Apple is building a ChatGPT-like iPhone app to test a revamped version of Siri. Still, the tool is restricted to internal testing only and will not be released to consumers, Bloomberg reported Friday (Sept. 26). The app lets Apple engineers experiment with features such as searching through emails and music or completing in-app tasks like…
Google asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday (Sept. 24) to pause a lower court’s ruling that requires changes to the company’s app store policies, saying the changes would cause “irreparable harm” to Google and its Android ecosystem. The lower court’s ruling, which was handed down in July in the antitrust case filed by Epic…
American financial giants are investing in Great Britain ahead of a U.S.-U.K. technology summit. The $1.6 billion investment is from companies including PayPal, Bank of America and Citigroup and will create 1,800 jobs in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, the U.K. Department for Business and Trade said Saturday (Sept. 13). “Strengthening ties with the U.S….
Digital couponing is set to have a moment. Driven by continued growth in eCommerce and mobile-first shopping, several sources have pegged it to triple its total market value of $9 billion by 2032. We took both as a sign to check our app provider rankings in the category, and as usual, we found some surprises….
The upcoming expiration of federal electric vehicle credits is reportedly fueling an automotive sales boom. It’s the end of an era for the United States car sector, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday (Sept. 1). Dealers have spent years selling electric cars but are now preparing for the federal government’s $7,500 tax credit for electric…
Digital banking. The phrase means different things to different consumers, but for the PYMNTS app provider rankings, digital banking includes the apps that enable them to plan, spend and track their money within the same ecosystem. You would expect SoFi’s page to do well here, and you would be right. SoFi topped our August rankings…
The Google Play store is updating its external offers program in the European Union to allow links to download developers’ own external apps and to let developers select ongoing service tiers. These changes will be available in the fall, Google said in a Tuesday (Aug. 19) post on a support page. The external offers program was introduced in March 2024….
Visa found that 73% of university students in the United Kingdom would welcome technology that makes it easier for them to manage their bills. The findings came from a survey of 2,000 students between the ages of 18 and 23, according to a Tuesday (Aug. 19) press release. The survey revealed that 88% of these…
It’s good to be Instacart these days. That’s the topline of our app provider rankings this week, which focuses on “aggregator” apps, or better known as the platforms that bring together numerous businesses offering similar products or services and make them available to consumers under a unified brand. The PYMNTS.com aggregator apps ranking page offers…
The ChatGPT mobile app is reportedly earning more than six times as much revenue as it did last year. The artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot app for iOS and Android devices has made $1.35 billion this year, through July, up from the $174 million it made during the same seven-month period in 2024, TechCrunch reported Friday (Aug. 15), citing data from Appfigures. The second-ranked app…