Twitter wants to take on LinkedIn with job postings
Picture this: you’re looking for a new job. Where do you go? LinkedIn? Nah, it’s time to log on to Twitter. What?! That’s crazy — …
Apps & Software
Proton Pass finally lets you save credit card info with a new update
Swiss software developer Proton released the Proton Pass password manager app in late June, and I was testing the app even before that. I am …
How I auto-adjust iPhone volume to protect my hearing
One of the iPhone features I want most is volume control for individual apps. Sadly, such a feature isn’t part of iOS 17, a release …
Apple threatens to remove FaceTime and iMessage from the UK due to proposed surveillance bill
Apple could remove FaceTime and iMessage from the UK if the government updates its Investigatory Power Act from 2016. According to BBC News, the UK …
YouTube Premium subscription cost increases to $13.99
After Netflix quietly killed the cheapest ad-free subscription tier in Canada, US, and UK, Google quietly increased the price of YouTube Premium in the US. …
I have zero respect for news and media organizations accepting money from OpenAI
It’s an old story at this point: New technology poses a potential threat to journalism, leading to shrieks of outrage and despair from the bereft …
Spotify updated its Tesla app and it finally adds this long-requested feature
If you have wanted Spotify to update its app so you can have a better experience using it in your Tesla, today is a very …
Instagram boss says Android is better than iOS, but has he tried Instagram on Android?
Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, shared a hot take on the newly-released Threads app: Android is now better than iOS. This post was a reply …
Apple reportedly testing its own generative AI chatbot, but we might never see it
With the rise of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google Bard, Apple is also working on its own “Apple GPT” AI chatbot, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. …
New Apple At Work ad highlights Mac security – and I wished it really worked like that
Apple just released another fun ad highlighting security features with “The Underdogs,” a group that quit their jobs and founded a startup company a few …
Final Cut Pro for iPad adds keyboard shortcuts in first major update
Just before the WWDC 2023 keynote, Apple introduced Final Cut Pro for iPad. The video-editing tool is compatible with M1 chip iPad models or later. …
Threads update adds a follows tab, but not the one you wanted
When I saw today’s announcement about an update to Threads, I got very excited before immediately getting disappointed. Okay, not that disappointed, but I did, …
Logging in to TikTok with your iPhone is now easier with Passkeys
You can finally forget your password, as the popular app TikTok finally supports Passkeys — an easier but more secure way to login into your …
Twitter is working on a feature that would let you ‘publish a book if you want’
It’s crazy to think that we’re talking about publishing a book on Twitter when the service started by only allowing users to post up to …
iOS 16.6 RC is now available to developers with bug fixes and security updates
A week after releasing beta 5, Apple is now seeding iOS 16.6 RC to registered developers. Even though the Cupertino firm nears the release of …
What is Gmail’s Enhanced Safe Browsing, and should you use it?
Google routinely adds new useful features to its Gmail app, like the ability to add Google Calendar events from the email app and inform others …
Empirical Health app brings proactive primary healthcare to the Apple Watch
Cardiogram‘s cofounder Brandon Ballinger is back with another app. Empirical Health gives you proactive primary care using Apple Watch health sensor data. With an ambitious …
Instagram built Threads in five months
A lot of people wondered if Meta decided to launch Threads in response to Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter. While some doubted that could be …
Threads has lost half of its daily active users a week after launch
Threads, Instagram’s new Twitter competitor, experienced a heck of a launch week, crossing over 100 million users and becoming the fastest-growing app ever. However, all …
How to download offline maps in Apple Maps on iOS 17
iOS 17 is full of new features, one of which Apple Maps users have been requesting for a very long time: the ability to download …
Apple’s password manager just got a big update in macOS Sonoma
I believe that password manager apps like 1Password and Proton Pass are among the most important applications you can install on a new device. Password …
How to remove the background from an iPhone photo in under 5 seconds
If you’ve ever wanted to remove the background from a photo on your iPhone to isolate the subject of the image, we have good news …
PSA: Check your Spotify playlists and make sure they’re still private
If you have any playlists on Spotify you don’t want anyone else to see, you might want to check your account to make sure they’re …
Twitter unveils a new, streamlined look for tweets
Looking at the details of a tweet has become… cluttered. There are so many metrics above and below the contents of the tweet, it’s really …
Threads might be getting DMs soon after all, new leak reveals
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri recently said that Threads would not be getting direct messaging anytime soon. Well, he may have spoken too soon on that …
Later, Calibri: Microsoft Office has a brand new default font called Aptos
As of this week, Calibri is no longer Microsoft’s default font. Aptos, a sans serif typeface inspired by mid-20th-century Swiss typography, has taken its place. …
iOS 17 could add more than 100 new emojis to your iPhone next year
While we had a minor emoji update with iOS 16, iOS 17, on the other hand, promises over 100 new emojis that could come to …
Twitter finally started paying creators, but it might make the platform even worse
On Thursday, Twitter started paying content creators a share of the ad revenue it earns from the ads that appear in the replies to their …
Google Bard just got a massive update, and I’m excited about one big feature
Google on Thursday quietly announced a big update for Google Bard, which brings several features to Google’s first ChatGPT rival. Among them is multimodal support, …
iOS 17 beta brings long-awaited bilingual Siri, but still no Spanglish
With the iOS 17 public beta and a reissued build of developer beta 3 now available, Apple has added a very important feature to its …
