80 posts tagged ‘Apps’
Change in X’s terms indicate EU researchers will get API access
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After taking over Twitter last year, Elon Musk famously yanked API access from third-party apps and changed API pricing tiers to make it difficult for researchers to access and study the platform’s data. Now the company he’s since renamed X has backtracked in the European Union where legal obligations in the bloc’s Digital Services Act […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Signal details costs of keeping its private messaging service alive
What price privacy? End-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging app Signal has put out an interesting overview of the costs required to develop and maintain its pro-privacy systems which shield user data from tracking by default. The blog post, penned by Signal president Meredith Whittaker and developer Joshua Lund, reveals it’s currently spends around $14 million per […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Instafest now lets you create a music festival poster through a playlist link
Instafest, the app which went viral last year before Spotify Wrapped was officially unveiled, now lets you create a music festival poster based on artists that you have in a particular playlist. The app’s developer, Anshay Saboo, has added more themes and customization options as well. Users can create a music festival poster through a […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
X rival Bluesky hits 2M users, says federation coming ‘early next year’
Bluesky, the company building a decentralized alternative to Twitter/X, announced today it has hit 2 million users — up by another million since September, despite remaining an invite-only app. It also revealed its timeframe regarding other key goals, indicating that it planned to have a public web interface go live by the end of the […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
YouTube now allows monetization on videos with breastfeeding nudity and ‘non-sexually graphic dancing’
YouTube is updating its guidelines to allow new types of content to monetize adult content, including videos that display nudity while breastfeeding and non-sexually graphic dancing. With this new update, creators can now earn more ad revenue on breastfeeding content where a child is present in the video, even if the areola is visible. In […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Meta brings us a step closer to AI-generated movies
Like “Avengers” director Joe Russo, I’m becoming increasingly convinced that fully AI-generated movies and TV shows will be possible within our lifetimes. A host of AI unveilings over the past few months, in particular OpenAI’s ultra-realistic-sounding text-to-speech engine, have given glimpses into this brave new frontier. But Meta’s announcement today put our AI-generated content future […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Apple to finally bring RCS to iPhones
Apple plans to add support for the RCS standard on iOS next year, the iPhone-maker said Thursday in a major reversal that would resolve the widespread issue of compatibility in text messaging between iPhones and Android smartphones, a concern affecting millions worldwide known colloquially as the “green bubble” dread. Apple’s longstanding unwillingness to support RCS […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
A Quibi-like app called ReelShort hit record downloads and revenue this month
Was Quibi a failure or just before its time? This month, a short-video app and Quibi-like entertainment service called ReelShort found its way to the top of the App Store, which led to the app gaining 1.9 million downloads (so far) in the month of November alone. Last Saturday, the app also hit a daily […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.