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Instagram on Friday announced an update to DMs, its direct messages inbox, which will improve the experience for those who receive a lot of inbound messages, like creators and influencers. Now, the app is introducing tools that will allow users to sort and filter their “message requests”

WhatsApp is making it easier to organize the many messages filling up your inbox. The messaging app announced Thursday that it's adding the ability to filter chats into customizable categories. This will help you keep track of conversations with family members, work colleagues, college friends,

AI video platform D-ID announced today that it is releasing two new types of avatars — Express and Premium+ — for content creation. Companies are chasing the golden goose of creating AI avatars that are more humanlike and can potentially offload video creation for enterprise use cases in areas

WordPress co-founder and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg, speaking on stage at technewss Disrupt 2024 on Wednesday, said he’s not worried that the recent legal drama between his company, Automattic, and WordPress host WP Engine may lead to a fork of the open source WordPress software. In fact,

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg says the company is “very short-staffed” amid WordPress’s ongoing drama with WP Engine, which hosts websites built on WordPress. The WordPress co-founder took the stage at technewss Disrupt 2024 on Wednesday. The saga began when Mullenweg called WP

Meesho has become India’s first horizontal e-commerce firm to generate positive cash flow, marking a significant shift in a market where profitability has long remained elusive even as new competitive threats emerge. The SoftBank and Prosus-backed startup, which serves customers in smaller I

Buzzy calendar apps tend to make a big splash and disappear after a while. Sometimes they get acquired, sometimes the company pivots to something else. That's not the case with Fantastical, a popular calendar app for macOS, iOS, and other Apple platforms. Originally launched as a Mac app in 201

It was a sad day when Nintendo announced that its free mobile game Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp would soon shut down. The app is ending its service on November 28; however, it's also getting a revival. This time, though, it'll be a paid game. On December 3, Nintendo is launching a paid ver

Similar to how Mastodon offers an open source, distributed version of X, the fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor. This week, an app called Loops began accepting signups on its new platform for sharing short, looping videos. Still in the early stages, Loops is not yet open sourced, nor ha

Alongside the Apple Intelligence-powered iOS 18 updates for consumers and developers, Apple is rolling out a sizable refresh to its app testing platform for developers, TestFlight. Developers will have more control over who can join their beta and how an app’s new features are shared with tes

Apple released iOS 18.2 as a developer beta users earlier this week. While there was a bunch of AI goodie shipped with this version — including Gemmoji, Image Playground, and ChatGPT integration — the company also shipped a new default menu to change your default apps. And it’s not just l

A new app called Screenable will help parents introduce their children to technology by turning an iPhone or iPad into a starter phone. The app is designed to grow over time with a child, as it offers different modes for kids of different ages.  For starters, the app's “Dumb Phone” mo

Google is revamping Google Calendar’s web interface in line with its Material Design 3 guidelines, and adding support for dark mode. The update applies to controls like buttons, dialogs and sidebars that are more “modern and accessible,” the company said. Screenshots on the Googl

Brands often rely on scraping the web and monitoring social media to understand what customers are saying about them and get insights for product development. Cafeteria connects teens with brands they are interested in so they can provide feedback about strategy and product development. The startu