News & Reviews:   Mobile Apps

Rather than phone calls, most people keep in touch through messaging apps these days. So it's always nice to see new features being added to these apps. Facebook is aware of that, as it has added some new chat features and other features to Messenger and Instagram.

Remember Fortnite getting banned from Apple and Google's app stores? Epic Games may not have won its lawsuit yet, but the company's action has had a clear effect. In fact, Apple reduced its service fee last year and now Google is following suit.

Businesses are always in competition with each other, sometimes in healthy ways and sometimes not. Recently, Apple decided to take the other approach by taking digs at Facebook. This could be seen in a recently released company document discussing data privacy.

Ever had a song stuck in your head, but could never remember the title? Well, that's probably not going to be a problem anymore on Spotify. The company has rolled out a new feature for the platform to its Android and iOS mobile apps.

When you're out and about, it's always great to have your list of tasks on hand for quick reference. Some people don't bother with it, but it's nice to have an app to track your todo list with a calendar. For Android and iOS users, you can now do that from within Google Calendar.

A few weeks ago, we reported that the India Government was looking into banning several mobile apps from China due to security reasons. They have already banned TikTok in their country and now with the latest update - a total of 118 mobile apps are blocked.

When it comes to data security, Facebook can never seem to get a break. The company has reportedly made another booboo where its system allowed over 5000 apps to have access to the data of users, despite them being inactive for 90 days.

If you use iWork and iMovie a lot, you should be able to appreciate the latest changes to the apps. As you may know, Apple added the support for mouse, trackpad, and Magic Keyboard recently. But it's not just general usage that is now supported as productivity apps for both iOS and iPadOS will have extra functionalities.

Huawei is rapidly catching up with its AppGallery as it is now the third-largest app store in the world. With over 400 million monthly active users in the platform, the company is now eager to attract more developers and apps by giving up to 90% of revenue-sharing to the developers.