EEvery week I get emails from people wanting to tell me their dating app horror stories. Sometimes it’s about one hell of a night; and sometimes it’s about a relationship that started on a dating app and ended up in a hell of a place — often because her significant other was still secretly using … Read more
Mobile apps need to be debugged on countless devices to ensure they work as intended. Users don’t take bad experiences lightly – 88% say they will abandon apps due to minor glitches, according to software testing provider Qualitest (which admittedly has a horse in the race). Testing is a time-consuming and expensive process, with 31% … Read more
I don’t download many new apps these days, but that’s mainly because the apps I’m currently using have proven to be indispensable. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, right? My choice of the top six apps to help me organize my life is driven in part by the iPhone 13 Pro Max and the … Read more
Social media platforms have had some bad press lately, largely due to the sheer scale of their data collection. Now Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has followed suit. Not content with just tracking every step you take within its apps, Meta has reportedly developed a way of also knowing everything you do … Read more
Welcome to the 445th edition of Android Apps Weekly. Here are the big headlines from the past week: There were some nice new wallpapers to download this week. To start off, newer Pixel phones had access to some new wallpapers inspired by Indigenous Day. The James Webb Telescope takes some amazing pictures, we have more … Read more
Android was built on the core foundation of letting users choose exactly how they want to use their device. One challenge, however, has long been annoying pre-installed apps, also known as bloatware. Once upon a time we had the Google Play Edition program, but it didn’t last long. These were certified Android devices with no … Read more
Apple recently removed a mention of “Hide My Email” support in third-party apps from the macOS Ventura features page on its US site, as noted on the French site Mac generation. The feature was still listed on the site as of August 3, according to the Wayback Machine, but has been removed sometime since. Apple’s … Read more
The economic downturn caused hiring declines across the technology industry, forcing CTOs—and the teams they lead—to do more with less. Developers are particularly put to the test when it comes to efficiency. Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently said that productivity “isn’t where it should be,” while Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg raised performance targets to weed … Read more
FullStory, which sells analytics tools for apps and websites, secured $25 million in new equity funding, filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission show this week. TechCrunch could not independently confirm the investors, and the company had not responded to a request for comment as of press time. But according to Crunchbase, the infusion … Read more
Nightfall AI, a startup providing data loss prevention services in the cloud, today announced it has raised $40 million in Series B funding from investors including WestBridge Capital, Venrock, Bain Capital Ventures and – for some reason – athletes and celebrities like Paul Rudd, Drew Brees and Josh Childress. CEO Isaac Madan says the proceeds … Read more
