Apps

Amjad Masad, Replit's CEO, said the era of solo software creation has arrived, and all it takes is a few hours and a good prompt."You can just have a prompt and have an app," he said on an episode of the "Big Technology Podcast" published Wednesday."I'd say at least set an afternoon to give it…

The data breach at Tea, the viral app that allows women to post anonymous reviews of men, was bigger than initially reported and included private messages.Last week, the app acknowledged that it had experienced a data breach of about 72,000 images, including users' photos and driver's licenses.Now, a Tea spokesperson tells Business Insider that the…

Apple launched a new party-planning app on Tuesday called Apple Invites.Partiful, a startup with a similar function, had a swift response that suggested Apple had copied its product.Apple Invites is available now, with full capabilities accessible to iCloud+ subscribers.Apple isn't always first to a party — and when it does show up, the existing competition…

The app Clapper has surged in downloads amid a potential TikTok ban in the US.Clapper is a social-video app founded in 2020 and based in Texas.It offers an ad-free experience and monetization for creators.Clapper, an upstart video and livestreaming app, has soared to third place in the free iPhone app download charts. The surge comes…

Ryan Serhant's firm raised $45 million from capital firms Camber Creek and Left Lane Capital.Much of the money will go toward growing the firm's AI platform S.MPLE.S.MPLE isn't Serhant's first app. He tells BI how he turned past failures into success.Despite Ryan Serhant's stand-out 2024, he hasn't escaped failure. In fact, after attempting to create…

On Thursday, some people noticed something strange and unusual on their phones' home screens. What was that — that odd black-and-blue "f" icon? That couldn't be … could it? Facebook?????Only some people — unclear how many — were affected. I didn't get the new icon, but my colleague Peter Kafka did. On Reddit's r/iOS, a…

If not, don't feel bad.I know a lot of people who watch sports, and I know a lot of people who spend time thinking about Apple and Apple products, and almost none of them ever mention the Apple Sports app, which launched in February.And among the few people I know who do talk about the…

Aurich Lawson Vulnerabilities that went undetected for a decade left thousands of macOS and iOS apps susceptible to supply-chain attacks. Hackers could have added malicious code compromising the security of millions or billions of people who installed them, researchers said Monday. The vulnerabilities, which were fixed last October, resided in a “trunk” server used to…

The home screen layout of Apple devices has remained largely unchanged since the iPhone debuted in 2007, but an upcoming update could mean an all-new design.Although many predict that Apple's upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference in June will be heavily focused on artificial intelligence announcements, Bloomberg reported that iOS 18 will also let users customize their…

No bank? No problem. You can still build your savings with this peer-to-peer transfer app’s new account.