How to keep ads away from your Twitch Prime experience
Avid Twitch content consumers should know that ad-free viewing is going away soon because Amazon wants Twitch and content creators to make more money. That …
Apps & Software
Dark Sky is one of the most popular weather apps, and it just got a major overhaul
Dark Sky is one of the most popular smartphone weather apps among both iOS and Android users, and it’s just announced a major overhaul that’s …
Huawei was just caught faking smartphones selfies with a DSLR in misleading ad
Smartphone makers, it’s totally fine if your mid-range smartphone’s selfie camera doesn’t take the best selfies in the world. You get plenty of time to …
iOS 12 developer beta 9 is now available to break your phone
Last week, Apple suffered through the indignity of a messed-up beta launch, but it’s lost no time getting back on the highly metaphorical beta horse. …
Apple yanks 25,000 gambling apps from the App Store in China
Like any western company operating in China, Apple is subject to various regulations that it can’t really fight if it wants to stay in business. …
The 7 best free iPhone games of the week
After a slow week, we’re back with a really solid collection of free iOS games this week. The highlight of the week is undoubtedly the …
6 paid iPhone apps on sale for free on August 17th
There’s time for one more roundup before you slip away into the weekend, so we’ve got six fresh paid iPhone and iPad apps for you …
Google’s location tracking could earn it yet another record fine from the EU
Google has been dealt two huge blows in Europe in recent years, where antitrust investigations have ruled the company abused is position in search as …
Looks like Facebook overreacted with that Boston data firm it suspended last month
Facebook acted fast last month to suspend a Boston-based data analytics firm, Crimson Hexagon, from accessing Facebook and Instagram once reports surfaced suggesting the social …
Google just confirmed it still monitors your location data even with that setting turned off
The Internet lit up earlier this week with headlines all stemming from an Associated Press investigation that came to this creepy conclusion about Google: the …
Gmail’s new self-destructing emails are now rolling out to mobile devices
We first learned about Google’s new “confidential mode” for Gmail back in April: a feature to help users better protect sensitive information they send to …
How to get six months of free Apple Music from Verizon
Last week, Verizon announced that it would be giving away six free months of Apple Music to customers on its Unlimited plan, and today’s the …
8 paid iPhone apps you can download for free on August 16th
Another day, another great roundup of the best paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free. Yesterday’s list had a bunch of solid apps …
WhatsApp gets free backups on Google Drive in November
WhatsApp is one of the most popular mobile chat apps in the world with over 1.5 billion daily active users and more than 60 billion …
Apple is under investigation in Japan over allegations that it stifles competition
Apple is under investigation in Japan for alleged anti-competitive behavior related to the App Store, which is the default, and only source of applications on …
Google reportedly working on health and fitness assistant called Google Coach
Back in 2014, Google and Apple launched health and fitness platforms for their respective mobile operating systems. While Apple’s HealthKit API and Health app took …
Android Pie makes it impossible to record calls with third-party apps
Having only launched a week ago, Android users are still figuring out all the changes and quirks introduced in the 9.0 Pie update. For example, …
Microsoft’s Your Phone app lets you mirror your Android device to a Windows 10 PC
Just a few short months after announcing the Your Phone app for Windows 10 at the Build developer conference in May, Microsoft has launched the …
7 paid iPhone apps you can download for free on August 15th
Several of the paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free we covered in yesterday’s post are actually still on sale, so you can …
Alexa and Cortana can now be summoned on rival devices, in case that excites you
If you’re the proud owner of an Amazon Alexa-powered device who’d prefer to summon the digital dulcet tones of Microsoft’s assistant Cortana instead of Alexa …
iOS 12 developer beta 8 is now available to download
On Monday, Apple released and then quickly pulled the seventh developer beta of iOS 12, following numerous reports of major performance issues. It was a …
Google Voice redesign rolls out on iOS with new look and new features
After half a decade of radio silence, Google finally updated the Google Voice app on iOS, Android, and on the web last January. All at …
5 apps that are way better on Android than they are on the iPhone
Few internet flame wars have raged as long as the one that iOS and Android users have been waging since the two mobile operating systems …
6 paid iPhone apps on sale for free on August 14th
We had a great roundup of paid iPhone and iPad apps for you yesterday that were all on sale for free. If you missed it, …
Chrome may soon add a feature that will speed up the entire internet
Google’s Chrome browser is the most popular web browser on the planet by a massive margin. According to market research firm Net Applications, Chrome’s share …
Report: Apple secretly met with developers to push subscriptions on the App Store
In the spring of 2017, Apple convened a group of more than 30 software developers at a Tribeca loft in New York City. The iPhone …
iOS 12 developer beta 7 pulled after massive performance bugs found
Apple was forced to pull a high-speed about-face on Monday afternoon, after it was discovered that the seventh iOS 12 developer beta contained a number …
Report says Google tracks your location on iPhone and Android even when you forbid it
Death and taxes are two of the most famous certainties in life, but surely we can add another to that list. One involving the absolute …
iOS 12 developer beta 7 is available to download right now
We’re well into August and with the next iPhone event theoretically just around the corner, iOS 12 beta updates have hit a frenzied pace. iOS …
7 paid iPhone apps you can download for free on August 13th
We helped our readers fill their iPhones and iPads with tons of great paid apps on sale for free last week, but we hope they …
