apple Watch adds new Workout Views before watchOS 9 release - "Gentler Streak, the Apple Watch app that brings a more compassionate perspective on your workouts, has just received another big update, this time with new Workout Views, which will be one of the main features that watchOS 9 plans to introduce later this fall."
• GIPHY - "Search All the GIFs & Make Your Own Animated GIF." How you search, share, and discover the world's best GIFs.
• Gmail app takes calls now, too, because Google wants it to do everything - "Google has turned its email app into a communication suite."
• Google & Apple attacked on app store 'monopoly' - "Senators have grilled Apple and Google in Washington over 'anti-competitive' behaviour related to their app stores."
• Google has a secret iOS app to help you switch to Android - "The unlisted Switch to Android app for iOS is now available to download."
• Google launched a new AR app that lets you draw white lines in the air - The Verge.
• Google Maps: 10 Expert Tips - "Get the most out of Google Maps with these 10 practical tips. Perfect your navigation skills and explore advanced features. Google Maps is a powerful tool that can help you navigate the world around you. Whether you’re driving, biking, walking, or taking public transportation, Google Maps can provide you with turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic updates, and a variety of other helpful features."
• Google Maps for iOS gets Incognito Mode - "It's also easier to delete your location history on Android."
• Google Maps gets worldwide visual overhaul - "Updated version promises ‘more vibrant’ representation of natural features and built environment. Google Maps is getting a visual overhaul worldwide, finally letting users distinguish forest from floodplain, and desert from snowfield, at a glance."
• Google Maps helps you find EV chargers that work with your car - "No more showing up to a station that you can't use."
• Google Maps just got a handy upgrade & it's like an extension of your brain - "Personalize your Google Maps experience with emoji. Google uses the example of a coffee cup for all your favorite coffee places, but that’s just one example. Considering there are thousands of emojis to choose from, you could pick whichever one you like - just as long as you know what it means on the map icon."
• Google Maps vs. Apple Maps: Their Strengths & Weaknesses - "To sum up, here are the differences between Google Maps and Apple Maps: 1. Google Maps is better for reviews and business information. 2. Apple Maps is better at navigation in the US. 3. Google Maps is better at navigation in Europe. 4. Apple Maps is more aesthetically pleasing. 5. Google Maps has better traffic information."
• Google Translate is getting a transcribe mode for lectures, speeches - "It can translate long speeches in real time."
• Google’s app is getting a dark mode starting today - "Rolling out on both Android and iOS devices."
• Google’s data-saving app can now set daily limits & show a map of nearby Wi-Fi networks - The Verge.
• Google's new experimental app can scan & categorize your documents - "Stack uses AI to sort through photos of your receipts, bills and more."
• Google's New Tool Tells You if Your Password Has Been Hacked - TIME Magazine.
• Google's Phone app will tell you why businesses are calling - "It could help you decide whether or not to pick up."
• He built a meditation app used by 31 million - "A former Buddhist monk is trying to help the world relax with an app."
• Here's how Apple will check if your iPhone or iPad is eligible for sideloading - "It's official: Apple today released iOS 17.4 beta, which enables sideloading for users in the European Union due to the new Digital Markets Act (DMA) antitrust legislation. Unsurprisingly, the changes Apple made to comply with the EU won't be available to the rest of the world, but here's how exactly Apple will check if your iPhone or iPad is eligible for sideloading."
• Here's how to use quick crop on iPhone Photos app in iOS 17 - "How to use quick crop on iPhone Photos app in iOS 17: 1. On iPhone (running iOS 17), open the Photos app. 2. Find a photo you'd like to crop and view it. 3. Do a two-finger expand gesture on the photo. 4. Tap the Crop button in the top right corner (or long press on the Crop button to change the aspect ratio then tap Crop again)."
• HomeRun for Apple Watch lets you make HomeKit complications that change based on time of day - 9to5Mac.
• Honesty app Sarahah is becoming a self-esteem machine - The Verge.
