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August 2024

  • Miriam Margolyes, Nigel Farage, Ben Fogle

    Hello, goodbye: the rise and decline of the celebrity video-greeting app Cameo

    Personalised videos from celebrities such as Elijah Wood were a lockdown hit for a firm once valued at £1bn. Now A-listers have deserted it – though there’s always Nigel Farage
  • People using their phones to record violence in a city area of Sunderland

    Why Telegram is the go-to app for those wanting to spread toxic information

    With 550m users, the social network has been accused of providing a platform for organising riots in the UK
  • Adrian Chiles

    As a Waze dad, I like to think I make Britain’s roads run more smoothly. You can thank me later

    Adrian Chiles
    This navigation app is driven by the wisdom of crowds – and I’m delighted that my traffic updates play their part

July 2024

  • Valerie Labi holding a smartphone with an image of a Wahu ebike on the screen

    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
  • Coco Khan

    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

    • ‘I find them quite magical’: the UK’s obsession with weather apps

    • Should I bring a brolly? Five of the best weather apps

    • Figma’s AI app creator accused of ripping off Apple weather app

June 2024

  • Anya Ryan

    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
  • ‘We offer escapism, we offer fantasy. It is a place to go when the things happening around you are not as enjoyable,’ said Kate Fahlsing, director of creative strategy at Chapters.

    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
  • ‘Our first time’ … Gemma New will conduct the world premiere of City of Floating Sounds.

    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

  • Stephen Merchant doing a high kick and looking into the camera

    Weekend
    Stephen Merchant on his ‘preposterous’ trajectory; the trouble with the Zoe nutrition app; and when does drinking become a problem? – podcast

  • Illustration by Observer Design of a woman and the Zoe nutrition app.

    ‘Personalising stuff that doesn’t matter’: the trouble with the Zoe nutrition app

  • Author Andrew O'Hagan<br>Scotish Author Andrew O'Hagan, at his home in London. His most recent book 'Mayflies' is about a friend of his from his youth and the hedonistic times they had. He is also Editor at Large of the London Review of Books and Esquire Magazine. Date: 11 August 2020 Photograph by Amit Lennon. **RE-TOUCHED High Res. Use This!

    On my radar
    On my radar: Andrew O’Hagan’s cultural highlights

  • Download window for the Bumble app is shown on an Apple iPhone, with graphic depicting three stages of the dating experience including photo of a smiling woman

    ‘A lot of effort to get one date’: Bumble app makes women’s first move easier

April 2024

  • Headteachers say they are forced to mend desks and unblock toilets after losing caretakers to cuts.

    Brief letters
    Proof that teaching’s going down the pan

    Brief letters: Teacher troubles | Global Britain | Bald all over | Life-changing app | Books for free
  • Elle Hunt

    Outside London, the dating pool may be smaller – but there are fewer sharks

    Elle Hunt
    I thought moving out would be a dating disaster, but a new report finds my peers in the capital have it worse, says journalist Elle Hunt

    • ‘The science isn’t there’: do dating apps really help us find our soulmate?

    • Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from Chinese App Store

    • ‘We may lose ability to think critically at all’: the book-summary apps accused of damaging authors’ sales

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