Apps
The app economy continues to grow, having produced a record number of downloads and consumer spending across both the iOS and Google Play stores. Keep up with this fast-moving industry in one place, with the latest from the world of apps, including news, updates, startup fundings, mergers and acquisitions, and much more.
Opera’s browser adds AI-powered image generation and better multimedia controls
Opera said today it is releasing Opera One’s second version in developer beta with features such as new multimedia controls, split tabs, and new AI capabilities. The company is introducing…
Apple has finally added support for Rich Communication Services (RCS) to its Messages app.
You can now more easily use ChatGPT on your Mac computer. OpenAI’s popular AI chatbot is available to all macOS users, the company announced on Tuesday. The app was first…
Reddit’s upcoming changes attempt to safeguard the platform against AI crawlers
Reddit says the update shouldn’t affect the majority of users or good faith actors, like researchers and organizations, such as the Internet Archive.
Threads users can now share to the open social web, aka the fediverse
Instagram’s Twitter/X rival Threads is furthering its expansion into the fediverse — the interconnected social network that includes apps like Mastodon, PeerTube and others running the ActivityPub protocol. On Tuesday,…
Firefox now lets you choose your preferred AI chatbot in its Nightly builds
As browsers continue to add AI features into their products, Mozilla is looking to give users some choice in the matter. The company announced on Tuesday that it’s launching an…
Inspired by Gen Z, Pinterest users can now turn boards into videos for sharing on Instagram and TikTok
The new addition was inspired by the video-sharing activity that was already taking place on apps like TikTok.
Popular productivity tool Notion has long allowed its users to make any of their pages public. Now, the company is expanding on this with the launch of Notion Sites, which…
Patreon, the paid membership platform for creators, announced Tuesday the release of new features designed to help creators monetize their non-paying followers and tap into new revenue streams. This includes…
Google brings its Gemini AI to Gmail to help you write and summarize emails
Google is rolling out a new Gemini AI side panel in Gmail that can help you write emails and summarize email threads. The company is also adding the Gemini side…
iPhone Mirroring, one of the more notable features arriving in Apple’s upcoming operating systems, is now available to developers testing the beta versions of iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia. The…
Smashing, from Goodreads’ co-founder, curates the best of the web using AI and human recommendations
Smashing is an AI and community-powered content recommendation app, now launching into an invite-only beta.
Gen Z photos app Swipewipe sells to French publisher MWM in its largest acquisition to date
The acquisition allows Swipewipe’s founder to take some money off the table while also continuing to benefit financially from his work via an ongoing revenue-sharing agreement with MWM.
EU accuses Microsoft of competition breach over Teams bundling
The European Union accused Microsoft of breaching competition rules Tuesday. In a formal statement of objections, the bloc said it suspects the software giant of abusing antitrust rules by bundling…
Yelp updates app with AI-powered alt text for images and new accessibility identifiers for businesses
Yelp is rolling out an app update to include more accessibility identifiers for businesses, improved screen-reader experiences, and AI-powered alt text for images. The company said that from 2020 to…
Snapchat introduces new safety features to limit bad actors from contacting users
Snapchat on Tuesday announced a new suite of safety features, including updates to its account blocking functionality and enhanced friending safeguards, making it difficult for strangers to contact users on…
A few months after opening a non-compliance case on Apple and the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Commission has shared its preliminary findings with Apple. And the bottom line…
Mixhalo’s latest feature uses AI to beam real-time translation to phones at events
Mixhalo Translate couples the startup’s ultra-low latency in-person streaming with AI-generated audio translations.
After a few months of testing during the general elections, Meta is making its Llama 3-powered AI chatbot available to all users in India. However, Meta AI currently only supports…
The EU Digital Identity Wallet: Everything you need to know about the EU’s plans for a universal digital identity system
If all goes to plan, Europeans will be able to download and use a free EU Digital Identity Wallet to access a wide range of public and private services.
As Apple enters the AI race, it’s also looking for help from partners. During the announcement of Apple Intelligence earlier this month, Apple said it would be partnering with OpenAI…
Dot is a new AI companion and chatbot that thrives on getting to know your innermost thoughts and feelings.
Feel Therapeutics has a pretty original deck, with some twists we rarely see; the company did a great job telling the overall story.
Style DNA gets a generative AI chatbot that suggests outfit ideas based on your color type
Style DNA, an AI-powered fashion stylist app, creates a personalized style profile from a single selfie. The app is particularly useful for people interested in seasonal color analysis, a process…
Spotify is introducing a new “Basic” streaming plan in the United States, the company announced on Friday. The new plan costs $10.99 per month and includes all of the benefits…
Photographers say the social media giant is applying a ‘Made with AI’ label to photos they took, causing confusion for users.
Google pauses its experiment to expand real-money games on the Play Store
Google said today that it globally paused its experiment that aimed to allow new kinds of real-money games on the Play Store, citing the challenges that come with the lack…
Google is making your movie and TV reviews visible under a new profile page
Google is making reviews of all your movies, TV shows, books, albums and games visible under one profile page starting June 24, according to an email sent to users last…
Speak, the AI-powered language learning app, has raised new money from investors at double its previous valuation.
Apple has released Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 and Final Cut Camera, the company announced on Thursday. Both apps were previously announced during the company’s iPad event in May.…
