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Twitter suspends third-party clients

Twitter's new CEO has now decided that third-party apps are not something he wants to support moving forward.

January 16, 2023 in Social Media by Brenton ‐ 1 min read

The latest version of Android studio is now available for download, after its announcement at Google I/O 2022.

January 13, 2023 in iOS by Brenton ‐ 2 min read

The new library allows developers to easily handle dependency management within Swift applications.

January 12, 2023 in iOS by Brenton ‐ 1 min read

The first software betas of the year are now available for developers to download.

January 12, 2023 in iOS by Brenton ‐ 1 min read

Apple is expected to unveil its mixed-reality headset this year, as competition heats up in the virtual reality space.

January 9, 2023 in iOS by Brenton ‐ 2 min read

Android's director of engineering has given the clearest sign yet that Google sees RISC-V as an important architecture for the platform.

January 5, 2023 in Android by Brenton ‐ 1 min read

Apple has revealed plans to shut down the Dark Sky app, after acquiring it in 2020.

January 5, 2023 in iOS by Brenton ‐ 1 min read

A new vulnerability has been identified in Gatekeeper on macOS, with the potential to allow a rogue app to bypass security checks.

December 20, 2022 in macOS by Brenton ‐ 1 min read

Meta has announced the Facebook Android app will soon use its own Chromium-based web view for web links.

October 2, 2022 in Android by Brenton ‐ 2 min read

Microsoft has revealed it will soon be pulling the plug on its third-party keyboard app, SwiftKey.

September 29, 2022 in iOS by Brenton ‐ 1 min read