IOS

Snapchat lets you record and share videos. These videos are only 10 seconds long though so you have to keep them short. The videos can be posted to your story or you can share them with a friend, or a group on Snapchat. Ten seconds isn’t very long and Snapchat …

The Steam Link app is now available for Android. It’s still in Beta but it’s there and it works well enough. The iOS app isn’t out just yet but it shouldn’t be too long and it will likely work the same way as the Android app does. Here’s how to …

Shake is a gesture on iOS. If you type text in any text input field e.g., the Messages app, and shake your iPhone, it will ‘undo’ what you’ve typed. iOS doesn’t restrict how gestures can be used within apps which is why some apps can, and do, use a gesture …

Snapcaht content is meant to expire. You can always take a screenshot. Snapchat doesn’t block screenshots but they don’t tend to capture videos which are just as popular as images. The easiest way to save a Snapchat story, regardless if they’re images or videos, is to record your screen. The …

Whatsapp lets you search your message threads. You can search all threads at once, or you can search a particular thread. In-thread search is useful for obvious reasons; it’s an easier way to recall a part of a conversation. For example, if you settled on a day or time to …

Twitter has a dark theme that you can enable on its smartphone apps and on the web version. This dark theme is called night mode and is meant to make using Twitter at night easier on the eyes. Night mode, in fact most dark themes, don’t use black. Instead, they …

WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps in the niche. Its second only to Facebook Messenger. They’re both owned by Facebook so whatever way you look at it, Facebook owns the two most popular messaging apps available today. Unlike Messenger, WhatsApp works with your phone number and it’s …

Microsoft Edge, the preview version, is now available for iOS and Android. According to Microsoft, people wanted Edge on iOS and Android. The apps aren’t available on the respective app stores just yet. They’re still in beta but it’s a public beta. If you’re interested in checking out the app, …

A lot is lost in text conversations. A text you send or receive might make it seem as though the sender is angry, impatient, being sarcastic, or just plain rude. That tends to happen when your mode of communication is as dry as email. With texting or chat apps, things …

Social media is generally regarded as a way to share something, anything, with lots of people. Every social media platform has its own way of sharing but what they all have in common is that you build your audience via friends or followers. Instagram is no different; you build your …