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Wednesday 25 November 2020
Featuring an instant messenger that lets you chat via GIFs, a handy way to organise emails on mobile and a faster way to read non-fiction books.
It’s not just instant messsaging apps they’re using, quite a lot of time goes into watching and creating videos and images too.
Featuring a novel approach to image sharing apps, a personalised weather service and a terrifying PC game brought to the small screen.
The company promises to remove more apps which mislead users and crack down on fake and scam apps.
Where everyone will be creating hyperlapse videos, Snapchat’s big plans are revealed and a different approach from Samsung.
Featuring a real way of identifying those battery hogging apps, an easier way to create panorama photos and your opportunity to control a tentacled blob.
The Android version is now able to automatically detect and understand five languages at once.
Snapchat Discovery, which will feature both news content and ads, is expected to debut in November.
More than 500 million Android users have downloaded the app, despite criticism it faced over app permissions.
Almost a third of smartphone users do not download any apps for their devices, as the age of new users increases.
“I was in the cinema” won’t cut it as an excuse anymore.
Featuring a way to remember notes from the day before, a neon-visual shoot ‘em up and a way to help other people
They do say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Featuring a messaging app that sends to random people, a handy sleep app, and a redesigned productivity app.
This was the week in business.
The company says that just under 500,000 European jobs were directly attributable to the App Store.
Featuring an intelligent time assistant, a novel way to get you out of bed and a handy way to get rid of unnecessary apps on Android.
Featuring a way to get your kids to do their chores, the nerdiest headphones you’ve ever seen and DIY emojis.
It’s designed to help doctors on the ground in remote parts of Africa.
The company face criticism about in-app purchases targeted at children.
Featuring an app to help cut down on your alcohol intake, one to manage your passwords, and one to satisfy your inner weather nerd.
However, we might have a wait before any will be available in Ireland.
Featuring a handy way to bring all screenshots together, a comprehensive multilingual dictionary and one of the best iOS games this year arriving on Android.
Forever alone? Seems unlikely.
We’re not a match. And perhaps we never were.
Featuring a way to compare store prices, an app that will help you control your privacy online, and a contender for the most frustrating endless runner around.
The company has announced the acquisition of TapCommerce, which will help Twitter push ads that encourage app downloads, and opened up its app ad platform to all advertisers.
Innermost thoughts? You got em.
Featuring an app that works out the best contract for your phone, a minimalist photo app, and a messaging service that only uses your lock screen.
New app provides by-country road safety details for motorists in the EU.
The National College of Ireland programme encourages teenagers from disadvantaged areas to engage with third-level education.
Featuring a keyboard app everyone should have, a indie platformer that’s all about gravity, and the only password app you ever need.
Yes, there’s an app for that.
A number of app developers have seen their apps rejected because they provided incentives for people to share their apps on Facebook, or watch videos advertising other apps.
Featuring a brain training game that’s a little bit different, a Tetris-style building game and a way to find any useful amenity nearby.
Apps can now accept payments from “approved virtual currencies” although Apple hasn’t said which ones qualify.
It was a packed keynote for one of the biggest companies in the world, but what did we learn from it?
If you find yourself without reception or want to cut down on mobile data usage, you’ve come to the right place.
Featuring a sequel to one of the most addictive puzzle game of 2013, a handy way to keep all your cloud accounts organised and one of best free calender apps on the market.
Featuring a better way to organise your contacts and stay up to date, a brilliant NES-style shoot-em-up, and a AR translator app that everyone should own.
WELL, after over two months, tonight is the night. The Great British Bake Off 2020 final.
This has been a unique series, with the cast and crew forming a Covid-19 ‘bubble’ in a hotel for six weeks to record the episodes.
Tonight’s episode will see the three finalists battle it off in the tent before a winner is announced.
So, today we want to know… Will you watch the Great British Bake Off final tonight?
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