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In the year 2025, note-taking apps have undergone a remarkable transformation, evolving into comprehensive productivity tools that go far beyond the capabilities of simple digital notebooks.

With 4.6 stars and over 700 ratings on the Microsoft Store, the Notepads App is easily one of the most popular Notepad alternatives for Windows. It includes some of the familiar features from ...

The law that took aim at TikTok over national security concerns has prompted Americans looking for alternatives to download Xiaohongshu, a social media app that is popular in China. By Claire Fu ...

Yaling Jiang is the founder of research and strategy consultancy ApertureChina and Chinese consumer newsletter Following the Yuan. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School and the ...

With the TikTok ban looming closer in the US, Americans are switching to an app called Red Note. Every year, users braced for the possibility that TikTok might get banned. But now, that possibility ...

Do you need to learn Mandarin to use Xiaohongshu (a.k.a Red Note)? Not exactly, but it can't hurt Courtesy Ana Calderone; Cheng Xin/Getty TikTok refugees are searching for ~*good vibes*~. As the ...

TikTok could be outlawed in the U.S. as soon as Jan. 19 over concerns about its Chinese ownership, unless it gets a reprieve from the Supreme Court or if Beijing-based parent company ByteDance ...

With the TikTok ban looming in less than a week, creators are scrambling to find a replacement. Many have simply migrated over to TikTok’s direct American competitors, like Instagram Reels or ...

To show how little they care about TikTok’s ties to Beijing, people in the United States are downloading one of China’s most popular apps. transcript TikTok users like Manimatana Lee of ...

The U.S. government said “Don’t give a Chinese company your data,” and the American public said “🖕 😎 🖕.” As the country prepares for the TikTok ban to go into effect January 19 ...

As the US braces for the forthcoming TikTok ban set to take effect on January 19, users have sought alternative platforms to migrate to. Amid the uncertainty, a Chinese app called Red Note has ...