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The CEO of right-wing social media app Parler says he is confident the platform will be back by the end of the month after Amazon suspended it from its web hosting service and Google and Apple removed it from their app stores in the wake of the Capitol riots. ‘I’m confident that by the end of the month, … Read more
A new car insurer, aimed at motorists in their 20s, has said good drivers under its policy could save 40 per cent off their premiums. Rooster Insurance, an app-based firm, says it provides premiums to customers based on how they actually drive, as opposed to demographics such as age and marital status. It has been … Read more
After we revealed serious flaws in British Gas’s remote heating app…Hive is still not working, say furious users By Laura Shannon, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 16 January 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 16 January 2021 Hundreds of customers of smart thermostat provider Hive are demanding their money back after experiencing problems using … Read more
Video-sharing app TikTok makes £88m loss in its first year in the UK By Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 16 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 16 January 2021 Video-sharing app TikTok made an £88 million loss in its first year in the UK. The Chinese firm brought in sales of … Read more
A bug in Ring’s Neighbor app exposed the locations and home addresses of users who shared posts on the platform. The number of users affected is unknown, but reports show there four million posts were shared to the app last year. The video-doorbell maker launched Neighbor as a hyperlocal community-watch app in 2018, allowing members to … Read more
More hope that Britain’s Covid outbreak is on the way out: Symptom-tracking app says cases dropped 23% last week with 54,000 new infections each day By Luke Andrews For Mailonline Published: 11:22 GMT, 15 January 2021 | Updated: 11:29 GMT, 15 January 2021 An app monitoring the spread of coronavirus in the UK says cases … Read more
An executive at the beleaguered social media app Parler has said that Apple CEO Tim Cook is a possible ‘ally’ after he offered to allow the app back on iPhones if it purges certain content. Amy Peikoff, Parler’s chief policy officer, on Thursday highlighted Cook’s recent remarks saying that the app had been suspended, not … Read more
The NHS contact tracing coronavirus app , called NHS Covid-19, is based on a piece of software, an API, built by tech giants Apple and Google, who came together in an unprecedented alliance at the start of the pandemic. It works via Bluetooth, which is fitted to almost every smartphone in the world, and involves … Read more
Instagram is DOWN: Worldwide outage leaves thousands unable to access the desktop site or smartphone app Instagram is experiencing an outage that started around 5pm ET Issues are plaguing users across the world – mainly the app and desktop site The desktop site is showing an ‘error’ message and the app will not refresh By Stacy … Read more
Holographic David Attenborough will describe plants from Kew Gardens on people’s phones as part of a £4.4 MILLION augmented reality app to ‘demonstrate the power of 5G’ Sir David, 94, headlines the app which is currently without a name Due to launch in 2022 alongside the release of ‘green Planet’ documentary naturalist and broadcaster will discuss … Read more