Microsoft updates Teams for iOS and Android, adding Cortana
The Android version of the update includes additional features not found on the iOS release.
Microsoft released two updates this week to enhance its popular Teams app on both Apple iOS and Google Android platforms. The Sept 17th update, Version 2.0.21, added support for Cortana, and today’s up...
Apple releases iOS and iPadOS 14 – but developers aren’t happy
With only a day's notice to get ready for the new release, third-party app developers are scrambling - and complaining.
Apple officially released its iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 on Sept. 16. The update will be available on any device that currently runs iOS 13 or iPadOS 13.
The iPhone is benef...
Apple does not block bug fixes anymore after guideline discussions
Apple has decided that it will no longer block important bug fixes for already published applications. It changes its app review and feedback process after discussions about the guidelines. Also, developers can now submit suggestions for changing the guidelines.
With the change, the tech giant n...
‘WhatsApp is working on a feature to synchronize chats’
WhatsApp is working on a feature for synchronizing chats between iOS and Android (or vice versa), according to ABetaInfo.
For the time being, it appears that users can access their entire history on four different devices with only one account (linked to a phone number). This probably requires w...
Google introduces Smart Compose in mobile apps
Google recently announced that it will be adding Smart Compose to Docs, Sheets, and Slides on both Android and iOS. Other updates coming to the mobile apps include Dark Mode and link previews.
Smart Compose, which uses artificial intelligence to help users complete their sentences, is probably t...
Apple reveals iOS 14 with many new features
Apple officially announced iOS 14 at the online edition of its developer event WWDC. The latest version of the operating system will include App Clips, new Apple Maps features and a smarter Siri, and more.
A new addition to the operating system is the App Library which automatically combines and...
Apple and Google’s contact tracing API to be released next week
The first version of Apple and Google's API to trace possible contact with people infected by the coronavirus should be available next week. This emerged from a conversation between Apple CEO Tim Cook and Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for the Internal Market.
Breton shared a photo of his...
Facebook tried to buy spyware to monitor iOS users
New documents presented in the court case between Facebook and the spyware manufacturer NSO Group show how Facebook attempted to buy spyware (Pegasus) from the Israeli group years ago. This could potentially have been used to better monitor iOS users.
Facebook filed a lawsuit against the NSO Gro...
GitHub for Android and iOS leaves beta and goes live
The iOS version of the GitHub app was in the beta for just under six months, while the Android version was in the beta for just under two months. As of today, Microsoft has actually released the original version of the app in full on both platforms.
Unofficial versions of GitHub had been availab...
Google Translate enables live translation for Android
Google Translate's Android app can translate speech live between eight languages. There is support for the English and German languages, among others; Dutch has no support for the time being.
The live translation of conversations was announced in January and was expected to be released in the ne...
Microsoft announces Defender for Linux, Android and iOS to follow
Not only versions of Microsoft Windows have security tools, including Threat Protection, Insider Risk Management and Defender, also Linux has the possibility to install this security as of this week. Microsoft is also planning to roll out the tools for iOS and Android later this year.
The arriva...
Apple offers devs the ability to combine apps as a single purchase
A surprise from Apple for developers: developers who create an application that is available for various Apple devices can, from now on, combine them under one overarching category. Users will then be able to purchase for all available platforms, in a single purchase.
The update will be rolled o...