Apps

Snapchat unveils real-time location sharing

The Live Location tool can only be used by individuals who have mutually added each other as friends on the app. In addition, the feature can only be utilized for a limited amount of time and sharing can be paused at any time.

Netflix to launch first mobile games on Android

The streaming giant's global subscriber base will be able to download and play five mobile games on Android devices starting Wednesday, including Stranger Things: 1984, Stranger Things 3: The Game, Shooting Hoops, Card Blast and Teeter Up,

TikTok maker caps screen time for youths in China

In the latest move to curb screen time for younger Chinese users, ByteDance Ltd., the maker of the hit short-video mobile app TikTok, said that it would restrict access to Douyin, the Chinese version of the app, to 40 minutes a day for users under 14 years old.

Match Group names Tinder's first female CEO

Nyborg, who joined Tinder in 2020 as general manager of Europe, Middle East, and Africa, will take over the reigns of the popular dating app beginning on Sept. 27.