Apps

5KPlayer is a powerful UHD player that turns your Mac into an AirPlay receiver [sponsor]

If you need a more capable, hardware-accelerated 4K video player for your Ultra HD videos, one capable of streaming your media from iOS devices or even mirroring the screen of an iOS device to your Mac via AirPlay, 5KPlayer is it. With this comprehensive media player, you can watch 4K and UHD movies on your Mac without stuttering, manage your media with ease, open all common video and audio formats without conversions and more.

Apple updates Music Memos app with notch support

In January of 2016, Apple launched an app called Music Memos. It allowed musicians and other creatives to capture song ideas quickly. But, since the app's launch the company has not updated the app on any kind of regular basis. Here we are in May of 2019 and the app finally officially supports the notch.

New report sheds light on apps sending information back to tracking services

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Allowing applications on devices to collect some data is a standard expectation these days. Permissions are meant to let users know what they are collecting, why they need it, and should give the user the power to say no if they so choose. However, some apps use a built-in feature within iOS to take advantage of data collection and send that information to tracking services.