Go Ahead travel group launching app to help passengers avoid busy buses By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:53 BST, 7 June 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 7 June 2020 Go Ahead travel group is launching an app today to help passengers avoid busy buses. The When To Travel tool will be available … Read more
The NHS coronavirus contact tracing app won’t work properly until October, it has emerged today. Officials first promised the app would be ready to roll-out across Britain in mid-May, after it was trialled on the Isle of Wight. But business minister Nadhim Zahawi last night revealed it won’t go live until the end of the … Read more
NHS coronavirus contact-tracing app could cause ‘digital divide’ as only half of manual workers, pensioners and unemployed say they will download it compared to three quarters of ‘professionals’ Independent charity the Health Foundation surveyed around 2,000 Britons They found that intended use of the tracing app varied across the population In addition, level of education … Read more
The NHS‘ flagship test and trace system tracked down less than half of positive patients’ ‘contacts’ in the first three days of its launch, figures suggested last night. A leaked report claimed that virus sufferers had provided details of 4,634 people they might have infected, of whom just 1,749 were texted or emailed. The Department … Read more
Dating app Grindr removes ‘ethnicity filter’ that allows users to search for potential partners by race after getting roasted online for its tweet in support of ‘Black Lives Matter’ Singletons can pay £12.99-a-month in order to access the ethnicity filter But Grindr has said it will now remove the feature in the next version of … Read more
Facebook’s rolls out ‘Venue’ app that acts as a ‘second screen’ where users can get commentary and content about live events in real-time The app will act as a hub for commentary and content around live events Users can tune into different venues curated by analysts, journalists and others Venue is partnering with NASCAR to … Read more
An app called Bits is aimed at those with a limited credit history and is designed to boost an Experian score through a monthly fee It is often considered something of a catch-22 that in order to make yourself eligible for credit you must first take out credit. There are often stories about ‘mortgage invisibles’, … Read more
Facebook rolls out TikTok-like app called Collab that lets users create music by repurposing people’s short video clips The app lets users record short video clips of music and piece them together Videos are recorded in three parts and are posted to a feed From their other users can borrow clips to create their own … Read more
The UK’s coronavirus contact tracing programme will launch tomorrow without its centrepiece NHS app as experts warned it will not be a ‘silver bullet’ which kills off the disease. The NHS Test and Trace system for England will see anyone who develops symptoms urged to self-isolate for seven days and told to order a test … Read more
Jesy Nelson ‘signs up to celebrity dating app Raya’ six weeks after split from Chris Hughes By Ellie May Donohoe For Mailonline Published: 14:52 BST, 24 May 2020 | Updated: 15:02 BST, 24 May 2020 She recently split with boyfriend Chris Hughes after 16 months of dating. Now Jesy Nelson, 28, is ready to find … Read more