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Jumbo brings all your social media privacy settings into one app
Jumbo syncs up with your online accounts and scans your privacy settings to let you know which ones you should consider changing.
Instagram will let creators sell their products in the app
Instagram will soon let creators sell merchandise directly in the app.
Facebook asks its users to predict the future with its Forecast app
Facebook's new iOS app, Forecast, has experts make predictions on users' questions.
Apple will debut a Translate app in iOS 14
The Translate app will allow you to speak or type in text and will convert your question or statement into one of 11 languages. The translated text will be displayed on-screen and will be spoken by a synthetic voice over the iPhone’s speaker.
Apple re-approves Hey email app after last week’s standoff
Apple changes its stance and approves Basecamp's Hey iOS app.
Apple set to remove thousands of games from Chinese App Store in license crackdown
Apple could remove as many as 20,000 games from its App Store in China.
UK accused of trying to thwart 'rival' COVID-19 apps
Developers of alternative contact-tracing apps were told to stop work.
Google Maps may offer routes connecting bikes and cars to public transit
Google Maps code hints that the app may soon provide routes that link 'first mile' transportation to public transit.
Nextdoor pulls 'Forward to Police' feature amid concerns over racist abuse
Nextdoor has removed its 'Forward to Police' feature after concerns of abuse and a lack of demand.
Apple releases Mac version of its developer app just before WWDC
Apple has released a Mac version of its developer resource app just in time for a virtual WWDC.
Google tests interactive location listings in Street View
Google is testing an added augmented reality layer in Street View that adds interactive place markers.
Japan releases contact-tracing app using Apple and Google tech (updated)
Japan's new COVID-19 contact-tracing app is based on the framework provided by Google and Apple.
Google's Area 120 reveals Pinterest-like app called Keen
Keen, the latest experiment to come out of Google’s Area 120, sounds an awful lot like Pinterest.
Developers are divided on the EU’s App Store investigation
Apple disagrees with Spotify and the European Commission’s concerns. The Commission was investigating “baseless complaints,” Apple argued, by companies that want special treatment in the App Store. Is the App Store fair to developers?
Russia lifts its ban on Telegram
The app has become an important way to share official COVID-19 updates.
Flipboard’s Storyboards are a new way to curate and share across the internet
Flipboard has started rolling out a new curation tool that encourages users to narrow in on a topic with only a couple of relevant links.
UK switches COVID-19 contact tracing app to Apple and Google framework
The UK will base its coronavirus contact tracing app on the Apple and Google API and adopt the decentralized framework.
Zoom now promises end-to-end encryption is coming for all
Zoom will require free users to undergo a short verification process in order to enable end-to-end encryption.
Grammarly brings its most helpful features to the iPad
Copyediting extension Grammarly has a new iPad app that allows you to access some of its most useful online features without launching your web browser.
EU sets framework for contact tracing apps that work across borders
The Commission has agreed on a set of technical specifications that will allow info to be exchanged between national contract tracing apps.

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