Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Thrive Market brings its organic grocery store to Android

thrive market banner A company tapping into consumers’ growing desire for healthier food and organic products, Thrive Market, is today bringing its online grocery store to Android users with a launch of a dedicated mobile application. The new app will allow users to shop for natural and organic products right from their phone, including its more recently launched private label items. Described as a cross… Read More


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Twitter makes it easier to share tweets privately with new button on iOS & Android

Screen Shot 2016-04-05 at 11.06.49 AM While nowhere near as big as this morning’s news that Twitter will live stream the NFL’s Thursday Night Football, the company is announcing another change to its service today aimed at increasing the functionality and usage of its Direct Message (private messaging) feature. Starting today, the company is adding a new “Message” button to tweets on iOS and Android which… Read More


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The 7 Best Wallpaper Apps for Your Phone

You spend a long time staring at your smartphone screen, so don’t settle for a backdrop image that’s staid and dull. These Android and iOS apps bring a wealth of superb ready-to-go images right to your handset in an instant, so the only problem you’ll have is choosing your favorites.

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TSA's $1.4 Million App Takes About 10 Minutes to Build

The TSA Randomizer iPad app has two jobs: 1) point left or right, and 2) do it randomly. It’s an app a novice coder would write. And it cost the TSA $1.4 million.

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Android Auto launches in 18 new countries, including Brazil, India and Russia

Android Auto Android Auto, Google’s in-car operating system, is now available in eighteen new countries, including Brazil and India. For the others, reference the little emoji flags in Android’s tweet below. Read More


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Monday, April 4, 2016

Stock picking simplified with these apps

New York Stock Exchange Investing in the stock market made easy…That’s the goal of these apps, which make investing more convenient and help you keep tabs on the market updates. And you don’t have to be a finance whiz to work them! Robinhood Trade stocks without fees on Robinhood.  After a quick registration, use Robinhood to access market data and quotes in real-time, build a personalized… Read More


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Google’s Nexus security update for April fixes 8 critical Android bugs

android Google is releasing the monthly security update for its Nexus Android devices today and with it, it is also announcing a list of the security vulnerabilities it has patched in this release. This month, the update includes patches for eight critical bugs, including one that affects the infamous libstagefright library, which has already seen its fair share of well-publicized vulnerabilities.… Read More


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Taliban Swears Its App Was Removed From the Google Play Store Due to "Technical Issues"

On Friday, reports emerged that the Afghan Taliban had released a propaganda app through the Google Play Store. A short time later, however, the app appears to have disappeared, although Google is playing coy on the reason for its removal.

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Zomato launches its restaurant point-of-sale system

shutterstock tomato As part of its plans to venture beyond the food listings/discovery space, Zomato launched an Android point of sale system for restauranteurs today. Called Zomato Base, the cloud-based system is built on top of MaplePOS, which Zomato acquired last year as part of its plans to expand into new verticals. Zomato Base is currently being used in 35 outlets of The Beer Cafe, which claims to be… Read More


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