European coronavirus app platform is gaining support from governments
A European technology platform to support smartphone apps that can help trace people at risk of infection by the…
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Careem Egypt acquires online restaurant listing platform to trial food delivery
Egypt’s transportation app Careem said Sunday it had acquired RoundMenu and would start trialing food delivery…
WhatsApp back online in Egypt after one hour outage
Many users in Egypt and neighboring countries experienced on Sunday an outage of the popular messaging…
Volvo Cars to supply Uber with up to 24,000 self-driving cars
Uber plans to buy up to 24,000 self-driving cars from Volvo, marking the transition of the U.S. firm from an app…
Facebook buys teen app tbh
Facebook Inc (FB.O) has acquired tbh, an app popular among teens, as the world’s largest social network looks to…
New CEO of Uber to meet with London transport officials
The new CEO of Uber will meet with London transport officials, just days after they refused to renew the…
Uber to end post-trip tracking of riders as part of privacy push
Uber Technologies Inc is pulling a heavily criticized feature from its app that allowed it to track riders for up…
Careem Egypt mulls start-up market to invest in transport and e-commerce sectors
Egypt’s transportation app Careem says it is studying the start-up market in Egypt to invest for the best of its…
Apple drives into Facebook, Snap territory with video app
With the release of a new video app called Clips, Apple Inc is inching one step closer to fully engaging in the…
Facebook takes aim at Youtube with new standalone TV app
Facebook is to roll out an app that lets users watch the platform's video content on television. The move could…
Mobile app helps China find hundreds of missing children
A mobile application helped Chinese authorities recover hundreds of missing children last year, Xinhua news agency…
Google app aids London hospital health checks
Doctors at Imperial College hospitals will soon be monitoring the health of patients with an app developed by…
Careem app says closes first part of $500 mln funding round
Ride-hailing app Careem has closed the first part of a $500 million funding round backed by investors including…
Turner will create shows for Snapchat in expanded collab
Turner Broadcasting System Inc will create more video content for mobile app Snapchat and collaborate with the…
Facebook blocks Prisma’s live video filters
Russian app Prisma launched the ability to apply impressive filters to live Facebook video earlier this month. On…
Nokia invests in a women-related app in $20 million funding raise
Clue, an app that tracks women's menstrual cycles and predicts when they may be in pain, has raised $20 million,…
Apple planning video sharing app, report says
Apple is working on an app that combines elements of Snapchat, Instagram, iMovie and Vine, Bloomberg reported on…
Citigroup plans tie-up with Singapore ride-hailing app Grab
Citigroup is working on a partnership with Grab, the Singapore-based ride-hailing app that has become one of…
Microsoft bought Genee, an AI start-up that schedules meetings
Microsoft said on Monday it has agreed to acquire Genee, an artificial intelligence (AI) app that acts as a digital…
Google launches Duo video-calling app to compete with Skype and FaceTime
Google has finally launched Duo, its super-simple video calling app for Android and iOS, after the company first…
Daimler’s MyTaxi to merge with Hailo to take on Uber
Daimler will deepen its European footprint in the ride-hailing business when its MyTaxi smartphone app unveils an…
Uber makes 2 billion rides six months after hitting its first billion
Uber has completed more than 2 billion trips on its app, the company's chief executive said on Monday, a milestone…
Wary Mideast states forewarn of Pokemon GO security dangers
Authorities in the Gulf Arab states of Kuwait and United Arab Emirates on Friday warned of security dangers to…
Pokemon GO could serve as a marketing tool for retailers
Pokemon GO, a mobile game that has rocketed to the top of Apple Inc and Android app stores in record time, looks…
Changes for Pokemon Go after concerns about access to Google accounts
Pokemon Go's creators said they plan to make changes after media reports raised worries about the popular…
Japan’s Line prices IPO at top of the range, may increase to $1.3 billion
Japanese messaging app firm Line Corp priced its initial public offering at the top of its marketed range, putting…
Line IPO range announcement postponed until Tuesday
Japanese messaging app firm Line Corp has delayed setting a tentative price range for its initial public offering…
Payments app Circle raises $60 million in China expansion
U.S.-based payments app Circle has raised $60 million from Chinese investors and launched a company in China, as it…
Uber to ‘hide’ surge pricing notifications
Uber is to hide surge pricing notifications for more of its users to make its app less "complicated". During busy…
China’s Didi Chuxing scores $7.3 billion in new funding
Chinese car-hailing app Didi Chuxing Technology Co said it raised $7.3 billion in its latest round of funding,…
Line Corp plans dual Tokyo, New York IPO
Line Corp on Friday said it plans to list shares in Tokyo and New York next month through an initial public…
Canada wildfires: Alberta launches app for worried residents
A smartphone app has been released by the government of the Canadian province of Alberta to let people evacuated…
WhatsApp releases desktop version for Mac, Windows
WhatsApp, the massively popular smartphone messaging app owned by Facebook Inc. is now available in a familiar…
Giphy GIF-Finding Tool is now on Android
Backed by a recent funding round of $55 million and commonly referred to as "the Google of GIFs," the New…
Google play removes Taliban-developed app
Alemarah, an app for Android phones created by Islamist fundamentalist group the Taliban, has been removed from…
Facebook Messenger launches Airline Customer Service App
Last year, at its F8 developers' conference, Facebook unveiled its Messenger Platform and introduced the framework…
Instagram changes cause growing criticism among posters
Changes to how Instagram content will appear in the app's feed have sparked a backlash among some of its users. The…
Facebook erroneous ‘safety check’ asks U.S. users if they’re OK after Pakistan blast
A Facebook Inc. function designed to let people tell friends and family they are safe after a disaster mistakenly…
Uber profits elsewhere bolster ‘sustainable’ spending in China: CEO
Ride hailing app company Uber Technologies Inc is generating more than $1 billion in profit a year in its top 30…
Facebook to withdraw support for BlackBerry App
Blackberry doesn’t get a lot of good news these days, and the latest announcement from Facebook appears to be…