Tag: apps
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Automattic, the company that runs WordPress.com, Tumblr, Pocket Casts, and a number of other popular web properties, just made a different kind of acquisition: it’s buying Texts, a universal messaging… more ›
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The arrival of Chinese shopping apps like Shein and Temu, which bring made-in-China goods directly to overseas consumers, is changing the face of Chinese commerce and making the world’s most… more ›
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Apple’s Vision Pro headset hasn’t launched yet, but already it’s become one of the most hotly debated devices on the planet. Whether you think it’s the most exciting gadget in… more ›
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Over the last two years, the e-commerce platform has taken the world by storm. In 2021, it caught most people by surprise when it became the most downloaded U.S. iPhone… more ›
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Forget the metaverse. The future is metadata. It’s how the world’s most valuable company built a better way of listening to Mozart and Beethoven. https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-music-classical-app-3325c6ba more ›
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As Amazon-type e-commerce—personified in Jumia—flounders, African entrepreneurs are finding ways to sell online that combine how people shop in malls with the convenience of retail corner shops, the shops that… more ›
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IIn 2021, Statista estimated that 3.09 billion cell phone users have used messaging apps to communicate. The leader? WhatsApp with over two billion monthly active users, followed by WeChat, Messenger,… more ›
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I think that, because we’re in a capitalist society, we think of AIs as amplifiers for production and consumption. But they can force-multiply on any vector if suitably directed. And,… more ›
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Across Asia, tech startups are taking food otherwise destined for landfill and providing discounted meals through mobile phone apps. About a third of food is lost or wasted every year… more ›