Samaritans has suspended its Samaritans Radar app, which intended to detect when people on Twitter appeared to be suicidal, due to ‘serious concerns’. Samaritans Radar is designed to analyse Tweets from users…
Category: Apps
Office apps go free as Microsoft rolls out updates; Business users still need to pay
Microsoft, on Thursday, rolled out updated version of its Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps for iPads and iPhones, making available core functions for free to users. Until now, Office app users were…
WhatsApp playing catch up; adds read notification in latest update
WhatsApp has rolled out an update for its messaging app that now notifies you when a message has been read through a two blue tick marks next to the sent message. Earlier…
Nationwide balance check now on your wrist; Android Wear app launched
Nationwide has launched an Android Wear app that lets you check your bank account balance while on the move through simple voice commands. The bank is among the first to launch such…
Samaritans Radar under fire over privacy concerns
Recently rolled out app from Samaritans dubbed ‘Samaritans Radar’ is facing an immediate backlash over unintended privacy concerns from privacy activists who are calling out for the app’s effective shutdown. The new…
Microsoft starts accepting Skype Translator preview registrations
Microsoft has opened up Skype Translator preview registration programme for its limited public roll out under which members of general public will be provided access to this new feature on Skype that…
BlackBerry Messenger gets timer, message retraction features
BlackBerry on Friday rolled out a revamped version of its instant messaging service BBM, adding a host of new features to the list. The latest update debuts ephemeral message timer feature as…
Google Play channel lands on Roku
Roku recently announced it has added Google Play Movies & TV to its streaming channel lineup which already includes Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Hulu Plus, HBO Go, Watch ESPN and a ton…
Gmail for Android 5.0 apk available; complete with Material Design and exchange support
Gmail for Android 5.0 apk has arrived for those who can’t wait for Google’s official ‘update available’ notification. The updated app features flatter design elements, colors and animations, and support for exchange…
‘Deadline’: the iOS app that predicts the day you will die
Here comes a new iPhone app which collects users’ health data from Apple’s Healthkit to tell them how long they are gonna live. Dubbed ‘Deadline’, the new $1 iOS app claims that…
OneDrive app for WP, Android updated day after unlimited OneDrive storage offer
Microsoft updated its OneDrive app for Windows Phone and Android just a day after it announced that Office 365 subscribers will be offered unlimited OneDrive storage instead of 1TB. Microsoft said that…
Samaritans rolls out new life saving Samaritans Radar app
UK suicide prevention charity Samaritans has launched an app that will warn users if their friends or connections online are at risk of suicide. Dubbed Samaritans Radar, the new web app, targeted…
WhatsApp voice calling feature delayed till Q1 2015
WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum has revealed during Re/Code’s Code/Mobile conference that the messaging app’s voice calling service has been delayed and it will be launched in Q1 2015. Koum said that WhatsApp…
Google’s new Android fitness app ‘Google Fit’ is an Apple Healthkit challenger
Google on Tuesday launched a new fitness tracking app for Android dubbed ‘Google Fit’ that will let users track their fitness activities and become ‘more active, aware and motivated.’ The app taps…
Gmail 5.0 app for Android to support Yahoo, Outlook, other email providers [Video]
A recently leaked video shows Google’s next version of Gmail app for Android with support for third party email accounts. Gmail 5.0 is expected to launch sometime alongside Android 5.0 Lollipop early…