Solv Protocol, which offers financial services to bitcoin (BTC) holders, announced BTC+, an automated vault for generating returns on spot market holdings. The new product taps several crypto sub-sectors and strategies, including basis arbitrage, DeFi credit markets, protocol staking and tokenized real-world assets to offer a one-stop yield-farming shop for BTC holders. The introduction underscores … Read more
Apple showcased iOS 18 – its next operating system update for the iPhone – at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2024 on June 10. Since then, the Cupertino-based tech giant has rolled out several iterations of the iOS 18 beta to developers, comprising new features, system enhancements and bug fixes. Building upon the previous developer … Read more
Spotify for Podcasters – the all-in-one podcasting platform – introduced a new ‘Comments’ feature on Tuesday. This interactive feature is said to allow listeners to post comments on podcasts and receive replies from podcasters, enabling more engagement. Alongside Comments, the app has also been revamped and it now delivers real-time performance updates for podcasts alongside … Read more
Slack – the cloud-based team communication platform – is bringing three new widgets to the iPhone, the company announced via a social media post on Monday. The new widgets add catch-up, status view and other functionalities to the iPhone’s home and lock screens, enabling users to leap directly into the different tabs of the Slack … Read more
iOS 18 Public Beta 3 was rolled out for iPhone users on Tuesday. It introduces several features which Apple did not preview at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 10, including an option that aims to reduce distractions while reading web pages in Safari. The update arrived a day after Apple released iOS 18 … Read more
Snapchat has rolled out a highly requested feature for iPad users, adding to the expansive list of updates brought out in 2024. Following its latest update, the social media app now works natively on the Apple device, instead of its iPhone app being optimised for the tablet. This year, the platform has introduced several new … Read more
Apple launched the iPhone 16 series at the “It’s Glowtime” event on Monday. The smartphone series, comprising the base model, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and the iPhone 16 Pro Max, were introduced with many new hardware features and Apple Intelligence integration. This was also the first time the Cupertino-based tech giant equipped the … Read more
Apple on Tuesday announced support for a new App Store feature that will allow developers to prompt former app users to sign up for a paid subscription again. These so-called ‘win-back offers’ will allow app developers to offer a discount to previous users in order to convince them to purchase a subscription. These offers will … Read more
Mastercard is exploring ways to simplify crypto transactions, which could lead to the mass adoption of these digital assets for day-to-day businesses. The US-based cards payments giant has introduced a new initiative to assess the use of its Crypto Credential programme. The aim of this programme is to ensure that people do not send crypto … Read more
Alphabet‘s Google rolled out more artificial intelligence for its core search product, hoping to create some of the same consumer excitement generated by Microsoft‘s relaunch of rival search engine Bing in recent months. At its annual I/O conference in Mountain View, California, on Wednesday, Google offered an updated version of its namesake engine. Called the … Read more