With more companies telling employees to work from home because of the coronavirus, MailOnline has taken a look at some of the best and worst AR apps to smarten you up during a video call.

Apple is rejecting apps related to coronavirus not developed by health officials and Google has blocked searches for the virus in Google Play to stop the spread of misinformation.

An analytics firm that owns at least 20 apps on the App Store and Google Play Store has been harvesting millions of people's data, according to media reports.

Verily, Google's sister company, which was helping Americans living in the San Francisco Bay Area book appointments to get tested for coronavirus reached capacity one day after launching.

According to release notes discovered in Android 11, the mobile operating system is working on a feature calls 'Fast-Share' that allows users to share files instantly if they're within proximity.

A new map pulls data from European Space Agency satellite to show how nitrogen dioxide levels have dropped since many states have enforced lockdowns to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

The Australian Government has launched a coronavirus app to provide up-to-date information about the pandemic.

Tech giants are sending millions of N95 masks to healthcare workers in the US to help with the shortage, but the donations are raising questions to why these firms have a stockpile.

Families in the UK enduring the lockdown are using an augmented reality feature from Google to bring an array of exotic beasts to life in their homes.

Weather predicting app Dark Sky has been bought for Apple, which is killing off the Android version of the app. Dark Sky gives 'hyperlocal' global weather forecasts as well as interactive maps.

According to 9to5Google, when users open up their Maps app they will now see shortcuts on the home screen that help them find restaurants that are relevant from a delivery standpoint.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the 'contract tracing' software would allow people who become unwell to warn those they had been in touch with 'over the past few days'  so they can 'act accordingly'.

A draft document from last month considered whether the app should include the ability to reveal a person's identity 'if ministers judge that to be proportionate at some stage'.

The donations from Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Google.org are going to GiveDirectly, a charity which provides cash to needy families in the San Francisco Bay area.

The site is piled high with household items with hundreds of car tyres, piles of clothes, suitcases and doors scattered across the disused road off the M4 in Newport, south Wales.

France's Les Echos also reports that Breton also pressed Apple to guarantee that the technology would be built with privacy in mind as well as being voluntary and transparent.

The app, due to be rolled out next week, will record the Bluetooth connections a phone makes with others to identify someone's contacts if they catch the virus.

The decision to disable tech supporting contact tracing apps designed to monitor the spread of COVID-19 be made on a geographic basis according to representatives.

Professor Christophe Fraser, from Oxford University's Big Data Institute, said 60 per cent of the UK population - or 40 million - would need to download the app.

According to a recent survey, three out of five Americans are either unable or unwilling to use contact tracing technology that uses a phone's Bluetooth signal to track the spread of COVID-19.

NHS digital innovation arm NHSX has asked the London office of Swiss firm Zuhlke Engineering to develop and support the new coronavirus app which is on trial on the Isle of Wight.

Residents on the Isle of Wight today claim they are unable to use the new NHS contact tracing app on phones which are more than two years old.

Developers from Google and Apple have been brought into the fold to provide technology that will overcome incompatibility issues with some mobiles reported on the Isle of Wight.

Looking for the best iPad deals this Christmas? You won't want to miss out on Amazon's current offer. The retail giant has slashed up to 20% off the Apple device. Here are the best iPad deals.

Details of the new models were revealed in a private note to investors by analyst Jun Zhang of international brokers Rosenblatt Securities, leaked to Apple Insider.

Apple's iPad took the number one spot, followed by Tesla Model S and Raspberry Pi ranked as the second and third of the decades top 10 most 'important and influential gadgets'.

The silver iPhone XS Max 64GB is currently an Amazon Lightning Deal. Shoppers are snapping it up fast, so you'll need to be quick if you want to take advantage of this unmissable deal.

Yousef Selassie was arrested in California for stealing the identities of at least 75 people in the scam based from his New York apartment and targeted people in lucrative industries.

Today, Apple officially opened a hacking program that will pay people who discover bugs and security holes in the company's full range of devices, with the top prize offered being $1million.

Where better to test the iPhone 11 Pro than in Murmansk in December, when the sun never rises? That was the thinking behind Kiwi photographer Amos Chapple's odyssey to the Russian city.

Among the major changes, according to LetsGoDigital, would be getting rid of Apple's current face recognition software, Face ID and replacing it with in-display fingerprint technology.

It is unclear whether a recent update to the iPhone operating system may have caused the connectivity issues for users of the UK-based mobile network provider.

Hundreds of women are using social media to demand cash for drinks and food through the Wetherspoon app. Dominatrixes are using the app to get subservient men to pay their bills.

Speaking at a panel at CES in Las Vegas, Jane Horvath from Apple said the company uses specialist software to automatically screen iPhone images backed up to iCloud.

The sales totals come as the Cupertino, Califorina,-based tech giant has shifted its focus more toward services, including Apple Music, as sales for its iconic Iphone have slowed.

Leaked images of the supposed iPhone SE 2 or 'iPhone 9' show a device with a 4.7-inch display just the iPhone 8, which Apple released nearly two-and-a-half years ago.

Apple will replace cases with built-in chargers for its XS, XS Max, and XR models after issues prevented them from charging the case and sometimes the devices they were attached to.

Analyst Ming Chi-Kuo, who has often forecast major moves by Apple, says that despite prior reports, the tech giant will make its iPhone 12 line compatible with 'true' and hyper fast mmWave 5G.

If the EU Government in Brussels forced iPhones sold in Europe to have a new charging platform, the change would likely be rolled out worldwide by Apple to avoid manufacturing two cables.

The low-cost iPhone SE 2 is expected to revive Apple's TouchID fingerprint sensor, which was abandoned after the iPhone 8.

Apple makes more per employee and has the highest profits in a new trillion dollar club breakdown, leading with $59.5, besting Google parent Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon.

Salma Akbar, 29, was subjected to controlling and violent behaviour by company director Shabaz Khan (pictured), 30, over their five-year relationship.

With cases being reported in Henan, where the Zhengzhou Foxconn factory is based, the government may close factories to prevent contamination.

The app, called 'DoubleTake' is tailored to Apples triple-camera system in the iPhone 11 and allows users to record and switch between two simultaneous devices through a single interface.

Apple could be releasing five iPhones this year, including four iPhone 12 models - standard, Pro, Pro Max and a new 'Mini' model with a 5.4-inch screen, as well as the rumoured iPhone SE 2.

The predictions come from Taiwan's well-known Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who also forecasts the release of new iPad models and a small wireless charging mat.

Apple may be working on a new foldable version of the iPhone, according to a patent filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office this week, showing off a proprietary new hinge to protect the screen.

Cybersecurity expert Gal Weizman unearthed a weakness in WhatsApp for desktop computers that exposes the private files of users. WhatsApp fixed the vulnerability globally in December.

It has been described as a 'playground of sound for young listeners' and Spotify says it has been developed with safety and privacy as the main priority.

The mobile wallet currently accounts for about 5 per cent of all global card transactions, according to research by market analysts Bernstein.