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Twitter to acquire group chat app Sphere

Sphere, a group chat app co-founded by Czech academic Tomas Halgas and British entrepreneur Nick D’Aloisio, is being acquired by Twitter. The chat app, founded in 2016, attempts to encourage engagement by automatically clearing out old content. It emphasizes polls, announcements and events in a way that makes its users more likely to respond, according to Sphere. “Our work has …

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Apple updates App Store rules to allow developers more communication with customers

Two months after reaching a settlement with some developers in a class action lawsuit over how it manages its App Store for the iPhone and iPad, Apple‘s officially changed its rules to allow app developers to highlight alternative purchasing options outside apps, and also to communicate more directly with customers. The new rules, which Apple codified in changes to three …

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