Lauren Goode

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Beeper Took On Apple’s iMessage Dominance. Now It’s Been Acquired

Late last year the messaging app Beeper raised the ire of Apple when it found a way to recreate Apple’s infamous “blue bubble” messaging on Android. Apple later hobbled Beeper, but it’s...

Bug Zappers Are Swarming on Amazon

Call it a bug zapper, not a feature.Data from Fakespot, a service owned by Mozilla that helps consumers spot fake reviews and scams on shopping sites, shows a bizarre rise in the...

The Case Against Apple Weaponizes the Cult of Cupertino

Back in 2022 at the annual Code Conference, where tech luminaries submit to on-stage interviews, an audience member asked Apple CEO Tim Cook for some tech support. “I can’t send my mom...

Perplexity’s Founder Was Inspired by Sundar Pichai. Now They’re Competing to Reinvent Search

Aravind Srinivas credits Google CEO Sundar Pichai for giving him the freedom to eat eggs.Srinivas remembers the moment seven years ago when an interview with Pichai popped up in his YouTube feed....

Lauren Goode

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