Ivan Mehta
Google — facing increasing competition from other apps like Instagram and TikTok when it comes to consumers searching for things — wants to be the first place people go for discovery and planning pastimes. In aid of that, today the company announced three new features for its star...
Netflix’s app on iOS now has a signup button that will redirect you to its site so you can subscribe to one of its plans with the company paying no App Store fees. This change comes after Apple said in March that “reader” apps — ones that provide...
Russia fined Google 21.1 billion rubles ($374 million) on Monday for repeatedly failing to “remove prohibited information” — content related to the country’s invasion and subsequent war in Ukraine. The country’s telecommunication watchdog Roskomnadzor cited a court order and said Google (particularly YouTube) didn’t take down content that...
Amazon is introducing a new Prime Video interface for streaming devices, smart TVs, and Android devices that ditches text-based tabs on top for icon-based navigation on the side along with a dedicated tab sports on the home page for live and pre-recorded content in the category. The new...
Amazon’s annual sales event Prime Day delivered more than $12 billion in sales, according to third-party estimates. The retailer hosted the popular shopping event in the U.S. and in more than 15 other countries worldwide on July 13-15. This was the first Prime Day event under the new...
The New York Times is turning the popular online word game Wordle into a board game by teaming up with toymaker Hasbro. The media firm said Thursday that the board game, called Wordle: The Party Game, will be released this October in North America. You can pre-order it...
Twitter is testing a new feature that will show users custom timelines built by developers that will merge Tweets and other media around specific themes or interests based on an amalgamation of content pulled from accounts, hashtags, and more. The company’s head of product for developer platforms, Amir...
The crypto market may have entered its deep midwinter, but that’s not stopping mainstream tech companies from continuing to dabble in the space in the event that things heat up again. In the latest, development, Snap is exploring ways to let artists to show off their digital collectibles...
Spotify is expanding the ability to post video podcasts for creators in six new countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Brazil, and Mexico. This marks the first time the audio streaming company is making this feature available in non-English speaking countries.
“These are markets with especially strong podcast creator...
Assigning and managing family tasks and chores through a whiteboard or sticky notes on the fridge can be chaotic, and it’s not always possible to get every member of the family to install a calendar app and keep it updated consistently. So, Hearth Display wants to solve this...
