On Tuesday, software developer DuckDuckGo shared its review of achievements and improvements for 2021 and offered the following details as to a plan to release a private browser for the desktop: Instead of forking Chromium or anything else, we’re building our desktop app around the OS-provided rendering engines (like on mobile), allowing us to strip […]
If you love the Web but hate some of its foibles, this might be for you. StopTheMadness, a web browser extension developed by Jeff Johnson (formerly of Rogue Amoeba Software) works to fix annoying web site behavior such as pop ups, autoplay videos, privacy invasion tools, etc. The extension works in Safari on iOS and […]
If you’re a gamer, you’re going to like this. Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer announced on Friday that the company will bring its Xbox Game Pass to Apple devices in 2021 as a web app. The Xbox Game Pass service allows games to be streamed without having to download them. While Apple’s App Store rules […]
Apple is apparently doing something with Dark Sky, the weather app the company purchased back in March. As of Wednesday, the app was no longer available on Android or Wear OS, and subscribers to these platforms have begun to receive refunds. Dark Sky was originally meant to be removed from Android and Wear OS on […]
There are times when companies annoy Apple. This is one of those times. Responding to controversy surrounding Zoom, the popular vide conferencing app that allowed websites to automatically add a user to a video call without their permission, Apple has released a silent update to the issue. The update, in turn, removes the hidden web […]