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Google announces mobile app support for Android Pay in U.S., Australian launch in 2016
Following its U.S. launch in September, Google’s mobile payments service, Android Pay can now be used to make payments inside mobile apps. The initial list of mobile apps to support Android Pay in the U.S. includes shopping apps like Jet, Spring, and Wish, on-demand services like Lyft, Instacart, and Doordash, as well as others like ...
Google’s Now on Tap goes multilingual, brings flight status, package-tracking, and more
Google’s Now on Tap for Android analyzes information you are engaging with on your phone’s screen and subsequently provides helpful shortcuts or links. With the latest update, Now on Tap includes four new features that are likely to make your life easier including quick access to flight and package-tracking information, related news stories and the ...
Add Apple Music to your Sonos system in a few easy steps
Following an announcement last month that it would start supporting Apple Music on December 15th, Sonos Inc. today rolled out a public beta of Apple Music on Sonos and updated its Sonos Controller app with support for Apple’s new music streaming service. Users taking part in the beta program will be able to stream songs ...
Wistiki has the answer to never losing your keys, wallet or dog again
Wistiki is a Paris-based company who is “ushering in the end of lost” and want to be the solution to you never losing your important items again. Wistiki teamed up with French creator Philippe Starck to create a range of differentiated trackers, called the Found YOU collection that will allow you to track various objects ...
Inbox by Gmail makes your Trip Bundles shareable
The latest updates to Google’s Inbox by Gmail sees improved features for Trip Bundles while adding photo attachments has become easier. Easily share your travel arrangements with your loved ones Inbox by Gmail introduced Trip Bundles earlier this summer, a feature that takes your emails relating to a specific trip and bundles them together, including ...
Google Maps for iOS catches up to Android, gains offline navigation, up-to-date gas prices, and more
Yesterday we saw Google include 3D Touch and iPad multitasking in the update for the iOS version of its Google app. Now the company has updated the iOS version of Google Maps for iPhone and iPad to include some handy features that we saw make an appearance in the Android version over a month ago. ...
6 Android smartphones under $300 to add to your Christmas shopping list | #TechGiftGuides2015
If a loved one has added a smartphone to their Christmas wish list, it does not mean that you have to spend upwards of $500 to find a worthy present. Below is a list of six smartphones that all come under a budget-friendly $300, including smartphones from OnePlus, Xiaomi and Motorola. OnePlus X – $249 ...
Google app for iOS gets 3D Touch, iPad multitasking and festive season opening times
The latest update for the iOS version of the Google app brings two Apple-specific updates to the app in the form of 3D Touch support and iPad multitasking. The final update includes the incorporation of holiday opening hours for businesses as well as showing the time of day that said businesses have a spike in ...
Apple TV apps gaining in popularity, now over 2,600 apps in the app store
With the release of Apple’s Best of App Store list for 2015 we saw that the best apps on Apple TV were claimed by HBO Now, followed by Zova – Personal Trainer and Kitchen Stories. While on the game side, Rayman Adventures, Lumino City and Beat Sports claimed the top three spots. App and game ...
Google updates Wallet and Photos apps, new ways to send money and share photos
Google has announced updates to its Google Wallet and Google Photos apps. The update to Google Wallet ensures you do not have to be reliant on an email address to send someone money while collaboration between friends and family is improved with the update to Google Photos. All you need is a telephone number to ...