Sexting in schools is a growing problem, even with kids as young as fourth and fifth grades. Sure, you know about Snapchat and Instagram. What about Kik and AskFm? How about Omegle? And now, there are other apps out there to hide those apps. Authorities are worried. It’s not just…
Hidden cellphone apps could cover up photos, videos
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Pictures can go everywhere, easily, thanks to technology most Americans are walking around with every day: cellphones. More than 100 students in Colorado school district are learning that the hard way as some face felony charges in a sexting ring. According…
Government transit data gets techies’ gears spinning for new apps
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans In a 10th-floor meeting room in Crystal City, Malynda Chizek Frouard rode a red Capital Bikeshare bike to the front of the room as about 60 fellow techies and transportation buffs watched. She had come to share her new Web site,…
WhatsApp joins the ranks of 3D Touch-enabled apps for iOS
With 3D Touch, iOS effectively unlocked a new dimension in which users can interact with the UI of their iPhone 6s and 6s Plus devices. As you’re probably aware, 3D Touch allows you to quickly access a handful of vital app shortcuts or other crucial UI elements by exerting force…
Third party apps for Pebble Time, Pebble Time Steel and Pebble Time Round will support dictation
New software development tools being released today to third-party app developers, will allow voice dictation to be used with apps for the Pebble Time and Pebble Time Steel smartwatches. The same capability will be offered to developers for the upcoming Time Round, on November 8th. The dictation API is based…
iWork apps on Mac, iPhone, and iPad get major updates for El Capitan and iOS 9
Apple has issued updates across its entire suite of iWork productivity apps for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. These updates for Keynote, Numbers, and Pages bring compatiblity for Apple’s latest operating systems and devices, new tools, templates, and more. On the Mac, Keynote, Numbers, and Pages all receive support for full…
5 great everyday life tracking apps for Android and iOS that let you get around the daily grind
One of the many, many things one can use their smartphone for is tracking their life. Not in the sense of suspicious-looking people in costumes monitoring you every move, but simply keeping a journal with rich visualisations of the data you jotted down. If you aren’t into the habit of…
Google starts deep linking iOS apps from Safari, throws shade at Apple
Apple usually isn’t all that subtle when it comes to putting down competitors, especially Google. But, Google tends to be a bit more passive aggressive with its jabs, and that shows again in the new announcement to developers talking about how to deep link to iOS apps from Google search…
Intel-based Android devices will soon be able to run Windows apps via CrossOver
If you’re an Android user who finds himself desperately in need of a Windows app on his smartphone or tablet, you’ll be glad to know that CrossOver and Wine are coming to Android by the end of the year. In a nutshell, this means that some Android devices will be…
10 popular apps that already use the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus’ 3D Touch feature
The 3D Touch built into the new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus is one of the most useful user experience additions that iOS has gotten over the course of its existence. Basically, 3D Touch enables two new gestures across the system: Peek and Pop. Peek corresponds to a slight press…