Why people’s phones are stuffed with apps is a question that can keep app marketers up at night. Some say it’s due to a psychological need for saving energy—apps help us accomplish more with less time and effort. Others attribute the success of apps to our constantly-connected lifestyle, which apps…
That a visually stunning app won’t be a hit if it can’t provide a stellar user experience (UX) is old news. It’s the whole reason UX design appeared on the tech map in the first place. What’s relatively new, though, is UX localization—the art of catering UX across borders. Giving…
Food delivery? There’s an app for that. Online banking? There’s an app for that, too. You get the idea: From entertainment and education to transportation and business—if there’s a task you want to complete or information you need, it can most likely be found on your smartphone. With 230 billion…
Over 500,000 Android users have installed an app from the Google Play Store containing the Joker malware. Cybersecurity experts from Pradeo discovered the malware in the ‘Color Message’ app, which prompted Google to remove it from its app marketplace. Before being taken down, the app had been downloaded and installed…
We’re not sure how Google is filtering the apps coming in on the Google Play Store as suspicious developers still manage to put their apps in. This is why the company is always conducting clean-ups of apps that are not safe for their users. However, unsafe apps can still reach…
A lot of people often put off their studies because of the perceived cost. But thanks to the Internet, learning a new skill that gives you a competitive edge in your career is no longer tied to universities and colleges with expensive fees. Here are some websites offering online courses…
The Joker malware has returned. Apparently, the Joker malware will not only collect the data of Android users but also steal money and more — and it’s been found recently on eight applications that are currently on the Google Play Store. Quick Heal Security has spotted the apps below. They…
What are the core requirements for a successful translation career? Undoubtedly, command of the source and the target language. Furthermore, good style and familiarity with both the culture of the language you translate from as well as the pitfalls of our own culture. Nevertheless, translation isn’t just about rendering the…
Runescape, which claims to be the most popular free-to-play MMORPG, has launched on mobile devices. This new RuneScape for Android and iOS isn’t some spinoff or a separate take from the desktop version that developer Jagex has been regularly working on since 2001. In fact, this mobile version features cross-play…
Don’t trust apps just because they look appear to be brands you’re quite familiar with, because they just might be counterfeit apps. Case in point: British security software Sophos has recently discovered as many as 167 iOS and Android fraudulent apps that pose as legitimate apps for trading and cryptocurrency.…