IT総合 WordPress.com owner Automattic snaps up grammar checker Harper
WordPress.com owner Automattic has added another company to its portfolio of online content creation tools and services ...
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IT総合 IT総合 As Bluesky soars, Threads rolls out custom feeds globally
As X competitor Bluesky takes off, topping 20 million users, Meta’s own Twitter-like app, Instagram Threads, has b...
IT総合 TV Time points to Apple’s ‘significant power’ over developers after being removed from App Store
TV Time, a popular TV and movie tracking and recommendations app with more than 30 million registered users, disappeared...
IT総合 Chroma, backed by Pinterest and Twitter cofounders, sells to AI audio company Bronze
Chroma, a startup building a new type of audiovisual entertainment for mobile devices, has been sold. The company, which...
IT総合 Bluesky tops 20M users, narrowing gap with Instagram Threads
Bluesky, the social network and X competitor has been benefiting from a surge of departures from the Elon Musk-owned app...
IT総合 Mastodon sees a boost from the ‘X exodus,’ too, founder says
Decentralized social network Mastodon is also seeing some uplift from the X “exodus,” founder Eugen Rochko s...
IT総合 As Bluesky surges, Threads begins testing custom feeds
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday announced the company’s X competitor, Threads, would begin testing custom feeds...
IT総合 How to use Bluesky, the Twitter-like app that’s taking on Elon Musk’s X
Bluesky is continuing to blow up. The Twitter-like service and alternative to Elon Musk’s X, has now surpassed 16 ...
IT総合 Spotify teases a ‘super premium’ tier for superfans and upcoming video expansion in Q3 earnings call
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has once again teased the company’s long-delayed HiFi or “super premium” tier, a...
IT総合 Apple now lets app developers apply to be featured on the App Store
App developers now have a new way to promote their app launches, updates, and other new features on Apple’s App St...
IT総合 Particle launches an AI news app to help publishers, instead of just stealing their work
The media industry today may not have a very favorable view of AI — a technology that’s already been used to...
IT総合 With this latest deal, Flipboard looks to build a news ecosystem beyond X
An effort to bring a broader news ecosystem to the open social web, also known as the fediverse, is now in the hands of ...
IT総合 TikTok’s latest feature lets music fans ‘Share to TikTok’ from Spotify and Apple Music
TikTok on Thursday debuted a new feature that will more closely connect its app, which already influences which songs to...
IT総合 Apple iOS 18.2 public beta arrives with new AI features, but some remain waitlisted
Apple has released the AI-powered version of its latest mobile operating system, iOS 18.2, to its public beta users. The...
IT総合 The FTC comes after neobank Dave for misleading marketing, hidden fees
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Tuesday it will be taking action against the online cash app and neobank...
IT総合 ‘For You’ feeds fail on election night, offering outdated information, angering users
“For You” algorithms that promote the most interesting content across a social network, personalized to the ...
IT総合 Google ‘fixes’ issues with voting search results that weren’t actually broken
Google says it has addressed an issue with its search engine that saw it displaying a “where to vote” panel,...
IT総合 Substack is giving out free subscriptions to boost app installs
Publishing platform Substack is now pushing users to install its mobile app by offering gifted subscriptions. While Subs...
IT総合 Apple’s new widget puts Election Day updates on your Lock Screen and Home Screen
It’s Election Day in the U.S., which means you’re likely glued to the latest news about which presidential c...
IT総合 Bluesky gears up for Election Day as X goes pro-Trump
As Election Day in the U.S. nears, social networking startup Bluesky, now flush with new capital, hopes to demonstrate t...
IT総合 Cross-posting social app Openvibe now supports Threads, too
The decline of X (formerly Twitter) under Elon Musk, has boosted engagement with alternative social networks like Bluesk...
IT総合 Instagram upgrades DMs with focus on creators
Instagram on Friday announced an update to DMs, its direct messages inbox, which will improve the experience for those w...
IT総合 WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg says a fork would be ‘fantastic’
WordPress co-founder and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg, speaking on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 on Wednesday, said ...
IT総合 Tony Fadell takes a shot at Sam Altman in TechCrunch Disrupt interview
iPod creator, Nest Labs founder, and investor Tony Fadell took a shot at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday during a spiri...
IT総合 Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures backs Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs in continued AI push
Ashton Kutcher’s VC firm, Sound Ventures, co-led by general partners Guy Oseary and Effie Epstein, is betting on A...
IT総合 Vinod Khosla calls out Trump’s ‘depraved values’ and Musk’s role in spreading misinformation
Storied investor Vinod Khosla, founder and partner at Khosla Ventures, and more recently one of the first checks into Op...
IT総合 Wiz CEO says company was targeted with deepfake attack that used his voice
Even cybersecurity companies aren’t safe from deepfake attacks. Speaking on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Fra...
IT総合 The fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor called Loops
Similar to how Mastodon offers an open source, distributed version of X, the fediverse is getting its own TikTok competi...
IT総合 Apple upgrades TestFlight with redesigned invites, testing criteria, and more
Alongside the Apple Intelligence-powered iOS 18 updates for consumers and developers, Apple is rolling out a sizable ref...
IT総合 Notion’s email product is nearing launch
Notion seems to be close to launching its email product called Notion Mail according to multiple sources. Earlier this y...