• How AI fitness apps now rival personal trainers - "CES 2020: Preview of tomorrow's tech on show in Las Vegas."
• How an App Creates ‘Disturbingly Agile Millennial Thumbs’ - "Isabella Kwai, a reporter in Australia, rarely takes notes on paper anymore and instead uses her iPhone. She can still look sources in the eye while typing."
• How computing's first 'killer app' changed everything - "In 1978, a Harvard Business School student named Dan Bricklin was sitting in a classroom, watching his accounting lecturer filling in rows and columns on the blackboard."
• How Is Everyone Making Those A.I. Selfies? - "Images generated with Lensa AI are all over social media, but at what cost?"
• How To Clear Out Your Zombie Apps & Online Accounts - Wired.
• How to create stickers on the iPhone using your photos in iOS 17 - "You can even send animated stickers with Live Photos in iMessage."
• How to customize your iPhone’s app icons - "You can add your individual style to your homepage."
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• How to get the most out of Apple Notes on the iPhone - "How to use Apple Notes like a pro." This guide is designed to show you how to get the most out of Apple Notes on the iPhone and iPad. Apple Notes has evolved significantly, becoming more than just a basic note-taking app. It’s a powerful tool for organization, productivity, and creativity, seamlessly integrating across the Apple ecosystem. Whether you’re a student, professional, or just someone looking to keep your thoughts and tasks organized, understanding how to leverage Apple Notes can significantly enhance your efficiency.
• How To Lock Any iPhone App Behind Face ID, Touch ID, or a Passcode - "Give certain apps an extra layer of security protection. Tap on New Automation if you haven't previously created any automation or the + (plus) button in the top right corner if you have. From the list that pops up, select App, then on the next screen, tap on Choose to pick the app(s) you want to lock away - you can choose more than one, if necessary."
• How to make your own Memoji in iOS 12 - The Verge.
• How to manage app updates in macOS - "Your Mac can update apps automatically, or you can update them when you want."
• How to measure distance in Google Maps on any device to help you create a personal route - "You may know Google Maps as the ubiquitous turn-by-turn navigation software on your phone, but it's surprising how much else you can do with the mapping software."
• How to Monitor Cellular Data Use for Apps - The New York Times.
• How to Protect Your Privacy While Using PokÉmon Go & other apps - The New York Times.
• how to run any iOS app you own on Apple’s new M1 Macs - "There’s a workaround for all those apps that aren’t in the Mac App Store, but it’s definitely not official."
• How to run iPhone apps on your Mac - "Get your phone apps up on your desktop. There are a few caveats to bear in mind: The developer of the iPhone app must have added Mac compatibility, and you must be running a Mac with an Apple chipset inside (so not one of the older Intel-powered ones). WIth those footnotes out of the way, you can get started with running apps on both platforms."
• HOW TO SEE EVERYTHING YOUR APPS ARE ALLOWED TO DO - Wired.
• How to Stop Apps From Tracking Your Location - "Hundreds of apps can follow your movements and share the details with advertisers, retailers and even hedge funds. Here’s how to limit the snooping."
• How to stop 'digital gangsters' stealing your time - "There are entire industries devoted to capturing our attention. How can we fight back and reclaim our focus?"
• How to transfer old Android apps into a new phone - "Keep your favorite apps, even if they’re no longer in the Play Store."
• How to Turn Google Into the Best To-Do App Ever - Wired.
• How to use Google Maps to help someone find you - "Share your location in real time, and make meet-ups easier than ever."
• How to use iOS 14’s App Library to organize your apps - "A useful feature with limitations."
• How to use Snap Camera to become a cat (or anything else) on Zoom - "The Snap Camera app lets you use a bunch of wonderful filters."
• How to use the iOS app tracking blocker - "Apps have to ask your permission to track you during installation."
• How We Apologize Now - "The iPhone app Notes has become the medium of choice for celebrity mea culpas."
