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Google: Jetpack Compose lets Android developers write apps with ‘dramatically less code’

August 27, 2020

Google today released the alpha version of Jetpack Compose, its UI toolkit for helping developers “build beautiful UI across all Android platforms, with native access to the platform APIs.” While an alpha release means it is definitely not production ready, Jetpack Compose promises to let Android developers build apps using “dramatically less code, interactive tools, and intuitive Kotlin…

Apple’s iOS 13.7 will enable app-free COVID-19 exposure notifications

August 27, 2020

When Apple and Google debuted their jointly developed COVID-19 exposure notification system, some of the underlying infrastructure was integrated into their iOS and Android operating systems, but key pieces — including receipt of actual exposure notifications — depended…

Fortnite splits into two different games tomorrow because of Epic and Apple’s fight

August 26, 2020

Fortnite’s next season arrives tomorrow, but if you’re on iOS or macOS, you won’t be able to play it, Epic announced today. And we’re learning that’s not all: players on iPhone, iPad, and Mac will also lose cross-play Fortnite multiplayer with non-Apple platforms…

Everything we know about Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, launching November 13th

August 26, 2020

Activision’s next Call of Duty installment, confirmed last week to be a revival of developer Treyarch’s fan-favorite Black Ops series, will have its work cut out for it. The title is following last year’s Modern Warfare, the most successful COD game in the franchise’s history, and in doing so it has to slot into Activision’s ever-evolving free-to-play battle royale Warzone while also…

Nintendo details upcoming Switch lineup with Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, and more

August 26, 2020

Nintendo is bringing a whole slate of new and remastered games to the Switch, the company announced today via a surprise Direct Mini. Included in its lineup is a remaster of GameCube title Final Fantasy Chronicles; the first three games of the SaGa series: Final Fantasy…

Facebook again criticizes iOS 14 privacy changes, warns of drastic effect on advertising industry

August 26, 2020

Facebook continues to warn advertisers about the effects of the privacy and tracking changes that Apple has planned for iOS 14. While a pair of earlier reports indicated Facebook’s concerns, the company has now published a blog post detailing how advertisers will be…

Apple releases iOS 13.7 beta with support for COVID-19 Exposure Notifications without downloading an app [U]

August 26, 2020

Update: As of right now, iOS 13.7 is only available to developers. We will update this post if that changes today. Initially, iOS 13.7 appeared to be rolling out to all users, but we’ve since confirmed that it is a beta release for now. Apple is releasing iOS 13.7 to developers today with a key focus on expanding the COVID-19 Exposure Notification API. According to Apple, this update will allow…

Fall Guys crosses 7 million copies sold on Steam as it becomes the most downloaded PS Plus game ever

August 26, 2020

Fall Guys’ total world domination continues as Sony on Wednesday morning announced the game has become the most downloaded PlayStation Plus title of all time. The goofy and playful battle royale platformer, released earlier this month by UK studio Mediatonic, has had about…

Epic says new Fortnite season won’t be released on Mac or iOS due to legal dispute with Apple

August 26, 2020

The battle between Epic Games and Apple over App Store guidelines will have a detrimental effect on the end user. Epic has confirmed today that it will not be released in the latest Fortnite season, Chapter 2: Season 4, for iOS and macOS gamers. On the same day that Apple…

Dashlane adds support for Android 11’s keyboard-based autofill

August 26, 2020

Password managers have been able to use Android’s autofill APIs for a few years now. In Android 11, the feature is getting a boost. Your keyboard will be able to trigger autofill in Android 11, and now, Dashlane is adding support for that feature. Dashlane is one of the best password managers out there today, right up in league with 1Password and LastPass. Like those two, it offers up direct…