mobile apps

Jack Dorsey funds diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine’s video archive

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As generative AI content starts to fill our social apps, a project to bring back Vine’s six-second looping videos is launching with Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s backing. On Thursday, a new app called diVine will give access to more than 100,000 archived Vine videos, restored from an older backup that was created before Vine’s shutdown. […]

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Google and Grok are catching up to ChatGPT, says a16z’s latest AI report

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ChatGPT rivals like Google’s Gemini, xAI’s Grok, and, to a lesser extent, Meta AI, are closing the gap to ChatGPT, OpenAI’s popular AI chatbot, according to a new report focused on the consumer AI landscape from venture firm Andressen Horowitz. The report, in its fifth iteration, showcases two and a half years of data about

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RIP, Microsoft Lens, a simple little app that’s getting replaced by AI

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Sometimes it’s nice to have a simple app that does one thing well without a lot of fuss. Microsoft Lens was that type of app: a mobile document scanner that turned paper documents, business cards, receipts, and anything else into easily readable digital files. Now that app is being discontinued, Microsoft says, as it directs

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Tapestry, a new app for tracking social media, news, blogs, and more, will launch in ‘early 2025’

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A new app called Tapestry promising to unify social media, news, and RSS in one place, is nearing completion. Designed by Iconfactory, the same team that created the third-party Twitter client Twitterific back in the day, Tapestry was unveiled at the beginning of the year as a tool that could better organize today’s fragmented online

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These are the top apps Gen Z young adults downloaded this year

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It’s clear that Gen Z has an influence on app consumption. Known as the “mobile-first generation,” they make up about 40% of all mobile users worldwide. Curious about their preferences, we recently contacted the app intelligence firm Appfigures, which provided an overview of the 50 most downloaded apps by Gen Z this year. However, due

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WhatsApp users can now filter chats with customized lists

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WhatsApp is making it easier to organize the many messages filling up your inbox. The messaging app announced Thursday that it’s adding the ability to filter chats into customizable categories. This will help you keep track of conversations with family members, work colleagues, college friends, and more.  The “Custom Lists” feature is an enhancement to

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TezLab launches new AI-powered ‘car reports’ for Tesla and Rivian EVs

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Modern connected vehicles, and especially EVs, generate a lot of data. But automakers don’t often give owners a good way to play around with that data. Instead, drivers are more likely to wind up in a situation like the New York Times reported on earlier this year: essentially tricked into giving away that data for

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Flashfood users can now save money on groceries at their local grocery store in addition to bigger chains

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Flashfood, an app that provides people access to discounted food close to its best-by date, announced Tuesday that independently owned grocery stores are now on the app, enabling a larger number of shoppers to buy budget-friendly groceries. This is a notable move for the company, as small and independently owned grocery stores play a crucial

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