• how we got addicted to weather apps - "‘We used to check every day, now it’s every minute’. As unprecedented weather leads to increasing climate anxiety, there’s a raft of different apps catering for every kind of forecast."
• How You Can Block the Music of Problematic Artists From Playing on Your Music App. Here's How - "If you’re a fan of streaming music, personalized playlists, and mixes made 'just for you,' you’ve no doubt run into some boring, bad and even downright offensive songs you’d rather not hear again. And if you’re familiar with the news surrounding today’s most popular artists, you probably have a running list of artists who you’d rather never hear again - no matter how good their newest single may be - because of their misogyny, or racism, or other problematic behavior."
• HQ Trivia - app and trivia game, released in August 2017 on iOS and later for Android on 31 December 2017. The app takes a form of a live game show, which airs at 9 pm Eastern Time daily, with an extra show at 3 pm Eastern on weekdays.
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• I Am Rich - iOS application which was formerly distributed using the App Store, and developed by Armin Heinrich. When launched, the screen only contains a glowing red gem and an icon that, when pressed, displays the following mantra in large text: 'I am rich I deserv it I am good, healthy & successful'. The application is described as "a work of art with no hidden function at all", with its only purpose being to show other people that they were able to afford it, making it a Veblen good. I Am Rich was sold on the App Store for US$999.99, €799.99, and £599.99, the highest price Apple allows for App Store content. The application was removed from the App Store by Apple Inc. without explanation the day following its release, on August 6, 2008.
• I wear my Apple Watch every single day & these are the 9 watchOS apps I can't live without - "I'm a firm believer that the best Apple Watch apps will help you make the most of your smartwatch. Here's how I make the most of my Apple Watch."
• ID-Art mobile app - Interpol - "Our first-ever app, called ID-Art, uses cutting-edge image-recognition software to help identify stolen cultural property, reduce illicit trafficking, and increase the chances of recovering stolen items."
• If You Don’t Have Facebook App In your Phone - You Are Saving almost 20% of Your Android Battery Life.
• IFTTT Assistant GPT - ChatGPT tool - "Today we’re launching the IFTTT Assistant GPT - a new AI Agent that's here to work as your personal assistant. With the IFTTT Assistant GPT, ChatGPT Plus users can access over 900 digital tools inside the ChatGPT interface. All you need to do is connect them with IFTTT and you can trigger actions to any of the services you have authorized in IFTTT. This means you can create Google Calendar meetings, send slack messages, write and publish blogs, all within the ChatGPT interface."
• Ikea releases free ‘Soffa Sans’ font made of couches - "'The world’s comfiest font.'"
• Ikea's Place app is now out for the latest Android phones - engadget.
• iOS 16: Everything New With Notes & Reminders - "This guide highlights all of the new features in the iOS 16 Notes and Reminders apps."
• iOS 17: Best Apps With New iOS 17 & watchOS 10 Features - "Flighty (Free, Premium Subscription) - Carrot Weather (Free, Premium Subscription) - Slopes (Free, Premium Subscription)."
• iOS 18: Master the New Search Features in the Photos App - "Apple's iOS 18 update brings powerful new search functions to the Photos app, allowing you to find specific images with unprecedented precision. Here's how to make the most of its new capabilities."
• iOS 18 Notes App: All the New Features - "Math Notes - Audio Recording and Transcription - Collapsible Sections - Highlight Colors - Attach Files - Notes Settings - Lock Screen Notes - Writing Tools (Apple Intelligence) - Image Wand (Apple Intelligence)."
• iPhone App for Browsing Over 600 Apple Watch Bands Receives Major Update - "Since the Apple Watch launched in 2015, Apple has released numerous watch bands in a variety of colors and materials. In fact, more than 620 official Apple Watch bands have been released, and there is a beautiful iPhone app for browsing through them all."
