Gaming-Contest App Becomes Unicorn After Lockdowns Drive Growth
(Bloomberg) — Mobile Premier League became India’s second gaming unicorn, raising funds at a $2.3 billion valuation after the pandemic drove entertainment-starved consumers toward mobile playing. The Bangalore-based startup, which goes by MPL,…
Caltex launches CaltexGO contactless payment app in the Klang Valley, new users get up to RM10 cashback
Chevron Malaysia Limited has officially launched CaltexGo in Malaysia. This is a contactless payment app that allows you to pay for petrol while earning reward points via your smartphone. The feature is great especially in the new normal as you no longer…
What is the what3words app and how can it save lives?
EMERGENCY services are urging people to download a new app that can pinpoint any location on Earth and is already said to have saved multiple lives. But what is what3words and how does it work? We take a look, below. 3 what3words assigns a sequence of…
Windows 11 compatibility: The PC Health Check app actually works now. Here’s how to use it
Microsoft will phase out Windows 10 support over the next few years, so it’s important to make sure your device supports Windows 11. Sarah Tew/CNET Windows 11 should work with most PCs, according to a company blog post about Microsoft’s first…
Hawaii smartphone app lets drivers find parking in downtown Honolulu
HONOLULU (KHON) — Did you know there is an app that lets you reserve a parking spot in busy downtown Honolulu? PARKLINQ is a smartphone app you can use to find a parking spot from the comfort of your home. Westley Wendler, the co-founder of this app,…
Microsoft may have just revealed Android app support for Xbox
TL;DR A new Microsoft Store listing points to Xbox consoles getting Android app support. The store listing for the Windows Subsystem for Android specifically lists the Xbox One. Microsoft will offer Android app support on Windows 11 in the coming months,…
Apple halved its App Store fees for Amazon’s Prime Video app
Apple offered Amazon lower App Store fees to convince the e-commerce giant to launch its full Prime Video app on the iPhone App Store, newly-released documents have revealed. An email sent by senior Apple executive Eddy Cue to Amazon chief executive Jeff…
Google did not automatically sign up Android users for COVID-19 tracing app
The claim: Google automatically signed up all Android users for a COVID-19 tracing app. New mobile contact tracing technology aimed at minimizing the spread of COVID-19 has prompted claims on social media that Google automatically updated all Android…
Apple’s Cook Says App Store Opened ‘Gate Wider’ for Developers
(Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook will tell U.S. lawmakers probing his company’s market power that the iPhone maker’s App Store has opened the “gate wider” for developers and doesn’t stifle competition. In a prepared opening…
Designers rejoice! Photoshop’s iPad app makes it way easier to select subjects
I’ve been on an iPad journey the last couple of months. I hadn’t used one of Apple’s tablets regularly for almost a decade, giving me a lot to catch up on. And one of those things was the iPad Photoshop app. When I last used Apple’s tablet, there was no…