The concept is similar to a feature found in Snapchat, which allows you to augment your chat with some face-to-face conversation.
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Facebook Messenger beams live video into your chat conversations with Instant Video 0
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Apple opens blog on third-party Siri integration, highlighting Pinterest, Vogue & more 0
September 1st at 8:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsIn an unusual move, Apple has launched a blog promoting iOS 10's third-party app integration for Siri, initially focusing on the voice assistant's image-related search capabilities.
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Twitter rolls out night mode in its iOS app 0
August 23rd at 9:42pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsThe new update, which first rolled out to Android users in July, makes it easier to Tweet in the dark.
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Donald Trump's new app tries to make personal branding great again 0
August 23rd at 3:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsBig surprise: It's yuuuge on personal branding.
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Facebook’s latest youth play is a teens-only social network 0
August 20th at 2:29am / The Verge / 0 opinionsFacebook has yet another piece of software to lure teenagers into thinking its products are more hip than Snapchat. The new iOS app, called Lifestage, is a kind of video diary where you answer biographical questions about yourself. Instead of filling in answers with text, you record a small video snippet that others can view on your profile. Every time someone updates their page, it shows up in a feed prompting others to check it out....
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Google launches Duo, its cross-platform answer to FaceTime, for Android and iOS 0
August 16th at 7:22pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsThe no-frills FaceTime competitor is simple to use and gives you a peek at the video right from your lock screen.
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FaceTime video chat competitor Google Duo released for iOS, Android 0
August 16th at 5:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsGoogle on Tuesday released its new chat client Duo, promising high quality video between iOS and Android users with the free download now available on both the iOS App Store and Google Play.
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The Mr. Robot Hack Report: Cantennas and dirty USB drives 0
August 11th at 6:29am / The Verge / 0 opinionsMr. Robot is a show built on hacks. The mother of all hacks serves as the big cliffhanger at the end of the show's first season, and nearly every plot development leading up to it was nudged along by some kind of exploit. Itâs rare to get through an episode without at least one digital intrusion, often drawn from real life. Each week, we'll be running through Mr. Robot's C Y B E R activities â who got hacked, why, and how much magic would be required to make them actually work....
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Hillary Clinton's new mobile app offers real-world rewards to her biggest supporters 0
July 25th at 8:29am / The Verge / 0 opinionsHillary Clinton might be namedropping Pokémon Go on the campaign trail, but she'll also be hoping her supporters have some smartphone battery left for another app â her own. Clinton supporters Hillary for America launched Hillary 2016 on the App Store last night, an app that offers daily challenges and quizzes to Clinton supporters, as well as providing digital and physical rewards to volunteers who help organize and canvas for the Democratic candidate....
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New Pokémon Go maps show you where to catch 'em all 0
July 14th at 9:02pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsWhere can I find Pikachu? More than one Pokémon Go map promises to help you find rare Pokémonâand they need your help. Here's our list of the best Pokémon Go maps.
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Facebook Messenger now supports 3D Touch on the iPhone 6S 0
July 13th at 6:49pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsFacebook said it would take awhile to integrate Apple's 3D Touch features on the iPhone 6S into its apps, and it certainly has. You've been able to peek and pop within the main Facebook app for some time, but only today â two months before the next iPhone â is the same functionality coming to Facebook Messenger....
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This man's Pokémon Go chat app is so successful that it's driving him bankrupt 0
July 11th at 11:49pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsJonathan Zarra knew something about Pokémon Go that most people didnât. As a beta tester this summer, the 28-year-old freelance developer had early access to the smash hit mobile game â and as a result, he could see that it offered users no way to chat with one another inside the app. And so Zarra built GoChat, an independent app that lets Pokémon Go users leave notes for each other at in-game locations....
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Thinga.Me wants to digitize your knick knacks 0
July 6th at 10:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsMicrosoftâs experimental project wing Garage has announced a new iOS app that turns physical collections into digital archives. The app, called Thinga.Me, is currently in an invite-only beta, with no set release date in sight....
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Apple releases animated emoji sticker packs for iOS 10 Messages 0
July 2nd at 8:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsAs promised, Apple on Friday released the first official animated sticker packs for use with iOS 10 Messages, making the GIF-like graphics available to developers through iTunes.
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Sioeye iPhone-connected sports camera streams live via LTE, includes 5GB free with T-Mobile 0
June 29th at 11:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsStartup camera maker Sioeye on Wednesday announced its Iris4G LTE iOS-connected action camera now offers data plans with U.S. carrier T-Mobile, including a starter package with 5 gigabytes of free bandwidth to begin live streaming on the go.
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Apple says 'Apps for Earth' campaign raised over $8M for World Wildlife Fund 0
June 17th at 11:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsApple and the World Wildlife Fund together raised more than $8 million in proceeds during April's "Apps for Earth" campaign on the App Store, the two groups have announced.
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Facebook revamps Messenger for iOS with new tiered homescreen 0
June 16th at 11:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsFacebook began rolling out a new homescreen interface for its Messenger iOS app on Thursday, hot on the heels of Apple announcing iOS 10 Messages upgrades intended to compete.
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Apple's making some built-in apps deletable in iOS 10, but there will be consequences 1
June 14th at 12:42am / Macworld / 0 opinionsBuilt-in apps like Stocks, Calendar, and Weather are now in the App Store, and deletableâwith some consequences. Apple also hasn't said whether you can replace a built-in app with a third-party app.
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Hangouts 10.0 is improving its sharing capabilities on both Android and iOS 0
June 2nd at 9:42pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsAndroid users will see support for the direct share feature, while the iPhone app now supports universal links for access to Hangouts from other apps.
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We put 5 popular couples apps to the test and they all failed 0
May 27th at 3:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsApp geniuses, hear our plea.
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Foursquare is remaking itself as a bot 0
May 25th at 12:29am / The Verge / 0 opinionsWe may be getting a new way to use Foursquare. The location-based recommendation company today announced Marsbot, an iOS app for the service that aims to provide tips for where to eat and drink in the moment. "Our goal: create a product that tells you where to eat or drink before you think to ask for it," the company said in a blog post. "It would deliver contextually aware, proactive recommendations for awesome food and nightlife spots via the simplest communications channel possible: text."...
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3nder adds a +1 for your Tinder adventures 1
May 23rd at 2:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsIf swiping left and right for your next adventure is starting to feel a bit last year, the team behind 3nder has a trick up its proverbial wizard’s sleeve. The app — arriving for Android imminently — assists its users in establishing less conventional relationships of the triangular persuasion, helping them find one or two additional participants for boudoir gymnastics.
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Rawr’s the new messaging app that lets teens kick each other in the crotch 0
May 19th at 2:49pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsUsually my teenage daughter alerts me to the latest app trends that I'm not cool enough to discover, but I've unearthed something way before her today. While Google was busy launching 500 new messaging apps yesterday, a smaller competitor released something called Rawr Messenger, and it's a lot more unconventional....
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Rex app makes finding and sharing your favorite stuff a breeze 0
May 18th at 8:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsThe new social network Rex helps you find and share what you're into.