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Facebook Messenger on iOS expands to include groups and forwarding

March 28, 2014 no comments

Remember when Facebook bought and then shut down Beluga back in 2011? Well, almost three years later, Zuck’s finally putting features from his first group-messaging-app purchase to use. The lat...

Tumblr Android app adds auto-playing GIFs, photosets and landscape vie...

November 6, 2013 no comments

Tumblr and animated GIFs are practically inseparable at this point, so we’re happy to report that the microblogging platform’s latest Android app update enhances that marriage. The next t...

Vine for Android update brings mentions, autocompleting hashtags

August 22, 2013 no comments

Vine proved you can do a lot with six seconds of video, and thanks to its latest Android update you can do even more. Version 1.3.4 brings a couple of usability fixes to help the world see your valia...

Nike+ Running iOS update adds social challenges, trash talk

July 24, 2013 no comments

Sometimes you need a little extra encouragement to hit the trail. The latest update to Nike+ Running for iOS should give you that friend-based push to lace up when you’re feeling particularly l...

Telenav Scout adds real-time, user-reported traffic data to iOS and An...

July 19, 2013 no comments

Telenav has been steadily improving Scout, its personalized navigation platform, ever since its introduction. Today, Scout users will finally get the crowd-sourced traffic info they were promised bac...

Ford hybrid software update will improve gas mileage, arrives in Augus...

July 17, 2013 no comments

Apparently the window stickers of Ford’s hybrid line didn’t tell the whole story when it came to gas mileage. After a series of class-action lawsuits regarding fuel usage estimates and Co...

Chrome for Android update adds fullscreen mode for tablets, Google Tra...

July 10, 2013 no comments

Chrome for Android just turned 28! Version 28, which today moved out of beta to the stable channel, includes a pair of notable additions, along with the typical variety of bug fixes and performance i...

Google Glass update adds web browsing, widens voice commands (update: ...

July 1, 2013 no comments

Google has delivered a steady stream of Glass updates since the Explorer Edition launched, but its new July upgrade may be the biggest yet — it addresses several of our earliest gripes. Wearers...

Twitter #Music for iOS adds genres for more targeted filtering, thankf...

June 27, 2013 no comments

Twitter’s still tweaking its #Music app for iOS, currently the only mobile platform that’s privy to the discovery service. Previously, users could only toggle through four categories (i.e...

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