Category: Apps
CarVi is a device designed to make driving safer
Usually smartphones and cars are a bad combination. But the team behind CarVi wants to use your phone to make you a better driver, and they’re raising money on Indiegogo to make their vision a reality. CarVi’s a small dashboard camera that captures and analyses video in real time. It communicates with a corresponding app…
Apple is said to be going after Spotify with a new Beats-branded streaming app
Apple has been rumoured to be doing something new with Beats Music for some time now, and new rumours suggest that it'll be launching a brand new Beats app for iOS and Android designed to go head to head with the likes of Spotify. According to 9to5Mac, the interface of the new service is designed to 'deeply…
Twitter CEO says trolls are all his fault
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has admitted that the social network is terrible at dealing with abusive users, and blames himself for how bad it's become. The Verge has obtained internal memos from the company, in which Costolo emphasises that things need to change. In one he writes, 'We suck at dealing with abuse and trolls…
A horde of Android malware has been found on Google Play
One of the downsides of Android is that malware is a very real threat, and internet security firm Avast has just revealed that a new variety of malware has found its way onto Google Play and onto millions of devices via seemingly legitimate content. Avast was made aware of the malware's existence from a post…
Pocket Points keeps students off their phones by offering rewards
As amazing phones are, all those extra features make them incredibly powerful distractions. What do you do if you're a university trying to keep students off their phones during lectures? You could confiscate them, or you could turn not using their phones into a game. A number of universities in the US have chosen the…
Google, Microsoft, and Amazon pay to get around AdBlock Plus
We don't like seeing adverts, necessary as they might be, so there's a big demand for software that prevents you from seeing them when you browse the web. Obviously the companies making their money from ad revenue don't like that, and it seems some of them might be paying to get round it. According to the…
Google could be launching its own ride-sharing app
There are so many ride-sharing apps around these days, and sometimes it's hard to keep up with which one is which. There might be another one to add to that list soon, because apparently Google is planning on launching a ride-sharing app of its own. According to Bloomberg the tech giant has been working on the…
Chordana Composer turns your whistling into full-blown songs
Music creation has never been easier thanks to the wonders of mobile apps, and Chordana Composer, an iOS new app from Casio, is set to make it easier than ever before. The app listens to you as you whistle a tune, and using two measly bars of music it's able to construct a full-length song. Once…
Could tweeting about sexism help our health?
It might not seem like Twitter has any obvious health benefits, but according to a new study, tweeting about sexism has the potential to improve women’s wellbeing because it feels like we’re making a difference. Dr Mindi Foster from Wilfrid Laurier University and her team recruited 93 female students and gave them information about sexism…
Retrojam creates playlists of the popular music throughout your lifetime
Nostalgia and music are both wonderful things, so why not take a couple of minutes out of your day to experience them both? That's the point of Retrojam, a site that creates playlists of the most popular music from throughout your lifetime. All you need to do is enter your birthdate, and Retrojam will generate…
