Apple announced on Wednesday that Apple Maps is now available on the web via a public beta. The launch puts Apple Maps in direct competition with Google Maps, which has long been available on the web. With this launch, you can now access Apple Maps directly from your browser. Maps on the web is accessible […]
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AltStore, an alternative app store, has launched its first batch of third-party iOS apps in the European Union. The rollout comes a few months after the company launched an updated version of its app marketplace in the EU. AltStore PAL arrived as a response to the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which is forcing Apple to
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Since launching xAI last year, Elon Musk has been using X as a sandbox to test some of the Grok model’s AI capabilities. Beyond the basic chatbot, X uses the model to summarize news and trending events. Now, the platform has launched a new feature called “More About This Account” to provide a few AI-powered
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Google on Wednesday launched a slew of features for its Play Store that aim to encourage users to use the app store to find and engage with content rather than simply visit it to download apps. The Play Store is getting AI-powered app comparisons, automatically organized categories for similar apps, dedicated hubs for content, data
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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says the streaming service is still in the “early days” of its plans to bring hi-fi support to the platform. During the company’s earnings call on Tuesday, the executive offered details about an upcoming deluxe tier. Spotify announced back in 2021 that it was going to roll out a new high-end
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Meta AI, Meta’s AI-powered assistant across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and the web, can now speak in more languages and create stylized selfies. And, starting today, Meta AI users can route questions to Meta’s newest flagship AI model, Llama 3.1 405B, which the company says can handle more complex queries than the previous model underpinning Meta
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Platforms like TikTok and Spotify have experimented with events on their platforms. But rather than concentrating on concerts and large gatherings, event startup Posh is focusing on intimate gatherings of up to a few hundred people where you might know a friend, a friend of a friend, and a person you met at some party.
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Messaging app Telegram has reached 950 million active users, and it aims to cross the 1 billion mark this year, the company’s founder Pavel Durov said on his channel on Monday. The company is also planning to launch an app store and an in-app browser with support for web3 pages this month, Durov said last
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After months of speculation, Apple Intelligence took center stage at WWDC 2024 in June. The platform was announced in the wake of a torrent of generative AI news from companies like Google and Open AI, causing concern that the famously tight-lipped tech giant had missed the boat on the latest tech craze. Contrary to such
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TikTok is partnering with the music distribution service DistroKit to fast-track the creation of artist accounts for members. The ByteDance-owned short video platform introduced an Artist Account feature last year to let musicians showcase their new music along with their music catalog on the platform and behind-the-scenes footage. Typically, it takes up to 30 days
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