Why is dating app Feeld so popular? Fetishes and throuples are only part of the story
Zoe Williams
Established apps were taking attitudes to sex and love right back to the 1950s. Thank goodness for something less traditional, writes Zoe Williams
‘Throuples’ dating app Feeld nearly doubles turnover to £39.5m
Platform registered at industrial estate in Cumbria and catering to alternative relationships has expanded globally
Goodbye Tinder, hello Strava: have ‘hobby’ apps become the new social networks?
Millions are rejecting the culture-war hotspots of the major social media sites in favour of apps dedicated to activities they enjoy, while bonding with their fellow users
August 2024
Arresting Telegram’s Pavel Durov could be a smart move. Tech bosses care more about themselves than you
Chris Stokel-Walker
He has been praised for refusing to share data with the Kremlin. But if targeting CEOs worries Musk, Zuckerberg et al, so be it, says tech writer Chris Stokel-Walker
‘Out of this world’: free app will offer tour of modernist Manchester
Developers hope guide to 20th-century buildings will soon be available in other cities
Hello, goodbye: the rise and decline of the celebrity video-greeting app Cameo
Why Telegram is the go-to app for those wanting to spread toxic information
As a Waze dad, I like to think I make Britain’s roads run more smoothly. You can thank me later
Adrian Chiles
July 2024
Ebike entrepreneur Valeria Labi: ‘If I see a problem and I think it can be solved, I follow that thread’
The British-born businesswoman behind Ghana’s first electric bike is out to woo Africa’s delivery riders away from costly and polluting petrol while cutting carbon emissions
What is it about weather apps that has us all – including Queen Camilla – so obsessed?
Coco Khan
It’s impossible to predict UK weather, but who can deny the pleasure of seeing a row of sunshine icons at a journey’s end, asks writer Coco Khan
Should I bring a brolly? Five of the best weather apps
‘I find them quite magical’: the UK’s obsession with weather apps
Figma’s AI app creator accused of ripping off Apple weather app
June 2024
Why I quit
Dating apps took over my life – so I ditched them and learned to live in the moment
Anya Ryan
I used to remove myself from experiences in favour of chasing matches. Now I’m fulfilled by the company of real people, says freelance writer Anya Ryan
As spicy as you want it: interactive fiction games put forward a new kind of narrative
Once derided for saucy advertisements and romance novel plots, these mobile games are venturing into the mainstream
In the key of 5G: the ‘dimensionalist’ who wrote a symphony for 1,000 phones
Mobiles are usually hated at concert halls. But Huang Ruo wants Mancunians to start using theirs on the way in – and not stop. The Chinese-American explains why the sounds of rain and traffic are all part of the experience
May 2024
Weekend
Stephen Merchant on his ‘preposterous’ trajectory; the trouble with the Zoe nutrition app; and when does drinking become a problem? – podcast
‘Personalising stuff that doesn’t matter’: the trouble with the Zoe nutrition app
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On my radar: Andrew O’Hagan’s cultural highlights
‘A lot of effort to get one date’: Bumble app makes women’s first move easier
