OpenAI says ChatGPT will now avoid em dashes if users tell it to; em dashes have become telltale signs that supposedly signals text written by AI
Sam Altman celebrates ChatGPT finally following em dash formatting rules The Economic Times : OpenAI fixes ChatGPT's em dash problem; ‘small-but-happy-win’ says Sam Altman Kahekashan / The Hans India ...
PWAs no longer work as standalone apps in iOS 17.4 betas, presumably as part of Apple's preparation for EU DMA which forces it to allow alt browser engines
but they aren't dead Bruce Lawson / Bruce Lawson's personal site : Is Apple breaking PWAs out of malicious compliance? Tom Pritchard / Tom's Guide : iOS 17.4 beta just broke iPhone web apps — but only...
App Annie: users spent $32B on apps across iOS and Play Store globally in Q1 2021, up 40% YoY and the largest quarter on record; iOS beat Android $21B to $11B
the Biggest Quarter Since Records Began Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac : Record spend on apps during pandemic continues into this year Joe Wituschek / iMore : Consumers spent $32 billion on apps in the first q...
App Annie: users spent $32B on apps across iOS and Play Store globally in Q1 2021, up 40% YoY and the largest quarter on record; iOS beat Android $21B to $11B
the Biggest Quarter Since Records Began Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac : Record spend on apps during pandemic continues into this year Liam Tung / ZDNet : We are spending more on smartphone apps than ever befo...
Apple hires economists to help prove its App Store commissions aren't anti-competitive
expensively! — buying PalmOS apps for my Treo from websites like Palm InfoCenter (and I believe CrackBerry had their own web-based app store?) prior the iOS App Store. It was just $30+ an app and the ...
Kuo: Apple will release its first ARM-based Mac in the next 12 to 18 months, using an Apple designed chip instead of an Intel processor
these kinds of apps take time to port, often with lengthy external testing. Can't just ship Chris Maddern / @chrismaddern : Apple may not always “love you back” with things like long-term support and ...