Category: Apps
Gmail users in the UK can now send and receive money via email
Google has announced that its 'Send Money in Gmail' service, which has been available in the US since May 2013, is now rolling out to users based in the UK -- meaning people will be able to send and receive money directly from their desktop Gmail accounts. To send money all you'll need to do is hover over…
TL;DR wants you to write emails in less than 30 words
Email is a very big part of our lives, and if you're not careful you could spent all day trying to catch up on them all. TL;DR is an iPhone app that, as the name suggests, wants you to keep all those pesky words to a minimum. Whenever you're composing a new email, TL;DR encourages…
Twitter now has group messaging and Vine-style video sharing
Twitter has announced the introduction of two new brand new features which will be rolling out from today. Group messaging, which means that the normally public forum becoming a little bit more private, and video sharing. Anyone who's used Twitter will know that the messaging aspect has been a bit lacking. Now you can message up…
Facebook has removed Reclaim Yourself, an app that watermarks your photos
Any photos you upload onto a social network technically become their property, meaning the photos can be sold to advertisers, for marketing purposes, and so on. Reclaim Yourself was an app fighting back against that on Facebook, and now it's gone. Released last December, Reclaim Yourself was a Facebook app that added watermarks to your…
7 great yoga apps to make your workout more flexible #HealthAndFitnessWeek
Whether you're a nervous beginner who wants to find their feet before trying their hand in public, or a devoted yogi who wants to cram a little more omm into their daily routine, yoga apps are a great way to supplement real-life classes. Some are free and easy, some have bells-and-whistles you never even knew…
Are young people sick of Facebook and broadcasting their lives online?
This is a sponsored post written in collaboration with Veeemotion. Rewind to about five years ago and Facebook was (IMO at least) in its heyday. Everyone who was anyone was on it, teens and 20-somethings were obsessively uploading photos, updating all of their friends about the minutiae of their lives and frantically 'friending' everyone they came…
Twitter will now let you translate tweets with Bing
The internet is a global network, and if it wasn't for built-in widgets that translated foreign languages many of us would be stuck. Twitter is the latest website to offer this, and now users can choose to translate tweets at the click of a button. Translations, like Facebook, will be provided by Bing, and gives…
Twitter doesn’t want people sharing Instagram photos
Twitter and Instagram always seem to be at each other's throats, and now Twitter is taking things one step further by asking notable tweeters to share pictures directly rather than linking to Instagram. You may remember that back in 2012, Instagram changed how linked images showed up on Twitter. Rather than seeing a preview, users…
Picattoo will turn your Instagram snaps into temporary tattoos
People certainly love their Instagram photos, but what happens when you want to show them off when using a phone isn't an option? Rather than accepting that it isn't possible, you could always invest in some ofPicattoo's temporary tattoos. That's right, you can have your snaps turned into body art so you can stare at…
WhatSim is a SIM card dedicated to WhatsApp
Using your phone abroad isn't quite as easy as it is at home, and unless you grab yourself a local SIM while you're there you have to double check your network's policies so that you don't get slapped with an obscene bill. But what if you could just use WhatsApp and not have to worry…
