Topic: mobile app development
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Wrinkles AI app reveals hidden stories behind everyday places
Wrinkles is a new AI-powered audio tour app that uses GPS to reveal hidden historical and cultural stories about nearby locations, allowing users to experience places hands-free on both iOS and Android. Co-founded by David Stemler and Ryan Hansan, the app grew from Stemler’s frustration with a mu...
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Google cancels unreleased app after 800K pre-orders
Google has canceled its standalone AI Studio mobile app before launch, despite roughly 800,000 pre-orders, and will instead integrate its capabilities into the existing Gemini app to avoid asking users to install "yet another app." The original app, unveiled in May, was aimed at creators and deve...
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Rork’s Founders Went Viral, Raised $2.8M from a16z
Rork's founders, Levan Kvirkvelia and Daniel Dhawan, transformed near-failure into success by securing $2.8 million in seed funding after a viral tweet highlighted their no-code mobile app builder. A $100,000 investment from Austen Allred sparked rapid funding, including backing from Andreessen H...
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Google's NotebookLM App Spotted in Play Store Before I/O Launch
Google's NotebookLM AI-powered document analysis tool has appeared in the Play Store ahead of its official launch, offering Android users early access to its mobile version. The dedicated Android app aims to improve on-the-go document analysis, addressing limitations of the current web-only platf...
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WhatsApp Developing New Ephemeral Feature for iOS
WhatsApp is developing a "view-once text messages" feature for iOS, allowing texts to self-destruct immediately after being read by the recipient, expanding on existing ephemeral options for media. Users can long-press the Send button to select "Send as view once" for individual messages in both ...
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Reddit’s AI turns posts into podcasts and short videos
Reddit is testing a new feature that converts select text posts into narrated video clips, using AI-generated voices to read the original post and comments, with a toggle between text and video formats. The feature is designed to make Reddit more accessible to newcomers and aligns with the compan...
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Roblox Restores Gaming Platform Access
Roblox is reintroducing the term "games" across its platform, reversing a 2021 decision to use "experiences," a change originally made during the Epic v. Apple legal battle. The company cites user feedback, stating that "games" is clearer for parents, older players, and developers, reflecting a b...
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AcuRite Explains Why It Shut Down Customers' Beloved App
AcuRite is discontinuing the My AcuRite app after May 30 due to obsolete technology, requiring users to switch to the newer AcuRite NOW app launched in June 2025. The transition has frustrated users because the new app lacks features like renaming sensors and displaying decimal temperatures, thou...
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I’m guest-editing The Verge for 6 weeks. Ask me anything
David, a technology reporter and Waveform Podcast co-host, is guest-editing for The Verge for six weeks, covering launches from Apple, Google, and Samsung. He has reported on technology since 2007, with experience including leading reviews at Android Authority, working as Marques Brownlee’s write...
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Bookshop.org confirms Kobo eReader support coming this year
Kobo eReaders have historically supported independent bookstores, but this functionality has largely ended, leaving new Kobo owners unable to buy e-books from local shops. A promised integration between Kobo and Bookshop.org to support local bookstores has been delayed from 2025 to 2026, with the...
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ChatGPT Mobile App Now Integrates OpenAI’s Codex
OpenAI is expanding Codex, its desktop AI coding agent, to the ChatGPT mobile app, allowing users to remotely control and oversee programming tasks from their phone. The mobile app acts as a remote command center, enabling users to review outputs, approve commands, change models, and receive real...
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Android Auto adds speedometer to Google Maps
After years of delay, Android Auto is finally showing early signs of adding a live speedometer to Google Maps, with a few users in Canada reporting the feature in the beta version. Google previously added the speedometer to Apple’s CarPlay in July 2024 and to standalone Android phones, making the...
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