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Google lowers Play Store fees for subscription and music streaming apps to 15%

Evan Selleck ∙ October 21, 2021

The landscape for digital storefronts is changing quite a bit. That is thanks, at least in part, to a lot of outside voices demanding those changes. Apple, for its part, remains reluctant to make any sweeping changes that don't ultimately benefit the company. But, it has made some changes, and there appear to be even more in the works. Meanwhile, Google has had to make some changes to its Play Store, too, and today marks the arrival of yet another.

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Apple is bringing back developer Tech Talks beginning October 25, 2021

Evan Selleck ∙ October 20, 2021

It has been a long while since Apple hosted a developer "Tech Talk." The company used to host them on a pretty regular basis years ago, but they ended the run back in 2016. At the time, and by the next year, it looked like Apple wasn't planning on bringing them back. And that was the case for several years, but, here we are in 2021, and Apple has seen a way forward with new developer talks.

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This extension makes it easier to spot the active Safari tab on Mac

Christian Zibreg ∙ October 6, 2021
Illustration showing an Apple Safari logo set against a blue gradient background

Safari 15 for Mac ships with controversial changes that include a counterintuitive design for the active tab which makes distinguishing between it and any inactive tabs a lot harder than it ever should be. It's so broken that someone felt compelled enough to write a Safari extension that updates tab appearance to help people actually tell which tab is active.

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