Ahead of a likely US TikTok ban, users flee to Chinese apps Xiaohongshu, aka RedNote, and ByteDance's Lemon8, currently the top two apps in the US App Store
and how to prepare Koh Ewe / BBC : TikTok users flock to Chinese app RedNote as US ban looms New York Times : ‘Red Note,’ a Chinese App, Is Dominating Downloads, Thanks to TikTok Users Emily Hallas / ...
European Commission proposes legislation mandating USB-C charging for mobile devices, citing electronic waste; Apple is the main USB-C holdout
an initiative it says will reduce environmental waste but that is likely to hit Apple the hardest. https://www.nytimes.com/... @fasterthanlime : Will Apple waste 45-55% energy efficiency to avoid comp...
Instagram says it is running a small global test to let users toggle Like counts on or off on their own or others' posts; Facebook will run a similar test
Facebook and Instagram have been toying with hiding likes … Rachel Lerman / Washington Post : What's not to like? Instagram lets users hide ‘like’ counts on posts. Hansa Verma / BGR India : Instagram...
After researchers raised data privacy concerns, Clubhouse says it is taking steps “to prevent Clubhouse clients from ever transmitting pings to Chinese servers”
what it is and how to get an invite Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.1485: what “accept cookies” really means, why surfaces don't spread Covid, a Facebook smartwatch?, and more Jitendra Son...
Facebook says it will test a reduction of political content in News Feed for some users in Canada, Brazil, and Indonesia this week, and the US in coming weeks
and I believe it's nearer than most think — when “I get most of my news on Facebook” sounds just as anachronistic and unserious as “I comment a lot on YouTube” or “I watch a lot of UHF” or “I listen t...
Facebook launches free-to-play cloud gaming on desktop and Android but says it is unable to bring games to iOS due to Apple's “arbitrary” policies
and another feud with Apple Emma Roth / MakeUseOf : Facebook Introduces Free Cloud Gaming Service | MakeUseOf David Pierce / Protocol : Apple fights the future of gaming Andrew Webster / The Verge : F...
President Trump told reporters on Friday that he will act soon to ban TikTok in the United States
and people are blaming Sarah Cooper, who may have hurt his feelings Joshua Keating / Slate : TikTok Could Have Been China's Nintendo Kaya Yurieff / CNN : ‘Everyone is going cray cray’: TikTok users fr...
Facebook, Telegram, Google, and Twitter say they have suspended requests for user data from Hong Kong police, following a new national security law by China
Apple is committed to being transparent … Kim Lyons / The Verge : Google, Facebook, and Twitter halt government data requests after new Hong Kong security law Tom Grundy / Hong Kong Free Press HKFP : ...
Facebook says it is shutting down Lasso, its TikTok clone launched a year and a half ago, on July 10
the highest it has ever had — in Mexico — its biggest market — on June 1, according to App Annie. It had so few users on iOS, and it struggled so much in other markets, that App Annie could not track ...
Apple meets Russia's demands to show Crimea as part of Russia for Russian Apple Maps users; elsewhere on Apple Maps, Crimea isn't shown as part of any country
for Russian users Mahit Huilgol / iPhone Hacks : Apple Changes Crimea Map to Please the Russian Government Evan Selleck / iDownloadBlog.com : Apple bends to Russia's demands, changes the way Crimea sh...