Facebook is rolling out voice calling for groups in its Messenger app. In adding yet another smartphone function to Facebook's domain, the company is taking another step towards total mobile domination.
If you're a parent interested in providing some of the best educational software for your kids' mobile devices, you've undoubtedly heard of Tinybop. Its founder and CEO, Raul Gutierrez, has always been interested in software and producing things, but his career followed quite a winding road before his recent success in making imaginative, educational apps for children.
Apple has gone to great lengths to update its emojis to be more inclusive of a wide variety of skin tones, but most of the standard graphics available still lack Latin flair -- until now. A Latino marketing company took notice of the lack of Latin-flavored emojis in the standard Unicode set, and decided it would be a good way to catch the eyes -- and it hopes, the dollars -- of tech savvy Latinos.
Even though it started out as a video streaming site, since its earliest days YouTube quickly became one of the top places to find music on the Internet. Now Google has embraced that long-running tradition, introducing on Thursday a dedicated place to get all the tunes available on YouTube: the YouTube Music app.
Cord cutting can be tiresome, especially if you're trying to find out if one particular movie may be available on one of a half-dozen streaming services. In this week's Tap That App, we look at "Can I Stream It?" the website and app for iOS and Android that attempts to be the one-stop place to find where to watch anything.
Here's what YouTube Gaming for Android and iOS offers, how it hopes to replace Twitch in the burgeoning online world of live video game streaming, and how it may be the first test for a YouTube live streaming empire.
This week, we take a hands-on look at the new iOS app Robinhood, a unique, mobile-first take on stock market trading that's poised to be a big hit with millennials.
New Year's is a time when everyone hits the gym, vows to eat right, save money, and accomplish myriad other goals to make their lives better. But will power alone is hardly enough for most to follow through on New Year's resolutions. That's where these apps can help.
Microsoft continues to open up to Apple and Google mobile platforms, with the most recent move in this direction being its acquisition of Outlook for iPhone app -- and Latino-founded startup -- Acompli.