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…

Mastodon, a decentralized alternative to X, plans to target creators with new features

Mastodon is looking to grow its open source, decentralized social network with new features aimed at creators.

Audible’s new ‘Read & Listen’ feature syncs your Kindle ebooks with audiobooks

The feature will require customers to buy both versions of the title, but at a discounted price.

X continues to bet on vertical video with its latest update

X’s new immersive video player is designed to offer a more mobile-friendly experience, optimized especially for portrait-oriented videos.

Google adds music-generation capabilities to the Gemini app

Users will be able to use text, images, and videos as a reference to generate music.

Snapchat+ tops 25M subscribers, driving company’s direct revenue ARR to $1B

The revenue milestone comes as Snap has added additional paid offerings outside of its core Snapchat+ subscription over the past year to diversify its revenue streams.

Canva gets to $4B in revenue as LLM referral traffic rises

The creative company’s monthly active users increased 20%, growth that was partially propelled by adoption of its AI tools.