Mobile apps

Sick of constant pings? These apps let you send messages at the speed of carrier pigeon

Apps like Carrier Pidge and Roost have connected with users who are tired of the daily digital grind.

Can home-grown calorie-tracking apps help you lose weight while eating hawker food?

HawkerSense is among the home-grown apps that focus on Singapore dishes and hawker fare that international food trackers are less familiar with.

How a 47-year-old lost weight with a calorie-tracking app without giving up hawker food

LeanerTogether founder Tan Chin Hock with his favourite nasi lemak at AR-Rina Nasi Padang in Bukit Batok.

Disney and TikTok strike short-form video-sharing deal

TikTok will offer creators access to assets from hundreds of Disney films and series.

Why are people ordering food and fashion deliveries that never arrive?

Getting a dopamine hit is the reward behind the popularity of a different sort of online shopping: ‘buying’ without getting what you ordered.

China’s Newborn Town targets global viewers with AI-made short dramas

Though based in the mainland, almost all of Newborn Town’s businesses are entirely outside of China.

I keep bracing myself for friction when travelling in China. It never comes

China’s app-based life, arguably the most advanced in the world, has made the country nearly frictionless for non-Chinese speakers, says the writer.

WhatsApp locks down usernames of S’pore politicians in latest privacy feature roll-out

The new feature will be rolled out later in 2026, although users can already reserve usernames.

South Korea launches app to give stalking victims real-time access to suspects’ location

The system allows victims to see a suspected stalker’s current location and direction of movement.

Mark Zuckerberg directed Meta to create a prediction markets app, NYT reports

Meta's app will probably rely on a video game-like points system instead of users wagering money.

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