Apple reveals its 2025 App Store Award winners, including Tiimo and Detail, while SpaceX eyes a massive IPO, Meta acquires an AI wearable maker, and Microsoft highlights top apps for 2025.
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Apple names Tiimo iPhone App of the Year 2025
Apple has named Tiimo, a visual planner with AI that turns aspirations into actionable steps, as its iPhone App of the Year for 2025. The award is part of Apple’s 2025 App Store Awards honoring 17 standout apps and games across its platforms .
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Detail wins iPad App of the Year 2025
Detail, an iPad app from Detail Technologies B.V. with AI-powered video editing tools, has been named Apple’s iPad App of the Year for 2025. Apple praised it for democratizing video production for creators of all levels .
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Essayist named Mac App of the Year 2025
Essayist, a Mac app by Essayist Software Inc. that uses AI to streamline academic paper formatting, is Apple’s Mac App of the Year for 2025. The award recognizes its technical ingenuity and productivity impact .
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Explore POV wins Apple Vision Pro App of the Year
Explore POV, a Vision Pro app by James Hustler, has been named Apple Vision Pro App of the Year for 2025. Apple highlighted its immersive, spatial computing experience as a standout on the platform .
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Strava and HBO Max win Apple Watch and Apple TV awards
Strava is Apple Watch App of the Year 2025, recognized for its fitness tracking, while HBO Max wins Apple TV App of the Year for its content and accessibility features. Both are part of Apple’s 2025 App Store Awards lineup .
Black Salt Games’ DREDGE has been named iPad Game of the Year 2025 by Apple, recognized for its atmospheric fishing and exploration gameplay on iPad. It is one of several game winners in the 2025 App Store Awards .
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Microsoft Store Awards honor top apps of 2025
Microsoft has announced its 2025 Store Awards, recognizing top apps across Windows and Xbox. The company highlighted innovation and user experience in its selection of this year’s honorees .
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SpaceX in talks for $800B valuation ahead of 2026 IPO
SpaceX is in talks for an $800 billion valuation as it prepares for a potential 2026 IPO, according to its CFO. The news has fueled investor excitement around the company’s future public debut .
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Meta acquires AI wearable maker Limitless
Meta Platforms has acquired Limitless, a startup that builds wearable AI devices, as part of its broader push into AI and hardware. The deal underscores Meta’s growing focus on AI-powered consumer devices .
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2025 Global Top 500 Unicorn list released
The 2025 Global Top 500 Unicorn Companies list, released in Qingdao, ranks SpaceX, ByteDance, and OpenAI among the leaders. The report highlights strong representation from the U.S. and China in AI, tech, and advanced manufacturing .
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Cloudflare suffers second major outage in a month
Cloudflare has experienced its second significant global outage in a month, disrupting apps and services across fintech, gaming, and AI tools. The incident underscores the fragility of critical internet infrastructure .