Category: Apps
Review: Buy Car Parts app
Smartphone technology is revolutionising every aspect of our lives. How we travel, where we eat, how we spend our leisure time - even how we buy car parts and maintain our vehicles. Until recently, if you wanted, say, to pick up some oil for your car you would need to go to a garage or…
Tinder must provide Russian authorities with user data
Russia’s communications regulator has said that Tinder is now required to provide user data to domestic intelligence agencies. The Russian Communications Oversight Agency published a new list of online services operating in Russia that are required to provide user data on demand to Russian authorities, including the FSB security agency. Russia adopted a flurry of…
Virgin Trains’ split ticketing app to ‘save passengers £1 billion’
Virgin Trains has announced a mobile app which helps passengers take advantage of split ticketing to save money on journeys. The firm said customers will be “guaranteed” the best fares and claims the app could save passengers £1 billion. Split ticketing involves buying multiple tickets for separate sections of one journey, with a combined price…
Apple defends App Store in face of anti-competition criticisms
Apple says it welcomes competition and denies it has an unfair advantage on its App Store. The iPhone maker has defended its value to customers and developers alike, highlighting its standards for privacy, security and rigorous app review processes on a web page devoted to its principles and practices. Developers have earned more than 120…
BT Sport app to show both European football finals in HDR
BT Sport is to show the Champions League and Europa League finals in High Dynamic Range (HDR) via its official app as part of trials of the picture quality technology. Both European finals, which will be contested entirely by English sides for the first time, will also be free to watch on TV, the BT…
NSPCC warning over anonymous Snapchat app Yolo
A children’s charity has issued a warning about apps that allow users to be anonymous after the rapid rise of questions app Yolo. The NSPCC has warned such apps can be easily misused to send abusive messages to others or by those looking to exploit young people. Yolo – an acronym for you only live…
Sainsbury’s launches augmented reality Easter Bunny Hunt app
Sainsbury’s has launched an augmented reality app for children over the Easter break that tasks them with hunting down the Easter bunny and other characters while their parents carry out the shopping. The free app, called April’s Easter Adventure, requires users to interactively track down a bunny, lamb, chick, deer, fox and duck dotted around…
Google removes Living Hope Ministries ‘gay conversion therapy’ app
Google has bowed to pressure to remove an app accused of promoting gay conversion therapy, months after Apple, Amazon and Microsoft took action. The Living Hope Ministries app, made by a US Christian group, offered a number of guides that claim to help “sexually broken guys” by building a “deeper relationship with God” through prayer.…
Uber forgotten items: Last Supper painting and cat among items left behind!
What's the craziest thing you've left behind in an Uber? Probably an umbrella or more seriously a mobile phone or your front door key. It's probably not your cat, a painting of the Last Supper or a fake skull - just some of the bizarre items reported missing via Uber's lost and found index. Others…
FA Matchday app lets players use PayPal to pay match fees
Amateur football players can now pay their match fees via their smartphone thanks to an update to an official app. Digital payments service PayPal has signed a partnership with the Football Association (FA) to enable grassroots footballers to pay match fees from their smartphones. The FA Matchday app will now offer an online payment system…