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Dark Sky - Is it worth it?

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Watch a video of Google's new video chat app Duo

Nick Statt May 18, 2016 02:32 pm5 hours ago 6

Google wanted its very own version of FaceTime, so the company built a video chat app called Duo. Announced today onstage at the I/O developer conference, Duo is a dead-simple and blazing fast way to start...

A new video chatting app

Google Duo makes mobile video calls fast and simple

Dieter Bohn May 18, 2016 01:48 pm6 hours ago 56

Google is releasing a new video calling app later this summer. It's called Duo, and it's probably the fastest and simplest video calling app I've ever seen. Like its companion chat app, Allo, Duo is...

Mobile first, mobile only

Android users have installed more than 65 billion apps from Google Play in the last year

Nick Statt May 18, 2016 02:08 pm6 hours ago

Google kicked off the Android segment of its I/O developer conference this year as it has in the past with a list of new facts and figures to tout. The company says more than 600 new Android phones have...

While 600 new Android phones have launched

Allo is a messaging app with Google built right in

Dieter Bohn May 18, 2016 01:33 pm6 hours ago 109

Google is announcing a new messaging app today. It's called Allo and its main feature is a Google assistant that's built right in. Google says it'll be available later this summer — for free — on both iOS...

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Google is making its assistant 'conversational' in two new ways

Dieter Bohn May 18, 2016 01:33 pm6 hours ago

Google would like to remind you that you can talk with it.

Today Google is announcing a "Google Assistant" that essentially performs the same tasks as other Google interfaces do, but in a conversational...

...but it isn't naming it

How many Apple engineers does it take to fix iTunes?

Vlad Savov May 18, 2016 02:35 am17 hours ago 87

In the ranking of unpleasant life experiences, using Apple's iTunes lies somewhere between filing your taxes and having your wisdom teeth pulled out. It's not good even at the best of times, but two weeks...

More than a couple, less than infinity

Apple announces app development accelerator in Bangalore, India

Sam Byford May 18, 2016 01:06 am19 hours ago 11

After a visit to China earlier in the week, Apple CEO Tim Cook's next stop is India, an increasingly important market for the company. Apple has just announced a iOS design and development accelerator to...

Set to open early 2017

Mailplane is the plainest of all Mac email apps, that’s why it’s great

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Uber can now let a family member see where you're traveling in real time

Jacob Kastrenakes May 17, 2016 07:21 pm05.17.2016 2

Uber is introducing a new safety feature today that allows a family member to track where you're going. Now when you're using Uber's Family Profile feature, the family account's creator will receive a...

And pick up your bill

Tumblr introduces 'GIF posts' on mobile

Jacob Kastrenakes May 17, 2016 12:00 pm05.17.2016 1

Tumblr loves GIFs. So now it's making it even easier to create and post GIFs.

Today on iOS, Tumblr is rolling out a new feature called GIF posts. It's a new post type that's built around the GIF-creation...

Wait, this didn't exist already?

Watch Facebook's stunning 360-degree video of Grand Central Terminal

Nick Statt May 17, 2016 12:00 pm05.17.2016 11

When Facebook's internal creative team, known as The Factory, set out to film a proof of concept for its new 360-degree video camera, they picked an ambitious subject: Grand Central Terminal. A New York...

A look at discrete daily life in Gear VR

SoundHound adds powerful voice control for hands-free music listening

Nick Statt May 17, 2016 08:00 am05.17.2016 2

The SoundHound mobile app, which can listen for and identify music it hears through your smartphone speakers, is getting a huge artificial intelligence upgrade. Starting today, the app will be controllable...

Create Spotify playlists with just your voice

CurrentC seems to be pretty much dead

Jacob Kastrenakes May 16, 2016 06:33 pm05.16.2016 38

CurrentC, the retailer-backed mobile payments app that was supposed to take down Apple Pay, is being delayed, and its creator is laying off 30 employees. It's not clear if this is the end for CurrentC, but...

"It is early in a long game." MCX, CurrentC's creator
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