Google Maps can show social media posts from your favorite places – here’s how
Google Maps can do more than just help you reach your next destination. It can help you discover nearby attractions and more details about your …
Apps & Software
Apple Sports app gets MLB and NCAA support in first major update
Last month, Apple unveiled its Sports app, which promises to show real-time scores, stats, and more for sports aficionados. Now, the app is getting its first …
Vision Pro’s VLC app will have a home on my spatial computer if it gets released
VLC is one of the apps I install on my computers as soon as I boot them up for the first time. VLC is an …
OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video AI model will be available later this year
After Dall-E and ChatGPT, OpenAI stunned the world once again with its new Sora AI about a month ago. Sora is a text-to-video generative AI …
App subscriptions aren’t enough to help most developers make money
RevenueCat has released its State of Subscription Apps report (via TechCrunch). The study analyzed over 29,000 apps and 18,000 developers, which combined to generate over …
House passes bill that could ban TikTok, but it’s not over yet
On Wednesday morning, the US House of Representatives passed legislation that could result in TikTok being banned in the United States. In a rather rare …
Spotify finally adds music videos, closing another gap with Apple Music
I remember when I first got Spotify back in college and realized there weren’t any music videos on the platform. While that was easily solved …
macOS 14.4 bug breaks USB hubs in monitors
After releasing the M3 MacBook Air, Apple also pushed out its macOS 14.4 update. Unfortunately, a bug in this update is breaking some USB hubs …
Copilot Pro now lets you make custom GPTs, just like ChatGPT
One advantage of ChatGPT over the competition is that it lets you create custom GPTs for just about anything. OpenAI has big plans for custom …
TikTok Photos might be the Instagram alternative nobody asked for
TikTok is one of the most popular and controversial social networks out there. The video app forced Instagram and YouTube to copy this new form …
New Slack update adds a much better way to find and share GIFs
While Slack technically has supported GIFs for a while now, the experience in sharing them has been… poor. Thankfully, Slack itself is here to save …
Apple will let EU iPhone users download apps from websites for the first time in iOS history
Today, Apple announced a new option to download iPhone apps in the EU, as, starting this spring, Cupertino will allow developers to distribute their iOS …
iOS 18 might let you set Google Maps as the iPhone’s default navigation app, with a big EU twist
I keep trying to use Apple Maps more on my iPhone. But I routinely find myself switching to Google Maps and staying with it. Google …
iOS 18 concept highlights how Apple could integrate generative AI
Apple will announce iOS 18 a few months from now. While BGR has already covered a concept showing iPhone AI applications that could be available …
WhatsApp chats might tell you if they’re end-to-end encrypted
Anyone using WhatsApp should know that their chats and calls are end-to-end encrypted, just like on iMessage and Signal. It’s a security feature WhatsApp had …
Apple highlights how health apps are shaping Vision Pro
With Apple Vision Pro now available for a month, it seems health apps are becoming a focus in the spatial computing era. They can take …
iOS 18 to bring hearing aid mode to AirPods Pro – here’s why that’s exciting
Looking at rumors about Apple’s upcoming AirPods models, I told you a few months ago that I’m most interested in health features rather than even …
How to view and search episode transcripts on Apple Podcasts
With iOS 17.4, Apple released new emojis as well as a host of major changes to how the App Store works in the European Union. …
Best finance apps to manage your Apple Card spending, according to an Apple employee
If you own an Apple Card, you know managing your spending with a third-party app can be a challenge. While users could previously take advantage …
This AI malware worm is capable of turning ChatGPT against you
As worrisome as it might be that generative AI models such as ChatGPT and Gemini might one day become sentient or take our jobs, there …
Apple caves, reinstates Epic Games dev account two days after ban
A few days after the Epic Games’ EU developer account ban, Apple reinstated it amid pressure from European Union regulators. Previously, the Cupertino firm had …
One simple ChatGPT hack makes AI responses sound like a human instead of a robot
Chatting with ChatGPT is part of my daily life these days. I talk to ChatGPT for research, I do it when I have to “google” …
iPhone users don’t use Android because they don’t want to, not because it’s hard to switch
The Digital Markets Act (DMA) legislation is in effect in Europe, which means iPhone sideloading is technically a thing. In practice, third-party app marketplaces aren’t …
Apple Music app SongCapsule Quiz now free to play with new challenges added
Last year, I wrote that SongCapsule Quiz for iPhone was my new favorite music trivia app. Developed by Sorcererhat, which is behind the popular Apple …
Pixel 8 won’t get Gemini Nano on-device AI – this is important for your next Android purchase
Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to be the most important thing happening in tech, including smartphones. There’s increased talk about on-device AI capabilities for mobile devices, …
Apple is making it easier to switch from iPhone to Android in the EU
Apple will soon give iPhone users a more straightforward way to switch to Android in the EU. With the Digital Markets Act now in effect …
watchOS 10.4 now available with 6 key upgrades
Today, Apple is releasing watchOS 10.4 to Apple Watch users. After a minor update available with watchOS 10.3, this new version has several new features, …
tvOS 17.4 and HomePod Software 17.4 now available with Siri improvements
After a month of beta testing, Apple has released tvOS 17.4 and HomePod Software 17.4 to Apple TV and HomePod owners. Here’s what you need …
visionOS 1.1 now available with Vision Pro persona improvements
After a month of beta testing, Apple is now releasing visionOS 1.1 to Apple Vision Pro users. This is the first main testing version of …
WhatsApp interop explanation proves how unnecessary the DMA is for chat apps
It’s March 7th, the big deadline day for the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The law came into effect on Thursday, so all the big tech …
