YouTube mobile app gets a facelift with three new tabs

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Google has announced several changes to its YouTube mobile interface for both Android and iOS. The update, which debuts three new tabs: Home, Subscriptions and Account, is available for Android now and will be rolling out for iOS soon. Home lets you explore and discover videos with recommendations based on your viewing history, and playlists that are customized for you. A new Subscriptions tab helps you find the latest videos from your favorite channels and creators. You can even tap the Bell icon on a channel to be notified when new videos are posted. The Account tab lets you check your playlists, watch history and the videos you’ve uploaded in…

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YouTube for iOS now lets you view full-screen playback of vertical videos

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It seems like only yesterday — well it was, in fact, yesterday — that an update for the Android version of YouTube offered new support for full-screen playback of vertical videos. Today, a new update to the iOS version also supports that feature. Yay. YouTube version 10.28, posted on the App Store today, informed users of the eagerly awaited feature. In launching the app however, the improvement may not be immediately obvious. A vertical video will still play in its narrow box at the top of the screen until you use a gesture to expand it — and presto, the videos now look really…

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Dual-camera photo app Frontback will shut down on August 15

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Frontback, the mobile app that first takes a photo with your rear camera and then with your front camera to ostensibly catch your reaction, is shutting down. The app will cease to exist in its current form on August 15. Frontback CEO Frédéric della Faille wrote about closing up shop in a blog post on the site: While we’ve seen exciting results with some communities, for most of the new members it takes too much time and effort to understand why Frontback is different, resulting in an infrequent use of our product. After discussions with our team and investors, we realized that…

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No, there isn’t a ‘secret’ middle finger emoji in WhatsApp

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I hate to spoil the fun… No, wait, who am I kidding? I love to spoil the fun. I’m the Grinch with a better complexion and a more rigorous grooming routine. So here goes: There isn’t a ‘secret’ middle finger emoji in WhatsApp. Just call @brokenbottleboy ‘The Grinch’, you know you want to… I mean, it’s true that buried in the code there’s a folder with emoji that you can’t actually use yet but that doesn’t mean they’re a secret. The ‘middle finger’ emoji was approved in Unicode 7. It’s available in Windows 10. The likelihood is that it and others (like Spock’s…

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Google’s 360-degree movies app is now available on iOS

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Google Spotlight Stories, a hub for playing 360-degree movies on your phone, has finally made its way to iOS. The app uses your phone’s motion sensors to allow you to explore different parts of the movies by looking around anywhere in a 360-degree sphere. To be clear, these movies aren’y exactly virtual reality – you move your phone around to look at different parts of the films, but you don’t need a Google Cardboard headset or other VR system to view them. Spotlight Stories first appeared as ‘Spotlight Player’ on Motorola’s Android phones back in 2013. and made its way…

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You can now go from Couch to 5K on Android

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Clear Sky Apps has undergone a makeover recently and rebranded itself to Fitness22. The developer is best know for its lifestyle and fitness apps like Couch to 5K Runner and Sleep Pillow Sounds, and now it’s releasing them on Android as well. Android users can download Couch to 5K Runner and Push Ups 0 to 100 now and the company says that soon its entire suite of apps will be there. Fitness22 has also released four new apps with tailored exercises for women – Great Abs, Great Butt, Great Legs and 7-Minute workout. Promising quick results, all of the apps requires 10…

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Slack gets Google Calendar integration to stop you forgetting meetings

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This might be Slack’s most useful integration yet: Google Calendar is available from today. The integration can remind on both a group and personal level. For example, as a team you can add a shared Google Calendar to a channel so meeting reminders are dropped there for everyone to see. If you’d prefer reminders just for yourself, you can add your personal calendar and Slackbot will happily directly message you reminders instead. The integration can also post calendar summaries so you (or the entire channel) can get a daily list of what’s on the agenda. To set up Google Calendar, just head over…

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Line launches a lightweight version of its messaging app for Android users

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Messaging service Line has launched a new Android app that lets users save on storage space and data while staying in touch with their contacts. Line Lite weighs in at less than 1MB, yet retains the core features of the company’s mainstream offering, like group texting, stickers and image sharing. However, it doesn’t include support for audio and video calls and has dropped the Timeline feature as well. The new app is first rolling out to 11 countries including India, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia. Line says it will make it available to other regions depending on user demand, and will…

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Chrome for iOS can now talk to Physical Web devices

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Google has updated its Chrome browser for iOS with support for its Physical Web standard, which allows smart devices to communicate with your phone without the need for other apps. This refers to Google’s open source protocol that lets connected devices like parking meters and bus stops send URLs straight to Chrome’s Today view widget for actions like payments or checking how long you’ll have to wait for your ride. The company says it’s only begun exploring how this technology can make users’ lives easier, so it’s not clear exactly how widely available Physical Web devices are just now. In…

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