Microsoft ‘in talks’ to buy Chinese-owned TikTok after Trump said he is considering banning the app

Microsoft is ‘in talks’ to buy Chinese-owned TikTok after Trump said he is considering banning the video app in the US Sources told The New York Times that Microsoft could take over TikTok The tech firm is in talks with the Chinese-owned app to purchase the service The news comes as President Donald Trump is wrestling … Read more

NHS tracing app will tell users when someone tests positive at their local pub or restaurant 

NHS tracing app will tell users when someone tests positive at their local pub or restaurant New app to have a barcode system where users scan phones in shops and pubs NHS test and trace chair Baroness Harding says app will be available by winter  She said it would be very similar to New Zealand’s … Read more

Curvy TikTok users accuse the app of deleting videos of them in swimsuits and crop tops

Several curvier TikTok users have accused the app of deleting videos of them in swimsuits and crop tops.  Mikayla Zazon, Denise Mercedes, and Nikki Garza all told the New York Post that they have had multiple videos flagged and then removed by TikTok, with the app claiming that they violated community guidelines. But they all say … Read more

The beautiful shortlisted images in a worldwide landscape photography contest run by photo app Agora

Hungry for fine photography? Then feast your eyes on these images. They are MailOnline Travel’s pick of the 50 stunning snaps shortlisted in a contest called #Landscape2020, run by photo app Agora. Agora asked photographers around the globe to send in their very best shots of breathtaking scenery. In total, 14,739 photos were submitted, with … Read more

South Korea’s self-isolation app had security flaws that exposed names and locations of users

South Korea’s self-isolation app that monitors people in quarantine contained a serious security flaw that would allow hackers to access names and locations of users South Korea’s quarantine app contained multiple serious security flaws  It left personal data like name, real-time location, and phone number vulnerable The flaw has reportedly been fixed and there are … Read more

Savvy shopper reveals she bagged £35 of products for £3 using an anti-food waste app

If you’ve been wishing there was a magic solution to cutting down your weekly food bill, the secret might just lie in a food waste-fighting app. Laura Williams, 30, from the West Midlands, who has a three-year-old and another child due in August, managed to get a box of fresh food worth £35 for just … Read more

Switching app will soon Snoop on mortgage deals

Snoop, an app designed to make users better off by encouraging them to switch to cheaper deals, is looking to extend its net to include mortgages By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:55 BST, 18 July 2020 | Updated: 21:55 BST, 18 July 2020 Move: Snoop is the brainchild of former Virgin Money boss … Read more

Is Britain’s coronavirus outbreak GROWING? Symptom-tracking app shows daily cases doubled in a week

Britain’s coronavirus outbreak may be growing following a spike in the number of people with symptoms over the past week, data suggests.    King’s College London‘s COVID Symptom Tracker app estimates 2,100 people are catching the virus in the community every day — up from 1,400 last week.  The increase is too small to say definitively that the … Read more

TikTok accuses Australian MPs of using app as ‘political football’ amid calls for it to be shut down

TikTok Australia has beefed up its campaign to stay open in Australia after federal MPs called for the app to be banned and claimed it was feeding user data to China. The popular video app, owned by Chinese company Bytedance, features an unending loop of 15-second videos and is used by more than 1.6 million … Read more

Murdered Manhattan tech millionaire was being sued over PrankDial app

Friends said Fahim Saleh (left and right) was a self-made millionaire who had a passion for gadgets and video games. He also enjoyed bringing tech companies into underdeveloped nations including Nigeria and Indonesia. Pictured (right), his motorcycle company in Nigeria A hitman in a ‘ninja outfit’ killed and dismembered the Manhattan tech millionaire Fahim Saleh … Read more