Samsung One UI 7 Beta Starts To Roll Out Showcasing the Glimpse of Future of Mobile AI Samsung Global Newsroom

Amid an unprecedented cyberattack on telecommunications companies such as AT&T and Verizon, U.S. officials have recommended that Americans use encrypted messaging apps to ensure their communications stay hidden from foreign hackers. Then, there’s ChatGPT integration, which Apple views separately from Apple Intelligence — there are some privacy protections for users, but their requests are still shared with OpenAI, even if they aren’t stored. If you link your ChatGPT account with iOS 18, something that’s required to use ChatGPT Plus and Pro, you agree to OpenAI’s privacy policies, not Apple’s. The new year will mark a significant shift, and the way consumers interact with AI in 2025 is poised to change.

Tapestry, a new app for tracking social media, news, blogs, and more, will launch in ‘early 2025’

Research from Finbold shows the platform added over 485,000 monthly active users daily from April to July, reaching 950 million users. Foursquare will officially sunset its City Guide app on December 15, 2024, with the web version following in early 2025. The company plans to focus on enhancing its Swarm app, which will now serve as the primary platform for check-ins and location-ba…

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There were so many developments last year that excited consumers and challenged app developers to up their game. From experimenting with AR/VR technology to utilizing the power of personalization to deliver an even more intuitive smartphone experience, apps are becoming bigger, bolder and more brilliant. With such rapid developments underway, I turned to some of our industry’s most insightful thought leaders and influential innovators to get their views on the developments we can expect this year.

“With new advances in multimodality — like native image and audio output — and native tool use, it will enable us to build new AI agents that bring us closer to our vision of a universal assistant.” Get in front of 350k+ site visitors with an announcement on Business of Apps. Press release packages including a news announcement, social media posts and newsletter inclusion start at $1,000. Now, when you use Circle to Search you’ll have an option to save that search in the Screenshots app, which feels like a logical place to keep tabs on your previous queries. You can also turn on a new feature to show suggested search phrases in Gboard based on things you save to Screenshots. And if you’ve added tickets or credit cards to Google Wallet with a screenshot, you’ll drawing studios be able to save those in the Screenshots app, too.

In “Designing User Interfaces Guidelines for Handling Risky Actions,” Victor Ponamarev shares insights on preventing user mistakes, offering practical guidelines … NetLib Security predictions 2025, by David Stonehill, CTO of NetLib Security, forecasts major trends in cybersecurity. Key insights include Generative AI’s impact on privacy, rising ransomware threats, and the growing role of encryption in safeguardi…

The update includes more descriptive video captions, a Gemini-powered update to the Lookout app, and a Spotify extension for Gemini. Pixel owners are getting a few additional updates, including deeper integration of the Pixel Screenshots app for Pixel 9 phones. This week was IAB’s NewFronts, where digital media companies and social networks pitched their platforms to advertisers looking to reach online audiences. The event saw major brands introducing a range of new offerings, including both ad products and formats, as well as touting their latest features, in some cases, as Snap did with its My AI integration. The app economy continues to grow, having produced a record number of downloads and consumer spending across both the iOS and Google Play stores. Keep up with this fast-moving industry in one place, with the latest from the world of apps, including news, updates, startup fundings, mergers and acquisitions, and much more.