Mobile Applications

December 11, 2024

‘Modern Love Podcast:’ Dating Apps Suck. A.I. Clones Are Making Them Even Weirder.

Reva GoldbergEmily LangDavis LandChristina Djossa and Dan PowellDiane WongCarole Sabouraud and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube |iHeartRadio ‘My […]
February 9, 2024

Smart Sex Toys: Can You Use Data to Optimize an Orgasm?

An array of smart sex toys cater to those who want to take a data-driven approach to their pleasure. After Melissa, a 35-year-old event planner living […]
December 7, 2023

Kink Goes Dark After Troubled Relaunch of Feeld Dating App

Missed connections, privacy lapses and a thwarted threesome: Feeld, the sex-positive dating app, is still dealing with issues days after a splashy reintroduction. What happens when […]
September 13, 2023

A New App Lets You Read All About Watch World News

A founder of the Watch Space, an iPhone app, said it is meant to have a “neutral” approach to information. One of the co-founders of a […]
July 18, 2023

How Location-Sharing Apps Like Find My Friends Came to Represent Affection

To a generation who grew up alongside the internet, location-sharing feels less like a privacy threat and more like an expression of affection. It started because […]
June 6, 2023

A First Try of Apple’s $3,500 Vision Pro Headset

I briefly got my hands on Apple’s new high-tech goggles, which impressed and creeped me out and raised a question: Why do we need these? I […]
September 16, 2022

For Gen Z, TikTok Is the New Search Engine

When Ja’Kobi Moore decided to apply this year to a private high school in her hometown of New Orleans, she learned that she needed at least […]
August 10, 2022

Maritime Apps for Your Next Seaside Vacation

With the right software on your phone you can turn a getaway on the water into an opportunity for discovery, from deciphering signal flags to forecasting […]
July 18, 2022

NGL Is the App That Will Tell You What You Don’t Want to Hear

NGL is only the latest anonymous-messaging platform to take off by making explicit the subtext of most social media: We’re all judging one another. Why is […]
May 19, 2022

Seeking Pills, Young People Head to Social Media, With Deadly Results

The soaring drug fatalities in the U.S. are being fueled partly by fentanyl-tainted pills bought by teenagers and young adults on Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok and other […]