As browser wars heat up, Chrome adds new productivity features

Split View, PDF annotations and ‘Save to Chrome’ features come to the Chrome browser.

Reddit is testing a new AI search feature for shopping

A small group of users in the U.S. will start to see search results that include interactive product carousels with pricing, images, and direct where-to-buy links.

Meta is shutting down Messenger’s standalone website

The move comes a few months after Meta shut down Messenger’s stand-alone desktop apps for Windows and Mac.

Zuckerberg grilled in court over social media harms on teens

Meta’s CEO was questioned over the addictive nature of its social media apps like Instagram, and other teen harms.

Current is a new RSS reader that’s more like a river than an inbox

Current introduces a stress-free, totally reimagined RSS news reading app as a one-time paid download.

Google adds a camera to Snapseed on iOS
Google adds a camera to Snapseed on iOS

Google has updated the iPhone version of its photo editing app Snapseed with its own camera, including a suite of manual controls and retro film emulation effects. It’s the second major update to the app in less than 12 months, after it had previously been left to languish by Google for years. The Snapseed camera […]

The biggest app in the whole wide world
The biggest app in the whole wide world

Last summer, Bria Sullivan was getting ready to launch her app, an adorable companion called Focus Friend meant to help people manage their screen time. Her outlandish dream was to get 100,000 downloads. She’d been building the app with Hank Green, a creator with a huge audience, so she thought maybe, maybe, Focus Friend could […]

Etsy sells secondhand clothing marketplace Depop to eBay for $1.2B

The deal comes nearly five years after Etsy purchased Depop for $1.62 billion, at a time when secondhand clothing apps were gaining traction during the pandemic.

A startup called Germ becomes the first private messenger that launches directly from Bluesky’s app

Social network Bluesky now offers private messaging by integrating the startup Germ’s E2E encrypted messenger natively in its app.

SeatGeek and Spotify team up to offer concert ticket sales inside the music platform

SeatGeek announced on Wednesday a new integration with Spotify, bringing a seamless ticket-buying experience for Spotify users.  Now, when Spotify users browse an artist’s page or upcoming tour dates, they will see ticket links powered by SeatGeek…