Apps

After much back-and-forth earlier this year, Spotify on Wednesday said it’s received approval from Apple to display pricing information in its iOS app for users in the EU. The company is not opting into Apple’s new business rules under the EU’s Digital Markets Act but rather is ta

Alongside the launch of new Pixel devices, the Pixel phone lineup is getting its own new weather app, powered by AI. Introduced Tuesday at the Made by Google 2024 event, the tech giant briefly showed off the app, which offers a custom AI weather report created by Gemini Nano — Google’s AI m

After launching photo and text stories last year, Twitch is now introducing video stories. Streamers can now film 60-second videos in the Twitch mobile app or upload a video from their camera roll. Twitch sees the new feature as a way for streamers to take viewers with them when they’re on

Music streaming service SoundCloud has launched a merch marketplace called SoundCloud Store. The store will sell SoundCloud-themed items, but will also act as a service for artists to put out their own designs. The first edition of the store features designs from Wiz Khalifa, Denzel Curry, wolface

Opera is releasing its redesigned Opera One browser on iOS as a stable release after testing it in the beta phase for weeks. The new browser has a bottom placed search bar for easy browsing, quick search suggestions while typing, and Aria AI assistant integration. While the placed search bar will

TikTok looks to be taking on popular messaging services like Meta’s WhatsApp and Apple’s Messages, as the company announced on Monday that it’s adding group chats to its platform. You can now create group chats with up to 32 people to chat and share content together. While peopl

Apple has threatened to remove creator platform Patreon from the App Store if creators use unsupported third-party billing options or disable transactions on iOS, instead of using Apple’s own in-app purchasing system for Patreon’s subscriptions. In a blog post and email to Patreon creat

Turkey appears to have restored access to Meta-owned Instagram, after blocking the app on August 2.  Abdulkadir Uraloglu, the country's minister of transport and infrastructure, posted today that the ban would be lifted at 9:30 p.m. Turkish time.  Cybersecurity monitor NetBl

Tragedy has again struck a famous Silicon Valley family. Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki just passed away, according to social media posts by her husband, Dennis Troper, and by Google CEO Sundar Pichai. She was 56. Wrote Troper on Facebook earlier Friday night, “It is with profound sadness

Over on Threads, the talk of an X “exodus” is blowing up. Anecdotally, at least, people report seeing an influx of new users and other online friends leaving Elon Musk’s X to join Meta’s Threads, with some even deactivating their X account in the process. But while usersR

Substack is opening up to more users with its recent announcement that anyone can now publish content on its platform without setting up a publication. With the change, Substack is likely looking to attract more types of writers and content creators, not just people who are interested in creating r

YouTube routinely experiments with new features on its Premium tier, and its latest test involves a sleep timer that pauses the video after, well, a set period of time. It’s not an earth-shattering feature, but it’s still bound to be handy for people who like to go to sleep with long po

Count Spotify and Epic Games among the Apple critics who are not happy with the iPhone maker’s newly revised compliance plan for the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA). Shortly after Apple announced the updated version on Thursday, including loosened restrictions along with the ad

Thursday seeks to shake up conventional online dating in a crowded market. The app, which recently expanded to San Francisco, fosters intentional dating by restricting user access to Thursdays. At midnight, all matches disappear. The idea is that by restricting usage to one day a week, potenti