Neowin News Feed for: Application

Grammarly revamps iPad app, adds new features

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 13:00:01 +0000

Today Grammarly is rolling out a set of improvements and updates to its AI-powered digital writing tool for iPad users. The update revamps and brings new features to the iPad application. Read more...

Vine resurrected in the form of Byte, out now for Android and iOS

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 12:28:01 +0000

After killing off Vine back in 2016, its creators have finally released a successor called Byte. The new app focuses on creating and sharing six-second looping videos on the social media platform. Read more...

GitHub launches the beta version of its Android app

Usman Khan Lodhi — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 20:30:01 +0000

Microsoft-owned GitHub has released its Android app in beta, letting developers collaborate while on the go. It is available to a limited number of developers who signed up for the waitlist. Read more...

GitHub is making its way to the iOS and Android platforms

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 09:02:01 +0000

GitHub detailed a mobile application at its GitHub Universe 2019 keynote. GitHub for mobile (iOS) is now in beta and will soon be available to all mobile devices using the iOS and Android platforms. Read more...

Applications for the Amazon Future Engineer scholarship program now open

Ather Fawaz — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 14:30:01 +0000

Under the program, 100 students belonging to underserved communities will receive $40,000 to pursue computer science at college together with a guaranteed internship placement at Amazon. Read more...

Adobe launches its digital painting and drawing tool Fresco for iPad

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 16:18:01 +0000

Adobe Fresco, a next-gen drawing and painting application created by Adobe, launches today for iPad users. The app can be downloaded from the App Store for $9.99 a month or free for CC subscribers. Read more...

Former Uber chief executive Andrew Chapin launches mental health app

Ruel Revales — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 21:42:01 +0000

Basis, meant to help people cope with anxiety and depression through guided conversations via chat or video, is emerging from stealth today developed by former Uber exec Andrew Chapin. Read more...

Standalone Google Lens app comes to the Play Store

Jay Bonggolto — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 14:36:01 +0000

Google Lens is now available to download from the Play Store, offering the same features that were previously introduced to a number of Android devices including Samsung's Galaxy S8, S9 and Note 8. Read more...

Slack will be ditching its dedicated Apple Watch app

Faheemmuddeen Patel — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:30:01 +0000

Following suit with eBay, Amazon, and others, Slack is the latest company to drop support for their dedicated Apple watch app. Users may not miss out on much functionality due to rich notifications. Read more...

ProtonVPN app with unlimited usage arrives on Android

Paul Hill — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 19:00:01 +0000

ProtonVPN has now arrived on Android in the form of a free-to-use app. All of the servers and functionality are available to everyone at no cost and the company will not display ads or sell data. Read more...

Stardock releases beta for Groupy, lets you group apps like browser tabs

Steven Parker — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 18:00:01 +0000

Drag any window to another window and the two will combine into a single window with each window receiving a tab in the title bar. To ungroup, simply drag the tab off the group, sound familiar? Read more...

Blue light filtering app f.lux gets presets, disabling by app, and more in newest beta

Florin Bodnarescu — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 18:34:01 +0000

Makers of blue light filtering app f.lux have announced a brand new beta version for Windows, which brings a new UI, presets, disabling by application, new hotkeys, high DPI display support and more. Read more...

Official FXNOW app makes its way to Windows 10 devices with Cortana integration

Usama Jawad — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 13:22:01 +0000

The official FXNOW app is now available for Windows 10 devices. Boasting integration with Cortana, the on-demand streaming service allows access to popular movies and TV series on FX, FXX and FXM. Read more...

Leaked video shows off a hidden 'People Sense' app for Windows Phone

Usama Jawad — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 15:38:01 +0000

Microsoft is apparently working on a new 'People Sense' app for Windows Phone which will allow users to interact with each other maximizing the potential social features of Windows Phones. Read more...

YouTube is releasing a new Android app for children next week

Usama Jawad — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 11:18:01 +0000

YouTube is launching a new children-friendly Android application next week which will allow minors to search the video-sharing website in a safe environment under the supervision of their parents. Read more...

Microsoft releases #TileArt app for Windows Phone

Usama Jawad — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 21:18:01 +0000

Microsoft has released a #TileArt app for Windows Phone devices which allows users to customize their tiles with different images. Additionally, Microsoft has also announced an associated competition. Read more...

Microsoft files patents for Illumiroom

Andrew Stevenson — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 02:26:09 +0000

Microsoft has filed patent applications for the next possible step in interactive gaming. Illumiroom, as it's known, allows the gaming environment to be freed from the conventional barriers of the TV. Read more...

DDownloads provides direct download links for different applications

Razvan Serea — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:04:53 +0000

DDownloads provides you only safe and direct download links to your favorite Software. Currently over 400 apps are listed and the bests of each category. Read more...

Soft2Base 3.0c

Razvan Serea — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:39:42 +0000

Soft2Base is a free portable Application Manager for Windows XP, Vista and 7 (32/64 bits). Applications are installed with default parameters, without junk, without toolbar. Read more...

10 software releases you may have missed this week

Razvan Serea — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 19:41:54 +0000

From Kingsoft Free Antivirus to VMware Player, here's a list of 10 excellent software updates from the last week. Read more...

