App World

By Steve Levitt

It's an App world and we are living in it. The latest in apps, news and trends.

Netflix Original
Here's Every New Show Coming to (and Leaving) Netflix in March 2019
idropnews.com
Netflix has finally revealed its list of content slated for release in March 2019. Next month, the company will debut a plethora of new Netflix …
Foldable Phones
Samsung Officially Unveiled Its Revolutionary Foldable Smartphone
idropnews.com
The first truly foldable flagship is finally here. Samsung officially on Wednesday announced its premium folding smartphone: the Galaxy …
Windows 10
Microsoft launches new Office app for Windows 10
The Verge - Tom Warren
A new app to push online Office apps and more Microsoft is making a new Office app available to Windows 10 users today. It’s replacing the “My Office” app that currently exists, and it’s designed to be
Tech Industry
PayPal Has a Long-Term Plan to Address Its Short-Term Challenges
TheStreet - Herve Blandin
Digital payments giant PayPal (PYPL) is facing short-term headwinds from its declining cash cow partnership with eBay (EBAY) . But longer term, …
Apps
Gmail’s very bright, very white redesign is now available to all Android users
The Verge - Chaim Gartenberg
Blinded by the white Gmail’s overly bright Material Design update is now available to all Android users through an update on the Google Play Store after being announced last month. The update brings new
Gear & Gadgets
What is WiFi 6? And why it’s so important to the future of your mobile lifestyle
pocketnow.com - by Joe Levi
Wi-Fi (which is short for “Wireless Fidelity”) is on the brink of a major update: 802.11ax, also known as “WiFi 6”. For devices which include the new …
Wireless Charging
Anker PowerWave+ Pad arrives as AirPower competitor, available now
9to5Toys - Trevor Daugherty
As the AirPower wireless charging pad continues to hang in the balance after Apple missed its self-imposed 2018 deadline, more and more brands are looking to fill the gap. The latest one is industry veteran
Apple
How Apple’s enterprise app program became the new Wild West of mobile apps
The Verge - Nick Statt
Apple dug a tunnel beneath the App Store, and the rats are getting through Apple’s iOS platform has a seedy underbelly that, for years, has been lurking largely unseen, letting both app makers and iPhone
Technology
YouTube is rolling out tweaks to its copyright strike system
TechSpot - Cohen Coberly
Ever since Google bought YouTube years ago, a number of controversial changes have been made. Heavy overhauls of YouTube's advertisement system, as …
YouTube
YouTube Doesn't Know Where Its Own Line Is
WIRED - Louise Matsakis
After the mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in February, far-right conspiracy site InfoWars published a series of …
Technology
Google claims built-in Nest mic was ‘never intended to be a secret’
The Verge - Jon Porter
The feature emerged after Google Assistant support was added to Nest Secure Google has admitted it made an error when it didn’t disclose that its Nest Secure home security system included an on-device
Marvel Studios
Disney+ Has Estimated 18 Movies and 16 TV Series in Development
comicbook.com - By Adam Barnhardt - February 19, 2019
Disney CEO Bob Iger has gone on record admitting Disney+ is a major focus for the House of Mouse as it gets deeper into the year. It's such an …
The Workplace
5 apps that can help maintain your work-life balance
Ladders - Sami Allen
Have you considered how factors like lack of sleep and missing meals could be contributing to your stress? If you’re living a normal human life, you …
Technology
Smash's file transfer service just let us transfer a 33GB file for free
TNW - Ivan Mehta
At TNW, we often need to send photos and video to our colleagues for our stories. While Slack is an effective tool if we want to send across a screenshot or two, it’s better to use a filesharing service.
Four Square
Why Foursquare refuses to sell user data
The Verge - Zachary Mack
CEO Jeff Glueck says it’s good for business On the latest episode of The Vergecast, Foursquare CEO Jeff Glueck discusses the ethics of companies that track their users’ movements. The Verge editor-in-chief
Powerbank
The Best Qi Wireless Charging Power Banks for 2019: Reviews by Wirecutter | A New York Times Company
Wirecutter
Why you should trust us I’ve been reviewing mobile accessories for Wirecutter for more than four years, and before that, for more than three years as …
Apps
YouPorn Gets A New 'Mobile-Like' App for Android, iOS
PCMag - Michael Kan
The pornographic video-sharing site can't exactly publish an app on Google Play or the Apple App store because both platforms have restrictions …
Technology
Amazon’s Audible expands its original programming with new comedy series
TechCrunch - Sarah Perez
Over the past few years, Amazon -owned Audible has been expanded beyond audiobooks to include more original content, like the short-form audio programming offered through Audible Channels, for example.
Technology
Social app Peach is looking for a benefactor on Twitter
Engadget - Jon Fingas
It doesn't have the resources to juggle this and its other project. Remember Peach? The social network from Vine founder Dom Hoffmann was briefly all the rage, but petered out as the realities of competing
Sleep
AutoSleep adds ‘Today’ tab with updated sleep session graphs, new customization options, more
9to5Mac - Chance Miller
Popular sleep tracking app AutoSleep has today been updated to version 6.1. This release comes following a major update back in December that added Siri Shortcuts support, a new design, and more. Today’s
Technology
People are complaining that Spotify’s new interface buries the repeat button
The Verge - Dani Deahl
Spotify updated its interface last week, and people are upset. A new update has reorganized the mobile app’s button layout, pushing the “Repeat” and “Go to queue” buttons into a submenu and making sharing
Apps
The 5 Best Photography Apps of 2019
Lifewire - by Thomas James Wilton
With multiple lenses and features such as portrait mode and HDR, what you can capture with your mobile device is truly remarkable, but if you want to …
Social Media
Gould calls on committee to look at regulating Facebook, Twitter
cbc.ca - Elizabeth Thompson · CBC News ·
Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould today called on a Commons committee to look at the possibility of the Canadian government imposing new …
Cybersecurity
How to Encrypt a Document Stored on Google Drive
PCMag - Whitson Gordon
Google Drive may not let you encrypt individual Google Docs, but there are still ways to protect your security and privacy. Here's how to keep your …
Apple Watch
Google Keep for iOS updated with Apple Watch app
9to5Google - Abner Li
Back in 2017, Google and many initial launch partners for the Apple Watch pulled their wearable applications. The company is now back with a full-featured Google Keep experience for watchOS. Version 2.2019.06204
Technology Policy
Password managers have a security flaw. But you should still use one.
The Washington Post - Technology columnist
A new study has identified security flaws in five of the most popular password managers. Now for some counterintuitive advice: I still think you should use a password manager. So do the ethical hackers
Apps
8 paid iPhone apps you can download for free on February 19th
bgr.com - Zach Epstein
Are you in an app rut? Have you been using the same handful of apps over and over for as long as you can remember? Well we simply cannot let that …
Cybersecurity
The Best Free Password Managers for 2019
PCMag - Neil J. Rubenking
A password like '123456' may be easy to remember, but it's also equally easy to guess or hack. These are the best free password managers that can …