<p>TikTok, including its Chinese counterpart Douyin, in 2024 became the first non-game app to reach $6 billion in in-app purchase revenue in a year. According to a new report from app intelligence provider Sensor Tower, TikTok also generated a record high of $1.9 billion in gross in-app purchase (IAP) revenue in the fourth quarter of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As part of the new Alexa+ experience Amazon introduced on Wednesday, the smart assistant will gain the ability to navigate through movies on Prime Video on your behalf. Thanks to integrations between Alexa, Prime Video, and Fire TV, Alexa+, as the upgraded assistant is called, will be able to &#8220;jump to a scene&#8221; in a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Amazon Chime, the tech giant&#8217;s underwhelming alternative to Zoom and Google Meet, is shutting down for good. The company on Wednesday confirmed it will end support for Chime, including its Business Calling features, on February 20, 2026. As part of this transition, Amazon stopped accepting new Chime accounts as of February 19, 2025. From now [&hellip;]</p>

<p>YouTube is close to announcing a new lower-priced &#8220;premium lite&#8221; version of its subscription service, Bloomberg reports. The new tier is expected to launch in the United States, Australia, Germany, and Thailand &#8220;soon.&#8221; The tier will give users access to YouTube&#8217;s library of podcasts and how-to clips without ads, Bloomberg notes. Premium lite will be [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Recommendation algorithms operated by social media giants TikTok and X have shown evidence of substantial far-right political bias in Germany ahead of a federal election that takes place Sunday, according to new research carried out by Global Witness. The non-government organization (NGO) undertook an analysis of social media content displayed to new users via algorithmically [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Google is pulling its AI assistant Gemini from the main Google app for iOS devices. The move is meant to encourage users to download the standalone Gemini app instead, which would allow Google to more directly compete with other consumer-facing AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, or Perplexity. However, the change could also risk reducing Gemini&#8217;s [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Amazon will discontinue its app store for Android on August 20 this year. The company sent a notice to developers indicating that they will no longer be able to submit new apps to the store. The company said on a support page that it will also discontinue its Coins digital currency, which could be used [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Bumble is discontinuing its two acquired apps, the dating and relationship apps Fruitz and Official. The move was shared during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call. As explained by CEO Lidiane Jones during the call, the choice to discontinue Fruitz, a French dating app, and Official, an app designed to help couples strengthen their relationships, allows [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Google Chrome&#8217;s web browser for Android devices is finally catching up to the notable design change that Safari made with the 2021 introduction of iOS 15: it&#8217;s offering a way to move the address bar to the bottom of the screen too. The company announced on Tuesday that the latest version of its Chrome for [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Voice AI company ElevenLabs just released a standalone mobile app for iOS and Android users to generate voice clips from text. Until now, if you had to generate samples using ElevenLabs&#8217; AI-powered voice libraries, you had to rely on its web app. Now, you can use its mobile app to generate clips on the go. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>CEO Tanay Kothari noted that the startup will soon achieve profitability at the current rate of growth. Initially, he didn&#8217;t want to raise money, but he worried that Big Tech players with a massive distribution advantage could be a risk to the company. He wanted to rapidly multiply the company&#8217;s revenue and reach and decided to take the investment.</p>

<p>Google announced on Tuesday that you can now access historical Street View imagery on Google Earth.</p>

<p>The U.S. government has banned WhatsApp from devices used by U.S. House of Representatives staff, saying the app poses potential security risks.</p>

<p>These are not likely the final adjustments, given that iOS 26 doesn&#8217;t launch publicly until the fall. However, they are indications that Apple is actively listening to early user feedback and making tweaks accordingly.</p>

<p>Two U.S. senators have requested that the FTC investigate Spotify due to allegations that the company bundled its subscription without user consent, while also undercompensating creators.</p>

<p>Snap has acquired Saturn, a calendar app that helps students manage their school schedules and share them with others.</p>

<p>X&#8217;s plans for a payments service may extend beyond the digital realm, new data suggests. According to findings from mobile app intelligence firm AppSensa, the X app has been updated over the past few weeks with several references related to a physical debit card, which can be customized with your X username. Dozens of new [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Deezer announced on Friday that it will start labeling albums that include AI-generated tracks as part of its efforts to combat streaming fraud.</p>

<p>Newly added references in the music app&#8217;s code suggest the lossless service is at least still under development and could even be getting closer to launch.</p>

<p>A Threads glitch is making it look like everyone on your feed is saying the same thing.</p>