Barry Schwartz:
When you are browsing a web page in the Google App native browser, Google can “extract interesting entities from the webpage and highlight them in line.” When you click on them, Google takes you to more search results.
I don’t think this is a new feature, I mean, I’ve heard of this before from Google. I just can’t find my write up on it. Maybe it was only Android before and it was named something else. That being said, this will lead to people going to your site, then Google injecting links on your site that will lead your website visits to Google Search.
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Hate it? Well, Google added a new opt out form - the only issue, it can take up to 30 days for the opt out form to work.
This is for individual Web sites to opt out. I guess there’s no way for users to opt out for all the sites they visit.
Via Nick Heer:
The results from a tapped Page Annotation are loaded in a floating temporary sheet, so it is not like users are fully whisked away — but that is almost worse. In the illustration from Google, a person is apparently viewing a list of Japanese castles, into which Google has inserted a link on “Osaka Castle”. Tapping on an injected link will show Google’s standard search results, which are front-loaded with details about how to contact the castle, buy tickets, and see a map. All of those things would be done better in a view that cannot be accidentally swiped away.
Maybe, you are thinking, it would be helpful to easily trigger a search from some selected text, and that is fair. But the Google app already displays a toolbar with a search button when you highlight any text in this app.
This is not cool, though I have to say that I don’t recall ever hearing about anyone using the Google app instead of just Safari or a third-party browser. But now I see that it’s #1 in the App Store in the Utilities category (beating Chrome at #2). Are people really using it now? Because of Gemini?
Previously:
Google App Google Gemini/Bard Google Search iOS iOS 18 iOS App Web
Balazs Varkonyi:
Added Smart Folder Actions, enabling matching items in a smart folder to be marked as read or starred and to be used for advanced content filtering.
Enhanced folder/tag selection in relevant management interfaces with powerful search capabilities. Filter folders/tags using a search field for quicker navigation, select matching items directly by pressing Return, and use ⌘ + Return on hardware keyboards to autocomplete partial matches or select the single match automatically.
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Added an image viewer on macOS.
Previously:
iOS iOS 18 iOS App Mac Mac App macOS 15 Sequoia ReadKit RSS
Momentarium:
- Easy Data Inspection: Quickly browse and inspect your CoreData data models with our intuitive interface.
- Customizable Layout: Tailor the layout to your needs, with adjustable column widths, row heights, and more.
- Relationship Visualization: Visualize complex relationships between entities with our interactive graph view.
- Support for Multiple CoreData Versions: Compatible with CoreData versions from iOS 10 to the latest releases.
- Powerful Search: Instantly find any record by searching its content, so you can quickly locate the data you need.
- DB Live Editing: Ability to save update and changes
- Data Track Changes. Track and trace changes in your SQLite database.
This sounds cool, and it’s only $4.99, but I wasn’t able to get it to work for me. It seems to need an uncompiled model file, which I don’t have for any of the third-party apps whose data I want to inspect or for my own apps (since they build the models in code). SwiftData apps would have the same problem.
Previously:
Core Data Developer Tool Mac Mac App macOS 15 Sequoia Programming
Tim Hardwick:
In its report, the CMA’s independent inquiry group determined that Apple’s Safari browser policies prevent competing browsers from implementing certain features, such as faster webpage loading technologies. The investigation also revealed that many UK app developers would prefer to offer progressive web apps as an alternative to App Store distribution, but Apple’s current iOS limitations make this impractical.
Adding to competitive concerns, the regulator highlighted a revenue-sharing agreement between Apple and Google that “significantly reduces their financial incentives to compete” in the mobile browser space on iOS. The CMA also found that both companies can manipulate how users are presented with browser choices, making their own offerings appear as the clearest or easiest options.
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In its summary of provisional decision, the regulator is recommending that these findings be addressed through the UK’s upcoming Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act, which takes effect in January 2025. This legislation will give the CMA new powers to designate firms as having “Strategic Market Status” and impose appropriate interventions to promote competition.
Previously:
Antitrust App Store iOS iOS 18 Legal United Kingdom
