Snapchat launches privacy-safe Snap Kit, the un-Facebook platform
Snapchat finally gets a true developer platform, confirming TechCrunch’s scoop from last month about Snap Kit. This set of APIs lets other apps piggyback on Snap’s login for sign up, build Bitmoji avatars into their keyboards,
Google maps goes beyond directions
Google announced a new version of Google Maps that will launch later this summer. All of the core Google Maps features for getting directions aren’t going away, of course, but on top of that, the team
Foursquare is finally proving its value
In 2009, Facebook was just getting popular with moms and grandmas. People were playing Farmville. Twitter was just becoming mainstream. And Foursquare launched on to the scene. Back then, Foursquare was just another social network, letting users
Hottest IoT applications for 2018
IoT is going to expand on its current strengths in the coming year, broadening its presence in the industrial, energy and transportation sectors and continuing to see growing usage in fields like healthcare and retail. Rohit Mehra,
App maker Kakao begins beta testing new cryptocurrency exchange
South Korean fintech firm Dunamu, operator of the securities trading app Kakao Stock, has opened up its planned cryptocurrency exchange to users for beta testing. Set up in partnership with the U.S.-based exchange Bittrex and currently in
Facebook buys weeks-old app for teens
An app that encourages teens to be nice to each other has been acquired by Facebook for an undisclosed fee. The app - called tbh, meaning "to be honest" - is just nine weeks old, but had
Google acquires belarusian startup AIMatter
Computer vision — the branch of artificial intelligence that lets computers “see” and process images like humans do (and, actually, often better than us), and then use those images to help run programs — is at
Apple have added on their maps the major Belarusian cities
On the iPhone, iPad and Mac there are regular Maps. Long time for residents of Belarus it was useless because most of the settlements in it looked like the intersection of two roads. Now detailed maps Apple