EXCLUSIVE: A Facebook executive said yesterday that Facebook’s Messenger would be opening itself up to marketing, but he avoided using the word “ads” to describe the service, in what appeared to be a subtle correction of a report released last week saying Facebook will soon “laun … | Continue reading
If only customer support were more … human. RevTwo is coming out of stealth mode today with a new way to offer support for people while they are using an app. It works for when you are stuck in a game and need a hint, or when your app isn’t working right. RevTwo has created […] | Continue reading
You can now turn your smartphone into a laser tag gun, and all you need is an app and a small attachment. Play against other people in local laser tag skirmishes, join a faction and work to control areas around the globe — all with your smartphone screen.The game is called Father … | Continue reading
There’s no shortage of productivity apps on the market, but many to-do apps end up overwhelming the user with the never-ending list of things to get done. Doo wants to help work you through your agenda, one item at a time. Using cards, Doo lets you add tasks to your list and set … | Continue reading
Article-saving app company Pocket is finally starting to pick up revenue through advertising. In a blog post today the company announced that it’s beginning to display sponsored posts in the app, which works on web browsers, Mac desktops, and multiple mobile platforms. But Pocket … | Continue reading
But these aren’t the crappy click-bait you see below lots of blog posts. “We’re being very choosy” Pocket founder Nate Weiner tells me. “We don’t want this to become the bottom of the barrel content.” If Pocket can convince users that these articles would be worthy of appearing i … | Continue reading
The creators of a buzzy but controversial mobile game called Stolen, which let users buy and sell Twitter profiles as if they were trading cards, proactively shut their application down after responding to criticism that its game mechanics allowed for abuse and bullying. The comp … | Continue reading
It’s been a busy week for Snapchat. After allowing anyone to create their own Geofilters starting yesterday, now the company is adding another two new filters to the mix: Birthday lenses One is meant for your own birthday, and adds a bunch of confetti to the snaps you send to you … | Continue reading
Investment app Robinhood has added a feature that it says will provide short-term credit to you while your bank transfer is being completed. Robinhood Instant, as it’s called, aims to remove the time delay that occurs between investments due to settlement periods and bank transfe … | Continue reading
Twitter today is announcing the availability of a mobile app for its Fabric mobile development toolkit. The app is immediately available on both iOS and Android. No longer will app developers need to rely on their desktops and laptops in order to check on the health of their apps … | Continue reading
For those who have been using Robinhood to manage their stock sales, the app has now gotten considerably faster. Announced today, the app now offers ‘Instant’ to make trading stock more efficient. Instant covers both ‘Instant Deposits’ and ‘Instant Access to Funds.’ Although both … | Continue reading
WhatsApp has now launched an official Android beta testing program. The move could expand the Facebook-owned company’s ability to reach a broader range of testers by making it easier to sign up to trial new versions of the WhatsApp software. Meanwhile, on WhatsApp’s side, it shou … | Continue reading
Laser tag is ridiculously fun, but that’s an activity normally reserved for expensive birthday parties or the occasional weekend. But what if the whole world became your laser tag arena? That’s the basic concept behind Father.IO, with the added twist of MMOFPS (Massively Multipla … | Continue reading
Wakie, the ‘social alarm clock’ that lets you be woken up by a complete stranger, is pivoting the concept to enable you to connect via phone call on any topic. Read More | Continue reading
Snapchat wants to add a little flair in honor of your birthday. It has launched a new lens feature called Birthday Party that makes snaps look extra festive, and the only thing you have to do to enable this feature is make sure your birthday is added in the app. Birthday Party wo … | Continue reading
VB WEBINAR: You can’t survive as a business today without social media — but succeeding in social media has its challenges (understatement). Join VB’s Director of Marketing Technology Stewart Rogers and Smule CEO Jeffrey Smith in our upcoming webinar as they unpack the most curr … | Continue reading
WhatsApp is making it easier to trial new features on Android by opening up its beta testing program on Google Play. Up until now, the Facebook-owned messaging app has required people to manually install an .APK file directly from the WhatsApp website, but now beta-testers can jo … | Continue reading
SoundCloud Pulse, the music streaming service’s dedicated app for artists and creators, is now available on iOS. In an odd move in a market where apps tend to release on iOS first, Pulse first debuted on Android back in November. Like the Android version, the iOS app also aims to … | Continue reading
With Oculus Rift and HTC Vive set to start shipping virtual reality sets (VR) for commercial use in late March and early April (respectively), Valve wants to make sure your PC has enough oomph to handle the experience. Available for free on Steam, SteamVR Performance Test is a di … | Continue reading
Three months after it launched on Android, SoundCloud’s Pulse app for artists has arrived on iOS. As with the Android version, the app allows easy access to a notifications feed, the ability to reply to comments, listening stats and details of all tracks currently available on th … | Continue reading
BuzzFeed is launching a new mobile app today called BuzzFeed Video, giving you a chance to see all of its videos in one place. Since pretty much every online media company is ramping up its video production, it makes sense to create an app like this. But it’s also a bit of a left … | Continue reading
When I sign up for email newsletters I always have the best intentions to actually read them. However, it rarely works out that way and now I have several newsletters arriving daily that I’m sure are interesting but I never ever read. In a bid to solve that issue, My Blend for iO … | Continue reading
BuzzFeed is doubling down on its video efforts with an all-new standalone mobile app. Jonah Peretti, BuzzFeed Founder and CEO, took to the stage at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona today to announce the aptly-titled BuzzFeed Video, which pulls together all the best videos … | Continue reading
