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Meitu selfie app apparently collecting, transmitting user data back to Chinese source

The good news is that the Meitu app adds some cool selfie editing tools, allowing you to pretty much transform your selfie pictures into nifty anime characters. The bad news is that the app is apparently sending back as much private information as it can to a Chinese source. The MeituPic app, launched in 2013, […]

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China outpaces U.S. in iOS App Store revenue

The Chinese user base is apparently even more app-crazy than its U.S. counterpart. According to a new report out this morning from app intelligence firm App Annie, the country earned over $1.7 billion in Q3 2016, which puts it ahead of the U.S. by over 15 percent. The U.S. had been the number one iOS […]

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Facebook Messenger begins incorporating payment tools into chatbot windows, releases beta of new feature to developers

Facebook chat moved into the financial sphere today. The company’s messenger bots can now accept payments natively without sending users to an external website, Facebook’s head of Messenger David Marcus announced today onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2016. The web site uses stored credit card into to instantly make purchases that are part of the […]

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iOS Rumor Software

Rumor: Apple developing new video editing app for iOS devices, looks to target social media users

Apple is apparently developing a video sharing and editing applications that is being tested within its iOS devices. The early plans are part of a newly directed focus to integrate social networking applications within Apple’s mobile products and are a response to the success of social media-focused companies such as Facebook and Snapchat, according to […]

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iOS News Software

This by Tinrocket adds customizable pins, labels and descriptions to images

This is worth looking at, even if the name throws you off a bit in a kind of “Who’s on first?” sort of way. The This by Tinrocket app allows you to add labels, pointers, descriptions and commentary to your photos.