Consumer Trends Reporter
Alex began writing for student newspapers and has managed to turn that into a long-term career. He reports on emerging consumer trends for WhistleOut U.S. and WhistleOut Canada and has written about small businesses for Biz2Credit and Business.org. Before that, he worked in marketing and communications at higher education institutions and nonprofits, as well as entertainment companies in Los Angeles. When he’s not writing, Alex watches too much TV, plays guitar, reads and writes fiction, and goes on nature walks.
In the last two weeks, Twitter users have begun migrating to Mastodon, an open-source platform. Could this be the new face of social networking?
A now-fixed security flaw in Apple’s operating systems allowed apps to listen to Siri conversations over Bluetooth without asking permission.
The new feature from WhatsApp allows groups to create Communities of users for easy communication with end-to-end encryption, group calls, and more.
Apple launched iOS 16.1 this week for iPhone and iPad with some major updates to features and security.
For the first time since launching, Apple is increasing the prices of Apple Music, Apple TV+, and Apple One.
A new report says 5.3 billion mobile phones will become waste and only 15% of e-waste in the U.S. is recycled.