Google Is Not Ruling Out Ads in Gemini
…initial experiments. I would expect that the learnings that we get from ads in AI Mode would likely carry over to what we might want to do in the Gemini app down…
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Hands-On With All of Google’s New Upcoming Android XR Smart Glasses
…Xreal showed me some vibe-coded apps, like a Google Tilt Brush–like art experience that let me draw in midair. I played a game called Demeo, a tabletop Dungeons & Dragons game…
Why Walmart and OpenAI Are Shaking Up Their Agentic Shopping Deal
…experience is part of a broader pivot for OpenAI to focus on having checkouts take place within embedded apps, the Information reported earlier this month, without providing a rationale for the change…
AI Has Flooded All the Weather Apps
…The app costs $4 per month. It is available on iOS only for now, but the company says an Android version is coming eventually. “We wanted to build an experience that would…
Ikea’s New Smart Home Gear Is Taking Over My House
…I also really liked how clean the in-app experience was, and it felt easy to understand how everything worked and what I could connect it to. Especially with the affordable price…
The TikTok Ban Was Never About TikTok
…It captures six years in 90 minutes through the eyes of the TikTok creators whose lives were deeply entangled with the fate of the video app. After former President Joe Biden signed…
Google Is Rebranding the Fitbit App to ‘Google Health’
…Despite the app's name change, Chandra says the Fitbit brand is still very much part of Google's playbook: The company announced the first new Fitbit in three years, the Fitbit…
The Top New Features in Google’s Android 17—and Gemini Intelligence—Coming This Summer
…When you trigger a task, Gemini opens a virtual app experience and runs through the motions while you can continue using your phone for something else. When it has completed the task…
Tim Cook’s Legacy Is Turning Apple Into a Subscription
…There’s the embedded approach, in which the AI is mostly being used to juice app experiences, similar to the way that Meta is building AI to maximize its ad revenue. Apple…
InkPoster’s Tela Is a Digital Frame Worth Hanging in a Gallery
…E Ink doesn’t draw power unless you’re changing the image, one full charge should last a year. The InkPoster app offers a library of thousands of licensed artworks, spanning vintage…