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Zynga’s Q4 bookings grow 62% to $433 million thanks to recent acquisitions

Zynga reported financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31 that either exceeded or matched Wall Street’s expectations, thanks to contributions from games made by recently acquired companies. As usual, it’s a bit hard to parse due to the way Zynga has to report its revenues and earnings due to regulatory requirements. But CEO Frank Gibeau said in an interview that he was happy…
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Netflix starts streaming AV1 on Android to save cellular data

Netflix announced today that it’s beginning to stream video using AV1 on Android. This high-performance, royalty-free codec provides 20% improved compression efficiency over VP9. Developed by the Alliance for Open Media, founding members include Google, Netflix, and Amazon — all large video providers. Netflix says its “goal is to roll out AV1 on all of our platforms.” In starting on…
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Apple enables universal purchases for Mac and iOS apps

Apple’s Catalyst apps were designed to help bridge software between its macOS and iOS platforms, and now the company is taking things a step further by enabling universal purchases between the two platforms, as spotted in Apple’s Xcode 11.4 beta by developer Steve…
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iOS 13.4 features a new Mail toolbar, fixing the bad design introduced with iOS 13

iOS 13.4 has reverted a bad design choice made with the iOS 13 Mail app, namely the actions toolbar the bottom of the screen. The delete and reply buttons now sit at opposite ends of the toolbar, and Apple has added back the quick actions for flagging and moving folders. The new design will look similar to iPhone and iPad customers who stuck with iOS 12. With earlier versions of iOS 13, Apple…
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Apple gives developers Universal Purchase option for iOS, macOS apps

Though Apple has worked for two years to streamline iOS and macOS development by enabling iOS apps to work on Macs, the process has always been intended as gradual, consisting of steps towards the ultimate goal. Today, Apple unexpectedly took one of its biggest steps with the debut of a “universal purchase” option for Mac apps developed with Xcode, allowing macOS and iOS apps to share a single…
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