• iPhone has a hidden iOS app you probably never knew about, here's how to find it - "iPhone users have a hidden iOS app that they won't find anywhere on their home screen. The app, which can't even be downloaded from Apple's App Store, is called Code Scanner. As the name suggests, the app is a dedicated iOS tool for scanning QR codes on an iPhone."
• iPhone's Contacts App Is More Powerful Than You Realize. Here Are 5 Ways to Get the Most Out of It - "It's helpful to keep who’s who in order in your Contacts app. And you just might find that the Contacts app is far more powerful when you take the time to get the most out of it. Here's how."
• iPhone's Photos app is more feature-rich than you think: A complete walkthrough [Video] - "Apple's Photos app has evolved significantly since its release with the original iPhone in 2007. It now offers a wealth of features that go beyond simple photo storage. I wanted to put together a detailed walkthrough that talks about both the basics and more advanced features that are lesser known."
• Is FaceApp an evil plot by 'the Russians' to steal your data? Not quite - "Following the panic over this viral app, the moral of the story is: don’t worry too much about ‘the Russians’. You should worry about everything."
• Is Google About To Reinvent The Phone Call? - "Google Phone, an app that until now was only pre-installed in the company’s Pixel and Android One terminals, but some of whose functionalities are already being extended to other smartphones with Android Pie installed, such as those made by LG, OnePlus or Samsung, which can download the app from the Play Market and then configure it as the default call application. The idea is to introduce some advanced features, such as caller identification information (that can be verified by Google), a logo or, more interestingly, a short text to specify the reason for the call."
• Is Rila Mobile App The Instagram of Real Estate? - "Buying, selling, renting and listing a home is too complicated. Rila, a new mobile real estate app wants to flip that reality on its head. Just launched, Rila makes this process as easy as Instagram—a platform that’s accessible, informative, interactive and viral. The responsive social media-based app offers a wide variety of crowdsourced, on-and-off-market listings while encouraging engagement, networking, and lifestyle matching."
• Is Your Driving Being Secretly Scored? - "The insurance industry, hungry for insights into how people drive, has turned to automakers and smartphone apps like Life360. You know you have a credit score. Did you know that you might also have a driver score? The score reflects the safety of your driving habits - how often you slam on the brakes, speed, look at your phone or drive late at night."
• Journal app - "iPhone users in uproar over Apple's new Journal app that is automatically downloaded to your device and can detect strangers nearby. iOS users are calling out Apple's new AI-powered Journal app for fears it is misusing people's private thoughts, emotions and experiences."
• KILLER APP - definition & explanation.
• Know Your Meme - "Internet Meme Database." Website dedicated to documenting Internet phenomena: viral videos, image macros, catchphrases, web celebs and more.
• Leica’s new app lets your iPhone mimic its cameras & classic lenses - "Camera color profiles are so hot right now, Leica is building a ‘freemium’ app around them."
• LumaFusion is Apple's App of the Year, coming to Chrome OS - "The best hope for Chromebook video editing is now Apple's iPad App of the Year."
• Lynq: Location Tracking Even When Cell Phones Fail - The Verge.
• Medical Tech that Helps You When Your Doctor Can’t - "A new breed of tech company wants to fill the gaps between you, your doctor and your health insurance."
• Memoji - Memoji is a new feature in iOS 12 that allows users to customize a 3D avatar in an emoji-like style. Requires iPhone X (2017) or above running iOS 12.0. Each Memoji can be sent as a static sticker or video with audio in a similar fashion to the existing Animoji functionality.
• Microsoft BUILD Developer Conference - "At Build, we’ll dive deep to cover all the areas you care about. How to design and build beautiful Windows 8 apps. How to sell your apps in the Windows 8 Store and make money. And much more."
• Microsoft has turned Outlook into a Progressive Web App (PWA) - "You can now install Outlook.com as an app. This allows any Outlook user to install the web app into Windows, macOS, Chrome OS, and other platforms that natively support PWAs. It’s a useful alternative to the cluttered Outlook Windows desktop app or the Windows Mail client that ships as part of Windows 10."
