Here are our top picks of the best free book and comic apps and websites on the Internet! If you’re sick of hitting a paywall every time you get to the best part of a novel–trust us, we are too. That’s why we made it our personal mission to find …
Read More »Onna raises $27 million to integrate knowledge across workplace apps
Onna, a platform that helps companies integrate knowledge and derive insights from workplace apps, has raised $ 27 million in a series B round of funding led by Atomico. The raise comes as cloud-based services and apps have surged these past few months due to the rapid acceleration in remote …
Read More »Coronavirus contact tracing apps face consistency challenges
The promise of contact-tracing apps is that — anonymously and with high privacy and security — they’ll track everyone we’ve been in contact with and alert us if we’ve been close to someone who’s tested positive for COVID-19. But as these apps begin to emerge, some weaknesses are becoming apparent. …
Read More »China’s Virus Apps May Outlast the Outbreak, Stirring Privacy Fears
At the height of China’s coronavirus outbreak, officials made quick use of the fancy tracking devices in everybody’s pockets — their smartphones — to identify and isolate people who might be spreading the illness. Months later, China’s official statistics suggest that the worst of the epidemic has passed there, but …
Read More »The 7 Best Investment Apps for Beginners
Photo by Dragon Images / Shutterstock.com Investing can be intimidating in the best of times, and this isn’t the best of times. Of course, you’ve probably heard that the best time to buy is when everybody else is selling. But maybe you’re not sure what to do with that information …
Read More »5 Apps to Make Life Easier While Sheltering in Place
Photo by fizkes / Shutterstock.com “Sheltering in place” wasn’t even in our vocabulary a few months ago. Now, it’s a daily reality. How, especially if you are not a tech whiz, can you know which of the many apps will help most when you are stuck at home? We winnowed …
Read More »Google makes Play Protect mandatory in Advanced Protection program, blocks non Google Play apps
Google has announced a handful of Android-related security features today as the company looks to plug any critical gaps in its operating system, which is used by billions of smartphone users around the world. More specifically, the internet giant is looking to better safeguard the Google Accounts most “at risk” …
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