Category: apps

Outlook for iOS and Android is getting better voice controls

[ad_1] Microsoft is also working to bring other features that exist on other versions of Outlook (i.e. desktop) to iOS and Android. These include workspace booking, text prediction, weather data in your calendar and adding emoji reactions to your emails. That last one will start to roll out around the New Year, the company said. […]

Judge blocks US ban on WeChat app downloads

[ad_1] Beeler added that the government’s general national security concerns about China were “considerable,” but that evidence of specific issues with WeChat was “modest.” Like with TikTok, politicians have been worried that China might push Tencent-owned WeChat to spy on Americans. The move stymies the Trump administration’s attempt to crack down on China-owned internet services, […]

Nike Run Club’s Apple Watch app gives you more incentives to keep running

[ad_1] Nike The app also promises “fresh” content and art for the quick start button, Guided Runs and other watch face complications. This could be an important update. While Nike Run Club already offered badges and encouragement from your friends, this promotes a regular schedule no matter what your fellow runners are doing. That, in […]

‘PUBG Mobile’ will escape India ban by cutting out Tencent

[ad_1] “Moving forward, PUBG Corporation will take on all publishing responsibilities within the country,” it said. “As the company explores ways to provide its own PUBG experience for India in the near future, it is committed to doing so by sustaining a localized and healthy gameplay environment for its fans.” Since June, India has banned […]

Google pulls ‘fediverse’ Android apps for allegedly enabling hate speech

[ad_1] We’ve asked Google for comment. Action like this isn’t completely surprising. Some fediverses are popular among hate groups kicked out of mainstream social networks or denied access to key services. Gab, a social network that developed a reputation for tolerating hate speech, switched to a fediverse using a forked version of Mastodon after losing […]

WeChat user alliance sues Trump administration over threatened ban

[ad_1] Attorneys also argued that many messaging app users were well aware of the potential for surveillance, including from the US. It was up to them to decide whether or not to use an app, not the government. The plaintiffs in the case hope to get a preliminary injunction that would block the order while […]

Apple won’t force WordPress to offer in-app purchases

[ad_1] As The Verge pointed out, though, the removal of any paid plan mentions may have happened well before Apple froze updates for the app. You couldn’t buy those plans, either, and any references to them were gone before Apple convinced Mullenweg to add in-app purchases. He added that Apple had dismissed earlier offers to […]

Windows 10 can run apps from your Samsung phone

[ad_1] As hinted earlier, though, you can’t just use this with any device. In addition to using the latest Your Phone software on your Windows 10 system, you’ll need a phone with the latest Link to Windows integration — and for now, that means a Samsung phone running Android 9.0 (Pie) or later. The computer […]

Secret Service bought location data pulled from common apps

[ad_1] With Locate X, an agency like the Secret Service could, for instance, create a geo-fence around a crime scene. It could then identify mobile devices that were in that area prior to the crime and see where those devices traveled before or after the incident. Police took that approach following a burglary in 2019, […]

Google is making it easier to create apps using Chromebooks

[ad_1] ChromeOS.dev also has customizable Linux terminals, which have integrated tabs and shortcuts, along with adjustable backgrounds, frames, fonts and cursor colors. Google added full Linux app support to Chromebooks in 2018. Developers from Google, Chrome OS and the wider community will offer advice on making apps and delve into some challenges of creating them. […]