App
- NewsYahoo News Video
VideoMother of Lauren Smith-Fields pleads for accountability after her death: ‘They want us to disappear’
The family of Lauren Smith-Fields remains devastated a month after the 23-year-old college student was mysteriously found dead in her Bridgeport, Conn., apartment. The family claims an uncooperative and hostile police department has made their quest for accountability only more traumatizing.
- TechnologyYahoo Celebrity UK
Sir David Attenborough to front new 5G app to win public confidence
The 94-year-old broadcaster and naturalist's new show 'The Green Planet' will be accompanied by an AR app using 5G technology.
2-min read - BusinessReuters
Waymo unveils self-driving taxi service in Arizona for paying customers
Alphabet's Waymo on Wednesday launched a significant development in its costly, decade-long quest for autonomous transportation: self-driving taxis.
5-min read - NewsYahoo News UK
Record number of rough sleeper alerts sent to specialist helpline as Britain freezes
More than 3,600 alerts were sent to StreetLink between Monday and Tuesday morning - the highest total ever for a 24-hour period.
- NewsYahoo News UK
Dad invents app to stop teenage son screening his calls
A fed-up father has created a new app that forces his teenage son to text him back whenever he tries to ignore him. Nick Herbert reached the end of his tether because 13-year-old Ben kept screening his calls – so he created a mobile app that locked his son’s phone until he responds. The 45-year-old built the ReplyASAP messaging app which takes over the recipient’s phone screen and sounds an alarm – and doesn’t stop until it is answered.
- NewsYahoo News UK
Japanese woman, 81, designs iPhone app from scratch - and only saw her first computer at the age of 60
You are never too old – as one very smart Japanese OAP has proved. Masako Wakamiya, 81, has produced her own iPhone app after learning programming from scratch. The tech-savvy Wakamiya has designed an app called Hinadan, which is based on a traditional Japanese holiday involving dressed-up dolls.
- NewsAdele Ankers
Britney Spears is launching her own social media app
Move over Kim Kardashian, there’s a new queen in the social media town as Britney Spears is set to launch her very own app to connect and interact with her loyal fans. Following the release of her previous iPhone app – a Glu Mobile game titled Britney Spears: American Dream – in May, the pop princess is now keen to invite the B-Army to follow her lifestyle via an all-new platform. During a recent interview, Britney explained that the concept developed after realising that she had limited one-o