IDFA (Identifier for Advertisers) is shared with app makers and advertisers by default, but that will change once iOS 14 rolls out this fall. Then, users must give explicit permission through a popup for app publishers to track them across different apps and websites, or to share that information with third parties. […] Apple didn’t…

Die Exklusivmeldung gehörte Axios; der Facebook Newsroom bestätigte kurze Zeit später die Übernahme. GIPHY, a leader in visual expression and creation, is joining the Facebook company today as part of the Instagram team. GIPHY makes everyday conversations more entertaining, and so we plan to further integrate their GIF library into Instagram and our other apps…

UX Planet verlinkt auf jeweils eine Handvoll kostenloser iPhone-, iPad- und Apple-Watch-Mockups, die man in Adobe Photoshop (Laden) oder Affinity Photo (10,99 Euro) mit eigenen Screenshots zusammenschiebt – wenn es ein paar peppigere Bildkompositionen braucht, als die offiziellen Produktbilder (die auch Picsew verwendet).

This year’s successors to the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max will be joined by two lower-end models to replace the iPhone 11. At least the two high-end devices will have flat stainless steel edges instead of the current curved design as well as more sharply rounded corners like the iPad Pro introduced…

YAHOO! lieferte für die ersten sieben iOS-Jahre alle Wetter-Informationen an Apples vorinstallierte App. Mit iOS 8 bekam The Weather Channel seine Chance; sechs Jahre später kauft Apple das hervorragende Dark Sky. Today we have some important and exciting news to share: Dark Sky has joined Apple. Our goal has always been to provide the world…

Cookies for cross-site resources are now blocked by default across the board. This is a significant improvement for privacy since it removes any sense of exceptions or “a little bit of cross-site tracking is allowed.” It might seem like a bigger change than it is. But we’ve added so many restrictions to ITP since its…

Die Hardware der iPads sprang in einigen der letzten Jahre sehr weit; in anderen Jahren waren die Fortschritte überschaubarer. Das iPad Pro 2020 fühlt sich jedoch erstmals als ein waschechtes „spec bump update“ an – so wie sie Computer Laptops bekommen. The new 2020 iPad Pros are, in most ways, minor spec bump updates to the…

Alphabet Inc. folgt zum ersten Mal einer (seit 2017 bestehenden) Auskunftspflicht und legt die Umsätze durch YouTube offen. On an annual basis, Google says YouTube generated $15 billion last year and contributed roughly 10 percent to all Google revenue. Those figures make YouTube’s ad business nearly one fifth the size of Facebook’s, and more than…