Tag: apps

• The Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps — 6th Edition | Andreessen Horowitz

  March 11, 2026

  Which AI apps are people actively using? What’s actually making money, beyond being popular? We analyzed the data. https://a16z.com/100-gen-ai-apps-6/ more ›

• A Green Book for AI apps

  January 13, 2026

  Where to build, where to borrow, and how to leave What follows is a custom guide to the software stack I currently use when the work is important enough to… more ›

• Exposure

  July 1, 2025

  Way it works when you want to hide a secret is you tell a good story about it. It’s not lying, more like camouflage. more ›

• Dating App Cover-Up: How Tinder, Hinge, and Their Corporate Owner Keep Rape Under Wraps

  February 14, 2025

  The Dating Apps Reporting Project is an 18-month investigation. It was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network and The Markup, now a part of CalMatters, and… more ›

• Introducing Spotify snippets, a new feature to enhance podcast based learning

  February 8, 2025

  Spotify is a renowned streaming app that enables users to listen to songs & podcasts. Podcast listening is a great way for listeners to discover enriching content across a variety… more ›

• Remittance startups ride Africa’s migration wave

  January 28, 2025

  Remittance startups have injected new competition into a market long dominated by US giants like Western Union and MoneyGram. https://www.semafor.com/article/01/27/2025/remittance-startups-ride-africas-migration-wave more ›

• The Secret Sauce of Chinese Social Media Apps

  January 27, 2025

  Addictive algorithms fuse social networking with shopping and entertainment. https://restofworld.org/2025/tiktok-algorithm-shopping-china/ more ›

• Quality is a Serious Problem

  January 20, 2025

    A shift is underway across media. It’s happening on YouTube and Reels, Roblox and Fortnite, Soundcloud and Spotify and here, on Substack. On these platforms—across video, gaming, music and… more ›

• Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location

  January 9, 2025

  This article was produced with support from WIRED. https://www.404media.co/candy-crush-tinder-myfitnesspal-see-the-thousands-of-apps-hijacked-to-spy-on-your-location/ more ›

• Movie Stars, Matchmakers, and Aunties: How WhatsApp Became an Unstoppable Cultural Force

  December 12, 2024

  It’s a warm September afternoon in Lagos and filming of the Nollywood slapstick comedy Osas and Nosa is delayed for the day. The scene being shot takes place in the… more ›