Noplace, a mashup of Twitter and MySpace for Gen Z, hits No. 1 on the App Store
Aiming to bring the “social” back to “social media,” a new app called noplace has surged to the top of the App Store as it launches out of invite-only mode…
Europe is still serious about ESG, and Apiday is helping companies comply
European regulation is turning ESG reporting from a nice-to-have to a must. This creates new tailwinds for startups such as Paris-based Apiday, whose platform targets private equity funds and blue-chip…
Twitter/X alternative Mastodon appeals to journalists with new ‘byline’ feature
Mastodon, the open source, decentralized alternative to X (formerly Twitter), is rolling out a new feature that’s meant to make the app more appealing for those who use it to…
Apple adds support for new languages across lock screen, keyboard and search on iOS 18
Apple unveiled iOS 18 last month at its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC). Since then, the company has released two developer betas in the last few weeks with extended support for…
Spotify tests emergency alerts in Sweden
Music, podcasts, audiobooks…emergency alerts? Spotify’s latest test has the streaming app venturing into new territory with a test of an emergency alerts system in its home market of Sweden. According…
Meta changes its label from ‘Made with AI’ to ‘AI info’ to indicate use of AI in photos
After Meta started tagging photos with a “Made with AI” label in May, photographers complained that the social networking company had been applying labels to real photos where they had…
TikTok’s Instagram rival, Whee, has no traction
TikTok earlier this month launched a new social app called Whee, an Instagram-like service for taking photos to share with friends. Like Instagram, Whee also supports the use of photo…
Google Translate adds support for 110 languages, representing 614M speakers
Google said today that it is adding support for 110 languages to its translation service. The company has used its PaLM 2 AI model to power translations. These languages include…
TikTok to challenge Amazon Prime Day with its own sales event in July
TikTok is gearing up to challenge Amazon’s Prime Day event in July. The social network announced on Thursday that TikTok Shop is holding a “Deals For You Days” sales event…
Character.AI now allows users to talk with AI avatars over calls
a16z-backed Character.AI said today that it is now allowing users to talk to AI characters over calls. The feature currently supports multiple languages, including English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Japanese…