6 Best and Useful Healthcare Apps for Cancer Patients
When you get diagnosed with cancer, life can take an ugly turn. From physical fatigue to emotional breakdowns, cancer diagnosis can take a toll on a person’s overall health. But first thing’s first, the better you know your disease, the easier it is to make …
Among Us: Evil Tips & Tricks to Win as the Imposter
Everyone is playing the much-hyped mobile game ‘Among Us’. Everyone. It’s the new wave. And although chances of you ending up as an imposter are few in comparison to being a crewmate, when you do, it feels like an early Christmas. However, being an imposter …
Can’t Remember the Song? Hum to Search With Google’s New Feature!
What’s that Queen song that starts with a bang of drums and claps and more drum-bangs and claps, something like ‘dun-dun tach, dun-dun tach’? It’s a bummer. I can’t seem to recall the lyrics either. Nevermind, I’ll just hum it to my Google Assistant. Ba-dum-tss! …
The Curious Case of the TikTok App: The Good & the Ban
TikTok – the app that started out as Musical.ly in the US and went through a (Kafka-like) metamorphosis overnight only to be introduced to us as ByteDance’s Tik-Tok. Its journey has taken a very melodramatic turn. While the app is every adult and teen’s sweetheart, …
Top Ten Telehealth Apps People are Using Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
How the tides have turned. Many would agree that perhaps the COVID-19 pandemic is all the nudge telehealth needed for an upward shift in demand. The use of telehealth apps is being encouraged across the U.S. and all over the world to control and discourage …
How Gamification Has Catapulted Duolingo, Strava, and Forest to the Top of their Respective App Categories
Achievements, XP/leveling up, leaderboards, and other “fun” mechanics from the world of gaming are enabling the very best non-gaming apps to maximize user engagement, revenues, and retention. Index What is Gamification? | Duolingo | Strava | Forest | Understanding the End Game If you’ve ever …
Breathe life into your NFL fantasy football leagues this season with Champions Round — the first-ever “micro” fantasy sports app
Excited for the start of the NFL season next week? We are, too! Not just because it means finally seeing Antonio Brown take the field for the Raiders or whether Brady/Belichick have yet another championship drive left in a tank that’s got to be nothing …
Android vs iOS: Health App Showdown
Let’s put it this way. Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS are arch rivals in the tech world. You’re either an iPhone lover or an Android one. The competition between the two is that of DC and Marvel. Atleast, it bears the same competitive edge. …
How ESPN’s Knack for Mobile Apps is Coming Up Clutch for the Sports Media Leader
Bristol, Connecticut isn’t Silicon Valley, as far as tech innovation goes. Not even close. Just don’t tell that to ESPN, Bristol’s largest corporation in residence, which has shown impressive tech chops as of late. ESPN’s flagship mobile application, the ESPN app, is a perennial #1 …
App Roundup: Help for the Holidays
The holidays are upon us! The streets are aglow, the shops are filled with merry tunes, and good cheer is pretty much a given. Yet, for many of us, this is also the most hectic time of year. All in the span of a few …
McDonald’s and Starbucks on Your Phone: Why Mobile Apps Are Now First on the Menu
One Friday this July, I got excited about McDonald’s. So excited that I stopped at one before work in the morning and left with French fries and a coffee. Fries for breakfast. McDonald’s had just announced that it would be giving out free medium fries …
App Roundup: Four AI Chatbots, from Good to Possibly Evil
Investment in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is white-hot now, with major cloud tech companies like Apple, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into the market. Many of us have already personally met or welcomed AI-based personal assistants like Siri, Alexa, Google …
