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Google Chrome 92 for iOS picks up Incognito protection, full-page screenshotting and more
Google's Chrome now supports Incognito protection with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode in the most recent update bumping the iPhone and iPad browser to version 92.
Apple silicon support added to Adobe Premiere Pro, Character Animator and Media Encoder
Adobe's added support for Apple silicon-powered Mac computers to Premiere Pro, Character Animator and Media Encoder, allowing these creative apps to run at full speed on M1 Macs.
Instagram’s new sticker changes the way content is reshared to your stories
Instagram's reshare sticker not only boosts the quality of reshared posts but also encourages people to become more thoughtful when reposting someone else's story as their own.
Google’s TikTok competitor YouTube Shorts expands beta-testing to 100+ countries
Google's TikTok competitor, YouTube Shorts, has entered beta in more than a hundred countries around the world following a limited release in India and the US a few months ago.
Google launches its new Drive client replacing the Backup and Sync service in September
The new Google Drive desktop client for Mac and Windows is now available to download, with more features from the Backup and Sync client and the Drive File Stream apps coming soon.
Instagram will adopt fullscreen, mobile-first content in response to TikTok and YouTube
You'll soon be able to share fullscreen Instagram content on the platform as Facebook works to make the service more like rival TikTok, according to Instagram's head Adam Mosseri.
Now everyone can publish videos on TikTok up to three minutes in length
The maximum supported TikTok video length has been extended from the existing one-minute limit to three minutes, with longer videos helping creators craft more engaging stories.
Instagram now testing a linking sticker because not everyone has 10,000 followers
A new Instagram linking sticker is now being tested to enable just about anyone—whether they're verified or have at least 10,000 followers—to share a link in stories.
Google Fi’s VPN service launches on iPhone
Google Fi's VPN service is hitting Apple's iOS platform, protecting your security and privacy by encrypting network traffic via unsecured public Wi-Fi connections on iPhone and iPad.
Apple will finally let apps like Procreate request access to more RAM on devices like M1 iPad Pro with 16GB of RAM
iOS 15 RAM management has improved. Now apps like Procreate can request access to more memory on devices like the M1 iPad Pro with 16GB RAM.
Dark Sky delays shutting down API service, website, and iOS app until end of 2022
Apple made waves back in 2020 by acquiring one of the most popular weather apps out there. Bringing Dark Sky into the fold had a lot of iOS users excited to see what that would mean for the stock Weather app. And maybe that would mean a Weather app for iPad (and support for CarPlay). We're still waiting for those things, even if the Weather app is getting a Dark Sky infusion with iOS 15.