mobile applications
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How To Stop Other People Seeing When You’re Online
Seeing when someone was last online inside an app can help you figure out whether or not they’re available to chat, and can also give you pointers as to whether they’re ignoring your messages or just haven’t gotten around to replying yet. But if you don’t like your status being broadcast to your contacts like…
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New iOS 16 Beta Sends ‘Edited’ Messages as Entirely New Texts
Apple’s proprietary messaging standard hit a snag in the latest iOS 16 beta. The ability to edit and retract messages in iMessage isn’t as seamless as Apple described it would be at its WWDC 2022 keynote. And while that’s to be expected in software that’s still in development, it’s a reminder that even the most…
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Airbnb Pulling Out of China Thanks to Stiff Competition From Super-Apps
Airbnb will cease business operations in China according to a new report from Reuters and several other news outlets. The company will officially shut down in the country starting July 30, though Chinese customers will still be able to use the service to rent rooms overseas.
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Biden Wants to Get Tougher on American Data Given to Foreign Advertisers: Report
Digital privacy legislation in the U.S. is a bafflingly fractured mess, and it’s about to get even more so. On Thursday, Reuters reported that Joe Biden’s administration had whipped up an executive order meant to give the Department of Justice “vast powers” to stop foreign “adversaries” — like Russia or China — from tapping into…