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airG is a social chat and dating service where you can meet new people in your area, share updates and play games.
ALIBI Witness 2.0 is a video surveillance central management system (CMS) mobile app.
Animal Jam is an online game and associated app for kids where they can learn about the natural world, chat to other players and watch educational videos.
ASKfm is a social media service based on asking and answering questions, in which posts can be anonymous.
Bing provides a variety of search services including images, videos, maps and news.
Blogger is an online publishing platform.
Bumble is a social media service used for friendship, dating and online networking that encourages women to make the first move.
Call of Duty is a franchise of several multiplayer first-person shooter games published by Activision.
Clash of Clans is an online multiplayer strategy game where you can build your own community, train your troops and attack other players.
Clash Royale is an online multiplayer card game by Supercell.
Counter-Strike is a first-person shooter video game where you form a team with other players of either terrorists or the government agents trying to stop them.
CSR Racing 2 is a multiplayer car racing game, where players compete in real time with anyone in the world, on mobile.
CurseForge is a gaming website where you can download video game modifications and add-ons for titles like World of Warcraft, MineCraft and StarCraft II
Discord is a social chat platform commonly used by online gamers that is available on computers and mobile devices, and accessible via a web browser.
Doki Doki Literature Club is a free-to-play psychological horror computer game that begins as a dating simulation about a high school boy pursuing different girls.
Dota 2 is a fantasy-style game consisting of two teams of five players.
Dubsmash is a video editing mobile app where you can produce videos or ‘dubs’ by pairing your own lip sync or dance videos with music and captions.
Episode is an interactive mobile storytelling game where you can create your own ‘show’ using animated content.
Facebook is a social media service, which lets you create a page about yourself, an organisation or group.
Facebook Messenger is a messaging app that lets you instant message, share photos, videos, audio messages and create group chats with your Facebook friends or phone contacts.
FaceTime is a video and audio calling app which comes free with all new Apple devices or can be purchased on older Apple devices.
Facey is a photo editing app where you can remove blemishes, blur wrinkles, change or add makeup, adjust skin tone, change tooth colour and alter your face shape in photos.
Feednoly is an anonymous mobile messaging app that allows you to send messages to people without revealing your identity.
FIFA Soccer (FIFA Football) is an online multiplayer sports game produced by Electronic Arts (EA) which simulates a real soccer match.
Flickr is an online content hosting platform and social network, owned by SmugMug Inc
Fortnite is a third-person shooter game where you can voice or message chat with other players.
Foursquare City Guide is a free, location-based social media app that helps you find restaurants and bars in your area
Foursquare Swarm is a free, location-based social media app that helps you keep a record of the restaurants and bars you have visited.
Friv is a website that links you to a selection of third-party browser games.
Google is an internet search engine that uses a proprietary algorithm to rank and order search results in terms of their relevance to the user and their dependability as data sources.
Grindr is a mobile dating app predominantly for gay and bisexual men, and the trans community. It uses the device’s GPS to locate other users nearby.
happn is a location-based social media app which is mostly used as a dating service
Hike Sticker Chat – HikeMoji is an encrypted messaging app where you can create your own HikeMoji character and personalised stickers messages to communicate with your contacts.
Houseparty is a social networking app which allows you to create a group video chat with up to eight people on mobile or desktop.
ICQ-Chat was one of the first online instant messaging platforms in the world.
Imgur is an online content hosting site where you can view and share content such as images, GIFs, memes, videos and reviews.
