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Google Removes New Android Privacy Feature, Says It Was An Accident
Yesterday, we published a blog post lauding an extremely important app privacy feature that was added in Android 4.3. That feature allows users to install apps while preventing the app from collecting sensitive data like the user’s location or address book.
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You Can Now Download The Apple II’s DOS Source Code From Back In 1978
The Computer History Museum has released something rather special for you to download: the original DOS source code for the 1978 Apple II.
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Apple Offers ‘Last Compatible Versions’ Of iOS Apps For Ageing Devices
With iOS 7 due to land today, Apple seems to have decided to look after users with ageing hardware too. It now offers a ‘last compatible version’ of iOS apps if you attempt to download an app not supported by your current firmware.
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Almost Flat: The Future Of iOS Design?
‘Completely flat’, ‘like Android’, ‘Microsoft-flat’ etc., etc., etc. The talk about how Apple are going to ‘flatten out’ their UI style has set the rumour-mills ablaze with completely spurious conjecture. So I thought I’d add to it. However, let’s approach this not from ‘what one insider source told someone’ but instead from evidence of progression…