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Post Office introduces EasyID app

The Post Office has announced that customers can now collect parcels and letters using an app on their phone to show their ID, instead of having to bring in a document such as a passport or driving licence. The Post Office EasyID app is designed to complement existing face-to-face verification. It's hoped it will make…

23rd August 202123rd August 2021 Chris Price Apps, News

Skoda app diagnoses problems by listening to car

ŠKODA has completed successful trials of a new vehicle health diagnostic app that can listen for any problems through a smartphone app and give an instant diagnosis to technicians. The artificial intelligence app – called the ŠKODA Sound Analyser – was designed and developed by ŠKODA’s in-house software developers. It allows technicians to quickly detect…

9th October 20209th October 2020 Chris Price Car stuff, News

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…

31st May 201931st May 2019 Chris Price Apps, News

Google spends $25m on .app top-level domain

Apps could soon be easier to find thanks to a new purchase by Google, which has just negotiated with ICANN to buy the entire .app top-level domain. According to Business Insider the company paid $25m - the most paid for a TLD so far. The move could conceivably mean that we start seeing URLs like…

27th February 2015 James O'Malley Android, Google

Backlash against “invasive” Samaritans Radar web app

Samaritans new web has received criticism on social media today for being "invasive", and essentially misconceived in its attempt to flag up friends at risk. You may have read in The Digest this morning about the new app aimed at helping those in need. It sounds pretty clever: Essentially you sign in with your Twitter…

29th October 201430th October 2014 James O'Malley Twitter, Web 2.0, Websites

Google buys Jetpac “Neural Network” firm

Google has been on another shopping spree and has acquired a company called "Jetpac" which is a "neural network" company that has created a city guide app. The Jetpac app - which is currently only available for iPhone - sounds pretty clever. Essentially, using some complex image analysis of millions of public Instagram and Flickr…

18th August 20146th February 2018 James O'Malley Google

Yo! Check out the world's laziest messaging app.

As Facebook, Google and Apple are locked into an endless arms race to see which can add the most features to its messaging app, a new app on the iOS app store has taken a very different approach. It only…

18th June 2014 James O'Malley iPhone, iPhone apps

Dope-dealing game tops Apple iTunes chart

Apple appears to have relaxed its usual tight restrictions on apps – how else to explain the drug-pushing sim Weed Firm sitting at number one on its App Store charts? According to The Register, Weed Firm allows users to imagine…

20th May 201418th February 2018 Stuart Apple, Apps, Gaming, iPad, iPhone, iPhone apps, iTunes

Xbox 360 dashboard now has a Eurosport Player app

The Xbox 360 dashboard now has a Eurosport Player app, Microsoft has announced. Supporting Kinect voice commands and gesture controls, the 360 app launched yesterday on Xbox Live across 20 European markets, offering content in 13 different languages. The app…

12th July 2013 Gerald Lynch Gaming, Tech Digest news

Lekiosk digital magazine app now available to Windows 8 tablet and desktop users

Lekiosk is one of the most popular digital magazine reading applications on IOS and Android, popular thanks to its 3D newsstand-like interface. And now it's headed to the Windows 8 operating system! Publishers already touting their wares using lekiosk include…

4th July 2013 NGLoBuglio Microsoft, Mobile phones, Tablet, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8

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