Apple Maps will start showing ads from local businesses next year

Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - Apple plans to introduce advertisements in Apple Maps as early as next year, according to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman. The ads will enable restaurants and other brick-and-mortar businesses to pay for promotion within search results, mirroring features …

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Instagram adds watch history for Reels on Android and iOS

Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - Instagram has launched a Watch History feature enabling users to revisit Reels they previously watched, modeled after YouTube’s equivalent. The tool appears in the app’s settings menu and supports filtering by date, range, or author on Android and iOS dev…

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Apple Reportedly Moving Ahead With Ads in Maps App

Hartley Charlton / macrumors - Apple Maps could feature integrated ads as soon as next year, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports.In his latest "Power On" newsletter, Gurman said that Apple's plan to bring more ads to iOS is moving "gaining traction," with the Maps app being next in line. T…

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Shuttered robot vacuum maker Neato is ending cloud services sooner than planned

engadget - Starting soon, Neato robovac owners will no longer be able to control their devices using the app. Neato Robotics, which shut down in 2023 due to declining sales, has notified customers that "cloud services are being phased out during Q4 2025," according …

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Instagram adds a watch history for Reels

Will Shanklin / engadget - Instagram's latest feature should make it easier to resurface videos you've viewed. On Friday, Adam Mosseri revealed a new watch history for Reels. "Hopefully, now you can find that thing that you were trying to find that you couldn't find before," the In…

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Apple Claims to be Pressured to Disable App Tracking Transparency in Europe

Laurent Giret / thurrott - Apple is threatening to disable its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) feature in Europe due to pressure from the advertising industry and local regulators.The post Apple Claims to be Pressured to Disable App Tracking Transparency in Europe appeared first on…

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UK tribunal rules against Apple App Store practices

In a landmark decision, a London tribunal found that Apple abused its dominant market position with its App Store policies, potentially facing damages near £1.5 billion. The ruling underscores mounting regulatory pressures over Apple’s restrictive practices and their broader impact on competition in the digital marketplace.

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OpenAI buys Mac AI interface builder Software Applications Incorporated

Suhasini Srinivasaragavan / siliconrepublic - The start-up is behind ‘Sky’, a natural language interface for Mac computers.Read more: OpenAI buys Mac AI interface builder Software Applications Incorporated

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Instagram Gets New Generative AI Features. What to Know and How to Use Them

Blake Stimac / cnet - You can now tweak your Instagram Stories with more AI video and photo restyling effects.

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Paris-based Kotcha raises €3.5 million to make elite running coaching accessible to everyone

Antonio L. Escárzaga / eu-startups - Paris-based startup Kotcha, co-founded with marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge and the NN Running Team, has raised €3.5 million in pre-seed funding to make professional running coaching available to runners worldwide. The round was led by Racine2, operated by…

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Tinder introduces mandatory facial verification to curb fake profiles

Tinder is rolling out a nationwide facial recognition feature to authenticate new users and reduce catfishing on its platform. The update seeks to bolster user safety by ensuring that profiles accurately represent real individuals, marking a proactive step in the dating app’s ongoing security efforts.

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YouTube is adding a timer to Shorts so you don't scroll the day away

Lawrence Bonk / engadget - YouTube is adding a timer to Shorts to help curb all of that incessant doomscrolling, according to a report by TechCrunch. This feature is rolling out to all users after being spotted in an Android APK file earlier this year, which was originally reported…

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Yelp is getting more AI, including an upgraded chatbot

Anna Washenko / engadget - AI is the star of Yelp's fall product update. The review site has updated Yelp Assistant, its chatbot to answer users' questions, rolling the tool out for all business categories. Its responses will draw on information from the business' website as well a…

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Facebook Messenger is about to stop working on these platforms

John Kanellakos / pocket-lint - Meta is deprecating its dedicated Facebook Messenger apps for PC and Mac in favor of a unified web-based alternative - full support ends in December.

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EA will shut down The Sims Mobile in January

Kris Holt / engadget - The Sims Mobile is going away as EA will shut it down on January 20, nearly eight years after its debut in March 2018. An update that went live on Monday is the final one and the company is delisting the game on October 21. Since the game requires online …

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Spotify now lets people follow venues to find out about concerts

Lawrence Bonk / engadget - Spotify just introduced a feature that lets users follow their favorite concert venues. This will provide people with updates and details about upcoming concerts.Once a venue is selected as a favorite, it gets saved in a user's library. Browsing each venu…

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Apple Now Faces App Store Challenges in China, Too

Hartley Charlton / macrumors - A law firm in China has filed a new antitrust complaint accusing Apple of abusing its control over iOS app distribution and payments, escalating a dispute that previously failed in civil court by seeking action from state regulators instead, Reuters repor…

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