Apple: Apple today announced the global App Store ecosystem facilitated $1.3 trillion in developer billings and sales in 2024, according to a new study by economists Professor Andrey Fradkin from Boston University Questrom School of Business and Dr. Jessica Burley from Analysis Group. For more than 90 percent of the billings and sales facilitated by […]

Marcin Wichary: As a designer, I’m meant to dislike settings. As a user, I love them. Every year I celebrate Settings Day: a day when I take a look at the options and toggles in all the apps I use. I do this out of curiosity – what was added since the last time I […]

Ryan Jones: I am so out of patience for “Optimize Storage” on Apple devices.Now I have to take half my day to figure out how to reduce Photos and Messages without nuking them.My best solution: Disconnect iCloud Photos. That will delete all local photo copies. Then reconnect it. 🤷‍♂️That worked. All local photos were offloaded.Except […]

Jamf Threat Labs: After downloading and inspecting the binary, we confirmed that it was indeed both code-signed and notarized — a detail that raised immediate concern given its malicious nature.[…]The application itself is named “Gmeet_updater.app,” though there’s little effort to align that branding with the user experience, suggesting a rushed or careless repackaging process.After confirming […]

VDT Labs (via Dave DeLong): View and edit your JSON files in “tree” or “text” mode. “Tree” mode offers a great and error proof way to manipulate your JSON, by allowing you to easily add, reorder, delete, copy & paste the items. The “text” mode offers a quick way to interact with the raw text […]