New update for Google Plus on Android

Paul Ferson — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:40:06 +0000

The Google development team have released another redesign for the not-as-popular-as-they'd-like-it-to-be social network's Android application, bringing in some more Holo influences. Read more...

Flipboard from Galaxy S III leaks - working on various devices

Jake Durasamy — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:22:29 +0000

Flipboard is a way of keeping users updated on news in their personally selected categories. The application was showcased to be exclusive to Samsung's Galaxy S III, but that isn't the case anymore. Read more...

Review: SeriesGuide X

Paul Ferson — Tue, 01 May 2012 10:16:56 +0000

Neowin takes a look at SeriesGuide X to see just how effective the Android app is at managing one's television consumption. Read more...

Facebook turns to Reddit for Android app help

Paul Ferson — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:55:32 +0000

Developers of the Facebook application for Android have turned to the community on Reddit to help develop and improve the application. Read more...

Echofon for Windows - 1.0 Beta 2

Steven Parker — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:19:09 +0000

After what seemed like a long wait for a public beta, Echofon for Windows is here! Echofon for Windows – The clean, Twitter app that syncs with your iPhone, now available for Windows. Multiple Accounts Use... Read more...

Spotify coming to the US after all?

Stefano Elia — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:30:09 +0000

Ever since listening to music on the go became the next big thing, the key has been to make music as accessible as possible. Spotify it appears, is about to do just that, as it... Read more...

Microsoft kills off social web application "Vine"

Tom Warren — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 02:02:49 +0000

Microsoft said on Friday that it will discontinue its Vine beta service on October 11. In an email to testers, Microsoft said the Vine beta had received positive feedback but that the company had taken the... Read more...

Android Facebook application finally gets an update

Owen Williams — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 02:08:58 +0000

Android owners are receiving more goodness this week, with Facebook just announcing that the Facebook Mobile application has been updated to version 1.3 today. The application has undergone a large overhaul, which is apparent on launch,... Read more...

Windows Phone 7 shows off unlockable features in apps

Andrew Lyle — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:58:45 +0000

Microsoft demonstrated one of their latest features, unlockable games from the trial-mode directly inside of the application, as spotted by istartedsomething. Unlike Apple and Google's mobile marketplace, Microsoft will allow users to instantly upgrade... Read more...

Bing releases Bing Map app SDK

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:33:31 +0000

Earlier this week, Bing released the SDK for developers to create applications using Bing Maps, instead of Google Maps. The SDK is available immediately on Microsoft Connect (using your Live ID to login) and... Read more...

Mobile apps to be a $17.5b industry by 2012

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:19:55 +0000

A new study by mobile application store operator GetJar, says the market for smartphone applications will increase by four times its current value to $17 billion a year. There are now a total of... Read more...

Microsoft removes Bing iPhone app from international App Stores

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:56:01 +0000

Microsoft has removed the Bing iPhone application from all international Apple App Stores except the United States. The Bing application began disappearing from various countries App Store's on Monday. A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed the move and... Read more...

Microsoft releases first Google Android application

Tom Warren — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:50:24 +0000

Microsoft has unveiled its first Android application, Microsoft Tag. The idea behind the Microsoft Tag application is that you just aim your camera phone at a Tag and instantly access mobile content, videos, music, contact information,... Read more...

Google acquires reMail, just to kill it

Andrew Lyle — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:30:26 +0000

Google announced earlier today that it will acquire reMail, an iPhone based application that allows consumers to download emails to their phone, allowing them to check it without an internet connection. Google acquired the company... Read more...

Apple removes 1,011 apps and a developer

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:47:25 +0000

Apple has sent out a strong warning to all developers in the AppStore today, when they removed a developer and 1,011 of his apps. The Chinese-based software maker was removed after he was reported... Read more...

Facebook 3.0 launches for the iPhone

Andrew Lyle — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:06:24 +0000

Users are able to get their hands on the latest Facebook 3.0 application for the iPhone a little early, directly from Apple via the AppStore. The application is believed to be in the final... Read more...

Bing mobile application concepts revealed

Sam Symons — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:55:25 +0000

Microsoft's new Bing 'decision engine' gained a lot of attention and publicity when it was first released not long ago, but now that the excitement has died down, how will the Redmond company work to... Read more...

Windows 7 Gmail notifier application

Tom Warren — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:07:39 +0000

Neowin member daty2k1 has released a Windows 7 Gmail application. The notifier is similar to the current official Google notifier application that sits in the system tray and notifies users of new messages in their... Read more...

Microsoft patents holographic meetings

Sam Symons — Tue, 26 May 2009 10:36:33 +0000

Networkworld has discovered a rather interesting patent, applied for by Redmond company Microsoft, that would allow them to produce a holographic meeting place, as well as a few other intriguing ideas. The holographic meetings, or... Read more...

Microsoft reveals social web application "Vine"

Tom Warren — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:55:34 +0000

Microsoft yesterday unveiled a new software+services application to beta testers in Seattle, Washington. The software is a desktop client for Windows which allows you to post information to it via e-mail or SMS. The... Read more...