The Local Germany

These are the essential smartphone apps for living in Germany

Fri, 29 Nov 2019 09:41:59 +0100

We asked our readers which one app they find indispensable for life in Germany. Here are the top 10.

Tell us: What are the essential smartphone apps you need in Germany?

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 18:15:46 +0200

From learning German to getting around town, we want to hear which apps you recommend. We'll use your answers in an article.

Police raid premises of popular Berlin dating app

Wed, 08 Jun 2016 17:02:47 +0200

Two brothers who run the dating app Lovoo were arrested in Dresden on Wednesday while company offices were also searched.

Dating app 'tricks users with fake profiles'

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 17:55:20 +0200

The Dresden-based online dating service Lovoo tricks users by creating fake female profiles to tempt men into giving the company more money, a technology magazine has claimed.

Microsoft pockets Berlin startup for $100 million

Wed, 03 Jun 2015 10:41:29 +0200

Microsoft on Tuesday said that it has bought 6Wunderkinder GmbH, a Berlin-based startup behind the Wunderlist to-do list app.

Netto pioneers mobile phone payments

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:17:00 +0200

Customers at German discount supermarket Netto will soon be able to pay for their shopping with a mobile phone app, the company said on Friday. Over 4,000 branches are expected to offer the technology.

Apple pulls sexy Stern magazine iPhone app

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:42:00 +0100

Apple has summarily removed an iPhone application from German news magazine Stern due to objections over photo galleries featuring too much naked skin, Der Spiegel reported on Wednesday.