Jeff Johnson: The problem is that what Apple means here by “free” as opposed to “paid” is simply that you don’t have to pay before downloading the app, but Apple’s counterintuitive definition tends to obscure what is most important to consumers: how…
Lees meerSarah Perez: Creator platform Patreon has rolled out an updated version of its app that now allows users to make purchases via the web, in the wake of the Apple-Epic court ruling that forced Apple to allow app developers to include links to alternat…
Lees meerJuli Clover: Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said over the weekend (via The Verge) that Epic will use its Epic Games Sweden account to submit Fortnite to the App Store in the U.S. Apparently, Sweeney has spoken to Apple about the issue, and based on his …
Lees meerJoe Rossignol: Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman today said that iPadOS 19 will be “more like macOS.”Gurman said that iPadOS 19 will be “more like a Mac” in three ways:Improved productivityImproved multitaskingImproved app window management Previous discussio…
Lees meerIt’s hard to come up with a buyer who could afford to pay a high price for Chrome and who would pass regulatory muster as its new owner. And if Chrome is not worth a high price, or simply isn’t sellable at one, then why is the DOJ trying to force Go…
Lees meerAndrew Liszewski: Contrary to prior limitations, there is now a prominent orange “Get book” button on Kindle app’s book listings.[…]Before today’s updates, buying books wasn’t a feature you’d find in the Kindle mobile app following app store rule ch…
Lees meerJuli Clover: PayPal today announced that it is planning to debut contactless payments in Germany, allowing German iPhone users to make tap-to-pay purchases in stores using their PayPal accounts.PayPal is able to offer this feature because Europe’s D…
Lees meerRosyna Keller (Mastodon, tweet): At the time, Apple only allowlisted specific menu extras by class name (checked in -[SUISStartupObject _canLoadClass:]). Any attempt to load a menu extra that advertised a different class name in its Info.plist’s NSP…
Lees meerAdam Engst: Sharon started writing professionally about the Macintosh at its inception in 1984, with articles in the earliest issues of Macworld and the premiere issue of MacUser. She contributed to The Macintosh Bible for its second edition in 1989…
Lees meerScott Morrison: For a number of years we have been working on MailMaven: A new macOS email client that picks up where we left off after Apple killed Mail Plugins. Today we are opening access to a wider audience than our small group of private beta t…
Lees meerJohn Siracusa: The first release of Hyperspace mitigated these risks, in part, by entirely avoiding certain files and file system locations. I knew lifting these limitations would be a common request from potential customers. My plan was to launch 1…
Lees meerAnybox: Quick look extension for folders. […] USD$1.99 to get the app and all of it. […] Preview ZIP files as folders. It does what it says on the tin. This is a new-style Quick Look extension, so it uses a real outline view and a real path bar, rat…
Lees meerJuli Clover: Apple is working with Anthropic on an updated version of Xcode that will support AI code writing, editing, and testing, reports Bloomberg. Anthropic is best known for its “Claude” large language model and chatbot that competes with Open…
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