Luxury fashion startup The Floorr empowers personal stylists with tools to grow their businesses

The Floorr launched earlier this year to shake up the digital styling experience by empowering personal shoppers and stylists to manage and expand their businesses in an increasingly competitive environment. Available on the web and iOS devices, The Floorr offers tools for conducting sales, hosting

Mark Zuckerberg says WhatsApp has 100M monthly active users in the US

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday on his channel that WhatsApp now has more than 100 million monthly active users in the U.S., a country where SMS/texts is a popular mode of communication. The announcement is the first time WhatsApp has released data about users in the U.S. The company also n

Substack writers can now draft and publish posts in iOS app

Substack is rolling out the ability for writers to draft and publish new posts directly from their phone via its iOS app, the company announced on Thursday. Until now, users have only been read content through the app. With this update, Substack is catching up with Medium and WordPress’ mobil

Google Maps adds a slew of features to entice Indian drivers, commuters and travelers

Google is adding a slew of new features to Google Maps in India as it seeks to attract more users by customizing its service to serve the country’s unique needs and serve more use cases. Notably, Maps is getting an AI model that helps drivers better navigate flyovers (overpasses) and narrow

Alternative app store AltStore PAL adds third-party iOS apps in wake of EU Apple ruling

AltStore, an alternative app store, has launched its first batch of third-party iOS apps in the European Union. The rollout comes a few months after the company launched an updated version of its app marketplace in the EU. AltStore PAL arrived as a response to the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which i

Google Play gets 'Comics' feature for manga readers in Japan

Alongside a slew of announcements for Play — such as AI-powered app comparisons and a feature that bundles similar apps — Google has introduced new “Curated Spaces,” hubs dedicated to specific topics. Announced Wednesday, “Comics” is designed to appeal to manga fans. Positioned at the

Google adds AI-powered comparisons, collections and more data controls to Play Store

Google on Wednesday launched a slew of features for its Play Store that aim to encourage users to use the app store to find and engage with content rather than simply visit it to download apps. The Play Store is getting AI-powered app comparisons, automatically organized categories for similar app

Apple’s App Store hit with antitrust probe in Spain

Apple has a fresh antitrust headache in Europe: Spain’s competition authority, the CNMC, announced the opening of an investigation into Apple’s App Store Wednesday, citing concerns the iPhone maker could be imposing unfair trading conditions on developers who use its store to distribute

Spotify CEO says company is in ‘early days’ of hi-fi audio plans

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says the streaming service is still in the “early days” of its plans to bring hi-fi support to the platform. During the company's earnings call on Tuesday, the executive offered details about an upcoming deluxe tier. Spotify announced back in 2021 that it was going to

EU to investigate Delivery Hero and Glovo over food delivery cartel concerns

The European Commission announced a formal investigation into Berlin-based food delivery giant Delivery Hero and its Spanish subsidiary, Glovo, on Tuesday, citing cartel concerns. The Commission will launch an in-depth probe into agreements between the online delivery firms to establish whether any

Grab acquires Singapore's restaurant reservation platform Chope  

Singapore's ride-hailing and food delivery company Grab is expanding its services beyond ride and food delivery by doubling down on the competitive restaurant booking industry in Southeast Asia. Grab confirmed to technewss that it acquired a Singapore-based dining reservation platform, Chope

Telegram’s user base climbs to 950M, plans to launch app store

Messaging app Telegram has reached 950 million active users, and it aims to cross the 1 billion mark this year, the company’s founder Pavel Durov said on his channel on Monday. The company is also planning to launch an app store and an in-app browser with support for web3 pages this month, D

Twitch reinstates Trump’s account ahead of the 2024 presidential election

Twitch is reinstating former president Donald Trump's account ahead of the 2024 presidential election after “indefinitely” banning it back in 2021. The Amazon-owned company told technewss on Friday that it reinstated Trump's channel because it believes “there is value in hearing fro

Communia bets social media can be good for you

Olivia DeRamus is flipping the script: What if scrolling through social media didn't make us miserable? What if, especially for women, social media could actually make us feel more supported? “It's certainly not what mainstream social platforms have been built for,” DeRamus told TechCr