If you have children then you probably don’t have to fight with them for the right to read the newspaper. After all, our daily papers aren’t exactly aimed at the younger reader. However, this could be about to change in the future. A new augmented reality app for smartphones has been developed in Japan in order for kids to get more pleasure out of newspapers. It was...
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News that popular photo-sharing service Instagram coming to Android has been talked about by fans for a while now. Now, its creators are opening up registrations in preparation for its coming release. The registration provides owners of Android devices the chance to be the first ones to get Instagram, reported tech news website The Next Web. “Using nothing more than...
Apple has announced the lucky winner who downloaded the 25 billionth app from its iTunes store. Qingdao’s Chunli Fu, a Chinese iOS device owner, won a $10,000 iTunes gift card by downloading the free version of Disney’s hit game Where’s My Water? This feat only shows how good Apple’s iOS ecosystem is currently performing. “We’d like...
Popular coffee chain Starbucks is installing a payment system in iPhone app form to more than 700 of its branches across the United Kingdom and Ireland, following a very successful roll-out in the United States. The Starbucks payment app for the iPhone and iPod Touch will be launched on January 5th next year and will allow customers to pay for their ordered items via their...
Facebook has issued an update to its app for the Apple iPhone a few days ago. While the social network introduced numerous new features, it also removed the code related to the iPad version. This means that users can no longer install the Facebook app for iPad, which was included in the previous version and can be installed via a hack, before it is rolled out. In the app’s...
Social networking giant Facebook is now working on adding photo filters in its arsenal, in a move that may take users away from Hipstamatic, Instagram and other apps that feature picture-filters. The New York Times reported that the company’s new feature was inspired by other photo sharing apps like Instagram, Color and Path. After failing to acquire Instagram earlier...
A first grade kid has developed an iPhone app called the “Toaster Pop” and even pitched to investors about his creation, as the new generation begins to take over technology. Seven-year-old Connor Zamary developed the Toaster Pop game, a family-friendly iPhone game that lets players smear butter on a toast, then followed by jams and jams. It also has a special...
Dubbed as the “must have” app for those iOS device users who travel a lot to other countries by developers, the Skype Wi-Fi app is now ready for Apple’s mobile OS. The service, formerly known as Skype Access, lets people tap into a public Wi-Fi network to check their emails of make Skype per-minute charged calls instead of subscribing for an hour or day...
On Tuesday, Facebook introduced an app called the Facebook Messenger that enables iPhone and Android phone users to send instant messages to their friends and groups. The Facebook Messenger is a separate app for iOS and Android devices that only takes a single click to get to the message inbox or send a new one. “Messages are delivered through notifications and texts,...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has launched a child safety app for the Apple iPhone called the Child ID that enables parents make a file for their children that can be easily accessed to provide important data if ever they go missing. When a child disappears, authorities need his/her recent photos and other information, such as height and weight. With the FBI...