Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support, and the money that flows through it all. What are developers talking about? What do app publishers and marketers need to know? How are politics impacting the App Store and app businesses? And which
When people talk about breaking the internet, they are probably referring to a viral social media post or news story. However, it does make you wonder if it would be possible for the internet to really break. After all, websites and even our networks go down all the time. So, what does breaking the internet
Honor V30 and Honor V30 Pro are set to launch in China on Tuesday, November 26. But just days ahead of their formal launch, Huawei sub-brand Honor has confirmed that both new smartphones will come with HiSilicon Kirin 990 SoC and support 5G connectivity. Key specifications of the Honor V30 and Honor V30 Pro have
Facebook is building its own version of Instagram Close Friends, the company confirms to TechCrunch. There’s a lot people that don’t share on Facebook because it can feel risky or awkward since its definition of “friends” has swelled to include family, work colleagues, and distant acquaintances. No one wants their boss or grandma seeing their
More than 1,500 complaints of unwanted sexual approaches, many targeting children, have been made against popular social networking apps in Apple’s App Store, in contrast to what Apple prominently markets as a “safe and trusted place,” according to a Washington Post investigation. The complaints about popular social media platforms that connect strangers in video conversations,
Battling several privacy issues, Facebook experimented with a face recognition app among its employees that allowed them to identify their colleagues and friends by pointing smartphone cameras at them. The social networking platform admitted it built such an app which was never released publicly, and argued against its use to identify people. Business Insider first
Snapchat has launched a new lens that lets you age and de-age yourself before your very eyes. This new Snapchat lens is reminiscent of the FaceApp filter that went viral earlier this year. Because everyone wants to see what they’re going to look like when they get old. From FaceApp to Snapchat In July 2019,
Samsung Galaxy S11 is due to launch in Q1 2020. Nevertheless, the rumour mill has been churning out the details about the new flagship. The Samsung Galaxy S11 5G variant is said to have received a certification in China that suggests 25W fast charging support. The Galaxy S11+, on the other hand, may come with
While Android is the most-used operating system in the mobile market, many people don’t know the difference between stock Android and other versions of the OS. As a result, you may miss out on the multiple benefits of using stock Android. So what is stock Android? And why should you consider using it on your
Truecaller has fixed a flaw that could allow attackers to use the service’s API to place a malicious link as the URL for their profile picture. The malicious link could be used to fetch IP addresses of other Truecaller users and perform attacks such as brute-force and distributed denial of service (DDoS), based on the obtained information.
Apple is overhauling how it tests software after a swarm of bugs marred the latest iPhone and iPad operating systems, according to people familiar with the shift. Software chief Craig Federighi and lieutenants including Stacey Lysik announced the changes at a recent internal “kickoff” meeting with the company’s software developers. The new approach calls for
T-Mobile has confirmed a data breach affecting more than a million of its customers, whose personal data (but no financial or password data) was exposed to a malicious actor. The company alerted the affected customers but did not provide many details in its official account of the hack. The company said in its disclosure to
Cleaning your smartphone or tablet screen is easy—but you need to make sure you’re doing it the right way. This means employing the right type of cleaner, as well as a material suited to cleaning. After all, if you don’t know what to avoid, you might end up damaging the touchscreen. This can potentially render
Fortnite Save The World mode is in the limelight again. Epic Games has added Dungeons, a new area for players to explore. Dungeons area in the game’s Save The World mode is riddled with traps and monsters that players need to take on in order to win rewards. A pair of new heroes with unique
Razorpay, the Bengaluru-based payments startup, has launched payment support for freelancers, consultants, and a whole bunch of people selling their products or services via social media platforms such as Instagram or Facebook. Razorpay says it supports payment for over 100 currencies, and makes it easy for freelancers to receive payments. Features such as collecting advance
