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Spotify Debuts New App
Yesterday

Spotify just unveiled a redesigned app. “With the new [app], users can listen on-demand to whatever song they want, as many times as they want, as long as those songs appear on one of the 15 personalized discovery playlists like Daily Mix, Discover Weekly, Release Radar or Today’s ...

Google Reimagines Text Feature As 'Chat'
April 22, 2018

Along with some much-needed improvements, Google is rebranding its standard text-messaging app on Android as “Chat,” The Verge reports. So the feature works for everyone, “Google has been quietly corralling every major cellphone carrier on the planet into adopting technology to replace SMS,” it writes. “It’s going to ...

Apple Planning Premium News Subscription Offering
April 17, 2018

Apple plans to integrate magazine app Texture into Apple News and launch a premium subscription offering, Bloomberg reports, citing sources. The move is "part of a broader push by the iPhone maker to generate more revenue from online content and services,” it writes. Apple just recently agreed to ...

Goldman Sachs Grabs Personal-Finance App 'Clarity Money'
April 16, 2018

Goldman Sachs just bought personal-finance app Clarity Money, The Wall Street Journal reports. The financial giant paid a “high eight-figure sum” for the app, sources tell The Journal. “Adam Dell -- brother of Michael Dell, the personal-computer pioneer -- founded Clarity Money and will join Goldman as a ...

Thousands Of Android Apps For Children May Violate Privacy Regs
April 16, 2018

A majority of free Android apps for children may violate the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting personal data from users, according to a new study. ...

2018 App Economy Pegged At $950 Billion, Job Growth Soars
April 16, 2018

A study released Monday estimates the worth of the U.S. mobile app economy at a whopping $950 billion, but could rise much higher if the 34 million Americans without broadband access had the ability to access apps. ...

Spotify Readying Big Redesign
April 11, 2018

Spotify is reportedly preparing to overhaul its free music streaming service. “The redesign will reportedly focus primarily on making the Spotify mobile app easier to use,” Gizmodo reports, citing Bloomberg. “Spotify plans to make playlists more easily accessible for its non-paying users and is expected to provide more ...

Facebook Offers Bounties For Data Abusers
April 11, 2018

Desperate to clean up its act, Facebook is offering big bounties to anyone who can spot data abusers, like Cambridge Analytics and its partner in crime, psychology professor Aleksandr Kogan. ...