Venmo, a mobile payment app popular among college students and recent grads, has security holes “you could drive a truck through,” according to an article posted on Slate this week. The report… Read more »
ESPN pushed a big update to its flagship news app for iOS on Thursday. Now simply called ESPN — ditching the “Sportscenter” appellation — the app sports a new look, WatchESPN and… Read more »
Mobile analytics firm App Annie released a report on app trends on Wednesday that sorts out what kind of software people downloaded on their phones and tablets in 2014. The answer: Facebook-owned apps, including… Read more »
Facebook is serious about spreading its service to people in countries without fast cellular networks or cutting-edge smartphones. Its new Android app, Facebook Lite, which isn’t available in the United States… Read more »
On mobile devices, screenshots end up in the camera roll alongside your other photos, even though a screenshot is a completely different type of image than a photograph. Screenshots are something… Read more »
WhatsApp is banning users from its service for 24 hours because they were caught sending and receiving messages on an unofficial client that wasn’t made by WhatsApp. Many users afflicted an were using Whatsapp+, one of the… Read more »
The first thing many people do after receiving a new tablet or smartphone for Christmas is to immediately go to the app stores to download software and games. Based on those downloads,… Read more »
Red/Green, an iOS app that launches today, is looking to simplify telling your friends that you’re down to hang out into a simple binary. You set your status to green if… Read more »
The Iowa Department of Transportation is working on a free app which will allow Iowans to use their smartphone instead of a plastic driver’s license, the Des Moines Register reports. Read more »
Oscar, a health insurance provider based in New York, plans to offer every single one of its subscribers a free fitness tracker, the Misfit Shine. If Oscar subscribers hit their step… Read more »