Apps

Apple is purging hundreds of thousands of apps from the App Store

It may be the end of summer, but that isn’t stopping Apple from doing a bit of spring cleaning. Tomorrow, coinciding...
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This app let’s you buy the food that restaurants want to throw away

Just because it’s not fresh doesn’t mean it’s not edible. For people willing to eat food that’s old, but not too...
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Why is Line listed on both an American and Japanese stock market?

Line hasn’t found much success here in the West, which is why it might seem odd that the company decided to...
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People are freaking the hell out over Instagram’s design change

Remember that time that -insert app or website here- decided to change up its design and then everyone freaked the hell out...
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Facebook Messenger is now open to third party chat bots

Bots are the next big thing for messaging apps, and Facebook wants to make sure that it’s one of the first...
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Nintendo’s mobile push is going pretty well so far

There’s a good chance that the future of Nintendo will depend on how well its push into the mobile market goes, so it’s...
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What makes WeChat so much better than other messaging apps?

It’s almost as hard for Chinese companies to break out of the country as it is for Western companies to break...
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WhatsApp now supports end-to-end encryption

When the encryption battle between Apple and the FBI first started, WhatsApp was quick to offer its support to Apple, but that support...
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Nintendo’s first smartphone app has launched in the West

Nintendo’s first smartphone app has been enjoying quite a bit of success in Japan, but now it’s time to see if the...
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Samsung’s attempt at a social media app is destined to fail

From time to time, Samsung will release a new product in an area that it’s not familiar with which will inevitably...
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Nintendo will launch its first-ever smartphone app next week

Few companies are as slow to adapt to market changes as Nintendo, but the beloved video game company has finally decided...
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Pandora wants to help artists connect with their fans

When every music-streaming service offers roughly the same content for roughly the same price, it can be hard for one service...
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Most people stop using apps within three days of downloading them

Getting people to download your app is the easy part (relatively speaking), it’s getting them to continue using it that’s difficult....
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Microsoft won’t bring Android apps to Windows 10 after all

Things aren’t looking good for Windows 10 Mobile, as Microsoft has cancelled Project Astoria, the initiative that was supposed to allow developers...
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Encrypted messaging app Telegram has exceeded 100 million users

Telegram announced on Tuesday that it now has more than 100 million monthly active users, with more than 15 billion messages...
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Morgan Freeman’s voice can now be used to give you directions

You can’t have Morgan Freeman narrate your life, unfortunately, but you can still have him give you directions if you’re a...
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