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Huawei AppGallery Working with Global Partners to Strengthen Ecosystem

Huawei today shared updates on AppGallery at the Huawei Developer Conference 2020 (Together). Delivering his keynote speech, Mr Wang Yanmin, President of Global Partnerships and Eco-Development at Huawei Consumer Business Group highlighted AppGallery's achievements.

Apps Developers Huawei

·5 years ago

Protect Scotland App: Scotland now has its own proximity tracing app

Smartphone users across Scotland are being urged to download NHS Scotland’s new contact tracing app - Protect Scotland - to help suppress the spread of COVID-19. Supported by a dedicated Protect Scotland website, the app is an extra tool complementing existing person-to-person contact tracing.

Apps UK

·5 years ago

Avature Integrates With WeChat Work

Avature has announced an integration with WeChat Work, Tencent's enterprise-level office management platform that combines the traditional WeChat ecosystem with specific functions to manage communications within companies, improve internal stakeholder efficiency and boost business relations.

Apps China

·5 years ago

Tiktok signs up to EU’s code of conduct on hate speech

Tiktok has signed up to the EU’s code of conduct on hate speech today, as it struggles to contain the spread of a suicide video on its platform. The video, which shows a person committing suicide, has been circulating on the app since Sunday night.

Apps

·5 years ago

TikTok scrambling to remove Suicide Video

A man has live-streamed his own death on Facebook with TikTok now scrambling to remove the clip which is being reshared by-users. Ronnie McNutt, 33, killed himself in his Mississippi home on August 31, by blowing his own face off with a shotgun, while he was live streaming from his computer.

Apps News

·5 years ago

Amazon Music and Twitch team up to let you watch livestreams

Amazon Music and Twitch have teamed up to bring Twitch’s live streaming functionality into the Amazon Music app, enabling fans to engage with artists and move seamlessly between live streams and recorded music. Launching today on iOS and Android, artists across the globe will now be able to connect live with Amazon Music’s more than 55 million customers across all streaming tiers.

Apps

·5 years ago

Google Maps for Android and iOS show Traffic Lights

Google Maps is now showing traffic light locations to users on Android and iOS. This is a server-side update, meaning that it should appear in your Google Maps app automatically. The feature is visible on both iPhones and Android smartphones for driving and walking directions, but the icon is static and not a live view

Apple Apps Android

·5 years ago

New smart money app sync. launches in Europe

sync. is aiming to become the first digital smart open banking app offering an easy-to-use financial service across Europe, promising to manage every aspect of a user's financial life in one place. sync. says it was created out of frustration with traditional banks and the niche offering of new challenger banks that are not responding to all the needs of the end customer.

Apps Financial

·5 years ago

Microsoft Teams gets new features on Android and iOS

Microsoft has added a series of new video-calling features to Teams, including a Together mode which looks to provide a new way to group chat. With the new update, Microsoft Teams users will be able to view more members on the mobile's screen and also consume less amount of internet data during a video call and more.

Apps Microsoft

·5 years ago

Apple launches Apple Music Radio

Apple today launched two new live global radio offerings on Apple Music, now available to music fans in 165 countries. Beginning today, Beats 1, the flagship global radio station, will be renamed Apple Music 1, and two additional radio stations will launch: Apple Music Hits, with songs from the ’80s, ’90s, and 2000s, and Apple Music Country, spotlighting country music.

Apple Apps

·5 years ago

Telegram for Android and iOS Brings Video Calling

Telegram has rolled out a new update bringing an alpha version of video calling on both Android and iOS. You can start a video call from your contact's profile page, and switch video on or off at any time during voice calls. Like all other video content on Telegram, video calls support picture-in-picture mode, allowing you to scroll through chats and multitask while maintaining eye contact.

Apps Android Apple

·5 years ago

Apple removes Fortnite from App store and Epic sues

Apple has removed Epic Game's flagship game Fortnite from the App store, after a Fortnite app update that allowed players to buy in-game currency at a lower rate if they bought direct from Epic, bypassing Apple.

Apps Apple

·5 years ago

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