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BlackBerry Calendar for Android brings New Month View and more

BlackBerry have released an update to their BlackBerry Calendar for Android app. Users can now see the list of events in a grid view. Picking different dates in the calendar also gets a refresh in the quick picker view, which gets standardised across all the different calendar views.

Apps BlackBerry Android

·7 years ago

Google releases Google Podcasts for Android

Google has released Google Podcasts, a standalone app meant to provide you with all of your favorite podcasts right at your fingertips. There are also recommendation algorithms in the app, which will recommend content based on the podcasts you already listen to.

Apps Android

·7 years ago

Android Messages for Web rolls out Worldwide

Android smartphone owners that use Android Messages can now send and receive text messages from their computer. The feature, which rolled-out worldwide today, means users can continue to send and receive messages in their text threads even when their phone isn't to hand. Text, photographs, and stickers are all supported in the web browser version of Android Messages.

Android Apps

·7 years ago

BlackBerry Privacy Shade for Android brings New Redactor Mode

BlackBerry has released an update to their BlackBerry Privacy Shade app for Android, bringing a new Redactor mode, allowing you to take a screenshot anywhere on your device and block sensitive content. Users can redact content with horizontal swipes, rectangles and circles, share their redacted content seamlessly with social media and email applications, as well as switch quickly between Redactor mode and Privacy Shade mode.

Apps BlackBerry Android

·7 years ago

BlackBerry dropping BBM Channels and Cross-Platform Groups from BBM

BlackBerry has announced that they will be dropping BBM Channels from BBM. In addition, the company will also be dropping cross-platform groups. This is technically BBM Enterprise and not BBM for consumers which is run by Creative Media, who produce BBM for Android and iOS.

Apps BlackBerry

·7 years ago

BlackBerry Productivity Tab brings ability to view read, unread, or flagged messages

BlackBerry have rolled out an update to their Productivity Tab for Android, bringing the ability for users to view read, unread, or flagged messages.

Apps BlackBerry Android

·7 years ago

Vodafone Foundation and Hestia launch Bright Sky nationwide domestic abuse support app

The Vodafone Foundation, Vodafone’s philanthropic arm, and Hestia, London’s leading domestic abuse charity, are launching Bright Sky, a free and unique mobile app to help people affected by domestic abuse.

UK Apps

·7 years ago

WhatsApp “Black Dot” bug affects both iPhones and Android phones

A new malicious WhatsApp 'text bomb' can block off access to your apps and crash your entire smartphone. The bug affects both iPhones and Android phones and occurs when a specific message is sent to handsets.

Apps

·7 years ago

Twitter advises all users to change password

Twitter has identified a bug that stored users passwords unmasked in an internal log. While the company has already fixed the bug, and their own investigation shows no indication of breach or misuse by anyone, the company is advising all users to change their passwords.

Apps

·7 years ago

BBM Enterprise for BlackBerry 10 gets a bug fix release

BlackBerry has rolled out an update to BBM Enterprise for BlackBerry 10 (yes BB10). BBM Enterprise for BlackBerry 10 v20.3.0.5 doesn't bring any new features and brings fixes to customer issues. BBM Enterprise allows employees to take advantage of the speed, reliability and privacy of BBM for faster communication.

Apps

·7 years ago

Twenty percent of most popular Android apps contain security vulnerabilities

About 20 percent of the most popular Android Apps available through the Google Play Store contain open source components with known security vulnerabilities that can be exploited by hackers, according to a report released by Insignary.

Apps

·7 years ago

BlackBerry Launcher for Android brings improved app notifications

BlackBerry have rolled out an update to their BlackBerry Launcher app for Android, bringing the ability to touch and hold an app icon on your home screen to view app notifications.

Apps BlackBerry Android

·7 years ago

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