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Techcrunch

Google improves Android App Bundles and makes building Instant Apps easier

Google is launching a number of new features for Android app developers today that will make it easier for them to build smaller apps that download faster and to release instant apps that allow potential users to trial a new app without having to install it. Android App Bundles, a feature that allows ...

13 hours ago

Techcrunch

Google improves Android App Bundles and makes building Instant Apps easier

Techcrunch

Google launches compose actions to streamline access to SaaS apps in Gmail

Lately, Google has been all about shaving time off your everyday activities when sending emails. First they came out with smart responses that let you choose among several (sometimes) logical responses to the email. Next was type ahead, which guesses what you might want to type with remarkable accuracy. ...

14 hours ago

Techcrunch

Google launches compose actions to streamline access to SaaS apps in Gmail

Readwrite

It's 2018, and We Still Have No Idea If Mobile Healthcare Apps Work

What was the promise of reduced admissions and improved health outcomes in patients? This goal has not been achieved and is not happening how we thought it would. Usage of mobile devices in healthcare is basically what mHealth is. App development for healthcare. Using the continuous mHealth-powered, ...

2 days ago

Readwrite

It's 2018, and We Still Have No Idea If Mobile Healthcare Apps Work

Fast Company

To turn docs into apps, Coda had to rethink productivity from scratch

When you think about it, the history of productivity software is surprisingly short on disruptive moments. Google Sheets, for instance, may be web-based and collaborative, but its conceptual bones are the same as those of Microsoft Excel (established 1985), which itself followed the lead of Lotus 1-2-3 ...

13 hours ago

Fast Company

To turn docs into apps, Coda had to rethink productivity from scratch

Engadget

Google Maps ETA sharing comes to iOS, third-party apps

The overhaul of Google Maps is continuing, this time with ETA sharing. After first introducing the feature in 2017, Google is giving users the ability to share their location and route in real-time with others on both Android and iOS devices-an...

10 hours ago

Engadget

Google Maps ETA sharing comes to iOS, third-party apps

Venturebeat

Apple yanks subscription scam apps, but leaves a bigger problem intact

Some particularly scammy apps were ripping off App Store users for hundreds or thousands of dollars. But the app subscription model is generally a scam.

11 hours ago

Venturebeat

Apple yanks subscription scam apps, but leaves a bigger problem intact

Venturebeat

G Suite Gmail Add-ons get Compose actions, a direct artery to Box, Atlassian, and other enterprise apps

Google has launched new Compose actions for G Suite Gmail Add-ons to serve as a direct artery into enterprise apps such as Box, Dropbox, and Atlassian.

14 hours ago

Venturebeat

G Suite Gmail Add-ons get Compose actions, a direct artery to Box, Atlassian, and other enterprise apps

Ars Technica

Microsoft making more of the Windows 10 built-in apps removable

Sadly, Candy Crush looks set to remain.

14 hours ago

Ars Technica

Microsoft making more of the Windows 10 built-in apps removable

app

Wired

An App Built for Hurricane Harvey Is Now Saving Lives in Florida

Crowdsource Rescue, a kind of "Uber for emergencies," has become the leading tool to coordinate volunteer rescuers, helping them check on hundreds of vulnerable individuals.

11 hours ago

Wired

An App Built for Hurricane Harvey Is Now Saving Lives in Florida

Engadget

Apple's TV app gets live and on-demand shows with PS Vue integration

PlayStation Vue, Sony's sneakily growing video service, has earned the distinct honor of being the first streaming TV provider to be integrated into Apple's TV app. Subscribers will now be able to watch live and on-demand content through the TV app o...

