Category: ios

Weather Channel app uses Watson to tell you when flu season is coming

[ad_1] Whatever the conditions are like, you’ll get prevention advice as well as CDC flu reports. It’s easy to see Flu Insights fueling some paranoia. Do you really want to be afraid of going outside simply because Watson predicted trouble? Used carefully, though, this could help you dodge the flu entirely, or at least put […]

Twitter now lets you follow topics, not just accounts

[ad_1] Future updates will add more topics, Twitter’s Rob Bishop told The Verge. The company has also teased the possibility of “narrow cast[ing]” your tweets to people who follow a particular subject, although we suspect that might take some work. You don’t want your feed to be cluttered with Topics spam. The addition joins a […]

WhatsApp gives you more ways to avoid annoying group chats

[ad_1] Like earlier, a chat administrator who doesn’t have permission can still send a private invitation through an individual chat. The request will disappear after three days, so you can ignore it if you’d rather not respond. The feature should be active now on Android and iOS. This is an acknowledgment that unwanted group invitations […]

‘Minecraft Earth’ early access comes to the UK and 8 other countries

[ad_1] Minecraft Earth‘s early access release is finally rolling out to countries around the world, although it’s not necessarily available where you might expect it. Mojang and Microsoft have confirmed that the augmented reality game is now available on Android and iOS in nine countries. The UK is the most recent addition, but it’s also […]

Twitter is rolling out a fix for the ‘auto-scrolling’ bug on iOS

[ad_1] Has the Twitter timeline been extra jumpy on your iPhone or iPad? Yesterday Twitter acknowledged the “frustrating” issue, and now an update to address it is rolling out via the App Store. It’s unclear if it was supposed to be a seamless addition of new tweets that simply didn’t behave properly, but now users […]

Adobe brings its enormous font library to iPhone and iPad

[ad_1] Developers can enable these typefaces in third-party apps by using Adobe’s custom API called Fonts. In other words, not all apps on your device will be able to use the typefaces; compatibility has to be specifically added as a feature. Of course, any Adobe app is going to work with the API. Users can […]

‘PUBG Mobile’ Payload Mode adds helicopters and airstrikes

[ad_1] There are perks on the ground as well. PUBG Mobile is borrowing a cue from Apex Legends by adding an option to “recall” lost teammates if you can bring their ID cards to communication towers. Vehicle repair packs can keep your UAZ going if you’d rather not abandon it mid-drive. And if you’ve liked […]

Instagram is trying to shut down stalking app Like Patrol

[ad_1] Like Patrol launched on iOS in July with a subscription price of $2.99 per week or $80 per year. The app’s founder, Sergio Luis Quintero, says that fewer than 300 people are currently subscribed. Like Patrol sends notifications to users whenever their target likes or comments on an Instagram post and provides analytics about […]

Tim Cook: Apple Pay transactions doubled year-over-year

[ad_1] Apple CFO Luca Maestri has also announced that the US Census Bureau is using iOS devices for next year’s census. The agency had already developed (PDF) apps, including an address listing and mapping application and an interviewer-administered survey application, that can run on iOS, Android and even Windows. Maestri said that the shift to […]