Pradeo
Pradeo announced today that its Mobile Threat Defense solution is now available to BlackBerry customers. Leveraging both companies’ expertise in secure mobility, Pradeo Security for BlackBerry provides BlackBerry UEM users with a 360° threat detection approach as well as real-time analysis to efficiently protect mobile endpoints. Users can access the solution at the BlackBerry Marketplace.
BlackBerry has rolled out an update to BlackBerry WorkLife, bringing new features for both administrators and users. The new administrator features for the latest release of BlackBerry WorkLife brings the ability to block calls (for example, spam) from unwanted numbers for all users.
Facebook
Facebook today announced new tools to help people manage their time on Facebook and Instagram: an activity dashboard, a daily reminder and a new way to limit notifications. Similar to Apple's Screen Time, the tools are intended to help users monitor and control their usage of both the main Facebook app and Instagram.
Dark Mode for the YouTube app on Android has finally started rolling out with a number of users beginning to see the feature appearing over the weekend. YouTube added a dark mode to its desktop site last year, and the company says that it became one of the most requested features for its apps.
BBM for iOS
Following the successful introduction of popular sports services Football365 and Tennis365, BBM and Planet Sport Publishing have extended their partnership to launch PlanetF1 for avid motorsport fans worldwide.
After a month of testing, YouTube has rolled out "Incognito Mode." to all Android users globally. Just like the Google Chrome feature of the same name, Incognito Mode on YouTube allows you to watch videos in the app without leaving any trace of them in your watch or search history.
Planet Computers today launched its official agenda application for the Gemini PDA. Available for download on Android from the Google Play store, the app is inspired by the iconic agenda function of the Psion organiser series. Developed specifically for a landscape user interface (UI) and keyboard control, the Gemini Agenda application is packed with features
BlackBerry Contacts
BlackBerry have released an update to their Contacts app for Android bringing easier contact creation. Creating a new contact is now even easier. If you search for name, email address or a phone number and these are not found in your contact list, creating a new contact will pre-populate these in the appropriate field of the new contact card.
Workspaces
BlackBerry have released an updated version of BlackBerry Workspaces app for Mac bringing significant improvements to the onboarding process and email flow for new users. Image files are now protected by default and open in the protected viewer with full options, where applicable. Opening images in 3rd party applications is now controlled by the organizational policy of supported formats and permissions.
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.
Android Messages
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.
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.
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.
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.
Telegram
A Russian court in Moscow court has banned the popular Telegram messaging app. The court ruling on Friday came after Telegram refused to give Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) encryption keys that would grant access to user messaging data.
Outlook for Android
Microsoft has released another Outlook for Android update that brings the addition of Calendar attachments, allowing Outlook users to view them on their Android devices. You can view embedded images and open these attachments directly from the event details in the Outlook app.
BBMoji
Just last week, MomentCam Hong Kong released BBMoji for Android, an app allowing users to create customised emojis and "expressive and funny stickers of yourself" and your friends on BBM. The iOS version is now available for for iOS.
BBM for iPhone
Creative Media Works has released the latest update to BBM for iPhone, which brings the ability to share videos in groups and add albums to your profile. In addition, users can now easily share content with more people with the new contact multi-picker.
Facebook has implemented video chatting in Messenger Lite, a slimmed down version of Messenger for Android that offers the core features of the app while giving everyone the opportunity to stay connected to their friends and family, intended for people with older Android devices and/or slower Internet connections.
BBMoji
MomentCam Hong Kong has released BBMoji, an app allowing users to create customised emojis and "expressive and funny stickers of yourself" and your friends on BBM. Interestingly, BBMoji appears to be a companion app for the consumer version of BBM, as the app states that in order to use it, you need to have have the latest version of BBM installed.
Earlier in the year, Google announced that it would be merging its Android Pay and Google Wallet services under one new umbrella called "Google Pay." A little more than a month later, the Google Pay app is now rolling out to users via an update on the Play Store. The initial launch does not bring anything new to the table and is basically the beginning of the rebrand.
Messenger Kids
Facebook Messenger Kids, a controversial new messenger aimed at children is now available on Android. This app is specifically designed for children between the ages of 6 through 12, since you can be age 13 and sign up for a normal Facebook account.
BBM for iPhone
Creative Media Works has announced the latest update to BBM for iPhone, which brings the ability to send images or videos without compression, voice notes & large messages support in groups, new image and video viewer in groups and iPhone X support.
eBay PayPal
Back in 2015, BlackBerry and PayPal teamed up to introduce PayPal payments within BBM. PayPal has now informed users via email that the ability to send money with PayPal using BBM has been discontinued as of February 6, 2018.
Appdome has joined the AppConfig Community, re-affirming its ongoing commitment to a secure and efficient mobile industry. AppConfig’s best practice feature-set can now be automatically integrated in apps via the Appdome platform...
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