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Apple confirms iPadOS app ecosystem changes for the fall for EU developers

When in doubt, play by the rules. Apple on Thursday confirmed that the company will be bringing all of the app ecosystem changes made to iOS in the European Union to iPadOS in the fall. Earlier this week, the European Commission said that iPadOS is also a gatekeeper platform under the Digital Markets Act. Following […]

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Firefox 86 introduces Total Cookie Protection privacy feature, prevents cookies from being shared between websites

This is pretty nifty. Firefox 86, which was recently released by Mozilla, has added a new Total Cookie Protection privacy feature, which works as follows: Total Cookie Protection works by maintaining a separate “cookie jar” for each website you visit. Any time a website, or third-party content embedded in a website, deposits a cookie in […]

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Parcels – Track Your Packages app apparently creates botnet, violates user privacy

And now there’s a parcel tracking app that works to track everything else around it. The app, entitled “Parcels – Track Your Packages”, currently holds a 4.7-star rating in the App Store and is distributed by Russian developer Pavel Tisunov. It’s free with an optional subscription of $3.49/year or $0.99/month. The same app is also […]

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New service turns RSS feeds into Safari Push Notifications

If you read yesterday’s post, I wrote about Safari’s new Push Notifications in Mavericks, and promised some news about a service that helps you use this feature while all those web sites toil to get it implemented. The name of the service is ProntoPush, and what it does is pretty simple. You create an account, […]