Tag: Apps
Virgin Trains Back on Track app to help passengers when services cancelled
Virgin Trains has developed a new app to help passengers during disruption. It claims the innovation will give customers and staff more accurate information when services are delayed and cancelled. The Back on Track app connects its teams on the front line with its control centre, which is a global first for a transport company,…
Tinder must provide Russian authorities with user data
Russia’s communications regulator has said that Tinder is now required to provide user data to domestic intelligence agencies. The Russian Communications Oversight Agency published a new list of online services operating in Russia that are required to provide user data on demand to Russian authorities, including the FSB security agency. Russia adopted a flurry of…
NSPCC warning over anonymous Snapchat app Yolo
A children’s charity has issued a warning about apps that allow users to be anonymous after the rapid rise of questions app Yolo. The NSPCC has warned such apps can be easily misused to send abusive messages to others or by those looking to exploit young people. Yolo – an acronym for you only live…
Jumbo privacy app allows you to delete old social media posts automatically
A new privacy assistant app claims it can help users “fix the privacy mess” by automatically tightening privacy controls on social media and removing old posts. Jumbo, which has just launched on Apple’s iOS and will shortly also arrive on Android, asks users to connect their Twitter and Facebook accounts to the app in order…
Sainsbury’s launches augmented reality Easter Bunny Hunt app
Sainsbury’s has launched an augmented reality app for children over the Easter break that tasks them with hunting down the Easter bunny and other characters while their parents carry out the shopping. The free app, called April’s Easter Adventure, requires users to interactively track down a bunny, lamb, chick, deer, fox and duck dotted around…
MTV launches streaming service app in the UK for £3.99 a month
MTV has launched its own subscription-based streaming service app in the UK, as the television channel looks to take on the likes of Netflix. MTV Play will cost £3.99 a month, parent company Viacom International Media Networks said, and will enable users to watch a live feed of the MTV UK TV channel as well…
Adults ‘missing out on full benefits of apps due to lack of confidence’, claims survey
One in seven of us are not getting the most out of apps due to a lack of confidence and knowledge about how they work, a survey suggests. Some 13% of people feel they are missing out on the full benefits of apps for these reasons – including 12% of Millennials aged 25 to 34…
Deliveroo riders display missing person posters on backpacks
Deliveroo riders in four cities are to display missing person posters on their backpacks as part of a campaign to find them in time for Christmas. Five hundred of the food delivery app’s riders in London, Manchester, Birmingham and Bristol will display 'Ride to Find' posters on the bags used to carry food as part…
Want to put your business ahead of the competition? There’s an app for that
If you run or manage a business, you can’t help but notice that competition gets more fierce with every passing year. It is being seen in each sector and across all sizes of business, from the Walmarts and Microsofts of this world to sole traders working in every sector from web design to window cleaning.…
The top 5 unique apps to try in 2018
Whether you have just bought a brand new, high-end phone from your trusted phone company or you have been using a budget smartphone for a long time now, there is no reason for you not to explore the best, most useful, and most interesting mobile applications on the market today. You might just stumble across…
