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WordPress.com owner Automattic acquires multi-service messaging app Beeper for $125M

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Michael Johnson

2024-04-09 09:17 PM

Image Credits: Beeper WordPress.com owner Automattic is acquiring Beeper, the company behind the iMessage-on-Android solution that was referenced by the Department of ...

Now at the top of the App Store, the Eclipse App is a great companion for Monday’s solar eclipse

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Michael Johnson

2024-04-09 01:09 PM

A well-designed app made to optimize your viewing of the total solar eclipse on Tuesday has surged to the top of the ...

Emulators seem to now be allowed on the Apple App Store but with some caveats

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Michael Johnson

2024-04-07 10:19 AM

07 April 2024 Apple’s App Store has famously been a walled garden for a while now. The tight policies have only recently ...

Snapchat turns off controversial ‘Solar System’ feature by default after bad press

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Michael Johnson

2024-04-06 01:59 PM

Image Credits: Snap CEO Evan Spiegel; / TechCrunch Less than a week after The Wall St. Journal reported on how a Snapchat ...

Google Podcasts is shutting down soon, users urged to move to YouTube Music

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Michael Johnson

2024-03-30 11:10 AM

Image Credits: Guillaume Payen/SOPA Images/LightRocket / Getty Images Google is shutting down its Podcasts app in the U.S. in a matter of ...

Microsoft is ending support for Android apps on Windows

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Michael Johnson

2024-03-06 03:44 PM

Microsoft is pulling the plug on Android apps for Windows. The company said it’s ending support for Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA), ...

Twitter alternative Bluesky shows off custom Super Bowl feeds (both with and without Taylor Swift)

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Michael Johnson

2024-02-10 04:44 AM

Image Credits: Patrick Smith / Staff / Getty Images Twitter/X alternative Bluesky is gearing up for one of the biggest weekends in ...

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek tells investors Apple’s DMA rules are a ‘farce,’ but says there are ‘future upsides’ too

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Michael Johnson

2024-02-07 02:14 AM

Image Credits: TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP / Getty Images Spotify, a notable Apple critic, unsurprisingly came out swinging after Apple announced how it was ...