<p>Apple on Tuesday announced a range of accessibility features coming to its devices later this year. New Accessibility Nutrition Labels will provide more detailed information for apps and games on the App Store, while a new Braille Access tool will turn the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro into a braille notetaker. Additional enhancements [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In a bid to make its AI DJ feel more interactive, Spotify is updating the feature to allow users to request music or change the mood of a playlist using voice commands. The company is rolling out this feature, initially only supported in English, in over 60 markets for its Premium subscribers. Previously, users could [&hellip;]</p>

<p>AllTrails, the hiking and biking companion that was named 2023&#8217;s iPhone App of the Year, is launching a new premium membership called &#8220;Peak&#8221; that includes an upgraded feature set. This $80-per-year subscription will introduce AI tools to build custom routes and provide real-time trail condition forecasts, trail traffic heatmaps, and a feature that lets you [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Apple on Monday released iOS 18.5, which expands emergency satellite capabilities to iPhone 13 owners for the first time. Previously, the satellite features were available to those running an iPhone 14 or later. The emergency satellite system for iPhone is designed to be used at critical times when a cellular signal or Wi-Fi is not [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Whitney Wolfe Herd returned in March to lead Bumble, the dating app she founded and took public, following the unexpected departure of CEO Lidiane Jones. Now, in a New York Times interview, Wolfe Herd opens up about what happened. &#8220;I had no intentions of coming back,&#8221; Wolfe Herd says. Her post-Bumble life initially brought existential [&hellip;]</p>

<p>For millions of moviegoers in the &#8217;90s, Moviefone’s 777-FILM number was the go-to source for learning about showtimes. Now, under new ownership, Moviefone is trying to make a comeback. On Friday, as part of its 35th anniversary celebration, Moviefone announced the relaunch of its mobile app and a new nationally syndicated broadcast TV series. Set [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Fortnite maker Epic Games and Spotify are testing Apple&#8217;s new App Store policies by submitting apps for review that would have previously never been allowed. On Friday, both companies submitted new versions of their respective apps to Apple&#8217;s App Review. For Epic Games, it would mean the return of Fortnite to the App Store. Apple [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Updated 7:50 a.m. Pacific: About an hour after this article was published, notifications began working for me again. Your mileage may vary. The original story follows: Sometime Thursday night, timelines stopped updating for a number of users on X, the social network owned by billionaire Elon Musk. Many users report that their notifications stopped working [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Over $10 billion — that&#8217;s how much revenue Apple&#8217;s U.S. App Store raked in last year, according to a new analysis by app intelligence provider Appfigures. The firm&#8217;s estimates indicate that U.S. App Store revenue from commissions more than doubled between 2020 and 2024. In 2020, Apple’s share of App Store commissions was approximately $4.76 [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Instagram Threads will begin testing video ads, Meta announced on Thursday. The test, which will make Threads look more like its competitor X, is an expansion of Threads&#8217; advertising initiatives, which began last month with the opening up of ads to global advertisers. The news was announced at Meta&#8217;s presentation at the IAB NewFronts, where [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Google announced on Thursday that it&#8217;s rolling out new AI-powered defenses to help combat scams on Chrome. The tech giant will begin using Gemini Nano, its on-device large language model (LLM), on desktop to protect users against online scams. It&#8217;s also launching new AI-powered warnings for Chrome on Android to help users be aware of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Dating app giant Match Group is laying off 13% of its staff as part of a reorganization that aims to reduce costs and simplify its organizational structure. </p>

<p>Apple is trying to delay a court ruling that forces the company to let iOS app developers accept payments via non-Apple systems and avoid paying a cut.</p>

<p>A game emulator called Delta is taking advantage of the recent court decision around Apple&#8217;s App Store to support its business by linking to its Patreon membership page. The update, approved Wednesday for release on the U.S. App Store, allows Delta users to join the Delta team&#8217;s Patreon directly from the mobile app, without giving [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Snapchat announced on Wednesday that Snap Map now has more than 400 million monthly active users, a new milestone for one of the app&#8217;s core features. Launched in 2017, Snap Map was originally a way for users to see their friends&#8217; locations and browse public snaps from around the world. Over time, the feature has [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Instagram head Adam Mosseri, and other Meta execs thought that TikTok was beating Meta at its own game. That&#8217;s according to a new filing in the U.S. Federal Trade Commission&#8217;s antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant, published on Monday. The document, dated February 2022, includes conversations among a number of Meta [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Apple is looking to add AI search engines from OpenAI, Perplexity, and Anthropic to Safari, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. Eddy Cue, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Services, made the statement during his testimony in the U.S. Justice Department’s lawsuit against Alphabet. Cue&#8217;s disclosure was part of his testimony regarding Apple and Google’s estimated $20 billion-a-year [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Design company Figma today announced multiple features, including AI-powered site and web app creation, a way for marketers to create assets in bulk, and a new drawing tool. With this launch, the company is taking on other creative solutions such as Canva and Adobe, along with AI-powered website and prototype creators such as WordPress, Wix, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Spotify on Wednesday announced an update to its app designed to give users more control over their listening experience and recommendations. The refreshed experience introduces a handful of new features that will roll out gradually to Spotify users and Premium subscribers, including features to help you manage your Queue, your current listening experience, playlist creation, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Photo and video editing platform VSCO has launched an AI-powered collaborative moodboard to expand how its products are used by photographers and artists.</p>