Apple today updated its App Store guidelines to comply with an anti-steering mandate levied by the European Commission. Music streaming apps like Spotify are now permitted to include a link or buy button that leads to a website with information about alternative music purchasing options, though this is only permitted in the European Economic Area. […]
Read MoreApple today updated its App Store guidelines to comply with an anti-steering mandate levied by the European Commission. Music streaming apps like Spotify are now permitted to include a link or buy button that leads to a website with information about alternative music purchasing options, though this is only permitted in the European Economic Area. […]
Read MoreApple today updated its App Store guidelines to comply with an anti-steering mandate levied by the European Commission. Music streaming apps like Spotify are now permitted to include a link or buy button that leads to a website with information about alternative music purchasing options, though this is only permitted in the European Economic Area. […]
Read MoreMeta, Microsoft, X, and Match today joined Epic Games to protest the way Apple complied with a court ruling requiring it to walk back its anti-steering rules. In an amicus brief in support of Epic Games (via The Wall Street Journal), the four companies said that the fees Apple is charging are too high, and […]
Read MoreApple has not approved a Spotify app update that adds information on subscription pricing and links its website, Spotify complained today in an email to the European Commission (via The Verge). Spotify says that Apple has not “acknowledged nor responded” to its App Store submission. The European Commission on March 4 fined Apple almost $2 […]
Read MoreYouTube is one of the most popular apps on iOS, and each day, people use it for education and entertainment alike. If you’ve already installed the YouTube app, you can play content through the app each time you click on a link. But what happens if you’d rather open YouTube links in Safari and play […]
Read MoreAccording to The Washington Post, X, formerly known as Twitter, is imposing an unfair restriction to the speed at which it opens links to certain websites, including Facebook, Instagram, New York Times, Reuters, the Times, Bluesky and Substack – all of which have been criticized by Elon Musk in the past. Users are reporting delays […]
Read MoreApple’s stock Notes app got hardly any screen time during yesterday’s WWDC keynote, but one powerful addition to the app in iOS 17 is a new ability to link notes and connect related notes together. With just a few taps, you can create links between notes, making it easy to jump from one idea to […]
Read MoreApple Notes is an ideal app for quickly jotting your thoughts, and you can use it for more complex reasons as well. Regardless of your reasons for creating new notes, you might want to add different links within what you create. Related Reading: You can add both links from other websites and app links in […]
Read MoreWhen clicking on a link from social media, your iPhone will often redirect you to that app if you’ve downloaded it on your device. Sometimes, however, you might encounter problems where you find yourself on the App Store instead. Related Reading: If you run into this issue, you can try a selection of things to […]
Read MoreAlong with the One UI 5.1 update, Samsung is releasing updated versions of its stock apps and One UI components. The latest One UI component to get updated is Group Sharing. It is a part of Samsung’s custom features for its Galaxy smartphones and tablets and allows sharing files with friends, family members, and others. […]
Read MorePopular instant messaging platform WhatsApp is now rolling out the new Call Links feature to more users now. WhatsApp has been working on a lot of new features in the past few months. Be it the ability to turn yourself into a sticker, allowing up to 1,024 people in group chats, to even letting you […]
Read MoreToday WhatsApp announced the debut of Call Links, a brand-new feature that’s pretty self-explanatory. You can create a link to a call, and people you share the link with will then be able to jump onto that call by just clicking or tapping said link. This works for anyone on WhatsApp, even if they’re not […]
Read MoreThe Telegram messaging app for Android is getting a big update with a bunch of new features, mainly related to reactions to messages and also pertaining to status, username links, downloads, animations, and app icons. The update is also rolling out to iOS users. Let us have a look at all these new features. Infinite […]
Read MoreSource: Daniel Rubino/Windows Central Brave is rolling out a new feature for its browser that bypasses Google-hosted AMP pages. The De-AMP feature is available in the Nightly and Beta builds of Brave now and will be enabled by default in the future 1.38 release of the desktop and Android versions of the browser. AMP links […]
Read MoreSource: Daniel Rubino / Windows Central Microsoft is working on a new feature for its Edge browser that will make Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) and web apps feel more native. The new option lets users set Edge to open links in associated Progressive Web Apps or installed web apps. For example, a person could set […]
Read MoreApple has recently implemented several changes to the App Store that allow for outside payment options and linking to external websites for purchase purposes. As part of these changes, Apple in iOS 15.5 is adding support for and warnings about external purchases. Code for external purchase support was discovered by 9to5Mac in the iOS 15.5 […]
Read MoreApple today informed developers of “reader” apps that they are able to sign up for access to an “External Link Account Entitlement” that will allow the app to offer a link to a website so users can create or manage an account outside of the App Store. Reader apps are able to link to a […]
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