Apps
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X to charge all new members to post – not just Premium ones
With advertising revenues in freefall, Musk's social network is desperately trying to monetise the most basic features
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Threads is getting a huge new feature for free that X forces you to pay for
Welcome to the world of Threditing
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WhatsApp now works on iPad – but you have to jump through a few hoops
The world's most popular messaging app is still inexplicably unavailable for the iPad – but there's a way to get it anyway
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Bluesky gets a big boost as users flee Twitter/X's pay-to-post plans
As Elon Musk proposes charging every Twitter user a monthly fee, tens of thousands of users flee to rival networks
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Huge free WhatsApp upgrade could make you look better from every angle
A new, useful WhatsApp feature is rolling out globally
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WhatsApp's new Mac app is a desktop delight
The Mac app for WhatsApp is out of beta and delivers excellent and effortless group calling
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Threads is now in your browser so you can pretend you're working
With Threads no longer a phone-only app, this could make the new network much more fun
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The web version of Threads could launch this week, and it can't come fast enough
Threads is suffering from a post-launch slump. A web-based version would see engagement go through the roof
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New free Threads upgrade ties it even more closely to Instagram
These aren't the upgrades many users were waiting for, but they're important and significant too
