Floods. Thieves. Hackers. Tackle any situation abroad with these mobile assistants. Place calls and send texts with end-to-end encryption over Wi-Fi or your data connection using this favorite of security professionals. You can also make your chat history disappear before customs agents (or other snoops) get their hands on your phone.Free You just fell down the stairs of your … [Read more...] about Stay Out of Trouble When Traveling Abroad With These Apps
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Facebook was gathering call, SMS, and MMS metadata for years via its app
Android's permissions system used to be more permissive than it should have been, and according to Ars Technica, Facebook was taking advantage of that little loophole to harvest call and SMS data. By exploiting the fact that pre-4.1 Android permissions could be requested by apps on the Play Store up until last year, and that those earlier permissions automatically granted … [Read more...] about Facebook was gathering call, SMS, and MMS metadata for years via its app
Play Store now recommending lite apps to some users
Over the past year or two, we've seen a rise of 'lite' apps - lightweight alternative applications for popular services. Facebook Lite, Skype Lite, and Twitter Lite are just a few examples. But it's not always obvious to users that these alternatives exist, unless they happen to appear high up on Play Store search results. Google is seemingly trying to fix this problem, with a … [Read more...] about Play Store now recommending lite apps to some users
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and other awesome apps of the week
A great battle royale game that’s sure to become one of the year’s most popular titles (and isn’t Fortnite!) is just one of our picks for this week’s “Awesome Apps of the Week.” In addition, we’ve got a great update for a tremendous iPad drawing app, a minimalist puzzle game, and more. Check out our selections below. Amazon Kindle on … [Read more...] about PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and other awesome apps of the week
Start the week with 29 temporarily free and 35 on-sale apps
Article Contents1 Free1.1 Apps1.2 Games1.3 Icon packs & customization2 Sale2.1 Apps2.2 Games2.3 Icon packs & customization3 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Hello, and welcome to another week. I have the first round of app sales for you all, which includes a few goodies to pay attention to. Otherwise, it's a pretty mundane list, but c'est la vie. Have fun, and I'll see you … [Read more...] about Start the week with 29 temporarily free and 35 on-sale apps