Saturday
Aug012015

Frontback gets resurrected with new ‘partner’

After announcing they were shutting down, the selfie app Frontback announced that they’ve signed an agreement with a partner to keep the app alive. While they wouldn’t reveal who the mystery partner is, Frontback says the partner “believes as much as we do that there’s something incredible with Frontback.” And that they are “fully committed to make Frontback an even better place to share your moments.” There’ll seem to be new changes coming to the app though, so be prepared for those.

Source: Frontback | Via: The Verge

Saturday
Aug012015

Samsung lets Chinese users delete smartphone bloatware

Samsung users in China have something we wish we had: the ability to delete bloatware. The South Korean brand isn’t waiting for the verdict of a Chinese lawsuit against them regarding bloatware. Samsung will be offering patches this August to let owners delete bloatware from the likes of the Galaxy Note 3, which was cited in the lawsuit, and the more recent ones like the Galaxy S6. They didn’t specify though which apps can be deleted, but it’ll a lot of the non-essentials, we assume.

Source: Engadget

Saturday
Aug012015

Customize your iOS keyboard’s colours with Photokeys

Want to customize your iPhone’s keyboard further? Photokeys lets you make unique keyboard colours from your own photos. The app selects the major colours of a shot from your photos (either a new one or one from your Camera Roll) to create a five-colour palette. You can customize these by moving the colour marker where you want it to be. These colours will be assigned to the background, text button background, text button colour, functional button background, and functional button text colour. You can even set the mood to either Bright, Indifferent, or Dark for the keyboard.

Photokeys also gives you access to 100 emojis and works with any app. It supports auto-correction, numeric top row, predictive input, caps lock, and auto-capitalization.

Source: The Next Web | Download: Apple App Store ($1.19)

Saturday
Aug012015

Make your online posts go Kaboom and vanish

There are certain posts that have limited shelf lives. Or you just don’t want people seeing content past a certain time. That’s where apps like Kaboom come in handy. The app lets you set an expiry date on your posts. Whether it’s through WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook, direct links, email, or SMS, you can decide how long your messages or photos stay online. You can have it disappear after an hour, a day, or when you reach a certain number of views.

If security worries you, the app was created by AnchorFree, the team behind Hotspot Shield, a popular Wi-Fi security and online privacy app for Android.

Source: Android Community | Download: Google Play Store (Free)