
Can X (née Twitter) Be the Everything App?
Fulfilling a move that Elon Musk has telegraphed for months, the Twitter brand is gone, and X now lives there. How does this track to his explicit ambitions to build the ‘everything app?’

Fulfilling a move that Elon Musk has telegraphed for months, the Twitter brand is gone, and X now lives there. How does this track to his explicit ambitions to build the ‘everything app?’

Rumors have been swirling about Apple’s R&D in AI. Known as “Apple GPT.” It’s allegedly being tested internally among employees, with a wider rollout to come next year. The big question: what does this mean for Siri?

Benchmark Bytes is a series that examines Localogy’s original data on SMB tech deployment. Based on its recent Small Business Trends report, each installment drills down on a data excerpt and draws out meaning for Localogy Insider readers.

Adobe Firefly has reached one billion images generated. This comes four months after the tool launched – a pace that is propelled by Firefly’s positioning in the ubiquitous creative cloud.

The humble online calendar is advancing. This longstanding and unsexy format rarely gets updates. But in the last few weeks alone, we’ve noticed an uptick in updates to calendar tech.

Yelp and Entrepreneur Magazine today published the first-ever list of America’s top-ranked mom & pop shops. The result is a list of 150 businesses across 10 categories.

Benchmark Bytes is a series that examines Localogy’s original data on SMB tech deployment. Based on its recent Small Business Trends report, each installment drills down on a data excerpt and draws out meaning for Localogy Insider readers.

We continue to track clues that TikTok has its own homegrown eCommerce program brewing. Known as “Trendy Beat” it’s a shopping section where TikTok will act natively as an eCommerce store, similar to Amazon.

What is Apple Vision Pro? Who’s it meant for? And how does it fit into Apple’s future-proofing plan for its hardware business? We go deep on the device’s role in a signature Apple product lifecycle.

Bluehost has announced a feature that’s meant to help SMBs build advanced websites. Known as WonderSuite, it’s a sort of digital co-pilot for the creation and ongoing management of business websites.

Benchmark Bytes is a series that examines Localogy’s original data on SMB tech deployment. Based on its recent Small Business Trends report, each installment drills down on a data excerpt and draws out meaning for Localogy Insider readers.

PayPal has announced its latest move in democratizing mobile payments to SMBs. It has enabled Tap to Pay functionality for Venmo and Zettle (two apps/services

Amazon’s latest move is to tap small businesses as last-mile delivery resources. The idea is that local salons and coffee shops can make some extra scratch by delivering packages for Amazon.

Chatmeter has launched a new product to inform and empower local businesses with better customer knowledge. Known as Surveys, it lets businesses create their own surveys and gain access to customer insights to guide business decisions.

Benchmark Bytes is a series that examines Localogy’s original data on SMB tech deployment. Based on its recent Small Business Trends report, each installment drills down on a data excerpt and draws out meaning for Localogy Insider readers.

The latest Snapchat+ milestone is that it has reached 4 million paid users. That’s up from 3 million in April, 2 million in February and 1 million in August – indicating not only healthy user growth but accelerated adoption.

Google has taken the latest step in its ongoing efforts to make visual search a thing. It’s integrating Google Lens deeper into iOS via the Chrome browser. We examine drivers & dynamics

As online and mobile outlets where consumers find businesses evolve so does the local marketing playbook. Chatmeter helps define best practices in its latest report.

The media and tech worlds collided yet again this week when it was revealed that publishing giant Gannett has filed a suit against Google, alleging monopoly practices. We examine ins and outs.

One of the many places where AI is being integrated is websites. As we’ve examined recently, this is a logical home for AI as it