Xerox said Thursday it was holding firm on its $33 billion takeover offer for computer and printer maker HP, and warned it would take the matter to shareholders directly without a deal by Monday. The announcement from the copy machine pioneer came days after HP rejected the bid, claiming it “significantly undervalues” the Silicon Valley
If you’ve had your Xbox One for a while, the chances are it’s running low on storage space. Most Xbox One models come with 500GB or 1TB drives, which isn’t much to work with. Thankfully, you can add some additional space using an Xbox One external hard drive. In this article we detail everything you
Fitness technology player Goqii on Friday launched its fitness tracker named Vital ECG, designed to track users’ heart health, for Rs. 4,999, in the presence of Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar. Goqii Vital ECG will provide ECG reports powered by Tricog Health — which is a platform that instantly interprets ECG readings with advanced technology and
Minecraft Earth, an AR version of the classic Minecraft game, was announced back in May this year, but its closed beta testing was limited to only a few regions. The availability of Minecraft Earth has now expanded to India as well, among a host of other countries. The early access for Minecraft Earth on Android
Fossil this week launched its Gen 5 smartwatches in the Indian market. To recall, the series of Wear OS by Google smartwatches were launched globally in August this year. The smartwatches come with a heart rate monitor, accelerometer, gyroscope, altimeter, and an ambient light sensor. The series is supposedly designed to offer better functionality for
Ubiquiti, the company behind popular UniFi Wi-Fi access points and networking equipment, is releasing a new router for consumers — the AmpliFi Alien. Today’s new device is an all-in-one networking device. It features a router (the “brain” of your local network), four Gigait Ethernet ports and Wi-Fi capabilities. And yes, it is a Wi-Fi 6
The current app store ecosystem doesn’t favor the indie developer. According to new data from Sensor Tower, the top 1% of publishers globally accounted for a whopping 80% of the total 29.6 billion app downloads in the third quarter of 2019. That means just 20%, or 6 billion, downloads are left for the rest of
Adobe generated a lot of high expectations when it announced that it will bring Photoshop to the iPad last year. At this year’s Adobe Max conference, the company shipped the first version of Photoshop for iPad with a set of core Photoshop features. The much-anticipated app faced backlash online, with users reporting that the app
Twitter on Thursday began letting users “hide” tweeted replies that could be seen as abusive or harassing in the latest effort by the online platform to create a more welcoming environment. The move is part of an effort to help users “feel safe and comfortable while talking on Twitter,” head of product management Suzanne Xie
If you’re active on Twitter you now have the ability to hide replies to your tweets. This has to be done on an individual basis, but it means you can hide any replies you personally find to be disagreeable. Which, given that this is Twitter, probably adds up to quite a few. In July 2019,
Check Point Research on Thursday said it found the latest versions of some of the most famous apps in the world on Google’s Play Store, including Facebook and Instagram, to have vulnerabilities that were believed to have been patched earlier. The research shows that threat actors can still execute code on the latest versions of
Dual SIM phones come with a variety of benefits, making them a must-have for many people. However, not everyone understands what dual SIM means or how dual SIM phones work. We’re here to explain everything you need to know about dual SIM phones, their benefits, and how eSIMs fit into this picture. What Is a
Apple has silently removed customer reviews and ratings from its online store. The change has taken place not just in the US but also in the UK and Australia and applies to all Apple products that previously had reviews and ratings from customers. The Apple online store included the dedicated “Ratings & Reviews” section for
Many longtime members of the Pokémon community called it the worst controversy ever. It’s the “angriest I’ve ever seen the Pokémon community,” said YouTuber TheJWittz. The outrage started this past summer when it was announced for the first time in the series, most of the past Pokémon wouldn’t return in the first home console release
The first comic book produced by Marvel, the famed US publisher behind Spider-Man, X-Men and The Avengers, went under the hammer Thursday, fetching a record $1.26 million, Heritage Auctions said. “This is a historic copy of a historic comic book,” Ed Jaster, auction house senior vice president, said of the book, which was published in