Software & App News

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Secure links interface for Proton
Proton Pass Launches New Secure Links for Sharing With Anyone
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People Hate In-App Subscriptions, but We're Buying More Than Ever
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What's Cool in the New iPhone, iPad, and macOS Sequoia Betas
Proton Drive Photo backup
Now You Can Have an Encrypted Backup for Your iPhone Photos
Mister Rogers at the trolley bench
Now You Can Visit Mister Rogers' Neighborhood On Demand
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Why Is Pasting Text Still Stuck In The 1980s?
Pixelmator Pro's PDF text editing on a Mac screen
Pixelmator Pro Updates With New PDF Text Editing, Bento Templates
A video editing timeline in Adobe Premiere Pro.
Adobe's Developing a New Generative AI Model for Premiere Pro
People using Canva on laptops.
On Canva's Surprise Affinity Acquisition—What Even Is an App Anymore? 
Proton Mail desktop app
You Can Finally Get New Proton Mail on Your Desktop
Laptop running Ableton on a super nice desk
With Live 12, Ableton Knocked Accessibility Out of the Park
An iPhone showing a folder full of messaging apps
The EU Says iMessage Isn't Popular Enough to Bother Policing
An iPad on a stand with Noteshelf 3 open on the screen.
Noteshelf 3 With Generative AI Makes Research a Breeze
The Yelp app open on a smartphone showing an AI summary for a business.
Yelp Wants More of Your Reviews to Feed Its New AI Recommendation Engine
'The Athletic' shown on Apple News+ on an iPhone.
Love Your Sports? Now You Can Get More on Apple News+
Amazon Your Books on a laptop.
Amazon's Your Books Helps You Manage Your Digital Library Better
Closeup on the YouTube logo on a laptop.
Now You Can Pause Comments on Your YouTube Videos
Photo backup on Proton Drive
Proton Drive Wants to Make Your Photos More Secure
Opera Lucid Mode screenshot
Winter Blues Got You Down? Try Opera's Improved Lucid Mode
Closeup on someone tapping on a mobile phone.
Discord Redesigns Mobile App to Be 'Its Own Independent Experience'
An athlete messaging someone using a mobile phone while wearing wired earbuds.
Strava's New Messaging Feature Means You Don't Need a Separate App
Someone using Photomator on their iPhone.
Apple's App Store Winners Include Innovative New Apps and Games
Rear view of someone standing between two public transit trains.
Google Maps Gets New Features Just in Time for Holiday Travel
Screenshots of the Venmo Groups feature.
Venmo Adds New Group Payments to Make Splits Easier
WhatsApp icon features on a smartphone.
WhatsApp's Group Voice Chat Is Now an Official Feature
Final Cut Pro for Mac and iPad
Apple Makes Video Editing Easier With New Final Cut Pro Update
Google Maps screens with new features
Google Maps' New AI Features Can Help You Navigate More Confidently
WebEx
WebEx Adds New AI Features to Improve Sound and Video Quality During Calls
The new AI Post Creator for Wix websites.
Wix's New AI Tools Can Help You Create Your Blog
WhatsApp displayed on a smartphone screen showing two accounts.
Got Two WhatsApp Accounts? Soon You Can Log Into Both on One Phone
Someone reporting an incident in Google Maps.
Google Maps and Waze Are Getting More 'Helpful' Features
Person paying at a coffee shop using Apple Pay
Why You Might Want to Use a PayPal Card With Apple Pay
Someone tapping virtual smart home controls overlaying a white kitchen.
Samsung Drops New SmartThings Update With Matter 1.2 Support
The new Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant
Now You Can Use AI Right in Adobe Acrobat
Someone using a laptop on a desk with a security lock icon overlaying the image.
Proton Drive Gets New Encrypted Sharing Features
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Yahoo Mail Gets AI Tools to Keep Track of Deals and Help Manage Emails
Android user texting with RCS
Google Drops 7 New Everyday Android Features
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Why Amazon Should Ditch Star Ratings—and Why It Never Will
A Grubhub delivery bag sitting behind a smoothie and a smoothie bowl.
Grubhub+ Is Now a Part of Your Amazon Prime Membership
Someone tapping a virtual screen, searching for bloatware.
Why Deleting Bloatware on Windows 11 Can Help Speed Up Your PC
Two Surface computers in a virtual space
Microsoft's New AI Assistant Really Wants You to Trust It
Why We Need Bookmarking and Read-Later Apps More Than Ever
The Lightroom Generative Remove feature.
Adobe Adds New Generative AI Features to Lightroom
Someone looking at Google Photos on a MacBook
Google Brings an AI-Powered Scrapbook of Your Favorite Images to Photos
Google AI search screenshot with a record player on-screen
Google Details Its Plan to Destroy Itself With AI
Someone listening to audio using headphones.
How Apple's New Discovery Station Could Help You Find Fresh Music
Wycliff Jean working with Google's Music AI Sandbox.
Google Digs Into Generative AI for New Audio, Video, and Images
New Arts & Culture app Explore, "cultural flywheel," and Play features
Google’s Arts & Culture App Wants to Make Everyone a Poet With AI’s Help
Musician sitting in a vintage studio with Logic on a MacBook.
Pro Apps On New iPads—Worth It?
Three girls (6-8 years) sitting on rear seat of car on road trip
Apple Maps Finally Doesn’t Suck, and Is Way More Private Than Google
Meta Quest 3 closeup
Why Meta Wants to Be the 'Microsoft of VR'
macOS Sonoma on a Macbook
Your Mac Is Turning Into An iPhone With macOS Sonoma—Here's Why You Should Care
Someone editing a photo on a touchscreen computer using a stylus pen.
Photoshop Gets New Generative AI and Reference Image Features
Closeup of someone working on a laptop from home.
How Gmail's New Tools Come to the Rescue When Making Appointments
An artist rendering of someone playing a video game while wearing a virtual reality headset.
Meta's New Horizon OS Could Mean More VR Headsets to Choose From
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Why You Shouldn't Install the Upcoming iOS 17 Public Beta
A Game Boy with a Tetris cartridge.
Messy Game Boy Emulator Ban Highlights App Store Mistakes
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Why You Won't Hear Any Difference With Spotify's New HiFi Audio
Playing a video game on a smart phone.
Apple Now Permits Video Game Emulators in the App Store
iOS 17.4 update confirmed on an iPhone.
iOS 17.4 Is a Major New Direction for Apple