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• The new Dropbox redesign turns the app into a productivity launchpad

  Dropbox is revamping its productivity and business-focused cloud storage service with a whole new look and useful app integrations, ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Mozilla will launch a paid version of Firefox this fall (Updated)

  Firefox premium will launch by October that'll have features like VPN (Virtual Private Network) and secure cloud storage.  ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• This keyboard app spell-checks gender bias to challenge how we talk to girls

  One project hoping to change perceptions around everyday, gender-biased language is the Samsung-backed app created by Plan ...

  • Cara Curtis

• It’s the end of the road for Google's excellent Trips mobile app

  Another day, another Google product being shuttered. This time, it's Trips, the travel app that automatically created plans ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Google Maps' new features for India just made my commute a lot less painful

  Google rolls out a bunch of India specific updates for Google Maps, including bus travel times based on live traffic, and ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Women’s fertility app secretly took $1.79M in funding from anti-abortion campaigners

  A report from the Guardian found that fertility app Femm has been funded almost $1.8m by anti-abortion and anti-gay campaigners. ...

  • Cara Curtis

• This app makes it easy to compare Uber and Lyft fares in real-time

  Don't pay more than you have to.

  • Matthew Hughes

• Your iPhone is leaking personal info to tracking companies

  The Washington Post finds a lot of third-party iOS apps are sending sensitive personal information to tracking companies. ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• This game reveals the hidden racial bias of dating app algorithms

  It should be no surprise that racial bias factors into swiping matches on dating apps — but algorithms used by these apps ...

  • Cara Curtis

• The privacy-focused Tor browser is now officially on Android

  After a long wait, privacy-focused browser, Tor, is finally on Android with a stable release. Last September, the Tor project ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• How the messaging app 'bthere' became a sexual assault prevention tool

  For the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect individuals against sexual ...

  • Cara Curtis

• TikTok's owner is reportedly launching a music streaming app in July

  Yesterday, Chinese company ByteDance – which owns TikTok, Helo, and Vigo Video – launched a chat app called Flipchat. ...

  • Ivan Mehta