Google would like you to know that your Gmail is safe even though people you don’t know can read it
After a Wall Street Journal exposé that revealed some companies use humans to read some of your emails, to improve the services and apps they have …
Apps & Software
Don’t touch that ‘Fortnite’ cheating app unless you enjoy malware
Some lessons are so simple, but they need to constantly be repeated because we all — well, we never seem to learn. Like this lesson …
Yes, Gmail allows developers to read your emails – but that shouldn’t surprise you
If you’re online these days then you probably have at least one email address at your disposal, to keep in touch with friends, and sign …
Android 9.0 inches closer to launch as Android P Beta 3 rolls out
Google on Monday afternoon dropped the third public beta of Android P, which is supposed to be a close-to-final version of Android 9.0 that will …
iOS 12 developer beta 3 is now available to download
WWDC took place just last month, but with the summer iPhone rumormill kicking into high gear, it already feels like Apple’s big iOS 12 reveal …
Netflix might be on the verge of launching its most expensive plan ever
Whenever Netflix raises the price of its subscription plans — and this happens every few years — we keep hearing about disgruntled users ready to …
Facebook calls it quits on three apps it’s shutting down over low usage
Lately, it’s seemed like a lot of the news out of the world’s largest social network is over privacy flaps and glitches that tinker with …
Shocker: New report says Facebook owns four of the five most-downloaded iOS apps ever
With the tenth anniversary of the launch of the iOS App Store just around the corner, here comes a report released today from App Annie …
Facebook apologizes for yet another privacy screw-up
Facebook has acknowledged a new bug that improperly tinkered with user settings — this time, a bug that affected more than 800,000 users and unblocked …
Instagram reportedly testing Q&A feature in Stories
Another day, another report of a new feature coming soon to the fast-changing Instagram app that in recent days alone has seen the arrival of …
The 9 best free iPhone games of the week
Taking some time off next week for the Fourth of July? Looking for something to distract you on a long plane ride or flight? This …
Google Maps is about to get Waze’s best feature
Google Maps is probably one of a few must-have apps on any phone, whether it’s Android or iPhone. That’s already a given, but Google just …
6 paid iPhone apps you can download for free right now
We’ve got one last roundup of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free that you can check out before you slip away into …
iOS 12 to introduce a new version of Apple Maps built entirely from the ground up
Though Apple is widely regarded for its world-class software, the launch of Apple Maps back with iOS 6 was nothing short of an embarrassment. Famously, …
This is the future I want from Apple and iOS 12
For years after Apple released the iPad, people would constantly argue about whether or not it could replace a “real” computer for “real” work. The …
YouTube’s picture-in-picture mode is now available on Android for free
You know that cool feature that lets you watch videos while you’re using other apps? It’s called picture-in-picture (PiP), and YouTube is making it available …
Microsoft just pulled the coolest new Windows 10 feature from its beta
Windows Sets might sound familiar to plenty of tech fans around the world, and especially to Windows 10 users. But not everyone might be able …
Test shows how much the iOS 12 public beta can speed up an older iPhone
When Apple announced iOS 12 at its developer conference earlier this month, there was an unusual lack of new features to show off. This year, …
7 paid iPhone apps on sale for free for a limited-time
We detailed 8 paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free on Wednesday, and there were some great options on that list. In fact, …
Apple’s Netflix streaming rival actually sounds interesting
Apple is creating its own original content to take on streaming juggernaut Netflix, but also HBO and Hulu. The company has inked several high-profile content …
Instagram’s new Lite app is basically Instagram without a bunch of stuff it stole from Snapchat
With over 1 billion monthly active users, Instagram is one of the most popular mobile apps out there, and a huge win for Facebook, which …
Alexa is one step closer to replacing Siri as voice control comes to iOS app
Over a year after landing on the App Store, the Alexa app on iOS finally supports voice commands starting today. The feature arrived on Android …
Few people are actually using Amazon’s Alexa to shop on Amazon
British consumers are buying technology with embedded voice assistants and asking it do things like … help them boil an egg. That’s one of the …
Snap gaming platform on the way now that Facebook has copied everything else
The parent company of Snapchat is working on something new, along the lines of this AR “game” I’ve swiped across a few different lenses in …
8 paid iPhone and iPad apps you can download for free today
What, all the paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free we shared with you yesterday weren’t enough? Well don’t worry because we’ve got …
Google’s creepily human-like Duplex AI is coming to the real world
Google is getting closer to introducing its new Duplex AI into the real world, Duplex being the assistive AI that Google built to talk like …
Microsoft says its racist facial recognition tech is now less racist
Earlier this year, Microsoft released new facial recognition software to developers that offered great promise but turned out to be racist. After the company’s 2016 …
Instagram’s new Explore tab is a wonderful reminder that these sections are basically dumpster fires
Instagram is breathing new life into a section of its app that too often is a chaotic mess of content in other social media apps’ …
7 paid iPhone apps on sale for free right now
Yesterday’s app roundup was a very good one, and there are still a few freebies to be found in that post if you happened to …
Instagram video chat and new AR camera effects available today
At the beginning of last month, Instagram revealed a host of updates that would soon be available on the app. Nearly two months later, those …
