Category: Apps
Hotels.com introduces mobile key service for its customers
If you're the kind of person who can never find that little bit of plastic they give you to open the hotel room door, or worse still the key on the huge fob which you have to hand in because it's so large, then you may appreciate the latest innovation from accommodation app, Hotels.com. Using…
Audi and Airbnb transport competition winners in self driving car, transform football stadium into home
How about this for a slightly bizarre competition - but one that's sure to attract some bonkers fans who really do eat, sleep, dream about football 24/7. For the Audi Cup on August 1 and 2nd, Audi and Airbnb are going to transform the Allianz Arena in Munich into a special home for football fans.…
Protect your home from damaging leaks with ‘Leakbot’
Pictured above is Leakbot. Not only will it protect your home from damaging leaks, it's also got a nice smiley face! Insurance company Legal & General has teamed up with HomeServe to offer 'LeakBot' – a smart connected water leak detector, developed by HomeServe Labs. Launching this summer, select Legal &…
Hilton introduces Digital Key service in UK hotels
Gone are the days of having a huge room key that you had to leave behind the reception desk when you went out of the hotel. In fact, gone are the days of having a key or any kind of room entry card at all! Just introduced by Hilton across a handful of its hotels…
Are sat navs turning us into ‘zombie drivers’? Not surprisingly, mytaxi survey reckons so
London drivers are more reliant on sat navs than anywhere else in the UK – that’s the verdict of new study from black cab app mytaxi which suggests many of the capital’s motorists are rapidly turning into ‘zombie drivers wasting an average of 62 hours each year driving the wrong way round! The new study,…
BBC launches first ever arcade game, Doctor Who Time Vortex 360
Doctor Who fans can pilot the TARDIS as it careers through the depths of the space time vortex in the BBC’s first ever 360 arcade game, Doctor Who Time Vortex 360. Fans simply need to visit bbc.in/dw360 using their smartphone or tablet and by physically moving their mobile device through 360 degrees, they will be…
Gorillaz mixed reality app, complete with ‘Humanz house party’
Glimpse inside the weird and wonderful universe of virtual band Gorillaz for the very first time with the release of what they are calling a mixed reality app. Designed to coincide with the release of their new album Humanz, the Gorillaz App will allow fans to immerse themselves in the world of Gorillaz and join…
New security risks from apps with 3.8 mill cybercrimes reported in UK each year
Poor security awareness, coupled with an insatiable demand for mobile apps, are placing UK consumers’ identities and devices at risk. Those are the findings of a new nationwide survey into 'cybercrimes', commissioned by RiskIQ. The survey reveals that almost half (45 per cent) do not scrutinise the app’s details while 60 per cent never or…
Hailo becomes mytaxi in bid to take on Uber
Europe's largest taxi app, mytaxi, launched in London yesterday following the German company's merger with Hailo last summer. Owned by the Daimler Group, the mytaxi app allows passengers across the capital to order a licensed black cab on their Apple or Android smartphones. Features include the option to save your ‘Favourite Driver’ so you are more…
One in three UK retailers don’t have mobile shopping app
Image: Parsonage Retail Park, Wigan A new report launched today reveals that a third (32%) of the UK’s top retailers don’t have a mobile shopping app. The report, called the State of Digital Commerce, which was commissioned by Episerver, examines the retail and ecommerce trends set to shape 2017. It highlights that nearly…