Notices by Sarah Perez 💙 (sarahp@mastodon.social), page 2

These apps are building Instagram alternatives on open protocols https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/09/these-apps-are-building-instagram-alternatives-on-open-protocols/

Bluesky will soon let you limit replies to ‘followers only’ https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/07/bluesky-will-soon-let-you-limit-replies-to-followers-only/

Flashes, a photo-sharing app for Bluesky, opens beta https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/06/flashes-a-photo-sharing-app-for-bluesky-opens-beta/

Custom feed builder Graze is building a business on Bluesky, and investors are paying attention https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/31/custom-feed-builder-graze-is-building-a-business-on-bluesky-and-investors-are-paying-attention/

Apple tops 1 billion subscriptions, nearly $100 billion in services revenue in 2024 https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/30/apple-tops-1-billion-subscriptions-nearly-100-billion-in-services-revenue-in-2024/

Automattic and others back Openvibe, an app that’s unifying the open social web https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/28/automattic-and-others-back-openvibe-an-app-thats-unifying-the-open-social-web/

Bluesky adds video to user profiles https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/27/bluesky-adds-video-to-user-profiles/

Open source alternatives to Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp raise funds on Kickstarter https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/24/open-source-alternatives-to-instagram-tiktok-and-whatsapp-raise-funds-on-kickstarter/

US users dumped RedNote after Trump paused the TikTok ban https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/24/us-users-dumped-rednote-after-trump-paused-the-tiktok-ban/

AI apps saw over $1 billion in consumer spending in 2024 https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/22/ai-apps-saw-over-1-billion-in-consumer-spending-in-2024/

Spotify introduces educational audio courses, starting in the UK https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/21/spotify-introduces-educational-audio-courses-starting-in-the-uk/

Did anyone make a utility to follow all your TikTok folks on Reels/YT etc? Like a Chrome extension or something?

Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/bluesky-is-getting-its-own-photo-sharing-app-flashes/

Duolingo sees 216% spike in U.S. users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/duolingo-sees-216-spike-in-u-s-users-learning-chinese-amid-tiktok-ban-and-move-to-rednote/

Decentralized Instagram alternative Pixelfed launches mobile apps https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/14/decentralized-instagram-alternative-pixelfed-launches-mobile-apps/

TikTok tells LA staff impacted by wildfires to use personal/sick hours if they can’t work from home https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/tiktok-tells-la-staff-impacted-by-wildfires-to-use-personal-sick-hours-if-they-cant-work-from-home/

Mastodon CEO calls Meta’s moderation changes ‘deeply troubling,’ warns users cross-posting from Threads https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/08/mastodon-ceo-calls-metas-moderation-changes-deeply-troubling-warns-users-cross-posting-from-threads/

After X exodus, Bluesky growth slows in December: https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/06/bluesky-bump-from-x-exodus-is-slowing-down-data-shows/

Tapestry, a new app for tracking social media, news, blogs, and more, will launch in ‘early 2025’ https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/19/tapestry-a-new-app-for-tracking-social-media-news-blogs-and-more-will-launch-in-early-2025/

Flipboard launches Surf, a new app for browsing the open social web: https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/18/flipboard-launches-surf-a-new-app-for-browsing-the-open-social-web/