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The Poke app will give Siri even more competition, as it lets you send emails, set reminders, generate images, and more, right from the Apple Messages app. Following its public launch in March 2026, ...

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Asian travellers are broadly receptive to personalised communications from hospitality brands, but marketers risk turning them off if messages are too frequent or poorly timed, according to a new ...

After testing got underway last year, YouTube is now more widely rolling out a new in-app messaging system. The aim is to let people “connect over their favorite videos directly on YouTube.” Once ...

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