Decentralized social networking app Damus to be removed from App Store, will appeal decision

June 26, 2023

Damus, a decentralized social networking app backed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, will be removed from the App Store due to Apple’s strict payment rules. Apple had threatened to remove Damus earlier this month over the app’s tips feature, claiming that it could be used by content creators to sell digital content on the platform. […]

Decentralized social networking app Damus to be removed from App Store, will appeal decision by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Unicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95% of its users were fake

June 26, 2023

Ironically, the social app IRL‘s users do not exist in real life. An internal investigation by IRL’s board of directors found that 95% of the app’s reported 20 million users were “automated or from bots,” The Information first reported. So, after raising more than $200 million in venture capital, IRL is shutting down. IRL was […]

Unicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95% of its users were fake by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Telegram is adding Stories next month

June 26, 2023

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced today that the messaging app is adding Stories in early July. Durov says users have been asking for the feature for years, noting that more than half of all feature requests that Telegram receives are related to Stories. The company was initially against adding Stories because they “are already everywhere,” […]

Telegram is adding Stories next month by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch