Tag: App
Tech company creates gamified mental health app for Ukrainian refugees
Children and teenagers affected by the conflict in Ukraine are to be given a computer game to help them deal with the things they have experienced in a war zone. Attensi, a European digital learning specialist, is using its technology to help child victims of war, which according to UNICEF statistics is three million children…
EE launches Glastonbury Festival app
EE, Glastonbury Festival’s technology partner, has launched the official Festival app for 2022, allowing users to stay connected with the latest live Festival updates, navigate their way around the 900-acre site and create their own personalised line-ups. In its long-standing partnership with Glastonbury, EE has designed this year’s free app for everyone – whether users…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…