Save the bees? There's an app for that
Let's say a farmer wanted to plant wildflowers to nurture the bumble bees that pollinate her crops.
Ecology
Feb 19, 2017
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News tagged with mobile app
New York Times turns to virtual reality
The New York Times has taken its first step into virtual reality, launching a new app and distributing a Google cardboard viewer that offers "a new form of story telling."
Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 6, 2015
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Android apps can conspire to mine information from your smartphone
Mobile phones have increasingly become the repository for the details that drive our everyday lives. But Virginia Tech researchers have recently discovered that the same apps we regularly use on our phones to organize lunch ...
Software
Apr 3, 2017
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Roblox, the game platform teaching young kids to code
With its Lego-like avatars and easy-to-learn coding for budding programmers, the online gaming app Roblox has cornered the market in younger gamers, with 80 million monthly users, many of them under 16.
Software
Feb 15, 2019
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Improving battery performance for Android apps
App developers could see the energy footprint of their programs on smartphone batteries reduced by participating in a program created by a Purdue-related software startup that promises to find an energy optimization plan ...
Software
Nov 11, 2015
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Ad-blocking on iPhones chips at website money model
A top iPhone ad-blocking application was pulled from the App Store on Friday by its creator, amid a surge in interest in new programs to thwart marketing messages.
Internet
Sep 19, 2015
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Apple pulls data snooping apps from online shop
Apple on Friday rid its App Store of some applications that it said could snoop on people's data and posed a security threat.
Software
Oct 9, 2015
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For app developers, more big changes are coming soon
The App Store revolutionized the tech world when it opened in summer 2008, spawning a billion-dollar industry in one fell swoop. It was neither the first nor the largest back then, but the store quickly exploded in popularity, ...
Software
Jun 15, 2015
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Computer vision and mobile technology could help blind people 'see'
Computer scientists are developing new adaptive mobile technology which could enable blind and visually-impaired people to 'see' through their smartphone or tablet.
Engineering
Jun 25, 2015
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Google Translate app now unblocked in China
Google on Wednesday made available in China a new version of its translation app that is accessible without censor-evading software, a move likely to fuel speculation that the internet giant was mending fences with Beijing.
Internet
Mar 29, 2017
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