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Apple permitirá a otros distribuir sus apps desde sus sitios web
Los desarrolladores de software que utilizan la App Store de Apple podrán distribuir aplicaciones a los usuarios de la Unión Europea directamente desde sus sitios web a partir de esta primavera boreal, según anunció la empresa el martes, como parte de los cambios exigidos por las nuevas normas comunitarias que obligan a la firma a…
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ARKit-only apps top 13 million installs, nearly half from games
Over 13 million augmented reality apps built using Apple’s ARKit have been downloaded since the release of iOS 11 on September 19, 2017, according to new data from app intelligence firm, Sensor Tower, which took a look at the state of the AR app ecosystem, now that it’s had time to become more established. It…
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WhatsApp permitirá recibir mensajes de otras Apps de mensajería, según reportes
WhatsApp estaría trabajando en una actualización que le permitirá recibir mensajes de otras aplicaciones como Telegram y Signal, informó WABetaInfo, medio especializado en actualizaciones de WhatsApp. “La interoperabilidad permitirá a otras personas ponerse en contacto con usuarios de WhatsApp aunque no tengan una cuenta de WhatsApp. Por ejemplo, alguien de la aplicación Signal podría enviar…
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Vuelta al cole: Las mejores apps para estudiantes
El verano está llegando a su fin, lo que significa que los estudiantes (con suerte) estarán en aulas con aire acondicionado y lejos de esta ola de calor implacable. También significa que probablemente estén buscando aplicaciones móviles que puedan ayudarlos a prepararse para el largo año escolar. Desde solucionadores de problemas matemáticos y herramientas para…
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Facebook-owned Onavo quietly launches Bolt App Lock, a data-tracking app that locks other apps
Onavo, the data-security app maker Facebook acquired in 2013 in order gain insights into mobile user activity across apps, has quietly launched a new app aimed at Android users called Bolt App Lock. Instead of offering a VPN, Bolt App Lock is a tool that lets you lock down any app you don’t want others…
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Apple Watch apps now track ski performance
Skiers, rejoice! It just got a lot easier to track your mountain treks. Due to an Apple Watch update that combines GPS and altimeter (altitude) measuring, ski apps are now able to quantify performance. If you’re wondering how many calories you’ve burned or how fast you were going, all that data is available and more.…
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Snapchat responds to the Change.org petition complaining about the app’s redesign
Snapchat has posted an official response to users who signed a petition on Change.org asking the company to reverse its controversial update, which people say makes the app more difficult to use. In the response, Snapchat promises to make a few more changes to the Friends and Discover section in order to address user complaints.…
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Nuance ends development of the Swype keyboard apps
The party is over for third party keyboards. But hey, it was fun while it lasted. Nuance, the company that acquired veteran swipe-to-type keyboard maker Swype — all the way back in 2011, shelling out a cool $100M — has ended development of its Swype+Dragon dictation Android and iOS apps. The news was reported earlier by…
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People are trolling iPhone users with the ‘killer symbol’ that crashes their apps
Surprise! Assorted jerks on the internet have weaponized the Unicode-based bug we reported yesterday to insta-crash apps running on an iPhone or a Mac. The result is somewhere between the old Alt + F4 trick and a script kiddie stunt, and it ranges from being annoying to rendering a device unusable, depending on the tenacity of…
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This new text bomb crashes most Mac and iOS apps with a single Unicode symbol
TechCrunch has learned of a potentially serious new bug affecting a wide range of Apple devices. During their development work on an international news feed, software engineers at Aloha Browser discovered two Unicode symbols in a non-English language that can crash any Apple device that uses Apple’s default San Francisco font. The bug instigates crashes…