Sources: Apple plans to expand Apple News to more countries and considered building locally focused news coverage in the UK; Apple News has ~125M monthly users
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Threads doesn't have ads, but Meta representatives are talking with ad agencies and brands, some of which, like Netflix and Wendy's, already have many followers
but it will give brands a refuge from Twitter International Business Times : YouTuber MrBeast becomes first to get 1 mn followers on Threads Kendra Clark / The Drum : Instagram's Threads threatens to ...
An interview with Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom on his social news app Artifact, curating sources, editorial judgment, avoiding filter bubbles, and more
Late last month, Artifact, a personalized news reader built by Instagram's co-founders, opened to the public. Tweets: @mattnavarra , @guykawasaki , and @emilybell See also Mediagazer Tweets: Matt Nava...
In the latest iOS 14 beta, Smart App Banners prompt users to open stories in the News app when they open webpages of a News+ partner, instead of publisher apps
Apple has made a change to its Smart App Banner API that points users to the Apple News app instead of a third-party app …
Parallels Desktop 16 adds support for Big Sur, 3D in Metal, and zoom and rotate gestures on multitouch trackpads, and claims 20% faster DirectX performance
Samuel Axon / Ars Technica : Tweets: @arctictony See also Mediagazer Tweets: Tony Haile / @arctictony : Woah, I wonder how many publishers in Apple News+ realize that the new iOS14 and MacOS Big Sur ...
In iOS 14, Apple News+ publishers' web links are opened in the Apple News app by default for Apple News+ subscribers, though this feature can be turned off
Apple News in iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur has a toggle that's designed to open web links from Apple News+ publishers directly …
Apple releases watchOS 6.1.1 and version 13.3 for iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS, with updates to Screen Time, Apple News, support for physical security keys, and more
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac :
A list of the 241 magazines that are currently available for Apple News+ in the US; 116 use the new Apple News Format, while 125 use traditional PDFs
Federico Viticci / MacStories : Tweets: @viticci , @bzamayo , and @viticci See also Mediagazer Tweets: Federico Viticci / @viticci : I went in and counted all the magazines available in Apple News+ -...
Source: Apple's planned game subscription service for iOS will only include paid titles, not freemium ones, and will pay developers based on user play time
Everyone and their brother knows that at tomorrow's … Charlie Wood / Business Insider : Apple is teasing fans with a playful live stream of the Steve Jobs Theater ahead of its big TV event Tristan Ray...
Apple's iOS 12.2 beta has a new Motion & Orientation Access toggle in Privacy settings, off by default, that limits gyroscope and accelerometer access in Safari
Last month, Apple released iOS 12.2 in beta with several new features, including the Apple News app in Canada …