Alex Barinka / Bloomberg: Snap says Snapchat+ now has 5M+ subscribers, up from 3M in April 2023; the $3.99 per month tier launched in June 2022, after an industry slowdown in ad revenue  —  Snap Inc. has gained more than 5 million subscribers for its paid service, an offering that gives users early access to new features … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Konrad / Forbes: Bastian Lehmann’s TipTop launches an app that scans for past purchases in users’ Gmail and Amazon accounts and offers to buy their used products at a fair value  —  Billed as a “reverse Postmates,” TipTop has launched its first app, TipTop Cash, with the promise to help shoppers resell products like used iPhones. Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Pierce / The Verge: Microsoft unveils the 14.4 Surface Laptop Studio 2, offering Intel’s 13th Gen i7 H chips, Nvidia’s RTX 4050 or RTX 4060, and up to 2TB of storage, for $1,999+  —  Microsoft just showed off its new high-end convertible laptop, the Surface Laptop Studio 2, at its launch event in New York City. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Meta now lets Facebook users create up to four extra profiles and switch between them without logging out and back in; the profiles don’t support all features  —  Basically, Meta is embracing finstas but for Facebook.  —  “Whether you’re new to Facebook or a longtime user … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kris Holt / Engadget: Microsoft unveils the 12.4 Surface Laptop Go 3, with Intel 12th Gen CPUs, Iris Xe GPUs, up to 16GB of RAM, and a 15-hour battery for $799+, coming on October 3  —  Microsoft says it’s 88 percent faster than the original model.  —  Microsoft unveiled the Surface Laptop Go 3 during its Surface event on Thursday. Lees verder op Tech Meme