Instagram Threads triples downloads in December, reaching the top 10; X falls to No. 36
[ad_1] Instagram Threads is gaining traction after growth stalled last year, which had some prematurely wondering if the app was already dead. New data indicates that’s not the case —…
Read More »Artisse AI raises $6.7M for its ‘more realistic’ AI photography app
[ad_1] Artisse, one of the many AI photo creation apps that let users generate photos of themselves using uploaded selfies combined with prompts, has raised $6.7 million in seed funding,…
Read More »TikTok usage is starting to slow — is TikTok Shop to blame?
[ad_1] TikTok may have been the world’s top app by downloads and consumer spending in 2023, but it was not the top by actual usage. Last year, Facebook again maintained…
Read More »Fancy founder returns with $1000-per-month luxury shopping startup, Long Story Short
[ad_1] A new luxury goods e-commerce startup dubbed Long Story Short has a provocative concept: it’s $1,000 per month to join for the privilege of shopping its curated collection. Shocking…
Read More »TikTok becomes first non-game app to reach $10B in consumer spending
[ad_1] TikTok’s short-form video app is hitting a new milestone. The app, which reached 1 billion monthly active users in 2021, has now become the first non-game mobile app to…
Read More »Apple cuts off Beeper Mini’s access after launch of service that brought iMessage to Android
[ad_1] Was it too good to be true? Beeper, the startup that reverse-engineered iMessage to bring blue bubble texts to Android users, is experiencing an outage, the company reported via…
Read More »X is now licensed for payment processing in a dozen US states
[ad_1] Elon Musk is moving forward with his plans to turn the company formerly known as Twitter, now called X, into an “everything app” that includes its own payments system….
Read More »Instagram Threads missed a moment to shine, as OpenAI’s drama took place on X
[ad_1] Instagram Threads missed its moment to truly challenge X, this weekend’s OpenAI scandal indicates. Over the past few days, as news spread about the board’s decision to remove Sam…
Read More »This Week in Apps: Apple’s iPhone app of the year finalists, plus 7 hidden gems
[ad_1] Is the App Store still a source for new technology innovations or has AI development become the hotter new tech to build for these days? We pondered this question…
Read More »Meta and Amazon team up on new in-app shopping feature on Facebook & Instagram
[ad_1] Meta may have abandoned its efforts around live shopping on Facebook and Instagram, but the social networking company still believes in its apps’ potential as a shopping platform. That…
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