Category: Mobile Apps

When I open YouTube, I most likely plan to watch one or two videos (or 50). I can honestly say that I have never opened […]

Verizon subscribers who used the Message+ text app are now forced to switch to an alternative after the service was discontinued on Monday . The […]

Bluesky wants a lot now . One of these advantages is that it is completely free to join and use the site. There’s nothing behind […]

Google bought Waze back in 2013. At the time, it seemed inevitable that Waze would shut down and its best features would end up in […]

If you’re one of the roughly 24 million people who have joined Bluesky , the upstart rival to Elon Musk’s X that has skyrocketed in […]

A few months ago, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp players received some disappointing news: Nintendo announced that the game’s online service would go down on Thanksgiving […]

If you use Amazon Music, you might feel out of the loop this time of year as Spotify and Apple Music users share their listening […]

TikTok filters can be a fun way to interact with the app, acting like digital face paint that can make you look like a clown […]

On Friday, I wrote about how Threads is making big changes to its platform , namely that the For You feed will start prioritizing accounts […]

Bluesky is definitely having a moment. The platform currently has over 21 million users , and these users are active: posting messages, sharing them, following […]

Messenger (i.e. Facebook Messenger) is getting some new features. Meta announced a number of changes to the app in a blog post on Wednesday , […]

Spotify may have pioneered the annual streaming recap, but these days every other service has its own version of “Wrapped.” For example, if you’re a […]

The modern Internet is driven by algorithms . For example, when you load Instagram, what you see in your feed is strategically sorted by the […]

Since election night on November 5th, I have noticed a mass exodus of my X friends from the site. This is not surprising: owner Elon […]

Beyond the Pixel 9 phones, Google has released a number of exclusive apps for the flagships—and while the AI-powered Pixel Studio and Screenshots apps may […]

It’s not just you: Bluesky has fallen. For a short period of time Thursday afternoon, the website and mobile app returned an endless loading screen […]

Basically, every sports app is a bloated nightmare. You just want to check the results, but these apps want you to do something completely different […]

I’ll admit, I’ve never been one to get caught up in the Stardew Valley hype. Don’t get me wrong, I really enjoyed the game, but […]

What do you like most about Instagram ? Is that when you open an app, start browsing a post you’re interested in, but before you’re […]

If you want to listen to soundtracks from movies or TV shows, you can usually find them on streaming or buy the songs directly. This […]

Social media has gotten weird—well, weirder—since the death of Twitter . Those of us who left X were forced to find our friends on some […]

You now have more options when it comes to adding a personal touch to your Spotify playlist cover, with a new cover maker tool coming […]

Traditionally, WhatsApp requires you to save new contacts from your smartphone. This works great in many situations since many of us eavesdrop on WhatsApp conversations […]

If you go to bed in complete silence every night, it may seem strange that a service like YouTube adds a sleep timer. You watch […]

Sometimes it pays to be a paid subscriber, like when YouTube releases a series of new features for those who subscribe to Premium, leaving out […]

You may have noticed that generative AI has made its way into an app or two gadgets lately, and now you can use the technology […]

Meta Connect 2024 is the end. Mark Zuckerberg took the stage on Wednesday to announce a slew of product categories. While there were some new […]

We’ve seen a whole host of changes made in iOS 18 , and the robust Photos app is one of the programs Apple has given […]

Instagram is moving all accounts for users under 18 to a new “ Teen Accounts ” format, which includes a number of protections and restrictions […]

It appears that the Flappy Bird “remake” has nothing in common with its original creator. Dong Nguyen, the creator of Flappy Bird , stated that […]

Flappy Bird , the viral mobile game that went off the list a decade ago, is back . The involvement of original developer Dong Nguyen […]

I love TikTok. From viral dances and human fairies frolicking through meadows to deep dives into reality TV and ScienceTok, it is my endless source […]

Instagram has a clear division between posts and stories. The first ones stay open forever (or until you manually delete them) and are usually reserved […]

Last year, Uber introduced a new way for teens to book Uber rides without having to use their parents’ account. What began as a limited […]

This week , Instagram introduced three new features for Posts, Reels, and Stories. If you’re an avid poster, you may have already noticed these features, […]

Instagram is the king of “borrowing” features from other platforms. The stories may be related to the social media platform Meta, but it was actually […]

If there’s one thing about me, it’s that I will download any app. If I see an ad or hear about an app , it […]

We all have apps on our phones that we’d like to open less often, like TikTok or Reddit. Cold Turkey is an iPhone app that […]

You’ve probably been introducing your children to music since they were born—singing to them; give them a toy xylophone (and then hide it when it […]

I have been an avid hiker in the Pacific Northwest for about ten years. I also have very poor direction. To make matters worse, Google […]