Over at Fast Company, Sarah Kessler has a good summary of Facebook’s Messenger announcements from today’s F8 developer conference: Facebook wants to turn its Messenger app into more than just a messaging app. At its F8 conference in San Francisco Wednesday, the company announced details on its much-rumored plans to integrate Messenger with purchases made

“I’ve just discovered that iOS 15′s Focus mode has been translated as ‘Full Immersion’ in Italian and a small part of me died inside. That’s a…bad name. 🥲”

“@viticci https://t.co/6bOVi4JPQE”

“*installs iPadOS 15.1 beta 2* "Exciting! Let's check in on Shortcuts!" *weeps*”

“@viticci ”

“@viticci https://t.co/6bOVi4JPQE”

“@viticci Maybe they should call it Slimcuts”

“*installs iPadOS 15.1 beta 2* "Exciting! Let's check in on Shortcuts!" *weeps*”

“Looking to get started with Shortcuts in iOS 15, iPadOS 15, or the upcoming macOS Monterey? The @macstoriesnet Shortcuts Archive has now passed 230+ shortcuts, all free to download and use. Even more coming soon! https://t.co/MGwB1c8Szb”

“The most challenging section for me this year was the Safari one. In the end, I *really* like what Apple has done on the iPhone. However, I consider the iPad UI a regression from iPadOS 14. And then we have Extensions. Read it here: https://t.co/CDLk1rsHpg”

“Shortcuts for iOS/iPadOS 15 is shipping with all the bugs I covered recently: - iPad app becomes unresponsive (SwiftUI) - Editor crashes - Share sheet without input sometimes - Output of Menu blocks is empty Apple is aware of these, but still. Not a good look for the app 😔”

“@viticci Looking forward to your shortcut that lets me balance my phone like that :)”

“iOS and iPadOS 15. The MacStories review. Monday.”

“iOS and iPadOS 15. The MacStories review. Monday.”

“Shortcuts for iOS/iPadOS 15 is shipping with all the bugs I covered recently: - iPad app becomes unresponsive (SwiftUI) - Editor crashes - Share sheet without input sometimes - Output of Menu blocks is empty Apple is aware of these, but still. Not a good look for the app 😔”

“Apple PR confirms new iPad mini comes with 6-core CPU and 5-core GPU A15 Bionic chip, launches September 24. iPadOS 15 (and presumably iOS 15) launches Monday, September 20.”

“They really did it – Apple made an iPad Air-like iPad mini without a Home button, a bigger 8.3" display, and Touch ID. Sign me up for this, immediately. 😍 #AppleEvent”

“There’s now a Beta Beat channel for discussing the beta of Runestone, my upcoming text editor for iOS and iPadOS, over at the Club MacStories+ Discord 😃 The Club MacStories+ Discord launched recently but it’s already an active community of very kind people.”

“There’s now a Beta Beat channel for discussing the beta of Runestone, my upcoming text editor for iOS and iPadOS, over at the Club MacStories+ Discord 😃 The Club MacStories+ Discord launched recently but it’s already an active community of very kind people.”

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“Want to listen to AppStories+ but you don't want to create a @ClubMacStories account with us? Good news: the AppStories+ subscription is also on @ApplePodcasts: https://t.co/Er70ypGNil FAQ with details on the Apple version: https://t.co/ZoCyJ86YXl”

“I've long been afraid of launching our own community. But honestly, the @ClubMacStories Discord has been such a lovely, fun, useful place to hang out in so far. We have picked this book for our first AV Club session, and I can't wait to dig in. https://t.co/lu8TE0VC7r”

“It's iOS 15 beta 8 time”

“It's iOS 15 beta 8 time”

“The first story in the Mac Experience column by @johnvoorhees is out: John has been using a @loupedeck Live for the past few months. He set it up with all kinds of buttons to control macOS. I love how nerdy this is and I wish I used macOS to try it 👀 https://t.co/WM6Fuk58m2”

“It's iOS 15 beta 7 time”

“It's iOS 15 beta 7 time”

“I set up a custom domain for iCloud Mail, which launched as a beta feature last night. Here's how it works and what you need to know: https://t.co/DqMmxnXJBq”

“We covered a lot of ground today. We’ll have more detail throughout the week. But for a Speedrun through everything, check out my first of several screencasts. Top Tip: Lots of coffee helps when making these ☕ https://t.co/54o3KGgm1J”