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Apple and Google Choose AllTrails and Imprint over AI Apps for 2023 App of the Year
Apple and Google's selection of their "App of the Year" for 2023. Apple chose AllTrails, a hiking and biking companion app, as its iPhone App of the Year. On the other hand, Google selected Imprint: Learn Visually, an educational app, as the best app on Google Play. Both companies agreed on Honkai: Star Rail as their Game of the Year. This selection was notable because neither Apple nor Google chose an AI app as their app of the year, despite the significant success of ChatGPT and other AI apps. ChatGPT had become the fastest-growing consumer application in history, reaching 100 million users shortly after its launch. This decision to avoid the AI category seems deliberate, especially given AI's substantial impact on culture and technology in 2023.
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Apple announces its apps — and trend — of the year
Apple's App of the Year awards include AllTrails (iPhone), Prêt-à-Makeup (iPad), Photomator (Mac), MUBI (Apple TV), SmartGym (Apple Watch), and various games for each platform. The company also highlighted "generative AI" as the trend of the year.
Reminder: Google is about to start purging inactive accounts
Google is set to begin deleting inactive accounts starting from December 1st, 2023, as part of its inactive account policy announced in May. This policy targets accounts that have been created and never used again. To avoid deletion, users need to engage in activities like signing in, using Google Drive, watching YouTube videos, or using Google Search. Simply logging into a Google Account can keep it active for another two years.
Augment Provides an MBA-Like Program, But Exclusively Online
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Wind.app makes DeFi accessible to the average consumer
Wind.app, founded by Hussain Elius, co-founder of Pathao, is a new venture into the world of decentralized finance (DeFi). It's a self-custodial, smart contract wallet offering three main features: facilitating global business payments, serving as a virtual bank account, and providing infrastructure for crypto-to-fiat transactions.
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