• Mobile app - Wikipedia.
• Mobile app data sharing 'out of control' - "Data harvesting and sharing by mobile apps is 'out of control', University of Oxford researchers have warned."
• Moment Pro Camera app brings big camera controls to your phone - TechCrunch.
• Need Some Help Reaching Your Goals? Try These 5 Habit-Tracking Apps - TIME Magazine.
• new app can put 'deepfake' tech into everyone's pocket - "New Chinese 'deepfake' face app backpedals after privacy backlash."
• Newly single? A beginner’s guide to the best dating apps - "Millions of people look for love online, but it can be hard to know where to start. Here’s what you need to know."
• Notability blinks on charging users more, grandfathers in existing users - "The developer of the note-taking app received backlash after trying to push paid users into subscriptions next year. Notability developer Ginger Labs announced today that, in a change of heart, its popular note-taking app wouldn’t eventually require current users to switch to a subscription model. This news comes just two days after the developer announced a new subscription model where current app owners who wanted to keep the same features would be forced to start a $14.99 / month subscription by November 1st, 2022."
• Notes App Is the Purest Reflection of Our Messy Existence - "This deceptively simple app, where we deposit both our grocery lists and our darkest thoughts, is the medium of our time."
• Now Signal on iOS can securely transfer your data to a new device - "You can move your account and messaging history to a new iPhone or iPad."
• One ping after another: why everyone needs a notification detox - "They tell us when someone has called, texted and WhatsApped us - even to drink water and exercise. Is it time to turn them all off for good?"
• OneNote: You Only Need One App: How to Organize Everything in OneNote - "OneNote can do more than you think! OneNote enables you to create to-do lists, record audio and video, and even translate text directly within the application."
• Otter’s new app lets you record, transcribe, search & share your voice conversations - TechCrunch.
• Pay-to-hey: app lets users receive messages from celebrities - for a price - "Snoop Dogg, Meredith from The Office and Ken Bone can wish you a happy bamitzvah for as little as $20 with the Cameo app."
• Peachy: the emoji that’s become a political statement - "Once merely a symbol for a fruit, then a bum, the singer and rapper Lizzo has used the peach emoji to call for Trump’s impeachment – proof that emojis never stop evolving."
• People use anonymous question apps to learn about the world and themselves - "Maybe they’ll confess a crush, too."
• pimeyes - "Face Search Engine Reverse Image Search." Facial Recognition Search Tool. Upload your photo and find where images with your face appear online. PimEyes is an online face search engine that goes through the Internet to find pictures containing given faces. PimEyes uses face recognition search technologies to perform a reverse image search. Find a face and check where the image appears online. Our face finder helps you find a face and protect your privacy. Facial recognition online system allows you to search by image. PimEyes is a face picture search and photo search engine available for everyone. It is a great tool to audit copyright infringement.
• Pocket Casts Is Podcast App Every iPhone User Needs - Wired.
• Portal is an immersive Spatial Audio app for focus, sleep, or escape - "Ever since Apple announced that Spatial Audio was coming to Apple Music and all devices with an H1 or W1 chip would support it, many companies started to promote this technology. For users who have an AirPods Pro or AirPods Max, this experience is even better thanks to the dynamic head tracking feature. With that, the indie developers from Portal Labs just updated Portal, their iOS wellbeing app to take full advantage of Spatial Audio technology."
• Privacy Policy: Here’s What You’re Actually Agreeing To When You Accept a Privacy Policy - "Almost every new app or product that is connected to the internet forces you to accept a long, indecipherable privacy policy in order to use it. These documents outline the company’s data-collection practices. But what exactly are you agreeing to when you accept?"
• RitchieCam is an iOS Camera App with Streamlined No-Edit Filters - "RitchieCam is a new camera app developed by Ritchie Roesch. Roesch sought to make a camera app that was both universally simple but still capable of making compelling photos."
