Apps

The Browser Company, the startup behind the alternative web browser Arc, announced on Thursday it’s launching its Arc Search browser on Android in open beta in a move to become a cross-platform app. Arc, already had apps in the Apple ecosystem until last year, then launched a Windows cl

Google will begin to show ads in AI Overviews, the AI-generated summaries it supplies for certain Google Search queries, and will add links to relevant web pages for some of those summaries as well. It’s also rolling out AI-organized search results pages in the U.S. this week. The increasing

AI-powered video editing app Captions is rolling out a new tool for websites that manages their content publishing schedule for videos and even generates videos for those dates based on relevant topics to the site.  The tool first scans the site to pull content, keywords, service offerings, and k

Spotify introduced a new feature on Thursday called Offline Backup. The feature for premium users is essentially a list of songs you recently listened to and that you can consume offline. It updates automatically based on your listening history. Paid users can already download songs for offline co

Immigrants face an enormous number of challenges and difficulties. In particular, without a local base of family or friends to depend on, new immigrants often find themselves in the dark about reliable information on essential services like housing, healthcare and banking. After being scammed and

As online frauds and scams continue to proliferate across India, Google has announced plans for a big change in the country as it tries to mitigate the issue: it plans to block the sideloading of certain apps, specifically those users try to download straight from the internet. The pilot — an

Competition in the email market is heating up. After Apple's iOS 18 introduced a slew of Gmail-like features to Apple's Mail app, including categorization of transactions, updates, and promotions, as well as the addition of Smart Replies (in the coming iOS 18.1 update), Google on Wednesday

Whatnot, the livestream marketplace platform for trading card collectors and sneakerheads alike, is offering a bit of positive news at a time when the overall livestream shopping industry is failing to gain traction in the U.S. The company announced on Wednesday that its annual gross merchandise v

Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced on Tuesday that users who have connected their accounts to the fediverse, also known as the open social web, can now see who follows them and likes their posts from other fediverse servers, such as Mastodon and Pixelfed.  The company said users will

Snapchat is quietly rolling out a new “Footsteps” feature to all iOS users this week, the company confirmed to technewss on Monday. The new feature, which was previously only available to Snapchat+ subscribers, uses Snap Map to let you see how much of the world you've explored and track wh

Apple's iOS 18 software update rolled out earlier this month, and it brought significant changes to the iOS Control Center, which provides convenient access to commonly used functions with a simple swipe down on the Home Screen. Now, in addition to the existing controls like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, F

Lex, a social and dating app for the LGBTQ+ community, has been acquired by 9count, a mobile app conglomerate focusing on social networks. Lex started as an Instagram page in 2017, which was inspired by vintage lesbian personal ads. The page became so popular that founder Kell Rakowski spun it int

Apps catering to the Chinese diaspora, especially urban consumers focused on food, can be big business. Now, HungryPanda, one of the trailblazing startups in that market, is announcing more funding to double down on the opportunity. The food-delivery app, founded in London and aimed at Chinese and

The notification drawer on Android can be both useful and distracting because of the sheer number of notifications that come in. You have to manage per-app notifications better through settings or set up a system to avoid missing important updates. An app called Pinnit helps you look through notifi