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Making plans with your friends should be easy.However, between the various group chats, stacked schedules, and endless distractions, those plans can often fall to the wayside.Enter Rodeo, a new app from former C-suite executives at dating app Hinge. Cofounders Sam Levy (who was Hinge’s COO) and Tim MacGougan (CPO), who…
Spotify Wrapped could already feel humiliating. This year, there are more opportunities than ever to flip over the stone that is your phone habits and see what crawls out.Last year, my top artist was Florence + The Machine. I stand by it; “What Kind of Man” is one of the…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Shari Williams, a 41-year-old social media strategist based in Chicago. It’s been edited for length and clarity.In 2017, my four-month contract at an advertising agency was wrapping up with no word of a job offer or extension. I thought to myself,…
When you spend a dollar at Apple’s App Store, up to 30 cents of that goes to Apple.Now, a US court ruling may change that radically — opening up a future where Apple collects almost none of the money users spend on apps.Emphasis on may: Developers and regulators have been…
Temu is not exactly new news, I know.Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo launched the marketplace in the US back in 2022, and it has since taken the retail world by storm. [userAs a retail reporter, I’ve written about Temu and its impact on US companies, but I never got around to…
It’s not you, it’s AI.At least that’s the popular refrain on social media: The thing standing between you and a new job is an algorithm. It’s an idea that can help make sense of a dizzying job market where applications can meet speedy rejections or, worse, go unanswered.Yet, often, technology…
Apple’s app of the year suggests the tech giant was all about helping iPhone users get organized in 2025.Tiimo is an AI-powered visual planner that’s marketed towards those with neurodivergent brains. With to-do lists, daily tasks, and reminders, Tiimo mixes an AI chatbot with a classic planner. It’s free to…
Uber might seem ubiquitous in the US, but its CFO says the company has lots of room to grow.Across the 10 largest countries where Uber operates, about 15% of adults use either Uber for ride-hailing or delivery, Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah said during a presentation at UBS’ Global Technology and AI Conference…
A new Chinese vibe-coding tool exploded in popularity last week, so of course, I had to test it.LingGuang, an AI app for building apps using plain-language prompts, launched on November 18. By Monday, it had racked up over 2 million downloads.Chinese tech group Ant Group, which built the tool, said…
If you’re missing the social media glory days of the second Obama administration, you’re in luck.DiVine, a decentralized reboot of Vine backed by Jack Dorsey, is resurrecting the long-lost super-short-form video platform.Behind the revival is one of the original Twitter employees who worked closely with Dorsey, Evan Henshaw-Plath, who goes…