• SHOUTEM - "The World's Simplest Mobile App Maker. Make an App. Build Apps with Easy Application Creator."
• Sideloading - "Sideloading describes the process of transferring files between two local devices, in particular between a personal computer and a mobile device such as a mobile phone, smartphone, PDA, tablet, portable media player or e-reader. Sideloading typically refers to media file transfer to a mobile device via USB, Bluetooth, WiFi or by writing to a memory card for insertion into the mobile device, but also applies to the transfer of apps from web sources that are not vendor-approved. When referring to iOS apps, 'sideloading' means installing an app in IPA format onto an Apple device, usually through the use of a computer program such as Cydia Impactor or Xcode. On modern versions of iOS, the sources of the apps must be trusted by both Apple and the user in 'profiles and device management' in settings, except when using jailbreak methods of sideloading apps. Sideloading is only allowed by Apple for internal testing and development of apps using the official SDKs."
• Slowly Losing Your Mind in Lockdown? 5 Apps to Boost Your Mental Health - "If you’re stressed out, exhausted by the stream of bad news, or just fell off whatever good habits you had in 2019, here’s how you can use your mobile device to get back on track. With apps that make chores fun, simple meditation tools, or services to address your mental health issues, you can, maybe, better prepare yourself for whatever else this year has in store."
• Sonos announces redesigned app that puts everything on your homescreen - "The company’s desktop apps are being phased out in favor of a web app that lets you control your Sonos gear from anywhere. It’ll roll out for both Android and iOS on May 7th."
• Sonos will launch its new app & big S2 software update on June 8th - "The S2 app and operating system will introduce higher-fidelity audio and new features."
• Sony’s headphone app will soon analyze your ears for 360 audio - "More immersive sound is nearly ready for your phone."
• Stay Out of Trouble Traveling Abroad With These Apps - Wired.
• STEVEN SODERBERGH'S NEW APP WILL CHANGE HOW YOU WATCH TV - Wired.
• Stop Closing Apps on Your iPhone - "If you constantly close apps on your iPhone while attempting to speed things up or save battery life, you’re doing the opposite and making your iPhone perform worse. Here’s why."
• Stop using Alexa & Google Assistant while working until you change these settings - "When people work form home, the line between their professional and personal lives doesn’t just blur, it often gets erased. That means personal privacy concerns become company security concerns. Thus, asking Alexa to make you an espresso while on a Zoom call seems innocent enough. But if the device captures sensitive, work-related information (and can easily be hacked), it could create a nightmare scenario for your company’s IT security team."
• Strava app: Location of world leaders including Putin, Trump & Macron revealed by bodyguards' Strava app - "The French presidential office has now told security agents to not use the fitness app. Some of the world’s most prominent leaders’ movements were tracked online through a fitness app used by their bodyguards, an investigation has suggested."
• Substack - since 2017. "The home for great writers and reader." American online platform that provides publishing, payment, analytics, and design infrastructure to support subscription newsletters. It allows writers to send digital newsletters directly to subscribers.
• Take Your Apple Watch to the Next Level with These 7 Hidden App Store Gems - "Download these third-party apps to make the already-capable Apple Watch even more fun and useful."
• Tesla's iPhone app can now control your car through Siri - "You now have an easier way to control your Tesla from your iPhone."
• The app that makes writing less lonely - "If you see a writer in a movie, most likely she (or he) will be tapping on a laptop. But many young writers are doing it on mobile phones, and sometimes in teams."
• The Emoji Mashup Bot Is Creating Fun, Weird, and Useful New Emoji. Meet the 18-Year-Old Developer Behind It - "An 18-year-old developer created the Emoji Mashup Bot, a Twitter account that combines different emoji at random with delightful results."
• The FaceApp Challenge Is Getting Everyone to Age 50 Years Overnight - "In the spirit of the face app challenge, people are sharing photos of themselves looking much older than they are."
• The Illustrated History of Emojis - "The history behind the icons we know and love."
