Game of Thrones to-go? HBO Now headed to Google Play

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Google confirmed today that HBO Now, the US broadcaster’s new streaming service, will be landing on Google Play following its brief stint as an iOS-only mobile service. For users outside of the US, that’s not very exciting news, but bringing HBO’s biggest shows, like Game of Thrones, to Android devices is big news if you’re within its borders. While it doesn’t seem to be on the Google Play Store just yet, once it has arrived, you’ll be able to cast content directly to Chromecast from your phone or tablet too.






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Secretmoji for iOS hides your chats as strings of emoji

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There are plenty of encrypted chat apps out there – OneOne and KakaoTalk to name two – but what about people who long to pretend they’re secret agents and obsessively use emoji? Finally, the answer to that question no one was asking has arrived: Secretmoji – a messaging app for iOS that conceals your chat messages as strings of emoji. After registering – which blessedly does not require Facebook or Twitter login like most apps do now – you’re asked to choose a PIN. But that should really be a PIE, as you choose four emoji instead of numbers. Whenever you send or receive a…

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SwiftKey for Android gets a new look, 9 new languages and better Dashlane support

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Third-party keyboard app SwiftKey just got a tasty update on Android, with a new look, increased language support and better integration with Dashlane. Load up the latest version and you’ll see a new hamburger menu button on the left. This opens SwiftKey Hub, which lets you access personalization options, settings and the keyboard store for new themes. Thanks to its adaptive keyboard layouts for Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati and Marathi, SwiftKey now supports a total of 22 Indian languages. The new additions to its roster are Bodo, Dogri, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Manipuri, Sanskrit, Santali and Sindhi. SwiftKey has also improved integration…

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It looks like Lego is building a Minecraft rival

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Minecraft has often been described as like virtual Lego and it looks like the Danish toy maker might just be running with that idea. A member of the Eurobricks forum spotted an advert on the back of the instructions for Lego 60097 (the City Square kit) promoting an upcoming title from the company and WB Games called ‘Lego Worlds’. It seems the reveal has come a little early though as the link on the flyer leads to a typically brilliant 404 page: The invitation for players to”Explore. Discover. Create.” sounds very Minecraft-like, and Lego does have past form with building open-world…

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Lenka monochrome photo app launches on Android

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Lenka, the black-and-white photo app by photographer Kevin Abosch that has taken the monochrome shooting set by storm, has now released an Android version. The app, months in development after its debut on iOS, now runs on devices running Android 4.1 or later. Developing Lenka on Android was a particular challenge because of the variety of devices running the OS. “When developing Lenka for iOS, we always optimize for the newest iPhone,” Abosch said. “There are thousands of devices running Android version 4.1 or later, which presented a challenge we really enjoyed taking on.” “It was the relentless Android community and literally…

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You’ll soon see quoted tweets properly in third-party Twitter apps

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I had to move from my favorite Twitter client Tweetbot to the official iOS app because it wasn’t able to show quoted tweets properly. Now it looks like I might be able to return. It’s two months since Twitter overhauled how quoted tweets work, and it’s now rolling out an API update that will allow other apps to take advantage of the feature. However, as the developers of Tweetium for Windows note, that doesn’t mean your favorite Twitter client will let you use the feature, just that quoted tweets will display properly. ➤ API Payloads to include original quoted Tweet objects [Twitter…

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24me adds full-year weather predictions to its smart assistant for mobile

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24me has added a year-long weather prediction feature to its smart assistant app for iOS devices. Of course, while the appeal of having a 365-day weather forecast is pretty apparent – it’s good to have an idea of the weather when planning events – bright sunshine is still not guaranteed. 24me pulls this data from a new partnership with WeatherPlanner, which bases long-range forecasts on its own algorithm combined with historical data. As has always been the case with 24me, the Android update that includes this feature will follow along later. ➤ 24me [iOS | Android] Read next: 24me’s smart assistant is now officially available on Android






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Too stupid to come up with crass Tinder chat up lines? Flints does it for you

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Now modern romance has been boiled down to desperately swiping through Tinder – something a piece of meat can do as well as a human – the next step is to stop thinking entirely. If you’re unable to generate your own crass, ill-thought out and otherwise tedious chat up lines on Tinder or any one of the many other dating apps that have spawned like genital warts in its wake, here’s a solution: Flints is an iOS app that offers up opening lines for you to paste into your chats. They range from the crushingly stupid to the outright offensive –…

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Facebook launches its controversial Internet.org service in Pakistan

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Facebook has teamed up with mobile carrier Telenor to bring its Internet.org service to Pakistan. Internet.org lets users access a range of sites and services covering local and global news, health, finance, education and jobs at no charge. It’s available on 2G and 3G networks via browsers and an Android app. Users will be able to log on to Accuweather, BBC, BabyCenter &MAMA, Malaria No More, UNICEF Facts for Life, Bing.com, ESPN Cricinfo, Mustakbil, ilmkidunya, Telenor News, Urdupoint Cooking, OLX, Facebook, Messenger and Wikipedia. The service first launched in Zambia last July and is already available in more than 10 countries, including…

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