Facebook has tried multiple times to copy or duplicate Snapchat's success, including
launching standalone apps such as Poke and Slingshot.
TECH CRUNCH - Jan 22 - Tagged, the people discovery service with 300M registrations and 3M daily users, is stepping into offline meetups by
launching standalone app Sidewalk that feeds you fun happenings in your city, as well as who you might run into where you're hanging out.
This is despite Facebook removing the messenger functionality from the main Facebook app and
launching a standalone app for it.
Not content with spinning out apps for stickers inside Messenger, Groups and new addition Rooms, Facebook has
launched another standalone app.
Not exact matches
It has its
standalone livestreaming
app Periscope and its six - second - video
app Vine, and in October it
launched its Moments tab.Moments brings together highlights of the day's news and trending topics, curating the best tweet — which often showcases video.
Uber has been testing the food - delivery service inside of its main
app for the better part of the past 18 months, but it then
launched as a
standalone app available in Toronto, Wired reported last month.
The first
standalone app from the company since the launch of the general Uber app, UberEats will be live in the Apple App Store and the Google Play store by the end of Mar
app from the company since the
launch of the general Uber
app, UberEats will be live in the Apple App Store and the Google Play store by the end of Mar
app, UberEats will be live in the Apple
App Store and the Google Play store by the end of Mar
App Store and the Google Play store by the end of March.
An icon for OnStar RemoteLink, known as OnStar MyLink at the time of the release of the myGMC
app,
launched the
standalone OnStar
app.
It remains to be seen when the first «killer»
app is
launched, either as a reader or a
standalone publication.
The Good e-Reader
APP store launched recently and we give you the full details about the initiative and the new standalone app we are working
APP store
launched recently and we give you the full details about the initiative and the new
standalone app we are working
app we are working on.
Dark Horse Digital
launched its
standalone comic - reader
app earlier this year and received incredible support from the continuously growing digital - comics fan base, a new type of comics fan eager to adapt to new technologies.
Starz
launches $ 8.99 per month streaming service (The Verge) It has been available as an add - on to Amazon Prime; now you can get the
standalone app too.
Although indie Flash games can be sold as
standalone desktop or mobile
apps, or
launched with in - game purchases, the traditional way of making money from them is via sponsorship.
Even Amazon
launched Amazon Rapids last November, a
standalone app for kids featuring the exact same text - message - style reading format.
Standalone apps also
launched with Android Wear 2.0, meaning you can download and install
apps directly to your smartwatch now and don't have to rely on its connection with a phone to use them.
The
standalone WhatsApp Business
app has officially
launched in five markets, including the United States.
You hated Facebook a few years ago when it removed Messenger functionality from the main
app, only to
launch a
standalone messaging
app that you've probably ended up using all the time.
It
launched an overly complicated Snapchat clone called Slingshot, added a selfie camera plus text and drawing overlays to Messenger and
launched a dedicated
standalone app called Stickered for adorning photos.
The announcement came shortly after Google announced the
launch of Android Wear 2.0 which supports
standalone apps.
To entice newcomers, it's
launching new Workplace features such as a group videoconferencing tool — coming in the next few weeks for desktop and mobile — and a
standalone desktop chat
app, so users can communicate with others without the need to keep Facebook open as a browser tab.
Back in December, it also
launched a
standalone Instagram Direct messaging
app for iOS and Android as a test in Chile, Israel Italy, Portugal and Uruguay.
However, amidst this silence, developer krisdb has created and
launched the very first
standalone podcast
app for Android Wear — aptly named «Wear Casts.»
Facebook has
launched a
standalone Messenger Kids
app specifically designed to let kids under 13 talk to approved contacts.
«Furthering our goal to empower people all over the world to stay connected, today we're
launching a new
app called Messenger Lite, a
standalone version of Messenger for Android.
It recently
launched a
standalone Direct messaging
app.
Don't forget that Sticky Notes is also a
standalone app, just
launch it from Start if you'd like to use it outside of Windows Ink Workspace.
Facebook last year
launched a
standalone Events
app to help people find what's going on offline and attend with friends.
Although Android L is still months away from officially
launching, some clever Android developers have taken bits and pieces of code from the developer preview of the new platform and have been modifying them for release as either
standalone apps or launchers.
It still doesn't make any sense to me why Facebook would
launch a
standalone group video chat
app, but since it's in the early stages, it's quite early to rule it out.
The latest developer preview of Android Wear 2.0, released this week, reveals that iPhone owners will be able to install
standalone apps, receive all notifications, and
launch webpages on their phone from a watch
app.
In addition to a new handwriting input method and a new miniature keyboard, this version will more tightly integrate with fitness tracking (including automatic activity detection, and
app launching based on those activities) and has support for «
standalone»
apps.
MIUI 9 also sees the
launch of the Mi Calculator, Mi Explorer, and Mi Drop
standalone apps on the Google Play Store.
Almost exactly a year after it was
launched, Facebook is now making its
standalone, data - saving Messenger Lite Android
app available in the US, UK, and Canada.
Facebook has made a notable update to one of its many
standalone apps: the
app known as Events, which first
launched last year as a way to bring users» calendar and event listings together, has been renamed to Facebook Local.
Facebook today has
launched its latest
app, Local, as a rebranded and updated version of its previous
standalone Events
app.
The company was bought by Seattle - based startup Nuance Communications in 2011, and the Swype keyboard was exclusive to Samsung devices for a while before being
launched as a
standalone app.
If Instagram's inbox is still available inside your Instagram
app that's because the Direct
standalone app launched only in certain markets, including Chile, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, and Uruguay.
Of course, Microsoft announced last week that it's now rethinking some of its Skype integration in Windows 10 with the upcoming
launch of a
standalone Universal
app, rather than baking Skype functionality into other core
apps on the OS.
Supporting
Standalone Apps Google has delayed
launching the new Android Wear 2.0 to 2017 -LSB-...]