7 hours ago

Engadget

Apple's TV app gets live and on-demand shows with PS Vue integration

Venturebeat

Google Play gets better support for larger Android app bundles, subscription improvements, and in-app updates

Google Play is getting better support for larger Android app bundles, subscription improvements, in-app updates, and an expanded

13 hours ago

Venturebeat

Google Play gets better support for larger Android app bundles, subscription improvements, and in-app updates

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Techcrunch

Knotch launches Blueprint to help marketers find the best publishers of sponsored content

When I last wrote about Knotch, the company had just patented its color-based feedback system that helps advertisers measure the effectiveness of their sponsored content. Since then, it’s added a competitive intelligence product and now Blueprint, a tool for marketers who want to find the best ...

8 hours ago

Techcrunch

Knotch launches Blueprint to help marketers find the best publishers of sponsored content

Techcrunch

Twilio launches a new SIM card and narrowband dev kit for IoT developers

Twilio is hosting its Signal developer conference in San Francisco this week. Yesterday was all about bots and taking payments over the phone; today is all about IoT. The company is launching two new (but related) products today that will make it easier for IoT developers to connect their devices. The ...

13 hours ago

Techcrunch

Twilio launches a new SIM card and narrowband dev kit for IoT developers

Venturebeat

Fireflies.ai launches meeting transcription and automated task assignment service

Fireflies.ai launches its service for generating transcripts and unique insights from speech-to-text translations of audio recorded at meetings.

14 hours ago

Venturebeat

Fireflies.ai launches meeting transcription and automated task assignment service

Ars Technica

Samsung launches Snapdragon 850-powered Windows 2-in-1

Snapdragon 850 is Qualcomm's first chip explicitly for PC form factors.

13 hours ago

Ars Technica

Samsung launches Snapdragon 850-powered Windows 2-in-1

apple

Techcrunch

Apple's holding another big event October 30

And here you thought hardware season was over. A month and a half after its last major event, Apple’s throwing a big party in Brooklyn on October 30. The event will likely suss out some of the technology that slipped through the cracks back in September, including, most likely, a new iPad and possibly ...

14 hours ago

Techcrunch

Apple's holding another big event October 30

Venturebeat

Apple reserves October 30 for iPad and Mac event in Brooklyn, New York

Apple will unveil new professional and creative products at an unusual venue, the opera house at NYC's Brooklyn Academy of Music, at the end of this month.

14 hours ago

Venturebeat

Apple reserves October 30 for iPad and Mac event in Brooklyn, New York

Venturebeat

Click farms are gaming Apple's Top Podcasts list

A podcast industry tracker believes paid click farms are gaming the list, which it calls 'the closest thing to the Billboard Top 100 in the podcast world.?

16 hours ago

Venturebeat

Click farms are gaming Apple's Top Podcasts list

Ars Technica

'There's more in the making''Apple announces October 30 event

Reports suggest iPad Pros will headline, and new Macs are possible, too.

13 hours ago

Ars Technica

'There's more in the making''Apple announces October 30 event

climate

Fast Company

Are you smarter than Bill Gates about climate change? Take this quiz to find out

Bill Gates knows a lot about climate change. The Microsoft cofounder launched the Breakthrough Energy Coalition two years ago, and they just signed a $115 million clean energy investment fund in the EU. Plus, Gates has joined an international coalition determined to figure out how to protect ...

15 hours ago

Fast Company

Are you smarter than Bill Gates about climate change? Take this quiz to find out

Fast Company

Bill Gates is investing in European companies that solve the less obvious parts of climate change

Bill Gates has coined a new way to think about climate change, and is leading a team of investors to help solve it. The concept is called “the 75% problem”–a nod to the idea many people think investing in clean energy alternatives like solar panels and wind turbines will curb greenhouse ...

15 hours ago

Fast Company

Bill Gates is investing in European companies that solve the less obvious parts of climate change

Fast Company

Our meat addiction is going to kill our chances of beating climate change

We’re now more than a week out from when the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change dropped its terrifying report detailing the urgency to dramatically reduce emissions and stop global warming in the next three decades or so. Meat eaters, we are sorry to report that we have bad ...

19 hours ago

Fast Company

Our meat addiction is going to kill our chances of beating climate change