• The Inside Story Of Robinhood’s Billionaire Founders, Option Kid Cowboys & The Wall Street Sharks That Feed On Them - "The perfect stock trading app for the videogame generation was supposed to 'democratize finance' with zero-commission trades. But the primary plan was to get rich by selling customer trades to the market’s most notorious operators."
• THE LONELY BALLAD OF THE FUCK BUTTON - "LoveSync was meant for couples struggling in the bedroom - instead its crowdfunding campaign became a viral joke. Lauren Stutzman’s nightstand is home to a pair of palm-sized, black and silver buttons. Once mutually activated, both illuminate with a flashing green ring. The light merrily circles the smooth black surface to announce some exciting news: your partner would like to have sex with you."
• The many meanings of the pinched fingers emoji - "Is it a way to show disbelief, a way to ask others to be quiet, or a cute gesture popularised by a K-Pop star?"
• The mysterious Chinese fashion app that's as popular as Amazon - "The platform Sachan is using belongs to a Chinese brand called Shein - pronounced 'She In' - which has rapidly attracted a global army of teen fans on TikTok. The company is a mysterious online shopping upstart that has made headlines recently for surpassing Amazon (AMZN) in app downloads in the United States, and creating a cult following for its fast fashion apparel sold all over the world. Some experts even say it's beating stalwarts like Zara and H&M at their own game, by making items more quickly and being more digitally savvy with customers."
• The race to create the world's next super-app - "Imagine installing just one app that does almost everything - from buying a pizza, hailing a taxi, chatting to your friends and even booking a massage."
• the seedy underbelly of Apple’s app world - "Apple dug a tunnel beneath the App Store, and the rats are getting through."
• The staying power of the smiley face - CNN style.
• There are better ways to take a photo of your pet in iOS 15, thanks to Obscura 3 - "Taking photos in iOS has always been a relatively simple affair, just by using the Camera app by Apple. But third-party developers have gone further to make the iPhone camera work harder for you and the photos you take every day. This is what Obscura has been doing since its launch in 2015. This new version brings a redesigned gallery view, video capture, refined layouts for controlling exposure settings, and the multiple lenses of the iPhone models, alongside controller support. This allows anyone with an Xbox or PlayStation controller, to take a photo through Obscura 3."
• These apps mean you may never have to buy a car again - "City dwellers are used to switching between apps to decide the best way to get from A to B. Is it quickest to get the train or the bus? What about a taxi or a city bike? Which provider has the nearest e-scooter?"
• These Apps Turn Your Apple Watch Into a Fitness Tracking Machine - "If you're training or just looking to step up your workout game, these tools take your wearable to the next level."
• THESE APPS WILL KEEP YOU FROM GETTING LOST IN THE OUTDOORS - Wired.
• These are some of our must-have apps to install on a new Apple Watch - 9to5Mac.
• These Fitness Apps Just May Make You Give Up The Gym Permanently - "Sure, social distancing means fitness classes are cancelled and gyms are closed. But that doesn’t mean you have to stop working out. In fact, experts believe it’s more important than ever."
• These iOS 13 apps work with Dark Mode, Sign in with Apple, Voice Control, and more - 9to5Mac.
• Things adds interactive widgets, StandBy widgets & Apple Watch widgets - "Cultured Code is out with a big update for its awesome task manager app Things. The new version is packed with features that take advantage of iOS 17, watchOS 10, and iPadOS 17."
• This app helps you find any location - without an address - "This startup helps you find any place on the planet without an address."
• TikTok: how the west has turned on gen Z’s favourite app - "US and European fears about China exploiting TikTok’s data harvest and promoting Beijing’s worldview look set to inspire an urgent overhaul in data privacy laws."
• TikTok: the Chinese lip-syncing app taking over America - "A video-sharing app is has become the most popular free app on the App Store in the US."
