Social Media
Twitter adds GIF search feature
Hannah Francis You're about to get many more distracting GIFs in your Twitter feed.
Apps
Taylor Swift follows Kim Kardashian in getting own mobile game
Grammy-award winning pop star Taylor Swift is making her first foray into the world of mobile gaming by partnering with Glu Mobile to develop a new game, the company has said.
Apps
Nintendo details first ever mobile offering, launching in March
Nintendo's first app made exclusively for mobile devices will launch on Android and iOS in March, and is the first of five apps the company will launch between now and the end of March 2017.
Apps
Every app that Apple has tried to kill
Darren Orf Apps die — often. It's all part of the technological circle of life where alpha predators in multi-billion dollar dens feast on more vulnerable, less cash-infused prey. And one company that has always had an insatiable T. Rex-level hunger is Apple.
Apps
Deleting Facebook app could speed up your phone
Tim Biggs Following claims late last year that the iOS Facebook app was draining iPhone batteries, a new flood of similar reports is circling the web, this time concerning Android phones.
Google finally learns to talk like an Aussie
Sydney Pead Slang words like 'arvo', 'footy' and 'Maccas' have been added to the search engine and Google Maps vocabulary.
Games
Donald Rumsfeld launches 'Churchill Solitaire' iPhone app
Sophie Jamieson The only way to win at Churchill's Solitaire? Never, never, never give in.
I left Facebook because it made me lonely
Nat Duncan It wasn't until I decided to "leave" Facebook, to deactivate my account, that I realised just how insidious and sect-like this social media phenomenon is.
Apps
Apple's new Music Memos app gives you your own back-up band
Jefferson Graham If you love to fool around with musical instruments, Music Memos is one of the cooler offerings from the Apple toolbox, and should keep you busy for hours.
Apps
WhatsApp, the smartphone messaging app, to make its service free
Mark Scott Popular internet messaging app will sell advertisers access to its customers for revenue.
Apps
Facebook Messenger: tips and tricks
Messenger has been downloaded more than one billion times on Android and is the second most popular iOS app of all time, behind Facebook. Here's some tips to make the most of it.
Tech
Don't do a Dutton: how to avoid SMS and email misfires
Tim Biggs Emails and text messages go off half-cocked all the time, but there are ways to make sure it doesn't happen to you.
Smartphone email notifications 'a toxic source of stress', psychologists say
Lucy Clarke-Billings The secret to happiness is to turn off notifications from your smartphone email app, according to a new study.
Meet Canberra's Uber-savvy pensioners
Clare Sibthorpe Figures show 'tech-savy' is no longer a generational term.
How much will an Uber cost you on New Year's Eve in Canberra?
Katie Burgess Despite being much cheaper than taxis, there could be one advantage to ditching your Uber this New Year's Eve.
Apps
Best iPhone app of 2015, according to Apple
Jefferson Graham 'This game-changer made sharing and watching live videos an instant obsession,' said Apple in offering the nod.
Apps
Popular email client Mailbox to close
Jessica Guynn Facing growing competitive pressures, Dropbox has dumped two of its flagship products, including smart email pioneer Mailbox.
Apps
Apple Maps, once a laughing stock, now dominates iPhones
Three years after launching and being subsequently panned, Apple Maps is now the preferred location app on the company's phones.
MasterCard open to all payments newcomers
Shaun Drummond MasterCard co-head of Asia Pacific Ling Hai says the company wants to accommodate all the new players in payments, including Apple and Google, apparently confirming a split with Visa, which looks to be siding with the banks in their fight with Apple.
Streaming
Pandora to buy remains of Rdio to fuel expansion
Anthony Palazzo Streaming radio app Rdio is no more, but its streaming tech and some of its assets will live on.
