Spotify tests Stories for influencer playlists
Apparently, Spotify is not sharing the new feature with artists, who received their own version of Spotify Stories last year. Instead, this will be available to select influencers like YouTube… More here: Spotify tests Stories for influencer playlists
Google’s experimental apps shame you into taming phone addiction
The other two are simpler visual reminders of your phone obsession. Activity Bubbles (shown at left) creates a bubble in your home screen background every time you unlock your phone, and it gets… Read more: Google’s experimental apps shame you into taming phone addiction
Bloomberg: Apple will start making a smaller, cheaper iPhone in February
Kuo and Bloomberg previously reported that the upcoming affordable model will look like the iPhone 8 and will have a 4.7-inch screen. It will also reportedly be powered by Apple’s A13 chip, which… See original here: Bloomberg: Apple will start making a smaller, cheaper iPhone in February
Opera accused of offering predatory loans through Android apps (updated)
The conditions only got worse for borrowers who missed their payments. Falling short by just a day could raise the APR as high as 876 percent. Also, the apps reportedly scraped phone contacts to… The rest is here: Opera accused of offering predatory loans through Android apps (updated)
Huawei will use TomTom for maps now that it’s cut off from Google
It’s not shocking that Huawei would forge a partnership like this. With the US blacklisting Huawei over alleged security concerns, the Chinese firm had to either find a global navigation partner… Continued here: Huawei will use TomTom for maps now that it’s cut off from Google
