Sentences with phrase «make standalone apps»

Now, instead of making standalone apps to compete with Snapchat, it's baking popular Snapchat functionality directly into its already popular Instagram and Messenger apps.

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While standalone apps such as Latergramme and ScheduGram already schedule Instagram posts, Hootsuite manages all the major social platforms in one dashboard or app, making it a more efficient option for those who post across multiple networks.

While customers can purchase some celebrity emojis as standalone apps, AppMoji also makes money through Moji, its all - inclusive keyboard.

By making payments part of its oft - used messaging service rather than a standalone app, Facebook is looking to edge out dedicated P2P payment competitors like Venmo / PayPal, Google Wallet, and Square Cash, which people open less frequently.

While some moves by the networking giant seem to give the signal that it is going out of the way to endear itself to people — like Zuckerberg holding an open Q / A session for the first time, explaining why they made the Facebook messenger a standalone app, making the privacy policy shorter and simpler to understand, others make it more than obvious that they care two hoots for the people who make up the site!

For now, the company is keeping Charm as a standalone app, rather than making it a feature of MeetMe.

TECH CRUNCH - Sep 19 - Hinge is introducing a new, standalone app called Hinge Matchmaker that will allow people to see which of their friends are on Hinge, and then make recommendations by suggesting potential matches.

However, video - based content was already segmented into 3 to 5 - minute standalone learning objects, making content easier to break down and consume with the help of an app.

Beginning as early as this week, Facebook will make it a requirement that you use their standalone Messenger app to send and receive messages (as they pull the plug on Messenger being supported from within their stock Facebook app).

It adds email, calendar, and contact apps, finally making the PlayBook a functional standalone device — before, if you didn't have a BlackBerry to connect to the PlayBook, there wasn't much you could do with your tablet.

The economics of this deal in comparison to Zinio, Newsstand, and many other standalone apps really make a world of difference.

Amazon's Kindle, both the standalone version and the iPhone app, make a compelling case for self - published books.

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.

4 out of 5 developers admit that their app doesn't make enough money to be considered a standalone business.

Unreal Match 3 is built from the ground up to help developers learn how to make mobile games using Unreal Engine 4, which is available for free at www.unrealengine.com.This standalone app is just one piece of the learning package!

There are of course other ways to do the same thing, but a standalone app that grabs your URL from your default browser, converts it to your desired format, and adds it to your iTunes library makes it very simple.

Google released its standalone Google Assistant iPhone app on Wednesday and made it possible for both Android and iOS smartphone users to access voice apps made by third - party developers.

This isn't the only change to the application as Klinker Apps, the team behind Pulse SMS, notes that Android Wear 2.0's standalone version of Pulse brings along some improvements such as the spacing of messages in your threads, something which was probably implemented to make better use of the screen space that you have on a watch, which is much smaller than that of a smartphone.

Android Wear 2.0 brings with it a ton of new features, such as standalone apps, messaging tweaks, more Material Design and changes to notifications to make the device less cluttered.

After all, Messenger and WhatsApp both support it, so it makes sense to see the company add them to the Instagram Direct standalone chat app.

«To help make sure everyone can have a great Facebook experience regardless of where they connect, we rolled out Facebook Lite as a standalone, native app designed for lower end Android devices on spotty network connections to give people...

A standalone HomeKit app was expected to make its debut in iOS 9 last year, but that did not happen for some reason.

Now, AutoNotification is best known as a plugin for the Tasker app, but the developer decided to make this feature standalone (ie.

Today it's Cortana's turn to make the jump as the company officially confirmed in a blog post that the digital assistant is coming to Android and iOS devices through a standalone app — as Joe Belfiore puts it, for people who don't have the benefit of a Windows phone.

In addition to our standalone articles covering the latest news and rumors at MacRumors, this Quick Takes column provides a bite - sized recap of other headlines about Apple and its competitors on weekdays.Wednesday, March 28What Wasn't Announced at Apple's EventYesterday, we shared a video recap of everything Apple announced at its education - themed event, including a new entry - level 9.7 - inch iPad, a new Schoolwork app for classrooms, and other education - related software updates.Apple's invite made it very clear that the event would be focused on education announcements, but there were still quite a few hardware and software possibilities that had a slim chance of being — but ultimately weren't — mentioned: Lower - priced MacBook Air: KGI Securities analyst Ming - Chi Kuo said a

Over 500 million people have now downloaded the standalone Facebook Messenger app since it was first made available in 2011, and it's likely that it has seen a surge in users since Facebook removed the messenging features from its main app several months ago.

Instagram has become a hub for home - made animation sharing thanks to its popular Boomerang feature that started as a standalone app before getting baked into Stories.

HTC is also making the Zoe camera mode a standalone download from the Android app store, so that other («selected») devices can use it too — although not until later in 2014.

No NFC functionality and thus no Android Pay in the pipeline, though Google Assistant support, improved activity tracking and standalone apps should make the 2.0 update something to look forward to.

While you might think that Google wouldn't be too happy that someone has swiped their code and has put it up on Google Play as a standalone app, Shen Ye says that the app is free and features no ads and no bloat, which means that they're not making money from Google's code.

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.

However, some standalone apps are finally making their way to the Play Store.

Until now, HomeKit apps have been confined to the iPhone and iPad, so the standalone speaker will make them more accessible and surely more plentiful.

Standalone apps and support for better connectivity make the Watch 2 more of a standalone device, and this can make a big difference when it's paired with an iPhone, because while Android Wear has long supported both iOS and Android, pairing it with an iOS device caused it to have limited funcStandalone apps and support for better connectivity make the Watch 2 more of a standalone device, and this can make a big difference when it's paired with an iPhone, because while Android Wear has long supported both iOS and Android, pairing it with an iOS device caused it to have limited funcstandalone device, and this can make a big difference when it's paired with an iPhone, because while Android Wear has long supported both iOS and Android, pairing it with an iOS device caused it to have limited functionality.

According to a recent report, Google is planning on making Google + Photos a standalone app, apart from Google + itself.

With the standalone app support added, smartwatches running Android Wear 2.0 will be more independent and less reliant on smartphones, and with that in mind, it makes sense for the platform to offer a new input method.

The Amazon Alexa app is primarily a companion to Amazon Echo devices, but a recent update has made it far more useful as a standalone service, letting you to access the Alexa voice assistant directly.

While the headset is a standalone product, developers who are making apps and games for the Samsung Gear VR (which uses Oculus tech) will be able to port those apps to the Oculus Go.

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 will soon make all users in the world download its standalone Messenger app, it's claimed.According to TechCrunch, Facebook began notifying users last spring that they'd no longer have the option to message in Facebook for Android and iOS....

That means the cost of the Vive package is a little more than the standalone kits for the competition, but it also means every single app and game for Vive is built to make the most out of that experience.

Thanks to the new OS, you'll be able to download and use standalone apps, while making use of a simplified and easy - to - use interface.

For instance, Facebook users can look at and apply for jobs, keep up on sports scores, make payments to other users, and even browse a Craigslist inspired marketplace, all without ever having to leave Facebook or the company's standalone Messenger app.