438 posts tagged ‘Technology’
MouthPad^
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Augmental (via Hacker News): The MouthPad^ is a tongue-driven interface that controls your computer, smartphone, or tablet via Bluetooth. Virtually invisible to the world, but always available to you, it is positioned across the roof of your mouth to put all of the power of a conventional touchpad at the tip of your tongue. […] […]
Google Removing Support for “Less Secure Apps”
Google (September 2023, via Hacker News): Google Workspace will no longer support the sign-in method for third-party apps or devices that require users to share their Google username and password. This antiquated sign-in method, known as Less Secure Apps (LSAs), puts users at an additional risk since it requires sharing Google Account credentials with third-party […]
Netflix and the Initial Apple Vision Pro Apps
Joe Rossignol: Netflix has no plans to release an app for Apple’s upcoming Vision Pro headset, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Instead, the streaming service will be accessible through Safari and other web browsers on the headset.[…]Apple recently announced various video and sports apps that will be available on the Vision Pro at launch, including […]
StoreKit Purchase Link Entitlement for United States
Apple: Starting today, because of a recent United States Court decision, App Store Review Guideline 3.1.1 has been updated to introduce the StoreKit Purchase Link Entitlement (US), which allows apps that offer in-app purchases in the iOS or iPadOS App Store on the United States storefront the ability to include a link to the developer’s […]
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Apple v. Epic Case
Hartley Charlton (Hacker News): The United States Supreme Court today declined to hear separate requests from both Apple and Epic Games in their long-standing lawsuit against each other with regards to App Store rules.[…]As a result of the Supreme Court’s decision today, the previous rulings stand and Apple is able to continue to disallow third-party […]
ScreenFloat 2
Matthias Gansrigler (Mastodon): ScreenFloat powers up your screenshots by allowing you to take screenshots and recordings that float above everything else, keeping certain information always in sight. I’ve known about this app for a long time, but I’d never used it or thought much about it because the description doesn’t speak to me. I just […]
Game Mode in Sonoma
Andrew Cunningham: Sonoma brings two more features that point to Apple’s newfound seriousness about gaming on the Mac. The first is Game Mode. It’s analogous to a Windows 11 feature of the exact same name, and they’re functionally similar in that they both promise to deprioritize background tasks to keep games running smoothly.Apple’s version of […]
Bluesky Adds RSS
Open RSS (via Hacker News): The link to a user’s RSS feed is quite lengthy, making it not so easy to remember, and you can’t really tell which user’s profile an RSS feed is for just by looking at it.[…]So if a user has their posts set to be visible only to logged-in users, you […]