mobile apps

Facebook Messenger To Get SMS, Multiple Account Support

Facebook Messenger gets more features as social network seeks to strengthen itself as smartphone communications essential

9 years ago

Google Brings The Physical Web To Your Phone

Android version of Chrome will now look to link your device to the world

9 years ago

London’s Black Cabs Are Going Contactless

Card payments will be installed in all black cabs by October, TfL confirms

9 years ago

Why Virtual Reality Could Be The Real 6 Nations Winner

Accenture’s virtual reality app looks to put fans in the thick of the match

9 years ago

M-Tickets Could Spell The End For Paper Train Tickets

Proposals to introduce ‘m-tickets’ could allow for mobile and smartcard ticket travel across the UK

9 years ago

Microsoft Snaps Up UK Startup SwiftKey For £174m

Microsoft gains yet another productivity app and AI technology in SwiftKey

9 years ago

WhatsApp Tops One Billion Monthly Users

Facebook-owned instant messaging service looking for further expansion, says Zuckerberg

9 years ago

Android Ransomware Sends Internet History To Phone Contacts

You were warned…malware tricks users into handing over control of their phone

9 years ago

Millions Of Contactless TfL Journeys Paid For By Mobile Phones

Launch of Apple Pay leads to massive spike in mobile payment journeys, TfL reveals

9 years ago

Samsung Mobile Apps Could Arrive On iOS

Fitness and entertainment apps among Samsung apps rumoured to be in development for iOS

9 years ago

Google Took Down 780m Bad Ads In 2015

Large rise in adverts that violated Google’s policies, include major malvertising campaigns

9 years ago

Dropbox Releases Universal Windows 10 App

Native Windows 10 app for Dropbox will be released in coming days with phone app coming soon

9 years ago

Researchers Aim To Prevent Smartphone Location Data Leaks

Researchers said their smartphone app aims to block location-sensitive data from being collected and misused by third parties

9 years ago

Barclaycard Finally Reveals Apple Pay Competitor

mybarclaycard Android app allows for contactless payments up to £30

9 years ago

Health And Finance Mobile Apps Riddled With Security Issues

Arxan research finds 90 percent of apps have at least two major security flaws

9 years ago

Lenovo Wants to Bring Google’s Project Tango To Life

Smartphones with 3D-tracking and modelling could be on their way soon

9 years ago

Apple Users Spend £750m On App Store Over Christmas

Apple sees record sales in two weeks over Christmas and New Year period

9 years ago

Facebook ‘Deliberately Crashed’ Own Android App

Facebook's latest psychological experiment involved breaking its own Android app to see how users would react, according to a report

9 years ago

CES 2016 – Volvo Lets You Speak To Its Cars Using Wearables

Drivers can now unlock their vehicles and much more using a Microsoft Band 2

9 years ago

Mobile Banking Users Warned Over Fake Android Apps

Up to 33 leading worldwide financial services targeted by ‘SlemBunk’ family of Trojanized apps, FireEye report claims

9 years ago

Apple Pay Is Coming To China

Apple Pay expands further following deal with Chinese bank UnionPay

9 years ago

Apple Appoints Jeff Williams As New COO

Former Apple Watch chief Jeff Williams promoted as Phil Schiller takes over App Store duties

9 years ago

Brazil Shuts Off WhatsApp For 48 Hours

Two day shutdown ordered by judge following WhatsApp’s failure to share messages from alleged gang member

9 years ago

IBM And Apple Launch 100th MobileFirst For iOS App

IBM and Apple's enterprise partnership continues, with Watson integration and iPad Pro apps in the pipeline

9 years ago

Post App Era, Or Post App Experience?

Mubaloo’s Alana Pearson explains how the role of apps is changing for both businesses and consumers

9 years ago

Walmart Joins Mobile Payment Game

Walmart Pay will speed up checkout for iOS and Android device owners

9 years ago

Millions Of Travellers Put At Risk By Mobile Ticket Sites

Aer Lingus and Chiltern Railways among firms that put customer details due to unsecure mobile platforms, Wandera study reveals

9 years ago

Mozilla Releases iOS Ad Blocker For Safari, But Not Firefox

Mozilla attempts ethical ad blocker with Focus by Firefox, but it only works with Safari for now

9 years ago

Facebook Closes Its Creative Labs

Apps including Slingshot, Rooms and Riff all biting the dust, Facebook confirms

9 years ago