Apps

Telegram is warned app ‘nurtures subculture deifying terrorists’

Hope not Hate urges messaging app to act on privacy policy that ‘facilitates’ murderous content

Ben Quinn

14, Oct, 2021 @2:21 PM

NHS England Covid app outage shows problems of single centralised system

Analysis: app falling offline caused frustrated users to be turned away from flights and venues

Jim Waterson

13, Oct, 2021 @6:46 PM

Snapchat outage leaves users unable to send or receive messages

Difficulty accessing app comes at bad time for platform in fight against TikTok

Ben Quinn

13, Oct, 2021 @3:43 PM

BT’s 888 phone service to protect women walking home – how it works

Users will download an app that tracks their journey by GPS and sends an alert if they fail to arrive on time

Harry Taylor

09, Oct, 2021 @10:37 AM

New 888 service to protect women ‘wins Priti Patel’s support’

Home secretary reportedly praises app, proposed by BT, which would check if users had got home

Nadeem Badshah

08, Oct, 2021 @11:44 PM

Telegram says it added 70m new users during Facebook outage

Instant messaging app experiences one-day surge in signups and tops the US iPhone download chart

Pjotr Sauer in Moscow

06, Oct, 2021 @2:53 PM

Scottish Covid vaccine passport app hit by problems after launch

NHS app needed to enter nightclubs, large events and for overseas travel, but users complain it does not work

Helen Pidd

01, Oct, 2021 @8:18 AM

‘Call It’: app takes aim at sexual harassment in the film industry

Exclusive: UK producer Kate Wilson hopes it will force film executives ‘to take their head out of the sand’

Sirin Kale

30, Sep, 2021 @6:00 AM

From coal mining to soul mining on a heritage walk around St Helens

Discover the traces of Merseyside’s industrial past with a new walking app, partly made by former miners determined the past should not be forgotten

Chris Moss

28, Sep, 2021 @5:30 AM

Undisclosed private companies analysing facial data from NHS app

Fresh privacy concerns raised after NHS refuses to reveal firms used for ID verification process

Rob Davies

24, Sep, 2021 @5:00 AM

Apple bans Fortnite from App Store indefinitely as legal battle continues

Epic CEO condemns ‘extraordinary anticompetitive move by Apple’ in case that could take years

Guardian staff and agencies

22, Sep, 2021 @8:50 PM

NHS app storing facial verification data via contract with firm linked to Tory donors

Exclusive: campaigners raise privacy concerns over government deal with iProov in England