• Timeshifter - since 2018. "The Jet Lag App. Travel is part of your life. Jet lag doesn't need to be." Optimize your sleep, health, and quality of life. Timeshifter Apps for Jet Lag & Shift Work. Discover circadian science with Timeshifter, and learn more about our popular jet lag app and our upcoming app for shift workers.
• Tired of Jet Lag? This App Will Help Reset Your Clock - "Timeshifter cribs NASA-backed science to help you recalibrate your biorhythms after switching time zones."
• Top Apps Of The Decade: Where Facebook, Google, TikTok & Twitter Rank - Forbes.
• Turn Yourself Into a Songwriter with These Free Apps - Wired.
• Twitter is bringing back its Mac desktop app - "The company outlines why it dropped the app last year."
• Uber overhauls its app in ambitious bid to become ‘the operating system for your everyday life’ - "The company unveiled the new app at a splashy, Apple-like event in San Francisco."
• Using emojis makes other people think you are incompetent, research finds
• Verizon VPN app protects against shady public WiFi - "It can also block ad trackers."
• Vision Pro apps: the good, the bad & the ridiculous - "Apple's Vision Pro is Apple's newest computing platform, and that means we're going to see a whole bunch of new apps. But getting snubbed by Netflix, Spotify and YouTube means that the most popular streaming apps won't be available when the headset launches on February 2."
• watchOS 5.1.2 Will Enable ECG App on Apple Watch Series 4 - "ECG functionality will be enabled on the Apple Watch Series 4 in the publicly released version of watchOS 5.1.2, which is currently in beta testing, according to an internal Apple Store training document obtained by MacRumors."
• Weather Apps to Download & Store Up for Winter - The New York Times.
• What on earth is an algorithm anyway? - "What is an algorithm? It can feel like a big, abstract, concept. So here’s presenter Jon Stroud with a down-to-earth guide."
• WhatsApp Discovered Malware That Infects Phones With a Missed Call - "Spyware crafted by an 'advanced cyber actor,' reportedly an Israeli company, infected multiple targeted mobile phones through WhatsApp's in-app voice calls."
• WhatsApp Upgrade Warning: Here’s What 2 Billion Users Need To Know - "Users are now being exposed to a recurring security risk. That risk revolves around a warning that spread about a malicious WhatsApp message that first appeared back in 2016. The warning, which spread virally as these things have a habit of doing, involved a supposed WhatsApp invitation to upgrade to WhatsApp Gold. Accept the invite, and users would be asked to click a download link, which in turn would install malware on their device."
• What's the Best Weather App? Here Are 5 Great Options - TIME Magazine.
• Which apps will die with Apple's ios 11? - The Guardian.
• Which Watch Emojis Are The Best? - "The Sorta Definitive Ranking of (Almost) Every Watch Emoji."
• Why algorithms are called algorithms - "Why are algorithms called algorithms? It's thanks to Persian mathematician Muhammad al-Khwarizmi who was born way back in around AD780."
• Why Apple should give us custom app icons (but probably never will) - "People want custom iPhone designs, but Apple is resistant to change."
• Why note-taking apps don’t make us smarter - "They’re designed for storage, not sparking insights. Can AI change that?"
• Wired Well - Personal Health Technology.
• World Summit Award Mobile | WSA Mobile - since 2010. Global initiative to select and promote the world’s best in mobile content and innovative applications within the framework of, and in cooperation with, the United Nations’ World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
• Yes, there's an iPhone trick to ditch Apple's Mail & Safari apps - "Want to use Gmail, Google Chrome or a third-party email or web browser on your iPhone or iPad? We'll walk you through how to set those as the default."
• You Only Need One App: How to Organize Everything in OneNote - "OneNote can do more than you think! OneNote enables you to create to-do lists, record audio and video, and even translate text directly within the application."
• YOU'RE ABOUT TO DROWN IN STREAMING SUBSCRIPTIONS - Wired.
• Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret - "Dozens of companies use smartphone locations to help advertisers and even hedge funds. They say it’s anonymous, but the data shows how personal it is."