Sentences with phrase «allowing users»

On Wednesday, Facebook began rolling out embedded posts, a tool allowing users to add their public Facebook posts to other blogs and websites.

Payments are the holy grail, allowing users to make payments natively with a swipe of a finger rather than checking out over the web decreases friction and creates a more seamless experience.

These include allowing users to create new asset classes, such as stocks or other ownership certificates, and create a variety of automated «smart contracts.»

Google has also incorporated Google Maps into travel booking, allowing users to change destinations on the map and instantly see how flight prices change.

Samsung's earlier attempt to introduce finger levitation, allowing users to hover their fingers over a device and not touch the screen, didn't take off.

Bixby is the virtual personal assistant Samsung debuted earlier this year with the Galaxy S8 line, allowing users to create reminders and snap photos of items to get more information about them.

TeuxDeux was designed to be «as easy to use as a piece of paper,» allowing users to type tasks in wherever they want them, move them around to suit their schedule and check them off as completed in a single click.

Augmented reality, however, places virtual components atop the real world, allowing users to interact with what's around them, in addition to the 3D renderings in front of their eyes.

Its «Free Basics» app was effectively blocked in India in February for allowing users to access certain Facebook - approved sites for free, but not others.

Another example is in healthcare: «ICT will put a doctor in your pocket, allowing users to manage their own health via their smart device.»

It would be more akin to the way that «peer - to - peer» networks like BitTorrent function, by allowing users to connect with each other without requiring any kind of centralized authority.

It vaulted to success by allowing users to channel their inner rock star.

Just last week, the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office seized bitcoins from the proprietor of Silk Road, an online portal allowing users to buy drugs.

The Facebook - owned device has a high refresh rate, allowing users to become fully immersed in the virtual world.

For businesses, this new feature is a welcome improvement, allowing users to more seamlessly do whatever the selected call - to - action button specifies.

The ATM will be available to the public too, allowing users to convert U.S. dollars into bitcoin, and vice-versa.

Once limited to desktops, IM is now available via handheld devices and cell phones, allowing users to chat from virtually anywhere.

Even Spotify is getting in on the action by allowing users to watch video and listen to podcasts from companies like Comedy Central, the BBC, and ESPN.

United offers an annual Economy Plus subscription for as little as $ 499, allowing users to book available premium seats at no additional charge.

Allowing users to freely lurk may help the service gain traction, but it also completely negates Facebook's claim that Slingshot is not a Snapchat clone

Ultrahaptics pairs gesture technology with tactile feedback by using ultrasonic waves that cause the user's skin to vibrate, creating the illusion of touching buttons or other physical objects and allowing users to control devices seemingly in mid-air.

Via is essentially an on - demand bus by allowing users to book a ride in a shuttle that's heading in the same general direction.

With 5G allowing users to receive information without the need to process it as well, Kagan said, game developers could focus on developing games with the knowledge that many users will be able to run them at their fullest.

Instagram just started to roll out business profiles, which heavily mirrors Facebook's business profiles, complete with a huge «contact» call - to - action, allowing users to email, call or text the business.

The company has since fixed the obvious issues such as input controls, Kagan said, and is constantly working with users toward a wider - scale launch across the U.S. in the summer of 2018, with the end goal of allowing users to «never feel the latency.»

Yotpo is a tool that gives brands access to these images by gathering relevant posts, as well as provides a «Shop Now» feature on Instagram, allowing users to easily access products they see in their feed.

Rather, they are attempts to keep consumers within companies» digital ecosystems, allowing users to access products and services from other retailers and providers but through Apple's or Google's or Amazon's platforms.

He solved the problem and created GoPro, a line of durable cameras that come fitted with mounting gear allowing users to capture images and video of their most active moments.

In a probably not unrelated development, Facebook - owned photo sharing service Instagram will begin allowing users to download their data.

The direct message, or DM, button will also be featured more prominently on participating companies» pages, allowing users to more quickly access support, Twitter says.

News app Quartz is allowing users to «snooze» POTUS - related headlines.

While Nintendo (ntdoy) is known for its mark on the video game industry, Miitomo served as social app, allowing users to communication and create Miis, which serve as Nintendo's avatars.

IRL co-founder and CEO, Abraham Shafi, told CNBC that ultimately, the company will make revenue by allowing users to purchase tickets to activities or classes they want to do together.

Salesforce's database is overlayed with a dashboard that allows the user to aggregate, sort and analyze data in real time and present the results in a variety of useful formats.

The app is marketed as a digital wallet that would allow users to store cryptocurrencies independently of an exchange, meaning users can access their money if things go wrong at the exchange.

Amazon compensates for these inadequacies with a consistency of experience that allows users to move easily through the system to find what they are looking for without needing to learn new interaction patterns.

The service will allow users to play online matches as well as find and add friends.

After retiring in 2011, Buchanon had an idea for an app called Tappish, which allowed users to compare and share photos, audio and videos.

Screening Room would allow users to rent new movies immediately upon their theatrical release to stream at home through a $ 150 set - top box.

Apple News is the tech giant's answer to third - party apps that allow users to access content from all types of publishers in a single pane.

After all, it allows users to consume its media without ever having to interact with the publisher's own brand.

Google Assistant, for instance, allows users to view their usage logs and delete them if necessary.

Over the course of two hours on Tuesday, Apple delivered on many of the rumors of the last several months: three new iPhones (iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Pus, and the iPhone X) and a long - awaited update to Apple Watch that allows users to connect directly through cellular instead having to pair the Watch with an iPhone.

Under that deal, newspapers created social - reading apps that lived on Facebook and allowed users to consume the paper's content without having to leave the network.

The app, which comes pre-installed in Apple's iOS mobile operating system, allows users to choose their interests and favorite media outlets and access all of their content inside the program.

But Airbnb is fundamentally different than most of the others, because it allows its users to monetize an asset rather than their labor.

GoFundMe, which allows users to raise money for any cause, immediately gives donations to the funder, without campaign deadlines or minimum amounts.

The latest version of the operating system for Chromebooks includes a button that suggests functionality is coming that will allow users to run apps built for mobile on the laptop.

[CryptoKitties is a blockchain - based game that allows users to purchase, collect, breed and sell virtual cats.

Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global app, for instance, allows users to set up replies to text messages (i.e., «I'm in Thrive Mode right now»).