Cino cracks bill-splitting at the moment of payment, raises seed round

While Venmo or Splitwise are effectively ‘debt collector’ tools, which require one person to pay a…

Google Play update makes it easier to find Android apps with widgets

Google announced Monday a series of changes to its widgets system on Android that will make…

In challenge to YouTube, TikTok revamps its desktop platform

In a bid to take on YouTube, TikTok is revamping its desktop platform with the addition…

These alternatives to popular apps can help reclaim your online life from billionaires and surveillance

There is immense power in being in control of your own data. As ownership and governance…

Sweden’s Lovable, an app-building AI platform, rakes in $15M after spectacular growth

Using generative AI to create software has been possibly the largest use case since it first…

Quora’s Poe now lets users create and share custom AI-powered apps

Poe, Quora’s platform that brings together a number of AI models under one roof, has launched…

Opera integrates Bluesky, Slack, and Discord into its browser

Bluesky is getting added to the Opera web browser. On Tuesday, the Norway-based software maker announced…

Automattic-owned Beeper is releasing redesigned desktop and iOS apps

WordPress.com owner Automattic last year acquired the multi-service messaging app Beeper for $125 million and said…

TikTok (with Douyin) becomes first app to reach $6B in annual consumer spending

TikTok, including its Chinese counterpart Douyin, in 2024 became the first non-game app to reach $6…

Apple exec Phil Schiller testifies that he raised concerns over App Store commissions on web-based sales

Apple Fellow Phil Schiller, the executive in charge of leading the App Store, testified in court…

Apple takes on recipe apps with Apple News+ Food

Recipe app developers just got new competition. On Friday, Apple introduced a soon-to-launch feature for Apple…

Stalkerware apps Cocospy and Spyic are exposing phone data of millions of people

A security vulnerability in a pair of phone-monitoring apps is exposing the personal data of millions…

Hacked, leaked, exposed: Why you should never use stalkerware apps

There is a whole shady industry for people who want to monitor and spy on their…

Google pulls Gemini from main search app on iOS

Google is pulling its AI assistant Gemini from the main Google app for iOS devices. The…

Bumble sunsets acquired apps, Fruitz and Official, to cut costs

Bumble is discontinuing its two acquired apps, the dating and relationship apps Fruitz and Official. The…

Guidde taps AI to help create software training videos

Creating corporate training videos for software is a time-consuming ordeal, especially if you’re an organization with…

Apple purges apps without contact info from EU app store, as DSA deadline hits

A change requiring app developers to disclose their address, phone number, and email information to consumers…

Apple’s TV app, TV+ streaming service, and MLS Season Pass launches on Android

Apple on Wednesday announced that its Apple TV app, including its Apple TV+ streaming service and…

Apple and Google take down malicious mobile apps from their app stores

Apple and Google have pulled as many as 20 apps from their respective app stores after…

TikTok wants Android users to sideload its app

With TikTok’s fate in the U.S. uncertain — its ban in the country has been paused,…

Perplexity’s Super Bowl ‘tweet’ increased app installs by 50%

Perplexity’s Super Bowl contest managed to move the needle on its app’s downloads. Unlike OpenAI and…

These apps are building Instagram alternatives on open protocols

Consumer demand for alternatives to Big Tech’s social apps is heating up. Alternative social networks like…