Apple will permit developers in Brazil to offer alternative app stores and process payments outside its App Store, following an agreement with Brazil's competition regulator CADE. This move, similar to changes in the EU and Japan, loosens Apple's ecosystem control and includes new protections for app distribution.
Skye, an iPhone app being built by Signull Labs, aims to transform smartphone AI interaction through an agentic homescreen using iOS widgets. The app offers personalized insights about weather, health, context, can draft emails, help with meeting prep, and provide location-specific recommendations. The startup has raised $3.58M in pre-seed funding with a $19.5M valuation, backed by a16z, True Ventures, and SV Angel, while accumulating tens of thousands of waitlist users before public launch.
Cryptography company Succinct launched Zcam, an iPhone camera app that signs photos and videos at capture to help prove media authenticity in the AI era.
New iPhone app Gigs uses AI to turn old tickets, screenshots, and emails into a personal concert archive with stats, memories, and more.
