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Google Search
General
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Google’s Android app returns blank search results thanks to bug

Over the last few weeks a bug has affected the Google app on Android. When conducting a search, the user gets a blank response. The bug work its magic on several devices including handsets made by Samsung, Google, and OnePlus. If this happens to you, you…

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Finance
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StanChart Partners Templeton for Retirement Planning App

Available on Google Play and Apple’s App Store, «Autumn» integrates wellness with wealth management on an independent and bank agnostic platform. SC Ventures, the innovation and ventures unit of Standard Chartered, has launched «Autumn», a digital wealth,…

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General
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App Store billings and sales hit a whopping $643 billion last year

Based on an independent study of the App Store, the iOS app storefront generated $643 billion in sales and billings last year (which includes Apple’s cut of in-app purchases and ad sales), up 24% from the $519 billion that the App Store brought in during…

Spotify commercial
Living
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Spotify promises to completely overhaul its Wear app

Google announced this week it has teamed up with Samsung to revamp Wear OS. Along with the complete redesign of its wearable platform, Google promised to bring even more of its apps to Wear and update those that are already available. Due to the radical…

Airasia OutShop
General
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Amanda Woo appointed as CEO of airasia super app

AirAsia Group Bhd’s website, airasia super app, previously known as airasia.com, has appointed Amanda Woo as chief executive officer effective May 19, 2021. Woo will replace Karen Chan who will be assuming a board position with the super app business. With…

Pandora
General
1 min read

Pandora launches new home screen widget for iPhones and iPads

Pandora is making some interesting changes to its iOS app. If you’re using the streaming service’s app on an iPhone or iPad, you should soon notice a new home screen widget that features many customization options. With the latest version of the iOS app,…

Snapchat Android
General
2 min read

Snapchat’s improved Android app has paid off big time

Starting back in 2018, messaging app Snapchat started revising its Android app and the results have been amazing. For the first time, during the first quarter of 2021, the number of the app’s Android users exceeded the number of its iOS users. Snapchat’s…

gmail
General
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Updated Gmail for Android now includes animated swipe action

After reading your email on the Android Gmail app, users can use “Mail swipe actions” to delete, archive, mark as read/mark as unread, snooze, mark as, and move to messages. Each swipe is a different color. Each action is accompanied by a different color, but…

Google Assistant
General
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Google Assistant driving mode slowly rolling out to more countries

After introducing the Assistant Driving Mode in the United States last year, Google has decided that it’s finally time to make the feature available to users in other countries too. If you’re not living in the US, chances are that you don’t know what’s this…

Gmail inbox
General
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Google finally updates the Gmail for iOS app after three months

Google finally released an update for its Gmail for iOS app on Monday. As you might recall, many of Google’s iOS apps have not been updated for iOS and it is thought that this was done on purpose to avoid having to add App Privacy labels to its apps. Starting…