Spotify to adopt Apple’s new video podcast tech, offering creators easier cross-platform distribution

Spotify will let creators distribute and monetize video podcasts on Apple Podcasts using Apple’s HLS streaming technology, without changing their existing workflows.

How to turn off Instagram’s new Instants feature and retract photos you accidentally shared

While the Meta-owned social network billed Instants as a new format to share real-life moments as they’re happening, many users are looking for a way  to turn off the feature, especially those who have ended up accidentally sending images to others not…

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You can make an app for that
You can make an app for that

The tyranny of software is almost over. Since the first computer programmers wrote the first computer programs, we, the users of that software, have been forced to live in the worlds those programs create. The features are the features. The design is the design. Want something else, something better? Learn to code, I guess. Until […]

Instagram hits the copy button again with new disappearing Instants photos
Instagram hits the copy button again with new disappearing Instants photos

Instagram is once again cribbing from competitors like Snapchat and BeReal with a new photo-sharing format it calls “Instants,” which are ephemeral photos that you can’t edit and that you can only share with your close friends or followers that follow you back. Instants are available globally beginning on Wednesday as a feature in the […]

X launches a History tab for bookmarks, likes, videos, and articles

X’s new History tab combines bookmarks, likes, watched videos, and read articles into a single place, expanding the app’s role as a save-it-for-later tool.

Instagram’s new ‘Instants’ feature combines elements from Snapchat and BeReal

The feature lets users share disappearing photos with their Close Friends or mutual followers that can be viewed only once and remain available for 24 hours.

Amazon launches an AI shopping assistant for the search bar, powered by Alexa+ 

Alexa for Shopping is a new personalized AI shopping assistant in the Amazon search bar that replaces its Rufus assistant.

WhatsApp adds an incognito mode in Meta AI chats

Meta said these incognito conversations are not saved, and messages will disappear by default once you close the chat.

Poppy debuts a proactive AI assistant to help organize your digital life

Poppy is an AI-powered app that connects your calendar, email, messages, and other services to surface reminders, suggestions, and tasks based on what’s happening in your life.