MWC: Swayy app lets you share your future location with close friends, or groups you curate

March 1, 2024

Given that this week Instagram revealed that it was developing a “Friend Map” feature, it was interesting and timely to run into a startup during Mobile World Congress this week that plans to go beyond even that. Swayy is an iPhone app startup that allows you to share not your current location, but your next […]

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Apple reverses decision about blocking web apps on iPhones in the EU

March 1, 2024

Apple has reversed its decision about blocking web apps, also known as Progressive Web Apps (PWAs), on iPhones in the EU. The company updated its developer page saying that after receiving many requests to support PWAs, it will reinstate the functionality in the upcoming public release of iOS 17.4 PWAs can act like native apps […]

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Now the EU is asking questions about Meta’s ‘pay or be tracked’ consent model

March 1, 2024

Meta’s controversial pay or be tracked ‘consent’ choice for users the European Union is facing questions from the European Commission. Today the bloc said it’s sent Facebook and Instagram’s owner a formal request for information (RFI) under the Digital Services Act (DSA), asking it to provide more detail on the “Subscription for no Ads options” […]

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