Category: App Review

November 30, 2023

It’s the last call to keep any Gmail accounts you haven’t used recently. Beginning December 1, Google will start deleting accounts that have been inactive for two years, including all associated photos, Drive documents, contacts, emails, and calendar entries. The […]

November 29, 2023

With the latest Testflight version of WhatsApp for iOS, the app added a few new slots for users to try the iPad version, which was spotted by WABetaInfo. Unfortunately, as soon as these slots were made available, WhatsApp Testflight became […]

November 21, 2023

Last fall, Google caused an uproar by announcing that it would begin winding down support for Manifest V2 extensions in Chrome in 2023. Because this would have a largely negative impact on several popular extensions, including ad blockers, the backlash […]

November 17, 2023

According to a new report from Axios, Apple is pausing all advertising on Twitter, the social media platform currently known as X. The move comes after a report on Thursday highlighted that ads from Apple and other companies were shown […]

November 15, 2023

Google announced new AI features for Google Photos that I hope Apple will also develop for the iPhone’s Photos app. That’s because Google will now employ AI to automatically categorize photos into albums, effectively helping you clear all the junk […]

November 13, 2023

Most people think of Google Sheets as a web app for creating and viewing spreadsheets for data analysis, but it can also be used for basic project management. While Sheets lacks the advanced features of full-blown task-management software, you can […]

November 8, 2023

Apple’s mobile payments service, Apple Pay, looks to be on the regulatory hit list; the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is putting big tech firms with digital payment platforms under closer scrutiny. The regulatory power grab extends to 17 […]

November 7, 2023

I’ve been following ChatGPT closely for the better part of a year because it’s the nature of my job. Generative AI is a massive tech innovation, and OpenAI has single-handedly changed the tech landscape this year. ChatGPT is all we’ve […]

November 6, 2023

TikTok is shutting down the original way creators could make money on the social media platform. In 2020, TikTok announced the Creator Fund. The company said that it would pay creators out from a pool of $1 billion for those […]

November 3, 2023

It’s amazing how much difference some small enhancements to a single program can make. That’s especially true when the program in question is the browser you use to access all sorts of sites, apps, and information — as is the […]

October 30, 2023

According to new reports, OpenAI has begun rolling out a more streamlined approach to how people use ChatGPT. The new system will allow the AI to choose a model automatically, letting you run Python code, open a web browser, or […]

October 27, 2023

X (Twitter) has just launched its new lineup of subscription tiers. The $8 per month ‘Premium’ verified tier remains the default standard, but the new Basic tier comes in at $3 per month as a cheaper option. Basic does not […]

October 25, 2023

The explosive growth in the demand for generative AI has been a big revenue driver for public clouds. However, while some cloud players are reaping the benefits of user demand, Google Cloud seems to be failing to cash in on […]

October 19, 2023

Ask anyone who knows, and they’ll tell you that when it comes to security, the weakest point is always people. Yet, as pressure grows for Apple to allow app purchases from outside the App Store, the fact the company fired […]

October 16, 2023

No, this feature isn’t going to enhance people discovering YOU. X has been hinting at new features for a while now and looking for ways to tie those features behind its Premium subscription tier in an effort to boost paid […]

October 13, 2023

Microsoft has been struggling to get people to use its Edge browser for years. Even though the company made Edge the default browser in Windows 10, users left in droves, most of them flocking to Google Chrome — and with […]

October 13, 2023

Apple may appear behind the curve when it comes to the application of generative AI large language models (LLMs), but as time moves forward, we can see that not every such model is equal and not every deployment so great. […]

October 2, 2023

X, the company formerly known as Twitter, has made a special revenue sharing deal with Paris Hilton and her media company, 11:11. It even includes a custom hashtag for a word that Hilton has been trying to popularize since at […]

September 29, 2023

Facebook parent Meta this week rolled out plans for various chatbots for US consumers that are embedded into specific applications, including WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram. The new Meta AI bot, currently in beta, is powered by various iterations of Meta’s […]

September 28, 2023

With iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma complete, Apple has turned its attention iCloud on the web. Apple’s web apps for Mail, Calendar, and more have been updated to gain feature compatibility with the iPhone, iPad, and Mac versions. iCloud on […]