BuzzFeed is launching a dedicated video app today to get its visitors easier access to its videos and to help encourage binge watching. Jonah Peretti, BuzzFeed’s founder, announced the new app at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It’s available for both iOS and Android today an … | Continue reading
Telegram has passed 100 million monthly active users (MAUs), the company announced today. During a keynote at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Pavel Durov, Telegram founder & CEO, took to the stage to reveal the new milestone figure, which represents an increase of 38 mi … | Continue reading
USMobile is launching its Scrambl3 encryption app for iPhones and Android smartphones today. The app enables users to make secure calls or send secure messages without worrying about eavesdropping, according to USMobile, which includes people who worked with the National Security … | Continue reading
Microsoft today announced a few changes to the Windows Store. Microsoft says it has improved search rankings for apps and games in the store, and more reviews should be showing up there soon. Reviews from people participating in the Slow ring of the Windows Insider Program, which … | Continue reading
Microsoft Next Lock Screen just got a massive update that brings Fingerprint Unlock, Smart Contacts, and several other features to your fingertips. | Continue reading
Facebook is practically king at reminding you when your friends are celebrating their birthdays, pushing you to say hi and wish them well. Today, the company will now encourage you to leave a video — with the ‘Birthday Video Cam.’ When you access your Facebook via mobile (iOS onl … | Continue reading
The Microsoft Garage division just launched two business apps on Android to get your products noticed and your team productive. | Continue reading
Skype Qik, Microsoft’s attempt at spinning off video messaging into a simplified mobile application, is shutting down. The app was first introduced in fall 2014 to serve a different audience than the larger, more fully-featured, Skype application. Instead of offering real-time ch … | Continue reading
Microsoft has announced that it will be shutting down Skype Qik on March 24, meaning that you’ll no longer be able to send or receive messages in the video chat application. However, the company said that you should worry because many of the features from Skype Qik have been alre … | Continue reading
One of the better features to emerge in iOS 9 is support for picture-in-picture mode on the iPad. But when you’re trying to surf the web while watching Netflix on your Mac, it’s not as easy to do – you often end up moving separate windows around on the screen, or switching back a … | Continue reading
If you’re a Snapchat user, then you know the serendipitous feeling of travelling somewhere or attending an event and discovering new Geofilters – overlays for your snaps that can only be shared from that specific part of the world. Now Snapchat is letting anyone pay to create On- … | Continue reading
Morgan Freeman is lending his voice to popular GPS driving app Waze, meaning those in the U.S. can be given directions by the soothing, dulcet tones of the legendary Hollywood actor. Freeman joins other big-name stars who have added their voice to the navigation app in the past, … | Continue reading
Adobe Lightroom is probably the most popular image processing program for professional photographers, but now the company wants to be your camera too – if you own an Android phone anyway. Adobe Lightroom 2.0 for Android adds a full-fledged camera interface with a standard set of … | Continue reading
In a world where you’re constantly bombarded by people, social media, and endless advertisements, sometimes your only escape is the few moments you have alone driving in your car. If you want to add a little extra zen to your driving, now you can request the soothing sounds of Mo … | Continue reading
This post was brought to you by FlashChat.Everyone knows why company group chats are great. Here are TNW we love our Slack channels. General announcements, LOL and discussing the ever-important “Who’s making drinks this Friday?” convos. But sometimes, you want an app that allows … | Continue reading
While the long-term benefits of Snapchat Discover are yet to be determined, there’s no shortage of brands and publishers keen to try it out. However, Snapchat is very picky about who gets access. Slinger is an app (currently iOS only) that wants to be the ‘YouTube for vertical vi … | Continue reading
Here at Mobile World Congress 2016, the annual Barcelona-based flesh-pressing of the telco industry, Google and a bunch of carriers have put out a press release talking up how they are apparently ‘aligning’ to try to drive adoption of RCS. Read More | Continue reading
At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today, Cyanogen launched a new mod platform for its Android devices that might give it a major advantage over every other device out there. Cyanogen says that a mod is more than an app, as it can deeply integrate with the phone in ways that G … | Continue reading
Facebook today announced a few updates for its virtual reality (VR) efforts. The company said it has established a formal Social VR team that will build on the achievements of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. Of course, the new team will collaborate with the Facebook … | Continue reading
Cues, such as boredom, hunger, an activity, a time, or an emotion trigger us to do certain actions or routines. When we complete that routine, we get a physical or an emotional reward. Doing this often enough gets us into a habit forming loop. Read More | Continue reading
With f.lux, sleep-preventing blue light is filtered right out of your computer's display. Now a beta version has hit Android. | Continue reading
In an announcement post on Facebook, the company revealed the details of this new feature, which primarily targets users who share a single device. | Continue reading
Back in my day, the mark of a successful Instagram post had a number on it – specifically, 11 or higher. This week, that changes, because the number has dropped down to four. In an extremely minor update, Instagram will now show a number count for photos with at least four likes … | Continue reading
Swedish developer and nerd dad supreme, Peter Fjallstrom recently published a list of all the ways his family uses Slack, the integrated messaging system that claims to end email. Fjallstrom uses code hacks to ping his children's locations and add items to his family’s online gro … | Continue reading
Google is working on a feature that would recommend articles directly in its browser. The suggestions would appear on the new tab page in Chrome for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. Google confirmed it is still testing the feature. “We’re always experimenting with new featu … | Continue reading