Facebook Messenger Kids lets children chat with pre-approved contacts in total safety

Facebook has a new children-friendly instant messaging app available as a preview on US iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches, aptly named Messenger Kids.

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Netflix adds compatibility with Android’s Picture-in-Picture feature… for 8.1 Oreo only

In theory, Netflix now supports Android Oreo's Picture-in-Picture functionality for enhanced mobile multitasking. In practice, you can't use it yet.

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Drooling over that iPhone X notch? These two apps let you easily add it to any Android device

Why would anyone want to voluntarily give up precious screen real estate on their Android devices? To spoof the iPhone X, of course.

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Microsoft’s free Face Swap Android app sounds fun, practical and fairly ‘sophisticated’

You should reserve judgment until downloading it (for free) and taking it for a spin, but Microsoft's Face Swap Android app looks interesting on paper.

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Samsung’s free new SoundAssistant app comes with personalized audio settings for Galaxy phones

While not exactly a big leap forward for the Galaxy S8's audio experience, Samsung SoundAssistant seems like it can be quite helpful at times.

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Instagram app tailor-made for Windows 10 tablets beats iPad version to the punch

The world’s most popular photo-sharing service exited beta stage in a Windows 10 Mobile-specific incarnation back when there was still hope for Microsoft’s pocket-friendly platform, and now, it finally spreads its wings to tablets that don’t run Android.Not all of them, though, as iPad users remain restricted to an age-old Instagram app designed with iPhones in mind. This is a rare victory for Win 10 slates ...

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Shazam Lite is even lighter than Facebook Messenger Lite, at ‘less than’ 1MB

While smartphones go Pro, Plus or XL, some of the world’s most popular Android apps appear to be following the exact opposite trend, trimming down their features, bells and whistles to occupy less space and work as smoothly as possible on older gear and/or slower data connections.Hot on the heels of Facebook’s 10MB Messenger Lite release, Shazam goes from its standard 27MB or so size to a “highly optimized” sub-1 megabyte music recognition package.The aptly titled Shazam Lite is already available (for free, ...

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